Welcome everyone! This will be fun I think! Let's make this one class with "No Dropouts" - OK? We're in it for the long haul together!
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Originally Posted by DivaDanielle
I started on 8/1. I think this is a great idea.
Since I started this diet, it seems like time is dragging by. Is anyone else feeling this way since starting the plan?
It hasn't been
dragging for me, BUT I do find myself sometimes 'projecting' and thinking "Wow, you mean 6 months from now I'll still be eating this way - my 3 IP packets and 4 cups of veggies every day?" and it can get a little overwhelming and brings me back to my old pattern of self-doubt. But I quickly banish those thoughts, and this is when the inspiration of "those who have gone before" - the successful senior members - really helps me. If they can do it, that means it can be done, and that means I can do it! Like I've seen so often here - just trust the program, follow the program (100% - only works if you follow it and not make up your own rules!), and it will happen. And.....One Day At A Time.
My coach also had me take an evening to myself the evening before I started (music, no TV or other distractions), and just sit down and write down all of the reasons I want to do this. Both the good and the bad. Example: GOOD: I want to improve my health. Very, very true, I have high blood pressure, etc - but admittedly in the inspiration category is slightly boring. But, I also want to shock the sh#t out of my ex-husband the next time I see him! HA HA (he left after 30 years for someone 20 yrs younger!). Though that really is ancient history (that happened 10 yrs ago - I was a child-bride
), still I was overweight and struggling on diet after diet during most of our marriage so I can't wait to say "take THAT sucker!" when he sees me looking more like our high-school days!). BAD: Remember recently when I bent over to pick something up and my pants split at the inner thighs because the fabric had worn so thin from my thighs rubbing together. I wanted to die of embarrassment. Or - the feeling of being so out of breath and wheezing just walking from my car into work. Or - always being the fat one in a sea of fit people at all of our get-togethers. Miserable. Then I also got some pictures of myself out. One very old one when I WAS fit and attractive. Another at my heaviest (yes, I've been even heavier than this!).
So when I need the boost, I get my journal out and read what I had written that night of reflection, look at my pictures, and boost my resolve to finally achieve my goal. Too many years of wishing, hoping and talking about it. Now it's time to DO IT.
I know the weekends are always the hardest for me (no matter WHAT diet I'm on), and this being a long weekend, I know the challenge will be that much more! but I will keep busy and I feel strong and know I will stay 100% OP! Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone!