All about choices
General May 5th, 2009I have not written in a long long time. Yes, I have been busy. But then, aren’t we all. And the trick about this whole weight loss journey, that I realised at this point in my life, is that I have to stop making excuses. I am responsible for all my actions. So if I over-eat (or drink too many glasses of wine like last night), I do it knowing fully-well that there will be consequences. My life is my choice, everything that happens to me is my decision. If I want to be entertained, I am the one who gets to choose from movies, pubbing, hanging out with friends, shopping, etc, etc. Yes, everything I do is my own doing. And likewise if I want to lose weight or I want to blog regularly, I should make time for it. Because I can if I want to, no matter how busy I am.
On a good note, I am doing the May challenge with all seriousness. I didn’t get a star for a food yesterday. And I didn’t hit the gym today morning. But I’ll try and go for a walk today evening.
Weight: 165 lbs (crept right back… sigh!)
Exercise: Not as yet
May 7th, 2009 at 9:48 am
thanks for the kind comment on my blog
you are right, its so easy to slip back into our bad habbits and thats what scares me. I was sort of making excuses for myself, like “its been a very stressful month, and I just cant take the stress” blah blah…its just an excuse! And the sad thing is, binging only adds to my stress in the long run. actually directly after my binge, i felt much more stressed out, ugh!! You are right on in this post. It’s completely in my control. No one forces food down my throat. You would think that it would be so easy to just always make good choices, but it is sooooo hard! thanks again. no need to apologise for the long comment. it helps 
May 7th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I did the first two months of the w8challenge. March was a bad month for me. Too much cheating on food, and a vacation. April I did really well on exercise but only ate right 15 days of the 30. And even at that, I could’ve ate better, but yet I still fell within my own set guidelines. This month, I’m shooting for more days of eating right. I may be building muscle with the exercise but the weight is coming off slow by not eating right.
I’m just saying, it might not be that you win the challenge, but you set some mini goals for yourself and see how you do. If you don’t meet it, then just try the next month to beat that by a few more, and so on. I mostly love the w8challenge site for the tracking and the company. The virtual stars are a bonus. It really pushed me on those last few days when I was close to a red star (50)
Alot of people like wine, I guess it’s good that I don’t. But I loved LOVED (LOVE?)smoking pot. I finally figured out that I couldn’t do that and lose weight at the same time. HOLY SMOKES!? I might have finally gotten away from that trigger?! After 20+ yrs? It can’t be true….we shall see! I’m having fun losing weight…even if it is at a snail’s pace, and not without frequent impatient-ness. Is that a word?
hang in there. keep thinking, keep trying, and keep figuring out what works for you.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I’m so happy that you’re sticking with the May challenge and that you’re doing so GREAT!! Eh, an occasional overindulgence, it’s not the end! With that take-responsibility-attitude you wrote about, you’re dealing with it and moving on!
Doesn’t alcohol result in some fluid retention? So maybe that gain will come right back off!
May 11th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hey.. thanks guys. What would I do without your support!!