Here is my latest BLOG entry... thought I would share...

Honeymoon over on to "Marriage" 2-21-10

Alright... not to confuse anyone.... I am married and will be celebrating our 35th anniversary this year. That is not what I'm talking about.

I'm speaking of the weight-loss honeymoon being over... and moving on into settling down to weight-loss "Marriage." This is the part of weight-loss they may have lost a bit of the excitement & luster of the honeymoon stage... but the time and effort of long term investment in ones self is worth the commitment. 

Just because someone no longer loses 5 lbs in a week regularly- doesn't mean the scale isn't moving in the right direction. It's vacation versus being back home & back to work.
Honeymoon versus Real married life. Marriage is work. If something has value- we are willing to work for it.

We put up with the minor annoyances- brush them off and look for the good in our relationship. So... instead of focusing on what is wrong with us and the scale- it becomes time to look at what we have already invested in our weight-loss efforts. We can realize what we have accomplished is of great value and is worth the effort to continue applying the same principles to our daily life. In time the scale will move and we will get closer to our goal weight.  No reason to be discouraged for long... FOCUS....
the goal is in sight!

I did it. It worked.... this week I focused much more and the result is I have lost 3lbs!
I may not make my Feb 23rd goal. However, I know I will reach my goal at the latest by my 1 year anniversary. So I am very very happy!

 

Way to go JEllen :) You should not only be happy but very proud of yourself for doing such a great job. It is hard to look at things long term but you have done that and you will be happier and healthier for it. I am working on getting more active right now and I am finding it hard to do. You have inspired me to keep trying and to focus on my goal. Keep up the great work and thank you for the reminder to keep on going..Hugs

HI!  I've been meaning to tell you...

I LOVE your tiara! and.. You have such a great smile!  (probably because you feel great with that Tiara sparkling away!!!)

I'm glad you find my posts encouraging.  We all have had such difficult roads it is sometimes hard to focus on the positive. But - I've learned something over the years ... something a friend shared with me years ago.  there is a Spanish expression- which I can't spell... but it basically means: MY TRANSLATION... fake it till you make it! lol

WEll... i did say that is my translation.... it is much better than that.
I will have to ask a friend for the spelling & translation!

I used to think that if I did that I would be a FRAUD.
or a hypocrite somehow. I feel miserable so I'm not going to smile...
You ask me how I am....
I'm gonna tell ya!
I feel awful- blah blah blah...

but... that doesn't help turn things around.

Smile.... and it starts a wonderful chain of events
that brings JOY right back to where it started!

Well, my dear, I must get off of here and get going about my day...
Hava GREAT DAY!!!

Judy

I love your comparision to the Honeymoon and Marriage !  How appropriate !

Wonderful post and THANKS for keeping it real!!

Yep-you painted a perfect picture of the "now what" phase. Now-we live. Now-it is not ALL about the food and weight. Now is about living. We all come to a moment when we realize just HOW much time we spent on things being about THE FOOD and THE WEIGHT. We are little toddlers striking out in the big world to see what we can find and see how things work.

Loved your post! And congrats!

Peace,
T

OK, just typed this long post and it went away.  I said how great the analogy was about the "now what?" and turning it into the marriage. Brilliant!  I've heard so many say...
no more losing 5 pounds at a time?
no more smaller jeans?
no more woooo hoooooo moments?

No, you live.  Life is life and I ask myself would I rather have some struggles in life at 260 pounds or 130?  I think we all know the answer.  That's really why I stress about writing down those things that we would give anything to do and not forgetting how badly we wanted them.    Every day is precious.  The date you put at the beginning of your post is also a notable date to one of our members.  She had just given of herself selfishly and driven one of our other members to have her surgery and 2 weeks later her son was in an accident and died.  He was in his early 20's.  Sometimes we don't know how great we have it until something is taken away....forever.

JEllen you are such a smart insightful woman and we are so lucky to have you and I especially love it when someone just "gets it".  You're awesome and I'm looking for you to stick around as long as I am lucky enough to have you here girlfriend!
hugs, Y

I am planning on sticking around....

so sad to learn of that dreadful accident... I simply can't imagine the pain of losing a child.