Out With The Old!

Today has been one of those days when I had rather just stay in bed! The December sky has been dark and overcast today. And when the sky is gloomy, my body seems to suffer with Arthritis more than usual! I keep thinking “Why did I ever allow myself to get in this condition?” But I know that if I keep on my diet and stay the course, the pounds will melt away and just maybe I won’t be plagued with arthritis in my joints so badly. Then, by this time next year, I will really have something to celebrate at the New Year’s Eve Watch Night Service!

Dealing with pain is something that I have had to learn to do since I was eleven years old when I had my right knee cap nearly knocked off during a soft ball game. Actually I’ve gotten really good at it! But I am not so sure that being good at ignoring pain is a virtue! Sometimes I think that people think that I am actually NOT in much pain because I am not screaming and crying in agony! I can’t stand it when the specialist’s ask me “On a scale of one to ten, how bad is your pain with ten being the worst pain you have ever experienced?” That question really is hard for me to answer! I’ve had some really BAD PAIN! Having my back broken was one of the worst experiences of my life! There is just no way that I can even describe how that pain felt except to say that I imagine that it feels close to being set on fire!

But over the years, here is something that I have noticed; and maybe you have noticed the same thing. (Please leave a comment and tell me if you have had this experience!) No matter what you visit your doctor for, whether the visit is for headaches, sore throat, a swollen ankle, or what ever; you will hear these words, “You know you’d be better off if you lost a little weight.” And then the doctor and nurses sort of ignore the real reason that you are sitting in his office in the first place?

Also, I have never had a doctor offer any valid and legal diet programs for me to follow. I say “legal” because I did have one doctor prescribe what was known at that time in the mid 1970’s as “black beauties.” That doctor called it a “diet pill.” I was only sixteen and my mother (not knowing that it was amphetamines) thought it was wonderful! I could work circles around her! I thought I was super-woman! I could not sit still, not even in school! I drove the teachers crazy with all the chattering during class until one of them finally called my parents and met them at the local hospital clinic! The state said it was illegal and that doctor is no longer practicing today! Thank the Lord! Maybe that ordeal is one reason why I am so committed to being on a diet that is not based on taking pills or some fly by night fad!

The only diet that I have EVER been on that has actually worked over the long term is Weight Watchers! It is REAL! I have tried so many weight loss programs and I’ve Yo-Yo dieted most of my life. But in 1990 I went on Weight Watchers and lost down to my goal weight of 150 pounds and maintained for seven years. I felt GREAT! I loved the shape I was in during that time! I walked up to eight miles every day just because I enjoyed it! I ran four restaurants and was care giver to my father in-law. But when my marriage fell apart, my will power caved in and my life spiraled out of control until I crashed with a heart attack and both of my knees “caved in” too!

Now at the age of 53, I don’t want to play around with my well being any longer! Give me a program that is real and has been proven to really work, like Weight Watchers! I have confidence in the Weight Watchers program because I know that with its diet plan I get steady results and the menus are nutritionally sound. They offer good training so that I can maintain a healthier lifestyle for my family’s sake!

I have made up my mind that today is a GREAT DAY to start my New Years resolutions for 2009! I am a Grand mother of nine and soon to be ten! I want a long happy life with my wonderful new husband. God has saved my life from death and despair over and over again. I know that there is a reason for this! He is not through with me yet! He has GREATLY blessed me! Life is good and there is a lot of living that Kirby and I still want to do with healthy minds, bodies and souls! I hope you consider your New Years resolutions and add Weight Watchers to your list of things to do in 2009!
May God richly bless you!
Colene