Confusing times ...

I was reading the last Prevention magazine, checking out a couple of nutritional websites and realized (not for the first time either) that we've become so inundated with information, misinformation and confusing information that it's so hard to figure this health and weight loss thing out. It's no wonder people are getting fatter all the time!

Middle aged women used to tell me to enjoy the fact the I could lose weight without too much trouble in the 20's. I thought "how hard can it be when you're older???" Well, I'm finding out. The weight loss is very slow, pretty steady, which actually is ok. I'd rather take a year to get where I want to go and stay for years rather than get there in a hurry and then end up back where I started, or worse.... I still can't believe 45 is just around the corner. And OMG my brother's going to be 60! YIKES! So us sublings will be in our 40's, 50's and 60's at the same time. Yeesh. But I digress....

I may have mentioned this earlier but my naturopath commented one day that instead of trying to lose weight and get healthy, focus on getting healthy and the weight will come off. Reverse thinking but it's just so crazy it might work! I admit I've been a little obsessive about the whole thing lately. My last appointment was rather disappointing. And I've been trying to figure out how to get this thing going again...

So it's time to get back in touch with Karam, sit down and figure this thing out. I know a lot of it is trial and error. There could be any number of things going on. This natural approach to things takes time and patience. I'm not very good at the patience thing, although I am getting better.

So I'll keep doing what I'm doing and tweaking things and as long as I keep making progress, even if it's slowly, I'll stick with it. Back up tomorrow before the birds, the sun and the vast majority of our little world around here, circuit training and healthy eating. And I suspect if I just relax about the whole issue a little, I'll probably make more progress. I was before I got obsessed. I will again ....

Later...