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Two steps forward, one step back—I'll take it!
Scuba, with your conscientious water consumption; Medusa with your mini-goals (what a smart way to build intermittent success into a longer process!); Hollylane with your impressive reclamation of digestive health after your gastric surgery; Dee and Thinker with your cause-and-effect detective work around the carbs/sugar/migraine connection, and everyone else—thanks for sharing your news and progress!
I'm at my parents' house for the weekend, avoiding open bowls of chocolate almonds, a freezer full of ice cream and other treats everywhere I look...all of which I have avoided! We just got back from a restaurant and I had blackened Rainbow Trout with asparagus, and sauteed spinach. I was surprised to see, this morning when I weighed myself (I always weigh early in the morning), I'm down to 150.5 pounds. I've been up and down since I first reported my all-time high of 155.5 a couple weeks ago. I've had good days and also binged on frozen yogurt and popcorn on other days; so it's like, one step forward, two steps back—which nonetheless, equals progress. Having a place to report how it's going is very, very helpful to me. Thank you! |
Hellooo darlings...
Long time no see .. ♥ 98 lbs as of April 2nd.. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay... i will be in more soon, getting life back on track, i went away to visit my grandmother for a few days, and prior to that was busy with everything else it seemed.. But wanted to tell the good news! Will catch up with you all & the posts soon as i have more time , xox!! (tomorrow most likely, lol) *hugggs* |
Evening!
I have survived the long list of temptations spread liberally throughout the call center. I even took a walk during half of my lunch, and spent one of my breaks lifting in the gym. One more potluck bites the dust! I'm heading to bed early, so that my friends, Kristen and Andrew, and I can get an early start on the hiking trip tomorrow morning. I'm beat, so hopefully I'll drift off quickly. I hope you all have a happy weekend, and enjoy life to its fullest :) You rock Sylvie, keep up the amazing work!! |
Push a bit more today. 5.88 miles of walking. Consistent exercise. That is the goal, well and 2012 miles in 2012. Dang blasted challenges. What was I thinking?
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Good morning healthies :)
I'm home after a week-long business trip, and weighed in this morning to find myself up 2 lbs. Honestly, I'm good with it. After all of the stress I've been (am) going through for months and months, it felt good to be celebrated for an entire week. My colleagues celebrated my birthday twice....my immediate team (that knows I'm trying to eat healthier) with Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches, the expanded team with an amazing meal at a mexican restaurant (including a couple of margaritas and some fried ice cream), plus a senior management dinner at a great italian restaurant....not to mention catered lunches and snacks galore during project kick-off meetings. The week was totally, magnificently successful. My new boss is impressed. My VP-level boss gave me some amazingly awesome feedback. And I got a nice surprise in my paycheck by way of a thank you for the hard work of the last year. Rooster traveled with me, which had to be a bit boring for him...but he did great, walking from hotel to the office each day for lunch, going swimming in the hotel pool, joining us for dinners out. It was great to see him in that environment...shaking hands and introducing himself, joining into the dinner and lunch time conversations with execs and colleagues....good stuff. :) So...up two pounds...and it'll come off soon enough. :rrose: |
So far so good today, day two of my weekend with the parental units.
This morning I had oatmeal and resisted biscuits. For lunch I had two bowls of soup—onions, hamburger, tomato, corn, water—and a bowl of fruit. I resisted pound cake. I shopped a little today and tried on some clothes—I didn't feel quite as self-hating as I usually do, when I look in the mirror. |
Happy Easter Healthies. Be blessed and continue on with your journies.
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Is it possible to feast smart? I think so. It has to be!
