What Have You Done Today to Make You Feel Proud?
Well, judging from the last proud post...I'm proud of all of YOU! My girls are rocking and rolling with some serious 'attitude'!
I'm proud of staying on my plan but my workouts, or lack there of SUCKS. If I ever get caught up, I'll get back to it, but I'm so far behind, I might be a ball of Jello by then. Uh oh!
Mary
I'm proud of staying on my plan but my workouts, or lack there of SUCKS. If I ever get caught up, I'll get back to it, but I'm so far behind, I might be a ball of Jello by then. Uh oh!
Mary
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on 11/7/08 10:54 pm - Rochester, NY
on 11/7/08 10:54 pm - Rochester, NY
My biggest downfall, Mary....lack of exercise. I'm not supposed to do any on week 1 of this plan I'm on but that ends Monday and my resolve is to get to the Y 3 days/week!!
I'm proud that last night we got together with a group of friends to play cards...they ordered pizza and wings and one of them brought key lime pie (my favorite) for dessert. I planned ahead and brought a huge salad with all types of goodies in it and my 6oz of chicken breast. I also brought my Atkins shake to have as hot cocoa later when they had their dessert. Okay, so it's only week 1 and my motivation and determination is still running high, but I didn't feel deprived and was proud of myself!
I'm proud that last night we got together with a group of friends to play cards...they ordered pizza and wings and one of them brought key lime pie (my favorite) for dessert. I planned ahead and brought a huge salad with all types of goodies in it and my 6oz of chicken breast. I also brought my Atkins shake to have as hot cocoa later when they had their dessert. Okay, so it's only week 1 and my motivation and determination is still running high, but I didn't feel deprived and was proud of myself!
Be careful, Sherrie!!!! Your new actions might accidentally influence your friends to get healthy too! Sherrie, I hate exercise! 
But you and I had better get our butts back on it or that scale is gonna start creeping up on us. I hate that damned scale, too! Have you noticed that I'm in a mood? And this is how I feel about my diet plan!
But you sound like you are doing great woman. Motivation AND determination...WOW! I wish you could package that and send it to me to make me want to workout. My motivation to exercise was to be able to get a breast reduction. Now that it's done, I need to find a new way to get me back to HAVING to workout. Maybe I'll buy me a size 2 dress and make THAT my motivation.
Nah, I'd have to be dead for six months to fit into a size 2!!!
Lord help us both!
Mary
But you and I had better get our butts back on it or that scale is gonna start creeping up on us. I hate that damned scale, too! Have you noticed that I'm in a mood? And this is how I feel about my diet plan! But you sound like you are doing great woman. Motivation AND determination...WOW! I wish you could package that and send it to me to make me want to workout. My motivation to exercise was to be able to get a breast reduction. Now that it's done, I need to find a new way to get me back to HAVING to workout. Maybe I'll buy me a size 2 dress and make THAT my motivation.
Nah, I'd have to be dead for six months to fit into a size 2!!!Lord help us both!
Mary
Now don't you go worrying your pretty little head over my buns Girlie! Even though I haven't been doing regular formal workouts lately, I do still do all of my isometrix whi*****ludes tightening my butt muscles and holding. So the newly lifted A$$ is doing just as fine as it was doing when we decided to have the butt contest! 
The question now becomes, how is your cute li'l derriere working for ya???
Mary
The question now becomes, how is your cute li'l derriere working for ya???
Mary
Yeah Mary! You are a rocker too...hey you will catch your exercise bug again. It is not like you lay about all day...you are a mover!
Yesterday...I parked far away all day to many meetings. DH and I met after work to hike 40 minutes at dusk.
An aside: He was ******g and moaning - so out of breath! It was good cuz he may see that he needs so much to build it back up again. Poor baby...he has Parkinsons so I know draggin hisself to work 40 hours a week is taking all he has. He plans to retire this December, and i will help him stay on track of building back up his basic health by resting enough and challenging himself enough.
Yesterday...I parked far away all day to many meetings. DH and I met after work to hike 40 minutes at dusk.
