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on 5/20/10 12:35 pm
I'm sending you giant cyberhugs ((((Heather)))) - this isn't easy. I think Michelle's response is really great. Shedding weight is not a fast race and then you arrive nice and skinny for the rest of your life - it doesn't work that way. Rather this is about making permanent changes in the food choices you make - enough to shed the weight and then to maintain the loss. It is hard, you're fighting against this obesigenic society in which fattening, addicting ,easy and cheap food is available everywhere and you have to fight all that. In addition, no one has it always perfect and always easy - we all have times when we slip or get frustrated or fall off the wagon - it's part of being human - the trick is to jump right back on to the wagon to continue the journey.
I don't know how you can do Hot yoga - yikes, that too hot for me. I bet you got seriously dehydrated from it and that could account for a difference in weight - due to lots of water loss. And then the water returns as you eat and drink again.
Please don't be depressed, just try to get that determination back - and venting here is a great idea because it helps you feel better.
Myself, I'm going through a frustration period - I'm so sick of my hanging skin and I can't wait to lop it off. I've been emailing back and forth with Ruth to help get a reality check. I know some people end their journey early when it gets hard to shed more weight and then get plastic surgery - but it's best to wait until you've lost all the excess fat because the surgery is easier and the results are better. I too just have to get my determination back to continue the journey until the end before having plastics. I am thankful that I will be able to afford plastics because I'm going to need it.
I hope that we can help get you back on track.
Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net
Can't wait until you get your website up and going. I could do with some good recipes. I'm currently sifting through Egg Face's, but would love another one.
I'm glad you and sig ot are doing well.
Melinda
on 5/20/10 4:55 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
I'm not really celebrating or proud of anything today. I did do a moonlight 3 mile walk but that was more to de-stress myself than a good cardio walk.
Hopefully someone else here has something positive to share.
Hope you are all having a good day!
TTFN
I refused to step on the scale in April - I just knew the news would be bad.
Sunday I started doing hot yoga. It has been good, and I was feeling pretty good. Tuesday morning I stepped on the scale - I figured I just needed to know wher I was at. I was shocked - it showed that I had lost another 8 pounds, for a total of 20 pounds. I was feeling GREAT! For the first time, I actually felt like I could do this! I was "faking it" before when I said I thought I could, but Tuesday and Wednesday I genuinely felt like it was a possibility.
Then, this morning I stepped on the scale again - and it was up 12 pounds from where it had been Tuesday morning, and I am beyond depressed now. I feel like giving up. I don't want to, but that motivation I felt after weighing myself Tuesday is all gone. I just want to curl up in bed and cry.
I knew this journey would be long and hard, but I feel so depressed over everything right now - my work, my marriage, my parenting...what is the point of fighting it??
Sorry, I needed to vent a little. I hope everyone's week is going better than mine!
Heather.
Mary
MOJO...The word originally means a charm or a spell. But now its more commonly said meaning sex appeal or talent.
on 5/19/10 12:45 pm
It does make sense to shed weight with calorie cotrol and exercise.
on 5/19/10 12:39 pm
Yes, it's for life and that's why we need to be doing it in a sensible way that we continue to do for the rest of our lives. You're off to such a great start.
on 5/19/10 12:30 pm
Hope everyone else is doing well.