Whether it's a seder or an Easter brunch or anything else this weekend, enjoy!! Savor the delicious treats! There is a time to resist and a time to give in; turn, turn, turn. |
Hi healthies <3
love to you all, been reading through the posts here, and loving the updates... At 217 lbs now, i find that i have to work harder to lose the weight, i haven't plateau'd, however, i am finding it harder to lose.. So, this week i am working on being more strict with my portions, pre-planning my meals, and upping my exercise.. So, i joined a group on facebook that some ladies at my gym started, and they count their fitness minutes each month and set goals.. i, of course, jumped on board.. So, i set my goal for this month at 1800 minutes.. i am 7 days in and am at 440 minutes.. There were 2 days i didn't really exercise though, due to travelling.. So now i am home and can focus on this.. Just another way to get myself motivated more! Also, starting my own weight loss support group at work, how cool is that? They asked me to lead it, and i accepted.. So really looking forward to that.. The next couple of weeks i will be bouncing ideas around, and have also been getting feedback from my co-workers.. LOVE that everyone is excited for this.. i love that i will have this to rely on for support as well, especially now that i have to buckle down more to keep at this.. i'm just super excited that i feel enough confidence to put myself out there like this..Exciting!! SO awesome to see some new faces in here, & hope you are all having a great weekend.. xox |
Good Evening/Morning Everyone,
I am still counting calories and exercising as much as I can. This overnight shift at work is for the birds and I have a second interview on Monday for a new position at work. The new job is a mid-shift position and I will be getting home just after 6p...Woohoo! More time to work out and have fun :) I made my potato casserole with diced grilled chicken on the side. I brought some of it to work tonight and ended up eating the broccoli and corn out of it. Tomorrow is going to be a bad day for me! I will be spending it with my family and then coming home to have Easter dinner with my roommates! Tomorrow = gym before I go to bed... Zimmeh |
Good evening all!
I'm back from an amazing day of hiking and fun. I am a tad bit sunburned, windburned, and completely exhausted. We didn't take the hike we had originally planned, but went to breakfast (a healthy one :)) and discussed different hikes available, picked one, and off we went. We decided on White River Falls, about 2.5 hours away, a place none of us had been to. I posted some pictures in the gallery if you're interested. It was a beautiful hidden area, that you would never know was there without getting into some desert like, rural farm areas, well off the beaten path. Since it is early in the season, we were blessed to have the majority of the hike to ourselves. The sounds of the falls, and the rushing water were so peaceful, and at the same time exhilarating. My endorphins were through the roof after a slip and slide descent on loose rock, and even more pumped when I made it back up that steep hill a few hours later, on the way back. When I got to the top, and looked back at what I had ascended, I was so proud of myself, because I remember all to well, just a little over a year ago, when the trip would have started and ended in the parking lot at the trail head. The three of us went to dinner after the hike, and talked about all of the wonderful things we had seen, and I celebrated with a chicken enchilada, and a cabbage and pico de gallo salad. It was great having such good friends along to share the hike with, and we all are really jazzed about planning the next hiking trip in about 3 weeks. So, I can't slack between now and then. The next trip will likely be to the Eagle Creek Recreation Area, and I need to be prepared. They are both in great shape, and keeping up is mui importante, for both my pride and my health. I hope you are all having a great weekend! |
Today, i'm practicing gratitude..
The fact that clearly, i am a recovering food addict, compulsive eater, and working on my eating disorder through various programs.. (& i know my posts are always riddled with my recovery stuff throughout the Planet but it's such a huge part of my life right now, it's hard for me to not be so focused on it.) i've lost 98 damn lbs, and i've done that by eating healthy and exercising.. all on my own.. i've completely changed my way of life and...and...and... i have gone a whole year, with no purging.. not binges, (while there were some small binges earlier on) i've kept that under control too & nothing like i used to do for years & years.. and i actually crave healthy foods, and SO many things in my life are improving as a result.. It's like, all interconnected and believe me, i know that it's one day at a time and anything can change if i'm not super careful. But looking back on this year, i have learned SO much.. And i am so grateful for the knowledge i have learned here in this thread from you all.. i am grateful for the support, the love, the tips and the friendships.. This really is such a wonderful and useful tool in my weight loss journey as well as my recovery (though i don't usually talk about my recovery in this thread..) You all make a world of difference in how i handle each day, find strength to take on what i do, motivation to get my ass moving and eating healthy.. And doing it all in a "healthy" way for the first time in my life.. No fad diets, no quick fixes and no starving myself, purging myself or causing my body harm.. i am losing one lb at a time, because i am making healthy choices.. i feel fantastic, and look fantastic, and keep finding strength to push myself further and further - & you all deserve the a pat on the back, a HUGE hug, and to know you sharing here each day helps this girl (& i'm sure many others) to keep on keeping on! i seriously couldn't be more grateful, than i am today for you all.. & couldn't be more prouder to watch the journey you are all on .. We share our ups and downs, and draw strength from one another, & look at us go! No health club, gym, diet, trainer or health expert, could come close to offering me what each of you do HERE, each and everyday..♥ |
People talk about looking fantastic when they're at their ideal weight and I'm sure they do but I want to say, looking fantastic isn't all about the weight, at least not for me. I was model thin for most of my adult life, and even now, when I'm struggling to lose 15 pounds, many would say I look fine, weight-wise—but that isn't all it takes to look "fantastic." Confidence is what makes a person look great, and rachets up their sexual allure, IMO. You literally throw off pheromones when you're happy, and feel good about yourself, at any size. When I feel unloved, I internalize it, and make it true, in a sense—by making myself unsexy with self-loathing, which is a real turnoff to a most people. It's not an unusual cycle, especially for women in this culture, and one sad bi-product of the phenomenon is how a beautiful woman with low self-esteem is a favorite target of a certain kind of sexual predator or creep. I try to stay conscious of my internal/external balance. It's tangled up with body image, so I'm mentioning it here. Exercise ups the self-love, because of the body's chemical response, and because it makes me feel strong physically, a metaphor for psychic strength—or maybe they're linked. |
My best friend's partner just called, and we are surprising her. Surprising me too, as they will be in my neck of the woods this time! *happy dance* Meeting for Easter Dinner with the whole family at a restaurant I have never had the opportunity to try. It was lovely to be included in this celebration.
