Common sense

Today in the nutrition class we learned about fad diets and how to avoid them. The only diet that ever tempted me was Weight Watchers and I did it for 3 months about 6 years ago and lost 10 pounds, but after 3 months my common sense told me that I could not continue to count points for the rest of my life. My weight yo-yo ed after that but never went as high as it had been. Last year I decided that in order to truly lose weight it had to be a life style change, and I revamped the way I shopped for food and prepared it. Since then I was also able to lose another 10 pounds but my cholesterol never went down. I am hoping to lose another 10 pounds with this challenge and lower my cholesterol also. This has been harder than I thought it would be. I love the workouts and learning how to use the weights and machines. My endurance has improved and I am hoping to jog most of the 5K at the end of the challenge, but walking is OK too (I have never been a runner).
It has really helped me to learn how to breath when doing weights and I find I am an unconscious breather now. My granddaughter who is 12 asked me what I was doing when I was blow drying her hair (she is taller than me and I was raising my arms up and using a round brush) and I asked her what she meant. She said that I was breathing funny, and sure enough I was exhaling as my arm was coming down.
My common sense tells me that it is better to be an unconscious breather than eater.