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August 6, 2007

Good question

Howard asked me a good question in his comment on my last post.

Why not go back to the plan that helped you loose all that weight when you dropped down to what was it 160 or below?

Well Howard, I wasn’t really on a plan that’s the problem. My favorite explanation is here in this previous post of mine.

To recap, for people who don’t click that link, my life was running really smoothly at the time I started to lose more than 50 pounds two years ago. I had next to no social life, worked part time, and my stay at home husband primarily took care of our daughter. I was able to eat well and exercise a lot. I didn’t follow any particular diet just anything in moderation. I steadily lost an average of 2 pounds a week. Then even when I went back to work full time in an actual office I would work out on my lunch hour in the company gym, it couldn’t have been more convenient.

Then an explosion happened (here's a news clip), a butt operation, a move across country, the sale of a house, the purchase of a house, disabling back issue, nervous breakdown about our financial situation, my husbands depression and fear of entering the workforce, finally my coping with being a full time (and then some) working mom on top of being the primary stay at home care taker of our daughter. Did I mention my daughter is 3 and a half going on 10? That in and of itself rivals the explosion.

Wow that was taxing just looking for links for each of those instances, I had to stop. I don’t want to look back.

If all that didn’t derail me, the fact that in California I was 3000 miles away from the best pizza and bagels in the country and now I’m not, might have done it on its own.

I feel like a different person here in N.J. and my life is completely different. I’m trying to sort out how I’m going to proceed. The dust is beginning to settle and I’m starting to feel more comfortable. Now I’m just trying to find my groove. I don’t think there’s a diet or a plan that can rival or remedy the emotional recovery I’m working on.

We'll see.

Posted by hopeful @ August 6, 2007 1:18 AM