First Week Weigh In

Last night I had my first official weigh in and lost 6.5 pounds. I was thrilled.

During class last night we went over the program in detail again and got to meet everyone. It's a nice group of people all eager to lose weight. We shared some experiences with mixing the shakes with additives and I learned a lot. You would think that mixing up a shake mix is a pretty easy deal, and I guess it is really, but no one tells you that putting soda in a bullet mixer will explode all over your kitchen. At least I didn't know that. I have tried many of the recipes in the book and so far like most of them. A warm shake at night is one of my favorites.

So many of us noted that we were not hungry even though we are eating substantially fewer calories each day. I think it's that the shakes that are so filling. We are supposed to experiment with a double shake today--which I will do later.

I'm interested in what people are doing to get the physical activity in and how they are scheduling it. So far I've walked, rode my stationary bike, gone swimming. Swimming was especially tough--I swam a few laps, then power walked a few laps and then swam some more--the idea was to keep moving for 30 minutes. I did it and it was exhausting. I don't understand people who say that you can't lose weight swimming--I was wiped out. Followed my swim with a 10 minute soak in the jacuzzi--wonderful treat. Today I have not done a thing--mainly because I have a crushing sinus headache.

Having been officially released by my podiatrist yesterday six months after bunion surgery though opens up a lot of possibilities. In November Steinberg opens and I am looking forward to some skating outside--hope my skates fit my new foot! I grew up in Normandy where we had a neighbrohood pond to skate on. They guys all played hockey on the biggest part, and the girls skated near the ends of the lake. It is one of my fondest memories. Today you aren't allowed to skate on the pond--what a shame. Actually we really weren't allowed to skate on it either because it was on a private estate and we just did it anyway. Occassionally the owners would yell at us and we'd have to leave, but most of the time they didn't chase us off. Ironically the land belonged to the owners of the local funeral home--Drehmans on Natural Bridge.

If it gets cold enough this year I'd like to go to the lake we built -- Lake Jasper-- and do some skating. We could build a huge bonfire and have a great time. One of the things on my life's list is to skate at Rockefeller Plaza in New York!