Atkins at the Beach

Ray and I are pictured here at the beach at Emerald Isle. We drove there last Saturday after a lovely lunch with my daughter and her family. We had fried shrimp, hushpuppies, fries, and cole slaw.  Not Atkins food at all, but we did have an Atkins meal bar for breakfast.

I know we are not a very good advertisement for Atkins. We stray too much. We can go along for 4 or 5 days and do so well. Then a dinner, convention, meeting comes up, and there we go again. We are still losing. Sometimes I wish someone would give me an IV and put me to sleep for a couple of months. It seems that I have spent my whole life dieting, and I really don't think it is the diet that is a mess. It is me. I hate exercise! I have to find something that I like that will move me around.

I like to sew (sitting), read (sitting), TV (sitting), Social Media (sitting), painting (sitting), crafts (sitting). I need to find a hobby that will get me out of the chair. Rheumatoid Arthritis has got the best of me. When we go walking or shopping, my feet, knees, and hips hurt and I cannot walk any distance. I have to hold on to the shopping cart or Ray's arm to stay steady. I want to lose weight so bad, but I just don't have the gumption. I have lost enough weight during my lifetime to populate a small town.

Ray is doing much better than I am. He is almost at his goal weight. We are going through his clothes and getting rid of everything that is too big. We should be able to give quite a bit to the Salvation Army. Why are men more able to lose weight faster than women. It  I put all my winter clothes in heavy plastic bags and labeled them. Hopefully, they will be too large by next winter and I can get new clothes. See, I have an incentive to lose. When I am on the Atkins program, I feel so much better. Why do I become a Carbohydrate Queen knowing that it is going to make me feel worse?

What is the answer? How do you get the mindset to lose? Where is my motivation?

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME! ALL THE TIME, GOD IS GOOD!