Time for another post. An update. The first week of 2009 (I weigh on Tuesdays so I think of weeks as beginning and ending on Tuesday) went fairly well. I’ve finally gotten my butt off the couch and did a little exercise. Little being the keyword. 2 ten minute workouts, 1 fifteen minute workout. It is very hard for me to adjust my thinking and to be proud of what I did accomplish and not rue that which I did not accomplish. I want to live a happy healthy life. And part of that “healthy” aspect is the mental aspect. I really want to continue to work on my attitude and on NOT beating myself up. I’ve made a lot of progress over the last 3 years or so, but I still have a ways to go.

I’m down 2.4 pounds this week. That’s even with the lapses in eating and with the little short workouts. Actually, what with the horrendous scale jump on the 1st after our NYE celebration I’m down more like 7 pounds! LOL. But, I’m not counting that. I have got to remember that I don’t have to be perfect to see the scale move. Little changes do matter. So, I will start my goal of 6 mins 4x a week for next week. It’s going to be a challenge because I’m going to be travelling Mon-Wed. BUT, I have Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon and I can pick 4 of those days and still accomplish my goal. The next week will be equally as challenging with my travel schedule. But, this is a goal whether I’m here or on the other side of the country. That’s why hotels have gyms now! And the next week I’m travelling by myself so I hope to try to actually use the hotel gym.

I also got my hearing aid yesterday. I’m feeling fairly optimistic about it. I’m hearing things I haven’t been able to hear in months. But more importantly, I’m finding social situations to be a little easier. It’s surprisingly discrete. Even A said he could barely notice it. I had muted it for a conference call and then after the conference call was trying to have a conversation with a guy across the aisle from me. I was really struggling to hear him and was getting frustrated. Then, I realized I had the hearing aid on mute still! Duh! When I turned it back on he was so much easier to hear. Even my own voice is finally starting to sound a little more normal. I’m waiting to give any final judgements for at least a month, but as of right now, I’m fairly pleased with my results.