Though since tomorrow is my weigh in for Dr. Oz's Transformation Challenge, I am not going to eat much. I am going just for the company, the quality time with those I love. Hard for this foodie to not try the various flavours, but if I like what I see, I will return another day. *crossing my fingers for the weigh in tomorrow* I feel I have already won in a way, as the weight is coming off so easily now. Feels so dang good to be lighter in mind, body, and spirit. I feel more comfortable in my own skin. Much of which is scheduled to come off before the years end. Some folks I know keep the extra skin as a badge of courage, but I want it gone. Off for a lovely Easter Celebration with my family of choice. Hope everyone had a wonderful day. The weather is simply so beautiful, the flowers in bloom, so many trees just exploding with colour, go enjoy it! |
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i think beauty comes in all sizes, shapes and forms..i think back to me at 315 lbs and i can say, honestly, i 'was' beautiful.. What is sad to me is that i never *felt* beautiful & spent so much time putting myself down and being so negative towards my own body. So clearly, it was my own stinkin' thinkin' and low self-esteem.. i know i still have a lot of weight to lose to feel healthy overall.. It was simply a yay moment for me, and i wanted to share that & lend my gratitude to you all in the thread.. Hope it didn't seem like i was being anything but humble.. Hugs to you all & hope it was a happy Sunday! |
I've been working on my addiction to sweets. It's a mental thing for me, ya know... So I've been working on getting to where I'm just not interested in the donuts, Blizzards, Oreos, etc... Last week was a real turning point for me, so I'm feeling more hopeful.
On Saturday I had a Blizzard, and it made me feel like sh*t. My stomach hurt and later, when I was in the shower, I sort of felt grossed out that I had eaten it. THAT is where I need to get with it, and I feel like I'm pretty damn close! :) Have a good week, y'all!! |
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Eat Less CRAP C - Carbonated Drinks R - Refined Sugar A - Artificial Sweetners & Colours P - Processed Foods Eat More FOOD F - Fruits and veggies O - Organic lean proteins O - Omega 3 Fatty Acids D - Drink Water It is a handy little reminder and keeps it nice and simple. This evening I go to a group therapy, a friend puts on here. She is a health/wellness educator exercise physiologist psychologist - she keeps adding to her resume, I think she is on her like 2nd PhD now. Anyhows, very inspiring and motivational group. Cheap too, which works for me. Most here have lost several hundred pounds and are maintaining. Some have had surgery, some haven't. She always makes several great points. Keeping it very simple, which always works for me. Sleep Hydrate Eat Exercise gotta love that, no? She also makes sure we take a few minutes to breathe deeply, which she explains how this effects your brain chemistry giving immediate results for your health and wellness. Love all the talk of serotonin and dopamine receptors. I get my science fix and someone I can talk to that gets me and how my brain works, literally. and... Love her and her flashy red cowboy boots! |
Monday.... So, I went to a friend's house last night.... Neither one of us thought about my eating habits (I did bring 2 bottles of water). So I ate broccoli (I still am not so good with it, but if that's what there is, then that's it) and th egg whites of some boiled easter eggs. They had ham and sausage and yams and some kinda polish soup made with sour cream..... and lemon pie for dessert.... Everything I am not supposed to eat. When I got home, I couldn't eat amything but I did have that sweets craving.....strawberries seems to do the trick. Now I gotta be on the straight and narrow until we leave for Austin for the weekend..... I will do it....I will do it...I will do it..... *mumbling as I head for the bike* :cigar2: |
i am thinking of doing Weight Watchers... i have issued with the complete focus on food but i love the meetings and the tools..
