CHALLENGING MYSELF.....JOIN ME IF YOU WISH
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on 1/3/09 11:21 am - Rochester, NY
on 1/3/09 11:21 am - Rochester, NY
That's a GREAT goal, Janina! I need to start exercising too. I'm hoping if I'm sticking to my plan I will feel good about myself and want to get back to the Y. I enjoy it once I'm there doing my water aerobics, just getting my body out the door.
Sherry and everyone else,
I sometimes have problems staying on track too. I know everything I need to do. Mostly I struggle because I let myself eat junk and I don't eat enough veggies. So, I set my goal for this year to eat healthier. I have also found that eating more veggies has helped me to stay fuller, imagine that. The past few days I have eaten eggbeaters with 1 cup of peppers and 1 cup of mushrooms, sautee veggies first in olive oil. I also had a low-fat muffin with fat free cream cheese, really fills me up and keeps my hunger at bay. It is really amazing to me how much the veggies are filling foods. I just don't really like mine raw.
So, I would love to join the challenge too. I have been attending WW for two years, I really want to make my 10% goal by the end of March.
I also have been exercising, Leslie Sansone Slim Walk dvd, I am up to 2 miles in 27 minutes, it is peppy but I am really liking it. Just need to stayed focused and committed to my goals.
Cindy
I sometimes have problems staying on track too. I know everything I need to do. Mostly I struggle because I let myself eat junk and I don't eat enough veggies. So, I set my goal for this year to eat healthier. I have also found that eating more veggies has helped me to stay fuller, imagine that. The past few days I have eaten eggbeaters with 1 cup of peppers and 1 cup of mushrooms, sautee veggies first in olive oil. I also had a low-fat muffin with fat free cream cheese, really fills me up and keeps my hunger at bay. It is really amazing to me how much the veggies are filling foods. I just don't really like mine raw.
So, I would love to join the challenge too. I have been attending WW for two years, I really want to make my 10% goal by the end of March.
I also have been exercising, Leslie Sansone Slim Walk dvd, I am up to 2 miles in 27 minutes, it is peppy but I am really liking it. Just need to stayed focused and committed to my goals.
Cindy
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on 1/4/09 4:39 am - Rochester, NY
on 1/4/09 4:39 am - Rochester, NY
Glad to have you onboard, Cindy.....lots of room on this wagon. We'll help keep each other motivated so we don't keep falling off. 
Hey Sherrie
Thanks for the posting your challenge, it is inspiring. I personally can't do 6 weeks: my inner food junkie shrieks like a hyena. But I do know that I can make it 3 days at a time.
I have learned that on day 4 of healthy eating, inner junkie becomes really loud and obnoxious. The cravings on those days would turn me into Godzilla of Georgia. My plan: eating healthy, while loading up with ammunition to deal with junkie.
I bought a ton of healthy foods and am prepped to increase caloric intake on every fourth day to battle the lil loudmouth in my head. It worked today!!!!!! My doc also gave great advice on other ways to prevent/battle wagon tumbling. The support of y'all is a crucial tool.
Thanks for the posting your challenge, it is inspiring. I personally can't do 6 weeks: my inner food junkie shrieks like a hyena. But I do know that I can make it 3 days at a time.
I have learned that on day 4 of healthy eating, inner junkie becomes really loud and obnoxious. The cravings on those days would turn me into Godzilla of Georgia. My plan: eating healthy, while loading up with ammunition to deal with junkie.
I bought a ton of healthy foods and am prepped to increase caloric intake on every fourth day to battle the lil loudmouth in my head. It worked today!!!!!! My doc also gave great advice on other ways to prevent/battle wagon tumbling. The support of y'all is a crucial tool.
MARKY
Hey Neecee,
My awesome doc said that research shows that sucessful longterm losers (folks who have been able to keep at least 50lbs off for more than 7 years) all share the same skills/behaviors. At first I dismissed it with "I know all that". Then I got intimidated by the length of the list.
Awesome doc answered: how many of these did you practice at one time and kept up?
She said that these behaviors/skills do not guarantee weight loss or maintenance but that without all of them your odds for getting to goal or maintaining plummet.
Here are the general points, I also have some personal ones for my insulin resitance, monthly cycle and my habits/tastes.
1. They know what foods, emotions and situations likely trigger overeating.
2. They exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. They keep their bloodsugar from wild swings either by limiting simple carbs or by at least 4 small meals a day.
4. They do not use crash diets or diets that severely restrict types of foods.
5. They will endulge in small portions of a food they really want.
6. They avoid binges by treating a craving with a healthy substitute for the craving and then waiting it out for 20 minutes while doing an activity.
7. They address/treat insomnia, depression or anxiety if present.
8. They accept any binges or overindulgances as temporary and resume healthy behaviors immediately.
9. At goal they do not drastically change habits, they might add an additional snack ot certain foods, but the basic behaviors during weight loss stay the same.
10. They have several tools to handle cravings: including exercise, journaling, talking about the craving, drinking water or hot tea, reading their journal or weight loss site, using aroma therapy, or accupressure.
11. They do not keep trigger foods in their homes.
12. They start a new hobby or increase an allready present one.
13. They have support people in place that they interact with regularly.
14. They have a trainer, doctor, friend or weight loss buddy that they are accountable to for at least monthly weigh ins.
15. They have family members or friends who know what the person's challenges are and they are either supportive or the person sets firm limits with them.
16. They keep a food journal/log on good and bad days.
17. Their goals are set in small increments, and for short periods, with frequent non food related rewards.
My awesome doc said that research shows that sucessful longterm losers (folks who have been able to keep at least 50lbs off for more than 7 years) all share the same skills/behaviors. At first I dismissed it with "I know all that". Then I got intimidated by the length of the list.
Awesome doc answered: how many of these did you practice at one time and kept up?
She said that these behaviors/skills do not guarantee weight loss or maintenance but that without all of them your odds for getting to goal or maintaining plummet. Here are the general points, I also have some personal ones for my insulin resitance, monthly cycle and my habits/tastes.
1. They know what foods, emotions and situations likely trigger overeating.
2. They exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. They keep their bloodsugar from wild swings either by limiting simple carbs or by at least 4 small meals a day.
4. They do not use crash diets or diets that severely restrict types of foods.
5. They will endulge in small portions of a food they really want.
6. They avoid binges by treating a craving with a healthy substitute for the craving and then waiting it out for 20 minutes while doing an activity.
7. They address/treat insomnia, depression or anxiety if present.
8. They accept any binges or overindulgances as temporary and resume healthy behaviors immediately.
9. At goal they do not drastically change habits, they might add an additional snack ot certain foods, but the basic behaviors during weight loss stay the same.
10. They have several tools to handle cravings: including exercise, journaling, talking about the craving, drinking water or hot tea, reading their journal or weight loss site, using aroma therapy, or accupressure.
11. They do not keep trigger foods in their homes.
12. They start a new hobby or increase an allready present one.
13. They have support people in place that they interact with regularly.
14. They have a trainer, doctor, friend or weight loss buddy that they are accountable to for at least monthly weigh ins.
15. They have family members or friends who know what the person's challenges are and they are either supportive or the person sets firm limits with them.
16. They keep a food journal/log on good and bad days.
17. Their goals are set in small increments, and for short periods, with frequent non food related rewards.
MARKY
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