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I’m feeling positive!

Posted renewme on September 17th, 2008 | Filed under General

Went to a ww meeting yesterday. Even though I was over points for the week, I still managed to lose .8 lbs! I’m now where I was about 3-4 weeks ago before I veered off track and had a gain 2 weeks in a row. It is also the lowest weight since I’ve started weight watchers, 177.2. The topic was about negative self talk and the ways we can sabotage our efforts with bad thoughts, and turning those around to good ones. At the end of the meeting, the leader handed out a 12 inch string, and we are supposed to cut off an inch every time we have a negative thought, or if we don’t struggle with negative self talk, every time we eat something we would consider not to be on program. So, this morning I cut off my 1st inch. I’ve been feeling like walking is not enough of work out. I don’t really even get winded, even at a pretty good pace, and have thought about trying jogging. Well, this morning, I was thinking about it again, and I was thinking things like, I’ll look silly, i need a better bra. I decided right then, that I was allowing my negative thoughts make up my mind for me. So, I looked up the C25K and did the first day. I went to the park, and it took me a while to actually jog. I actually walked 1.5 miles before I worked up the courage to jog, but once I did it wasn’t too bad. I don’t know what I was so hesitant about, I used to run in high school, so I at least knew what I was doing, even if I hadn’t done it in a while. On the program, you start by running for one minute and walking for 90 seconds. I was surprised at how hard it was to jog for 1 minute, and I actually walked for more than 90 seconds in between, probably more like 2-3 minutes before I  start jogging again, but I pushed through for the 20 minutes, which was pretty good I thought.