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"stinkin' thinkin'" Sylvie, I am intimately familiar with this term. My mind is always at work, and I have to curb my own stinkin' thinkin' daily. I have already planned a new hike, on Wednesday I am hiking at Forest Park. It is a relatively easy hike, 6 miles round trip, with very little elevation gain. I'm thinking about posting on the message board, with the hiking club. I want to find a few dedicated hikers who can go out on Wednesdays. I have that day off, and I am having my last session with my trainer this Wednesday evening, so I'm going to need to replace that time with some vigorous activity. The hike this past Saturday made it clear that I need to do something about muscle cramping. I'm relatively certain that potassium and more water are the answers. Did I mention that I hate water? Trudging up that last hill back to the trail head also made me want to develop more stamina and more muscle in my upper thighs and buttocks. I was behind my friends on the way back up, and since they are both in great shape, I didn't expect to see the way they trudged up that last hill in the same manner as I did, so I'm not going to beat myself up too much about it. Last night, I was feeling really worn down, but I made myself get up. I loaded up my backpack with bottled water (for extra weight), and took my dog down to the park. Once I convinced Chewy that we were walking for exercise, and not for leaving pee messages on every blade of grass between my house and the park, we got a good pace going, and walked about three miles. It ended up being quite the workout. I hope you are all having a happy and healthy start to the week! |
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i recently read a story about a woman, self proclaimed couch potato who adopted a rescue dog, The dog required 3 nice walks a day, so she walked (not stopped to allow the dog to pee at ever blade!) and lost 30 pounds without a diet, she and the dog are in great shape now. My little dixi pup could walk for acres, and we've got 200 here so no reason i should not be out there enjoying our hiking. i used to love hiking at one time, and she loves to explore so that is my goal, to not think of the E (exercise) word but to think of the A (activity) word which is what works for me. i feel so outta shape and i can't have that! i wonder if scramble counts and an activity ;) |
I am so so so sick of yo-yoing these 10 lbs. I am trying to get the switch flipped on in my brain again so I can become fully committed to being healthy. The weight just CREEPS up out of nowhere for me. I know I am eating bad and not on track, so of course it creeps up but wow. I just need to keep myself on track for the rest of my life which is scary for me. I want to do this and get this 20 lbs off!!! I went to the gym with my roommate today an had a great workout. It felt good! I am going to commit myself again. I know the results come just as fast as when they creep on. I CAN do this. I CAN do this!! Grrrr!
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Just got back from the gym and feeling STOKED. I shredded my legs tonight and finally got that desired drippy sweat I have been wanting. Warm up: 30 minutes on treadmill at 4 incline @ 2.8 mph 10 minutes on elliptical at 4 incline Weights: 5 sets of 15 on squat press 5 sets of 10 on outer thigh press 4 sets of 10 on butterfly lift machine 5 sets of 15 on quad press 5 sets of 15 on calf press machine I really felt strong tonight at the gym and ended up working out for almost 2 hours. I like to do a slow, steady pace and it seems to be working well. My legs are starting to look different. The gym is addictive. I don't generally have any free time during the week but thanks to a new account schedule at work, I am now only pulling 50 hours a week instead of 65 - 75. That has freed up a TON of time so the fact that I am doing the gym means that I am really having to focus on "me" versus everything else. It feels super decadent. Like self-therapy. I kinda love it. I know that there will be days that I don't love it and don't want to work out but right now, I love it and that's all that matters. |
Please keep my Katy in your thoughts. She started juicing today and I am so proud of her. She needs all the encouragement she can get. I love showing her everyone's posts on here...it's very motivating! xoxoxo
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I've been interested in juicing for awhile now, you'll have to keep us updated on how it goes so ~ Go Katy Go! Well today I started a challenge on SparkPeople.com about learning to curb my sweet tooth. I took a quiz and of course, as I knew already, I am addicted to sugar so I am hoping that this 4-week challenge will help me to atleast curb it even if I don't completely give it up ~ baby steps right? I also began today using their food tracker and I actually felt more accountable in keeping track of what I put into my mouth. I did have some sugar today I won't lie, but I didn't go overboard either surprisingly enough. I've also been looking into finally getting back into the gym after so much time off due to being sick with first bronchitis and then a viral infection ~ now that I'm doing better, I can finally get back to working out. My mom and dad bought me a beautiful blue colored spring jacket from Wal-Mart tonight, size 3x and it is very tight around the midsection but it does technically fit. They were gonna take it back but I told them no don't do that, since I will be going back to the gym soon to start losing more weight I have decided to keep it for motivation ~ just think, losing some weight will mean that I'll be able to fit into the jacket and that's the perfect motivational tool for me to get my ass in gear. I'm very glad to be able to share my goals, motivations and more with all of you here :) |
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Yes, the "E" is the part I do not like, but it makes it possible for me to participate in the "A" and enjoy it so much more. :) Medusa, that is awesome! I was not as successful yesterday. I came home early and did not workout. Good luck to Katy! Funny thing I do: I used to think that losing 5 or 10 pounds was not that much of an accomplishment. Then I started thinking of my weight in terms of chickens and turkeys. I know, I am strange, and I like me that way. But this past two weeks I've lost the equivalent of a good size Thanksgiving turkey. :) It puts it into perspective for me. When I think of how big a turkey is, I'm pretty impressed with myself. |
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Good morning everybody!
