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I realized today that I'm experiencing a sort of phenonema that I've never been through before and maybe this realization will lead me to a better place of my continued weight and body image struggles. I realized that, when I stray from my regimented eating plan, I gain weight, sometimes 3-4 lbs. in a day. Nothing new here, right? But, when I stick to my regimented eating plan, I maintain my weight -- I don't lose...now think about this. Back when we were morbidly obese, we could lose 5 lbs. in 5 minutes -- and it didn't even make a dent. Now that we are "normal" sized people, we are singing the "normal" sized anthem -- 'I can't get off these last 5 or 10 lbs.!' Or, 'No matter what I do, those last few lbs. won't budge!' How this realizations changed my perspective is this: I KNOW now that when I make poor eating choices...junk food, donutes, cupcakes, I've had them all lately...I WILL gain weight. Period. But when I make good, solid, heathful eating choices, I WILL maintain the weight loss success I've enjoyed thus far. I may not lose, but I will not gain. This is something I can wrestle with, wrap my brain around, DEAL with. It's a different place for me, a foreign concept. And I'm always good to go with a challenge...have a good night, all, I'm beat. God bless. Maureen
These things don't always sink in so fast for me. I was very strict when I was working and things have softened up since I'm not, and I have gained a few pounds. Now that I've taken the bull by the horns, so to speak and joined the gym, I'm back to eating what I used to eat when I worked: cottage cheese and low carb yogurt for lunch every day, my protein bars, oatmeal...all the good stuff. The personal trainer said I may not lose any more weight, but he said the fat turns to muscle, and with working out steadily, I will go down to the size I want to be. All of my measurements and weight were within normal range (I still think that's a miracle), but I have a lot of tightening up to do. I'm so motivated now!
Be healthy, happy, and enjoy yourself!!!
Joanie
Yup......welcome to the wonderful world of the "Normal Folks"! This is all of the stuff that I never understood when I was M.O.!! This may be crude, but honestly, in the bad old days, I could lose 5 lbs. with a good bowel movement!!! Now I find that I have the same complaint as everyone else: It's really tough to get that 5 lbs. off! Of course, the good news here is that 5 lbs. really makes a difference these days!!
CHEERS!!
Mike
Isn't it funny that when I was 286 pounds, losing 10 pounds wouldn't have been worth the effort. When I had over 140 pounds to lose, 10 pounds wouldn't have made a dent in my mass. 10 pounds wasn't going to matter one way or another. Now 10 pounds seems like a hurculean effort. The rewards of losing ten pounds are much more visible these days. That's a whole size for me. Ten pounds now is the equivelent of 40 or 50 when I was MO.
C.
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