Let me start by saying, I didn’t workout this weekend, and I ate good at a fabulous Chinese/Japanese Buffet for my birthday, AND I don’t feel the least bit bothered by it. But, what’s important is, this morning I got right back on track and started my day with a protein shake. During my meeting with my physical therapist last week, she said I need to mix up my workout routine to help get off my plateau.
I went to the YMCA and took a cardio kick boxing class. The instructor looked at me when they did tricky moves and said, “it’s okay if you can’t do it.” At first I was confused, why wouldn’t I would be able to do it? Why is she saying it to me? And then I realized, oh, I’m the new kid on the block and I’m quite a bit heavier than the other students…I just smiled and showed all of them that I may have an extra roll (or 2), but I can run, and squat and kick just like the skinny girls! I love a challenge!
That’s exactly what I had to do. Commit to re-commit. I read an a article on Calorie Count about a woman who lost 95 lbs by making a commitment to re-commit to eating less and moving more, the only true way to lose and maintain healthy weight loss. Last night I went to my weight management program, as I do every week. I knew that I had gained a couple pounds during my eating extravaganza in New York, and didn’t want to face reality on the scale. When I stepped up, it was more like a slap in the face mixed with a strong burn-your-chest shot of reality.
The doctor, the nutritionist and the physical therapist were all on my case…big time. The doctor commented on how “nice” it was that I’ve maintained my weight and haven’t lost since YEAR. The nutritionist made me go through the calorie king book and count up the calories I eat at McDonalds, and how that’s half the calories, I should be eating in an entire day. Good thing I didn’t tell her about Nathan’s…well I guess the scale told even if I didn’t. And the physical therapist told me that contrary to my belief that all the walking in NY would “balance out” all the bad eating, it would not since I’m already an active person. She said I have to go longer and work harder if I want to see results. The team helped me realize what I already know, “if you do what you always did, you’ll get what you always got!” So I’m ready to commit to something new, and hoping for new results.
I spent the last week in New York City. 
It was my first time in the Big Apple. If you know me, then you know that I can be a little “organized” when it comes to thing like trip itinerary’s. I had a detailed itinerary for every day in hope that we wouldn’t miss a thing. My itinerary took a huge hit when they canceled our flight, not once, but twice for bad weather. This set us back a whole day, but we were determined to make it happen and enjoy our stay. Initially I included family workouts, but my feet hurt so bad from all the walking everyday, that I could not work out. We walked miles and miles everyday, I literally limped to the hotel shuttle van each night. We literally walked more than we slept. Every train station and subway stop seemed to have 100 stairs to climb. And benches and chairs seemed to have been a figment of my imagination. One day we literally ate lunch on the steps in front of an office building on the Avenue of the Americas.
We would get up, and were out the door each day by about 8 AM. I have never seen anything like New York City, the closest thing to it was Las Vegas. So many people and so much to do. We walked all over Manhattan (or Man-Hat-In as they say) Nobody on the streets spoke English, and those who did were just as clueless as we were. We went to Staten Island, the Empire State Building, took a Boat Cruise tour past the Statute of Liberty, ate at BB King’s Restaurant and watched a blues show, got all dressed up and hailed a taxi, to see Westside Story on Broadway, were constantly amazed at the gigantic billboards in Times Square, Rode the subway, and even saw a giant rat crawling over the tracks, ate Nathans famous Hot dogs at Coney Island in Brooklyn, went to the boogie down Bronx and saw Yankee Stadium, spent hours Shopping on 5th Ave, Ate Juniors Famous cheesecake and some delicious New York bagels, Took pictures with celebs at Madame Tussauds wax museum, saw a 4D sponge bob movie, had the best soul food at Amy Ruth’s in Harlem and visited the Apollo, saw the clock at Grand Central Station, Watched the business men in suits on Wall Street at the NYSE, paused for a moment at the September 11th site, walked though he Village, Ate at Ray’s Little Italy, played Mary had a little lamb on the Giant Piano in FAO Schwartz just like the scene in the movie Big
, and I even was greeted with a Kiss 
at the Hershey store! Clearly you can see there was just as much eating as there was walking, but something was very different about the restaurants in NY. They post the calories on the menu board, can you believe it?! Did that stop me from eating 1,600 calories worth of a chili cheese dog, fries and a lemonade in one sitting? Hump..you figure it out! It’s time to get back to real life, real food, and running, I’m craving a healthy home cooked meal and definitely need to hit the gym.
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