Weight for it... (yes, I meant that form of "weight")

Well, I finally did it...  I took a day off.  Yesterday I had my third belly dance show in the last three weekends and I took today off from Church.  I had to miss choir practice on Thursday due to a work meeting so I didn't feel as if I would be prepared to sing with the choir.  I also feel as if I just needed to take a day off from everything.  I did some things that I wanted to do (even though there was more that I wanted to do and didn't) and I then just took some time to sit on the couch.  Granted, while I was sitting, I worked on cross-stitching a baby blanket some (my seemingly never-ending project) but I also just sat.  I have to say, it felt pretty nice.  It's something that I should probably try and do more often.


Another thing that I am going to try and work on is accepting my body image.  I know that I don't necessarily have to like everything I see when I look in the mirror but I can be a little bit nicer to my reflection.  I know that this is a topic I have written about many years but it is still a major struggle for me.  I know that in order to change some of the things I see in the mirror, I will need to begin to make some big life changes.  I am willing to look into making those changes and see where that leaves me.  Personally, even with all of the weight I have lost so far, I feel as if I need to lose another 50 pounds.  I need to do something in order to jump-start that loss.


Now that it's starting to warm up, I have a feeling I will be trying to make sure I eat more salads and fresh fruits rather than the other stuff.  I also know that for myself, when it tends to get too hot, all I really want to eat is yogurt or something like that from out of the fridge.  I also know that as it warms up, it will be warmer in the dance studio, which means I'll most likely sweat more during class.  All of these things will hopefully begin to add up to lost weight.  Because I am so active with attending two-hour dance classes three days a week, weight loss is going to have to come from the food I do (or subsequently don't) eat.  We'll see if that makes a difference or not...


I think one of the things that frustrates me when it comes to weight loss is portioning.  Food that is prepackaged often is for more than one person and so are most recipes.  Because of these two things, food becomes overly frustrating for me.  I'm not one that necessarily enjoys cooking and to have to figure out how to manipulate recipes (since I'm also not a huge fan of most leftovers) makes it an even more daunting task.  Because of my busy schedule, that makes packaged meals an easier option but, once again, not when you have to think about them.  I want to be able to eat something that tastes good yet I don't have to figure out how many servings I have to break it into.  I know that having prepackaged "diet" meals would then seem like a better option but I would really have to look into which ones I could fit to my food preferences/allergies.  Something else that has always made some weight loss foods difficult for me is that I don't overly like vegetables.  I guess if I really don't like them, I won't eat them and that should really help with meeting my weight loss goals.


Well, all of this talk about food/weight loss before bed probably isn't a good thing.  So I think that I'm going to drink a nice big glass of water and maybe work on some sewing before heading to bed.  I have to get some sleep tonight - - have a big week in store.  Have a good one!  =)