Well once again I haven't been writing as I have been so busy I just haven't seemed to have time, but I haven't forgotten my blog and I have been sticking to my plan. I have now lost 20 pounds since December 1st, basically a month and a half. I am really pleased about this, but I still have a ways to go.
This past weekend, I went off the diet for my two weeks off period; just trying to maintain but also allow myself a few treats. I was glad to have this time, as I was starting to crave a few things and now I think I have it out of my system. I still am off the diet for now, but will have a better time maintaining after a few treats. Really just a little bit treats was all I wanted.
I spoke with Pat yesterday, via Skype, that is always such a pleasure for me, one that I look forward too. She is also going through transition in her life. My life is in constant transition, and this weight loss is my first change for a positive life.
I have also started getting myself organized in many ways and that is something that was getting out of hand for me. Organization is a key factor for me (and really I think anyone) to move forward in a positive manor. I don't remember where I heard it is said, but something that is ever so true: "Cluttered house, cluttered mind." That has been the case for me. Although many people would see my home and think it is organized and I guess by some standards it is, but not by mine. However I have started to make changes there as well. I also have made a vow to myself to try to organize something every week. I'd like to say every day, but that is not realistic with my work schedule, but several times a week is good. In the process, I am trying to get rid of a lot of stuff. (I always think of George Carlin when I think of "stuff")
We are trapped by our things and weighed down by them. Stress often is added due to trying to maintain what we possess but it does bring us better health or happiness. For this reason, I not only wish to loose weight, but lighten up my load as far as possessions. Things only feed the human ego's constant desire for more and more of everything and never satisfies us.
Two days ago Vito and I went to Charlie Sbarra's 18th birthday party. What a great young man. We just love him and I only wish more young people were like him. He's got his head on straight, something that is rare for youth and many people in this day and age, young or old. Anyway, I went to put on my jeans and realized they were really loose, so I pulled out a pair of new black jeans from the back of my closet that I haven't worn in 2 years, and they fit beautifully!! That means I have also dropped down 2 sizes. Yeah, I was happy about that!
We also went out last Saturday to feed the homeless again. We fed about 75 or 80 people I think and we did it very quickly it seemed. This time I made chicken soup and also served them sandwiches. It always puts things in perspective for me. This week there was also the footage of the horrible disaster from the earthquake in Haiti. It is so sad and hard to see the pictures of such suffering. My heart goes out to those people. Unfortunately we can only do as much as we can do.... a little money I can give but that is all I can do there and hope lots of others also kicks in to help. But with that being said, there is pain and suffering, young and old in our own communities that need our help too. While we were out there the other day, a young homeless woman who lives in that tent city came to get soup. She was pregnant. Another child will be born in to a tragic life with a homeless mother and will probably be removed from her mother. This is what I am seeing right under our noses. So as sad and horrible as it is in Haiti, if we only look and see, it is here and usually only a few miles from our homes. We can all do something.
Another sad thing is, like New Orleans, once the media is tired of reporting about Haiti, or something else that is a better story to them, the people will forget about it too. People's attention span is so short, they cannot stay focused or they become bored looking for something else to fill their thirty senses for a new focal point. My view of humanity as a whole is disappointment for what we are and have become.
Anyway, that has nothing to do with weight loss, but it does in a sense. To loose and keep it off, one must stay focused and it doesn't happen over night. One must keep to the path and stay the course to see real change.
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