SLAP, me again!!!

Sounds like a plan, once more. How many times do we start and stop trying to do well with weight loss or just good habits. We all have days, months and even extended periods of not doing well. By doing this our consequence is usually weight gain or damage to our body from the choices we can make. Choose again to do well. I recently read an article by Stephanie Pearson about a guy, Dan Buettner who has written the book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest. According to his book, we have a lot more control over our lifespan than we once thought. "Genes dictate as little as 10 percent of our life expectancy."
Some thoughts from his book:
Get really good at yoga, flexibility is the key:
Move naturally
Eat until you are 80% full
Eat plant-based foods
Have a purpose
Participate in a spiritual community
Downshift to relieve stress
I am back on track to get my life habits back to a healthy goal.
wt:135#...hoping to get to at least 130 in the next few weeks and increase my walking and yoga.

Back on!

Well, after returning from Haiti/Dominican Republic I have lost weight. Now to take advantage of the weight loss and continue. While I was there here is my menu for the day. I woke up and poured oatmeal into a cup adding then room temp water from my bottle. I had some dried cranberries or raisins on some days. I snuck in some tangelos from my tree and they were the best treat! I had some packages of crackers that I ate as a snack and peanut butter with some honey. There was an apple for dinner on two evenings and one afternoon I had rice and beans. My total caloric intake was way less than a 1000 cal/day. I was going from sunrise to way past sunset. I have to say that even with this low calorie intake my strength was strong. I never felt weak and the only thing I remember complaining about was my feet in the evening. By morning the pain was gone and I started it all over again. I had such a great trip and felt like I help so many people of Haiti. Check out my other blog for information and pictures from the trip! Now.....wt 136# and off I go. I want a gradual wt loss as to keep it off.