Eat Fat, Lose Fat Keeps Walking
Well Sunshine and I have now walked 5 days together. Today was our first outing in the Spring weather and it was a lovely morning save for that one of my dogs decided to bite Sunshine, ripping her brand new jacket. It has been decided in our home that the dog will be going to the next available Obedience Class.
Anyway… in the five days we’ve walked we’ve logged close to 20 miles! As I suspected my scale stopped moving but today after increasing my calories a bit the numbers finally moved. In all I have now dropped 18 pounds. Praise God! After the many years I’ve struggled with the low fat mentality, I finally have found a way to lose weight that is not leaving me hungry and tired all the time.
The health benifits have been rather astounding. I stopped using Advair for asthma about two months ago. At first I needed to use my rescue inhaler 2-3 times a day, but as time has passed, I have been able to go without using the inhaler but once in the last ten days. Last night I made the mistake of turning on a dusty ceiling fan so I needed the inhaler but only needed one “puff”. What has truely suprised me is that Sunshine and I have been walking 15 minute miles and the exersize has not produced an attack. The whole reason I started using Advair is the exersize induced attacks. In the book “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” they go over several physical conditions brought on by lack of good saturated fats in the diet. Seems our lungs need saturated fat to function properly and asthma can be caused by a low fat diet.
Cat
Athena said,
May 3, 2008 at 4:43 am
Wow! Congratulations on your 18 pound weight loss. Thanks for the inspiration!
womenwhoworship said,
May 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Thank you Athena, I’m loking forward to tomorrow’s weigh in. So far I’ve lost 21 pounds, dropping from a size 16 jeans to a Junior’s size 13 and have even fit into a pair of size 12 Women’s jeans I bought on clearance last Spring.
Still rarely needing my inhaler.
At Sunshine’s suggestion we walked in Oakwood Cemetary today for a change of pace. It is much more challenging with it’s many hills, twists and turns than the Mall, or even our Kiwanis Trail. I’m pretty sure we still went over 4 miles each today. Now that the weather is nice, we walk to the trail to meet up. More exersize, less gasoline used.
I wish this could go on forever but alas, in June we will have to take a break from each other due to my new job description and schedule. I’m sure that Sunshine will keep up without me. I’ll be busy keeping 3rd and 4th graders moving as a Day Camp Counselor at the YMCA. I plan on running these kids ragged to keep myself fit. LoL!
All the praise goes to God! He has set my foot upon this path and He’s the only reason I’m even still alive… Cat