horsey
03-04-2008, 03:36 PM
When you don't meet your goal... I was warned on this site when I wanted to lose SO MUCH by my birthday, today. The BIG ONE.
I should be proud, I lost 6 lbs in a month or so after revving it up. I have 5 lbs more to go to meet my original goal from last fall.
I've learned so much about nutrition, I'm more careful about what I buy and eat - that's been my journey. I've lost before just to gain it back because of a fad diet, this time at least I believe it's for life.
Even on my week long trip for business last week I didn't pig out, worked out, and modified my lifestyle compared to the good old days when I ate for comfort and when emotionally or physically tired.
So if the pounds aren't quite there, perhaps this is better... to gradually lose, and while doing so to learn about life long habits and health.
No I don't like the blob on m stomach but I have a plan for that, and my flabby arms. I AM going to become an athlete again, I love my new Gabby Reece dvds, as I'm a former volleyball player like her.
Of course I'll lose the next 5 lbs if I keep it up - watching calories, eating clean and having plans for travel too. Plus cardio, weights and just more movement.
Just wish I could have met my goal TODAY. Perhaps the last 10 is the hardest to lose - but it's not just the last 10 lbs is it? It's when you lose weight and you are a skinnier version of yourself, without the toning and muscle.
I'm going to go for buff, for toned this time around, not just skinny fat as I was in my 20s. I love the look of muscle that's fashionable with celebrities like Madonna. There's many role models out there, those fit in their 40s and 50s.
Ok, it's true I turn 40 today, imagine that? One book said at 40 you either go downhill or up, it's a turning point for health/nutrition. I'm not afraid of 40 like I was, I mean it's here TODAY, what I can do other then be positive, and make the next 40 years BETTER and BETTER.
No life isn't perfect, it's not the house on the hill, the 2.5 kids, the dog, the white fence for me, it's been much, much harder. Is it through hard times that we grow? We can sit back, get overweight, be depressed or the ALTERNATIVE that I chose, pulling myself out of depression from the hard knocks life gave me, losing weight, getting more fit...
THIS is the way to go... up hill. As high as one can go. Perhaps I'm only half way up the hill of health, fitness and nutrition, the more I learn the more I realize I knew nothing and was so hard on my body. But at least I can see the top, last year I couldn't. I was down.
Up is the best. Up with health, up with moods, trudging along daily to meet those goals. Perhaps without strict time frames as the body seems to do what it needs to do despite our best efforts!
I should be proud, I lost 6 lbs in a month or so after revving it up. I have 5 lbs more to go to meet my original goal from last fall.
I've learned so much about nutrition, I'm more careful about what I buy and eat - that's been my journey. I've lost before just to gain it back because of a fad diet, this time at least I believe it's for life.
Even on my week long trip for business last week I didn't pig out, worked out, and modified my lifestyle compared to the good old days when I ate for comfort and when emotionally or physically tired.
So if the pounds aren't quite there, perhaps this is better... to gradually lose, and while doing so to learn about life long habits and health.
No I don't like the blob on m stomach but I have a plan for that, and my flabby arms. I AM going to become an athlete again, I love my new Gabby Reece dvds, as I'm a former volleyball player like her.
Of course I'll lose the next 5 lbs if I keep it up - watching calories, eating clean and having plans for travel too. Plus cardio, weights and just more movement.
Just wish I could have met my goal TODAY. Perhaps the last 10 is the hardest to lose - but it's not just the last 10 lbs is it? It's when you lose weight and you are a skinnier version of yourself, without the toning and muscle.
I'm going to go for buff, for toned this time around, not just skinny fat as I was in my 20s. I love the look of muscle that's fashionable with celebrities like Madonna. There's many role models out there, those fit in their 40s and 50s.
Ok, it's true I turn 40 today, imagine that? One book said at 40 you either go downhill or up, it's a turning point for health/nutrition. I'm not afraid of 40 like I was, I mean it's here TODAY, what I can do other then be positive, and make the next 40 years BETTER and BETTER.
No life isn't perfect, it's not the house on the hill, the 2.5 kids, the dog, the white fence for me, it's been much, much harder. Is it through hard times that we grow? We can sit back, get overweight, be depressed or the ALTERNATIVE that I chose, pulling myself out of depression from the hard knocks life gave me, losing weight, getting more fit...
THIS is the way to go... up hill. As high as one can go. Perhaps I'm only half way up the hill of health, fitness and nutrition, the more I learn the more I realize I knew nothing and was so hard on my body. But at least I can see the top, last year I couldn't. I was down.
Up is the best. Up with health, up with moods, trudging along daily to meet those goals. Perhaps without strict time frames as the body seems to do what it needs to do despite our best efforts!