Isn't it funny when we have a sweet or junk food craving and we cave into it then we don't feel so good afterward and think why did I just do that? I think that helps that next time you will make the healthy food choice instead. After awhile you just stop having those nasty cravings. lol. . I hope everyone is having a great week! Stay positive! :) Quote:
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Good morning healthies :rrose:
Rough last couple days and I've weakened and hit the Easter candy. I have decided that, right now, I don't care. I'm getting through this however I get through it....and am congratulating myself that I still went to Curves. Ironically, my scale is not showing it...and instead shows me already losing the 2 lbs I gained in AZ...so maybe the "forgetting to eat" part is cancelling out the Easter candy consumption. In either case, not healthy but the best I can do at this exact moment. One foot in front of the other, right? And Hollylane....I LOVE the chicken, turkey analogy! I usually think in terms of bags of flour, but I think I prefer your method. :) |
Good Morning All!
Katy woke up this morning feeling GREAT! Her tummy was smaller and she felt clear headed and "light". She is looking forward to another day of juicing and is feeling really proud of herself. Thanks again for all the encouragement! It really helps :) |
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Lost another "chicken"!!! The best part is when the second number on the scale goes down :-)
I started my class and have been doing pretty good...yesterday the room was filled with about 10 athletic type men; usually I would be so intimidated I would leave but not this time! I got right on those weight machines, right in front of those dudes, right in front of that GIGANTIC mirror...LOL. Yeah, gonna have to work on that one. What do you guys think of coconut milk? I found one by Silk that is very good. It has less sugar content than milk but it is cane sugar. Does this matter? 3.6 Turkeys lost.....(love this!) |
Good Morning Healthies.. Today marks a "get it all in order" kind of day for me, and buckling down more, because i know i now need more , unless i just want to maintain.. i love organizing (that's part of my OCD) , however making lists and hanging reminders and doing research and making a "plan" helps me stay on the path to where i am aiming for.. So today, i am working on that.. ~~~~~ i would like to share something though.. Today, i had an appointment and things didn't go quite how i wished they would - and i was kind of disappointed.. In the past, maybe even a couple of months ago, dealing with that disappointment always brought me negative feelings & being hard on myself, and would cause me to not believe i could do it anymore and give up.. But today, rather than doing that, i accepted the reality of it, and pushed myself a step further and thought " no sylvie, you want this, you're doing this and there are other ways which will be harder work, but you CAN do this.." And so i walked out of that appointment knowing i have a some hard work to do, but hell if i can do recovery & weight loss, i can do anything...And i'm worth that work.. It feels good, to be at that mark in my journey, that i believe in myself, and i go for it anyway...And while my appointment had nothing to do with weight loss or my recovery, it's all connected.. The self esteem and confidence i have been building on from this journey, is the reason i have such a positive attitude today.. And so i am loving that reward of self-care.. ♥ |
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Many of us here talk about "healthy" weight loss... I think (IMO) it's because all of us have struggled for so long with "food addiction".... Whether it's binge and purge or just plain binging.. whether it's low self esteem or "hiding" within ourselves... Or whether it's just that we make excuses, it all comes down to some sort of food addiction. And any 12 step program tells us that it is "one day at a time"....no one can stand up and say, "I HAVE to do this for the rest of my life" and not feel some sort of pang of guilt or shame or whatever.... This is my thought for today..... I can do this...for this meal, for this day, for this workout.... I can do 1 more minute on the bike, I can lift this damned bar over my head just one more time... I can walk away this minute from the junk food....I can get in that kitchen and start tossing all the crap that I shouldn't be eating.... I don't care about tomorrow, I need to worry about right now.... Just my two cents worth.... :byebye: |
Love reading the posts here. We are not alone in this adventure.
