Control

Why do I have so much trouble remember how to get to this blog?  Oh well, maybe a few hundred more times and I’ll get it.

I’m hanging in there.  Wish the weight would come off faster but it is, what it is.  No going back.  If it takes a long time it takes a long time. I’m going to stay as close to induction eating as I can.  The ketostix are a help for sure.  They let me know I’m doing it right, it’s just going to take the time it takes.  Period.  If I quit now I’ll have to go through that sugar withdrawel again and the weight will come off even slower than now.

Shopping is such a reality check.  I’m glad I’m doing something about this weight because I didn’t realize how bad I look.  Summer is what I’m looking forward to.  I know I’ll have at least 20 pounds gone by summer for sure.

So, no cheats, work on drinking more water to keep things moving along.  I’m proud of myself for not backsliding once.  Good work and keep it up!  I rock!

I still have to stop focusing on the scale and wrap my brain around the fact that it’s going to take TIME to lose all this weight.  There is nothing that is going to speed the process except more exercise and eating less.  Staying OP will guarantee success, cheating will guarantee failure again.

Magical thinking, gimmicks, blogs, posting, viewing every post etc. while sometime supportive, is not going to change the way I lose weight.  I KNOW this but of course I still step on the scale hoping to see 20 pounds magically.

I’m doing well and I need to keep positive thoughts.  I need to think about how much more enjoyable warm weather activities will be with some of this weight gone. I need to continue to plan ahead and surround myself with an environment geared to success.  Time will pass whether I lose weight or not.   I’d just as soon be able to increase my physical activity when I’m 51, not more impediments.  I need to lose this weight for continued health, not start suffering the side effects of obesity.

Not losing weight this week is frustrating, but you know that the less tight rings on your fingers means real progress.  All the work that you have done up till now means nothing if you don’t keep OP, and will be twice as hard to restart again.  Hang in there!

when you are dieting but yet time flies by when you aren’t paying attention to what you are eating and gaining the weight…..

oh well, tough titties, quit whining and get to work. No cheating. No excuses.

Think about spring….then think about summer.  Think about the soccer coaching you will do in the spring….won’t it be more enjoyable if I don’t have all this extra weight?  Think about hiking in the summer…..you will have much more fun this year.  Perhaps Katie will want to hike to Elkins again…only she won’t have to stop as often as I will be able to keep up this year!

You can do this.  Plan ahead.  I will be successful this time.  No cheats!  You are doing really well and should be proud of yourself.  The hard bits are coming…..keeping OP when everyone else is eating/drinking whatever they want.  BUT you have choices.  GOOD choices.  Let’s continue to make good choices this year.

Think about skiing next year.  New ski jacket and pants…..having to reset your bindings because you weigh so much less this year…..how much easier it is to hike up the hills to the trails, how much fun snow shoeing is!  How much easier it is to walk to the village and back………..

….this can all be yours if you do the hard work.

Well, despite saying I would only weigh in once a month I had to look after the first week.  SIX pounds gone!  I know, I know mostly water weight but I needed to have that little chick move in the right direction.

Now I can tell myself..”You MUST keep with the program or you will gain it back and it will take twice as long to lose it!!”

Really, I need to remember that it took me about 4 weeks on WW to lose even 4 pounds.  KEEP GOING! NO CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so I’m on day 6.  I’m trying to not sabatoge my efforts with the same behaviors that derailed previous attempts.  First, not to obsess and make myself sick and tired of thinking about losing weight 24/7.  This involves not hanging on the boards all day and more importantly, not weighing every day or even every week.  I have purchased some ketosticks so I can see that I am doing what I’m supposed to be doing….and then when I weigh at the end of the month, I’ll see good progress. Ah, the task oriented person that I am, I can’t just not “measure” something.

I think this low carb thing is alot like quitting smoking. It doesn’t get easier and if you start back with a bad habit you have to go through withdrawel all over again.  I can’t control eating when I eat carbs.  Five years of trying to do WW has shown me that …  I would still be hungry after eating a whole bag of FF popcorn<—-.  Also, importantly, once weight is lost, if you re-gain that weight it will be harder and harder to lose it again.

I really have to look at the long term.  How many times have I heard “It’s harder to lose the older you get” and “You didn’t gain the weight over night and it will take a long time to lose”.  So, it really doesn’t matter what I weigh day to day or even week to week, it’s more like months and months of losing and then the hard work of maintaining…much like not smoking ever again, but harder as I can’t just stop eating.

oh well. that’s life.  I’m doing well week one and I need to re-read this every month.

It’s here.  Time to do the work.  I’m looking forward to feeling better by developing the healthy WOE and exercise…..off to start the day.

Christmas is just around the corner.   I’m already making plans to start my new woe after the holidays. This is not an option.  I have to lose this weight or suffer the health consequences.  I know what to do.  I just need to do it.

I love the Christmas season but I wish I was eating better and feeling better……

hee hee i need to take some time to figure this blog stuff out…..

don’t have time now but later…

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Well, need to have more time to navigate this blog stuff.  Right now it’s about getting some control.  My plan is to try<—-no….how about DO the lifestyle change of getting control of my eating.  Eating 6 times a day in SMALL amounts so I don’t feel so full and eat less totally.  Right now I’m eating WAY 2 much at dinner/night time.  This night time eating is totally out of control so much that it is turning into binging.  Instead of eating less, I’m eating more.

210 pounds…..got to get this weight down.

Been working on this for 5 long years and have had no success.  In fact, my weight is now at an all time high.  This is not where I want to be health wise at 50.  Time to get a grip and figure out something that is going to work for me.

New rules….eat every 2-3 hours, SMALL AMOUNTS!!!!!!

need to get going on the day…………later

wait….positive thoughts!!!  I can do this!!!!!