This year saw the passing of my father at nearly age 96 and his older sister at 102. There is no one left of that generation. Whatever I needed to ask them should have been done as it is too late now. I learned much from them. They were all very typical of the Greatest Generation.
Now I am working on getting my house in order. It is time to get rid of all those things that I have held on to because I might need them some day. It is time to simplify my complicated life. Each day I have a goal of removing at least one sack or box of stuff from the house.
In January I began an alternate day eating plan...my variation of Up Day/Down Day. It seems to be working well. I have learned that I really do not need that many calories. I am losing weight if under 900 calories daily, maintaining at about 1000, and gaining at 1200! I guess I have slowed down as I have gotten older and also as a result of my injuries as well as retirement from work. Since I do not move quickly all day, I just don't need that much fuel. In January I started using the Hacker's Diet spreadsheet to record my daily weight and weight loss trend. That really helped since my weight varies so much from day to day. I lost about a pound a week and have about 5 lbs. to go to get back to my weight a year ago. Then there is that last 4 or 5 to get off. I also have very unambitious, but doable exercise goals. I managed to get a minimum of 15 min. in each day last month. For February my goal is to average 20 min. a day. I have to be realistic about what I will actually accomplish.
Since this is pretty much a private blog, I will use it for awhile as a journal to record my thoughts and progress.
In January I began an alternate day eating plan...my variation of Up Day/Down Day. It seems to be working well. I have learned that I really do not need that many calories. I am losing weight if under 900 calories daily, maintaining at about 1000, and gaining at 1200! I guess I have slowed down as I have gotten older and also as a result of my injuries as well as retirement from work. Since I do not move quickly all day, I just don't need that much fuel. In January I started using the Hacker's Diet spreadsheet to record my daily weight and weight loss trend. That really helped since my weight varies so much from day to day. I lost about a pound a week and have about 5 lbs. to go to get back to my weight a year ago. Then there is that last 4 or 5 to get off. I also have very unambitious, but doable exercise goals. I managed to get a minimum of 15 min. in each day last month. For February my goal is to average 20 min. a day. I have to be realistic about what I will actually accomplish.
Since this is pretty much a private blog, I will use it for awhile as a journal to record my thoughts and progress.