An aside: He was ******g and moaning - so out of breath! It was good cuz he may see that he needs so much to build it back up again. Poor baby...he has Parkinsons so I know draggin hisself to work 40 hours a week is taking all he has. He plans to retire this December, and i will help him stay on track of building back up his basic health by resting enough and challenging himself enough.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
I gave myself permission to lose weight my way. I'm proud of that. I have told myself all week that I need to do a "diet" and "I should be/could be losing faster". All week this "I'm not good enough" attitude has made me feel very overwhelmed and, in turn, I have went to food. Makes no sense, I know. But I have traveled this road many times. I keep coming back to the same conclusion. The only way that I feel that I will ever get my binge eating in order is to STOP doing diets and simply learn to use food for fuel. I know that I must stop when I am comfortable and not limit the foods I can eat. If I try to limit this type or that type of food I end up eating really unhealthy b/c I guess I am defiant. Maybe I don't want to lose my old pal food. I dunno. But I have learned time and time again that if I put no rules on myself, I start to WANT things that are more healthy for me. Forcing myself to do a diet just doesn't work, at least not right now. I lose much slower this way (and that's why I get frustrated and start the cycle of "I can lose faster, etc." again. But I know that I can lose weight this way and I am gonna stick to it this time. I'm proud of my commitment to REALLY fix the problem I have with food instead of just looking for the quickest result.
Anyone else ever feel this way? Lose weight this way?
Anyone else ever feel this way? Lose weight this way?
SW-290.4 - CW-287.4 1stGW-285(made it!) 2ndGW - 280 (made it!) 3rd GW-275 - GW-160
Dang, that's a helluva dilemna you've got going there. You can't do a "diet" cuz you get defiant and binge eat when you can't eat what you want and yet you want to do a "diet" cuz you want to lose faster. Girl, I'm not even going to try to tell you what is right for you, but I will make a few observations since you asked the question. I do know that if you don't have a metabolic problem, then losing weight is a matter of calories IN and calories OUT. So if you aren't going to limit your food choices, you are definitely going to have to limit your food portions to lose weight. So instead of stopping eating when you are comfortable, you need to know the exact amount of calories you are consuming down to the letter. Like me. I love cake, but if I'm eating cake until I am comfortably full, I'm gaining weight!
Losing ANY weight is better than losing it fast, so if what you are doing is letting you lose weight, then I say stick with that. At least you aren't GAINING.
But in my humble opinion, eating healthy is a life long commitment to that body of yours that you are going to have to live in for the rest of your life. So while you are doing this particular type of diet, start researching foods that you can substitute for the foods that you are not willing to give up. And by all means, start exercising regularly. That was the only way I could lose weight. And I certainly could not exercise by fueling my body with junk. Try sucking air with a pounding heart when you've just eaten a Twinkie. You won't want all of that sugar and refined carbs...you'll be craving some REAL FOOD!
But I'm so proud to hear that you have decided to fix the problem you have with food. It definitely sounds like a dysfunctional relationship at this point, but keep working it and you'll develop a healthy relationship with food. And the longer you work on the problem, the more comfortable you will become with healthy choices for a lifetime. Even I'M getting better a****er...and that only took FOREVER!!!
Wishing you lots and lots of success.
Mary
Losing ANY weight is better than losing it fast, so if what you are doing is letting you lose weight, then I say stick with that. At least you aren't GAINING.
But in my humble opinion, eating healthy is a life long commitment to that body of yours that you are going to have to live in for the rest of your life. So while you are doing this particular type of diet, start researching foods that you can substitute for the foods that you are not willing to give up. And by all means, start exercising regularly. That was the only way I could lose weight. And I certainly could not exercise by fueling my body with junk. Try sucking air with a pounding heart when you've just eaten a Twinkie. You won't want all of that sugar and refined carbs...you'll be craving some REAL FOOD!
But I'm so proud to hear that you have decided to fix the problem you have with food. It definitely sounds like a dysfunctional relationship at this point, but keep working it and you'll develop a healthy relationship with food. And the longer you work on the problem, the more comfortable you will become with healthy choices for a lifetime. Even I'M getting better a****er...and that only took FOREVER!!!
Wishing you lots and lots of success.
Mary
Awwe Neece, being called a rocker and a mover by 'Mighty Bike Girl' 
is a high compliment indeed! I think my exercise bug may have been squashed on a windshield somewhere. 
OMG, your poor husband. Just when he thought Parkinsons was bad, he is going to find out that YOU are going to be his trainer! Now don't go getting all 'Jillian' on him cuz he seems like a pretty nice guy.
Mary
is a high compliment indeed! I think my exercise bug may have been squashed on a windshield somewhere. OMG, your poor husband. Just when he thought Parkinsons was bad, he is going to find out that YOU are going to be his trainer! Now don't go getting all 'Jillian' on him cuz he seems like a pretty nice guy.
Mary
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