Hi, dear mainteners,
Today is my first anniversary on maintenance - you might think that it is not much, but for me it is a milestone... My father always taught me on anniversaries to summarize what good and what bad experiences we had, so here it goes.
Good ones
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1. It is darn plesant to be slim - especially when people notice
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2. While loosing weight means we are getting smaller, maintaining means we stay the same - hopefully - so going shopping for new clothing even though your size stays the same is a good thing
!
3. Eating healthy feels good - like your stomack works fine, bloating does not occur every day, and actually feeling after you finished your food and not bursting from overeating - is a good feeling
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4. Exercise is addictive - after first couple of month we crave exercise which makes it very easy to do. And we look better when exercising
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5. We can perform better in leasure - like we can bike, hike, walk, etc. without beeing either left home or hanging at the end praying that we can do it
!
6. Going to the beach is a good thing - not a dread anymore
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7. When people tell you that you look great - it is rewarding
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Bad ones
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1. Maintaining is hard - everybody has to have a motivation
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2. Sometimes there is not enough hours in the day to exercise
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3. After loosing fat layer, it is colder (Gosh, I freeze all the time)
4. Because of drinking a lot of water, we have more trips to the bathroom.
5. Since all what we put in the mouth counts, sometimes it is sad that we can not put all we want in the mouth (this internal gemini sure works hard so we screw up and eat more cake than we actually need)
6. I do not know how about you, but people who were overweight do tend to think they are still not perfect... Yesterday I was in the gym with my gym buddy - she is 5 years younger and just got married, no kids... She has this GORGEOUS body... So she stepped on the scale, and later on I did. Guess what - we had the same weight while she is one inch shorter - and here I am blaming myself that I am too fat! And I did not celebrate this moment with sugar or chocolate - I did more biceps curls
Anyways, today is daughter's birthday - she is turning 4. I bought Tim Bits for her party at the preschool and left them in the car - I guess they are safer there... What do you think?
Sandy.
Living maintenance - lessons learned in one year
CONGRATS!!
