The next decade....what's in store?

A New Page

"The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom" by Dr Phil (of Oprah fame) is what I am reading now. Given to me as a gift for my birthday, I started turning the pages two days ago. Last night, I reached the page where it asks you to write things down. So here's what I wrote.

WITH SPECIFICITY, WRITE WHAT IT IS YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE:
I hope to lose 20 pounds by 1st March 2004 and to wear a size 14.
I hope to achieve a lifestyle which sustains this weight loss.

DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Reduce calories at every meal.
Exercise at least 4 times a week
Stop eating after 7:30pm and no carbohydrates after 5:00pm

WHEN YOU LOSE WEIGHT, YOU WANT TO FEEL.....
Confident to wear pants with the blouse tucked in
A better shaped body
More energetic

I WILL TAKE CERTAIN STEPS TO REACH MY GOAL WEIGHT. THESE STEPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Reduce calories at every meal
Exercise 4 times a week for 1 hour
Go to bed by 10:00pm
Eat all meals and brush teeth by 7:30pm, unless there is a really really special late occasion!

CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY: HAVE A TRUSTED, LOYAL CHECKPOINT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE TO WHOM YOU REQUIRE YOURSELF TO REPORT ON YOUR PROGRESS, YOUR COMPLIANCE TOWARD REACHING YOUR GOAL.

I've decided that this person will be...

...everyone who reads Yamfoot.

So, first report is, I am up early this morning. The time on this entry is 1 hour earlier than it is, so don't be THAT impressed by the time of this post. Add 1 hour. There is something liberating waking up before the sun, when most of you would still be in your beds.

Armed with Dr Phil's book, I bounced up to the Front Desk to get the key to the room where I am writing this. There, I see the LIAT pilot who gave me that smooth landing on my last trip from Calypso Land to the Spice Isle. Now let me tell you, I said that I bounced right? Well, the clock did alarm yes, I did bounce out of the bed, but I have to tell you, I did bounce right back in.

Now there's a reason for that. I was having a particularly good dream. I had returned to Calypso Land and headed straight for the Sales office (that's where the desk that I use is located). I realized that I needed a shower, so looked in the overnight bag I had carried with me to find that all I had in there was a pair of pyjamas (pink) and a bathrobe (also pink). How was I to walk across the lobby dressed like this after my shower?

The dilemna that faced me quickly disappeared and the dream turned to food. OK, maybe I am now haunted by the food goals I have set for my new page in life. Yesterday I read about Chef Meredith from Pegasus in the Sunday Gleaner. So the dream now took me to a restaurant outlet at Pegasus, where none other than Leon prepared my meal. It was seafood based, with some greens, and it was delicious. Tender, fleshy, juicy, succulent...

...like me. Which could be a good thing for some, and a not so good thing for others. Like me. So I'm going for the lean cut, but still want to maintain the juiciness and succulentness! I have to be honest and say that my choices where food is concerned have not always been aligned to the weight loss goals (there goals aren't new eh, just in case y'all thought so....just the timeline has changed!). Why? Well that's what Dr Phil is going to tell me.

I'm only on to Chapter 2 now. But aren't you proud that I have sprung into action so quickly? Just like a spring chicken. Don't worry, even having celebrated the 37th last week, I do feel like a spring chicken, but the meaty variety.

Oh, oh....I suddenly feel ill. Like I am about to bring up the tea with lime and sugar, the too ripe banana and the handful of Oatmeal cereal I had before coming down to write this (I need energy to fuel my workout dears). Excuse me nuh, let me go and get rid of this feeling. (Of course, if I let nature take its course and reverse the direction of the stuff I ate, that will contribute to me achieving my goal of less calories!).

I'll report in sometime this week. Monitor me.

Posted by yamfoot at October 27, 2003 04:56 AM