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Eileen - Day #318 - Tuesday
 Daily intake goals::  < 35g carbs / < 1700 calories / > 64+ oz. water
Exercise yesterday::  none - rainy morning, sick by evening
Net carb grams yesterday:  36.4 ack!      Calories:  1688
Weight today:  235.6     Change:  +0.6    Total weight loss:  -49.6
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I was sick last night and even stayed home from work this morning.  Woke up around 4pm feeling a bit better.  Extremely hungry, though.  I’ve eaten almost 800 calories in the past five hours!  Oh yeah and I sort-of-accidentally went over my carbs limit yesterday!  I knew I was pushing it but ate that popcorn anyway, so it’s my own fault.  I really love popcorn though - and I can have it - if I prepare in advance!!

My blog entry today is gonna be related to two comments I made while trying to make the blog rounds.  I was so taken with both these people’s entries that I really wanted to address both here.

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First entry is by:  sunnygee
She wrote about how it’s really impossible for her to read blog entries which are negative and that she feels guilty about it because she’s not offering those folks any support in their journeys.  Here is the comment I left:

Don’t feel guilty for not making the effort to support others right now. That time will come.  Think of it like this: Ya ever been on a plane? Ya know when they do that whole safety announcement / demonstration, how they say if you’re traveling with young children, put your own mask on first THEN help the child - do you know why they say that?  Because if you’re unconscious, you can’t help your kid. You NEED to look after your own health and well-being FIRST and then you will be in a place where you can help others.

This analogy applies to parenting in general - but it also applies to any other area where you might want to help others. We all need to see to our own health and well-being and that will naturally lead us to a place where we can truly be of help to others.

I’m fully aware that I am not truly at that place yet. I am still deeply entrenched in my own diet issues and in the meantime, just like you, I can’t, can’t, CAN’T subject myself to others’ negativity. Just like you, if I start reading a post that wallows in regret without quickly becoming a testament to success - I turn away. I click off. I move on. I can’t stay. CAN’T.  For me, the thing about THIS time, THIS diet, THIS attempt at losing weight that is different from all previous attempts - is ME. The ME that is NOW is positive. The ME that is NOW is confident. The ME that is NOW is more committed and more determined than any ME that’s been me in the past has EVER been.

No doubt, I am VERY protective of ME. =D

One of the other commenters, Fat Pants , left a link to this article, which is AWESOME!!!  I highly recommend taking the time to read the WHOLE thing!!  http://avidityfitness.net/2008/02/01/no-excuses-for-fat-loss/

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The second blog I would like to plug here is susan’s
She wrote about how her bust is the first place to show a loss.  Here’s part of the comment I left there:

… at least you have ‘em now - I don’t have much even as heavy as I am, so I can’t imagine what’ll be left after losing 150 lbs!!! (I’ve been overweight my entire adult life so I’ve never seen my adult body without all the fat!)

I never thought about it before, but that statement is true - I have never seen my adult body without fat.  I will probably be flat as a pancake, LOL!!

I will get back to blog commenting, hopefully, later, because now I have to watch the season finale of Dancing with the Stars!!  (Y’all know how much I like STARS!!! LOL!)

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