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So... Last Sunday I weighed, and found out I've officially lost one hundred pounds. I wasn't going to post about it because I do, of course, still need to lose 275 more pounds, but hey. This morning I crossed a couple personal milestones -- pitiful ones that no one else would be excited over, but I AM, dammit! -- and in six months I've made about a quarter of the way to my goal even though my nutritionist said to expect it to take a couple years to get here, and I'm kind of proud of both so I'm posting. Feel free to scroll. ;->
After the last ten years during which I went from very mobile and raising horses to being stuck in a wheelchair in a single room with little mobility and less access to the outdoors, I'm pre-emptively claiming a victory for myself in two years. By 2011, I will be able to ride again; I am so not allowing any other option.
That's less than 200 pounds away at the moment, and after the last 100 pounds you can SO color me enthused and having a goal! When I reach 300 there will be saving of money to buy myself a decent riding horse, and when I hit 250 I'll start looking at Spanish Mustangs and Appys, maybe even a few Arab crosses. I haven't been on a horse since 1994 (when I weighed 350ish, but I never asked my mare to do more than walk and the vet okayed her for my weight) and dammit, I want to ride!
I also want to walk my dogs. It's such a simple thing, but I haven't been able to physically walk with my dog in a very long time. I miss it, and I want to take my mutts on hikes again, over the hills and through the woods just to see what we see. It's going to happen. I've been doing yoga as often as I can manage it, and it's done amazing things for my back. I'd never believe the progress I'm making if I hadn't felt it for myself. I actually spend time pain free now for the first time in at least fifteen years, and I am so tickled I could squee! ... And actually, do, fairly often. *giggles*
Just... Gods! If you have any back issues, any at all, please do yourself a favor. Do yoga. I can point you to a few DVDs of exercises specifically for backpain, or even to a website of 'yoga cards' that has all sorts of poses if you don't want to do reasearch into the routines like I had to do. My routine is changing now because I can do so much more than I could when I began, and I'm moving from only sitting poses into being able to do some of the poses on my knees and some of the standing ones. It's all good and all helps, and even a half-assed try is enough to get you started towards healing and getting stronger and healthier, 'cause that's all I could do at first and it still worked.
*wanders off still all beamy because yes, today has been a good day so far and it's only gonna get better 'cause my girl is online now and she makes every day better*
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