Someone mentioned hating water, I too had that issue. I like to drink tea, or sometimes just putting a tea bag in the water makes it more palatable.. A tip from my doctor, who has a specialty in bariactrics. Importance of water can not be overstated. I am doing better with it lately, on an organic lemon kick and for me, since I do not have a sweet tooth, I just have my lemon water. Very refreshing. One of the women in one of my Paleo groups puts a whole gallon of purified water in the fridge every morning, with her organic lemons cut up and organic cucumbers. It sounded lovely, so I bought my cucumbers yesterday. Will let you know how it works for me. Herbal tea current fav is a lemon and rose hips blend. Again, refreshing and no caffeine. I have also been enjoying Cinch from Shaklee, these little individual sticks of wonderful mata teas, a white, red and green mix of some proprietary blend, has also been wonderful for me to increase my fluid intake. Has a nice burst of energy, which I often lack. Whatever works for you, I say. I also take supplements and will have to the rest of my life, as I did have surgical intervention a long time ago, which I never really took advantage of. These are the best supplements I have ever tried, too. Nice discovery of how much different I feel when I started taking them in January. It was dramatic. Vit D deficiency is not a good thing, nor is low calcium when I am in the beginning stages of osteopenia. I surely want to prevent osteoporosis if possible. My ever shrinking mother is a warning of what could happen, if I am not careful. And I am short enough, darn it! I am lucky, I prefer healthy foods to most foods out there. Though I have some notable exceptions, my salty fat tooth demands attention with something crisp. Celery does not cut it always, though I love it, too... but when you are craving a potato chip, well you know how it goes. So after my weigh in yesterday, I went ahead and splurged on a bag of chips. One good thing I learned from my ex, how to buy a small bag and just enjoy it. I will not deprive myself, I will not bring on a binge. Eating healthy has so many of its own rewards, reinforcements. Love it. Lightening up on every level. Mind, body and soul. Getting my house in order. Happiness. Very cool to hear someone else is using Spark People, I love it there. Though I have not been very active lately, it is a good reminder to use it. His book, too... so dang inspiring. The accountability of the food tracker, exercise/activity tracker is priceless. Free too, love that. Every type of support team imaginable there, too! My weigh in yesterday went really well. I qualified for the Dr Oz's Transformation Challenge, lost the 10%! I probably won't win. But I keep telling myself, stranger things have happened. I worked really hard with my eye on that prize mentality. Which I was thinking yesterday that I do really well with some prize to work towards. Time to make some new prizes I can give myself for the next 10%. Coolest thing about this is I have not been this weight since I was in my 20's, a good while back. Feels awesome! Thank you for the support I feel so very much here. More than I have had in many a year. Keep Coming Back! d |
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What does impress me however is organic coconut oil, bottled in glass. I highly recommend it for anyone trying to lose wt. Amazing stuff. And they are now starting to sell it in normal stores at a very decent price. Shocking, I know. |
ok i did it, i almost chickened out in the parking lot but i did it, i stepped on a scale and went to a WW meeting. i have between 15-20 pounds to lose. I am fighting not getting obsessed with the scale numbers and more about feeling better and enjoying my clothes a lot more.
On a happy note the meeting was motivational and the program is easy and promising. (Fruit is 0 points now!) i can do this very easily! |
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Dee, I know you live in a beautiful place, from your posts and pics, and I can totally see you out there grooving on where you are, enjoying it with the pup. That's a great plan!! Nice to see you here :) It sounds like your goal is kind of like mine, so I feel sort of validated by that. Here's the latest update on the 15-20 pound loss I'm trying to orchestrate: I was down five pounds Friday morning, then up three this morning, four days later! And that's after a weekend in which I resisted key lime pie, biscuits, the bread basket at restaurants, pound cake—I was totally in control of what I put in my mouth! When I stepped on that scale it was like studying really hard and still getting an 'F'. But there have been a lot of posts here about the one-step-forward, two-steps-back nature of weight loss, here. It's the long run that matters, and it doesn't matter how long the long run lasts, IMO. |
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(Apologies to those who have heard this already) I hope you enjoy the WW group and find support and community there. |
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