I love speaking to my baby sister Ayesha. We can be talking about absolutely nothing and still stay on the phone for hours talking. I love her and miss her tremendously. I can't wait to be able to get money to go and visit her and the rest of my family.
My other half sister, B., texted me. It is so weird because I had been planning on texting her myself but kept forgetting to. Here's a little back story: We had a falling out several years ago and have not really spoken since. We have been in contact a little here and there but nothing more. I am thinking that because the anniversary of our father's death was yesterday, we naturally have been thinking more and more about each other lately. I actually think about my entire family so much lately. I think it's because we are all getting older. I really need to get my butt in gear and do what I told myself months ago and start reaching out.
My weight loss efforts are going pretty well, I am happy to say. I have been stuck for a while but I think I have finally realized what I am doing wrong, diet wise, and am doing my best to get on track with that. Apparently, when working out and dieting you have to EAT MORE in order to get the metabolism to speed up so that the fat burn happens. I had been using a free site called www.loseit.com to track my calories and exercise. I really like the site. I have really learned about calorie counting, tracking workouts and over all accountability. But I just found a much better site called www.myfitnesspal.com. I LOVE this site. It really breaks down everything for you in a way that the other site doesn't and it was from here that I realized that by not replenishing some of the calories that I burned during a workout I am essentially putting my body into starvation mode and slowing down my metabolism. Apparently this is the reason why I have hit the plateau. I am praying that by changing the behavior, this weight will begin to come off again. This journey is really turning into a serious learning experience and I pray that everything I am going through will be all worth it in the end. InshaAllah. Du'as please.
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