Hi,
I feel SO great today! And have some time to post...
Welcome Jessica--looking at that ticker tells us you've already lost 4#. In my world that is a tremendous success! Might I suggest a daily walk to get the exercise in AND to help with the emotional stuff? Just getting outdoors and focussing outward every day can be a sort of therapy!
Kim--my regards to your Grandmother for a long and lovely life. "May Perpetual Light shine upon her" as we old timer Catholics say...
Mudpie--when it comes to those scenes, I feel it's a "No Holds Barred" situation. Do what you gotta do to protect your plan. I don't lie, but I will say "No thanks, it just doesn't appeal to me right now" [which is at least partly true]. When pressed, I say "Really, no thanks." If pressed harder, I give
direct eye contact, smile, wrinkle my nose, and shrug my shoulders, saying "Nah". Beyond that, we're talking INTENSE eye contact and a firm "I said no.-- pause-- Thank you." Then you may reach over the table and slap them if need be!
[hasn't happened yet!] Do not hand your dietary fate over to a saboteur! THEY don't have to step on that scale on Weigh In day, dangitt!
I said all that because I am struggling with it too. My DH can and does eat anything [his job is very physical] and he keeps the house chock full of Frito Scoops, Hormel canned Chile, and gallons of ice cream. Probably as tempting as Barbara's Chocolate covered Coffee Beans! He doesn't push it at me, but it's THERE. Calling me. So I'm casting about for ways to deal with it. There's no changing him, it's my MIND I need to change!
I too feel a little slouchy about my goal weight. I'm at that point where even THAT seems impossible. And I know it should be 10 pounds lower than that. I figure, if I ever get there, there'll be plenty of time to decide if I want to go lower. What amazes me is how, over the past year, my weight hasn't changed much, but I am flabbier and jiggly-er. Musta replaced the muscle with fat...
That all said, I'm planning on this being a wonderful day. I have some de-cluttering to do in preparation for our move and am home all day so can really focus on eating well.
Have a Great one!! Cuppa