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Originally Posted by jusj
up until this point my weight just kinda dropped off but now it has stalled and i haev actually gained a few pounds...JUST DON'T GIVE UP!!!
Yeah, you know, I just realized why I might be so anxious about it all...it may be that a few years ago, I lost 40 lbs and then stalled my weightloss and gave up and gained it all back. I am afraid that I am going to give up again. That makes me really anxious. I was looking back in my Fitday diaries and I saw how determined I was to lose the weight and keep it off...then I would give up. That happened several times in the diary. I don't want it to be like that, another failed attempt.
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Originally Posted by SoulBliss
Hey, happy belated birthday, Trooworld!
Thank you dear! I feel old.
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Originally Posted by gailr42
Have you thought about working on some new recipes that taste wonderful, but are also healthy? You could look at the "Eating Well" or "Cooking Light" websites or make up something on your own. You are not going to be able to last the course if you don't enjoy your food.
That is one of the reasons I have been able to do this since May and not give up: we eat really well. Healthy, but well. I haven't gotten any recipes from Cooking Light (I will have to look at the site this week when I make my meal plan) but I've gotten some stuff from Eating Well...in fact, this past week, we had the Buffalo Chicken Wraps from there...delicious. This weeks meal plan, for example: Artichoke and Sun-dried Tomato Chicken, Turkey Tenderloin, kalamata olive hummus, indonesian grilled chicken, lightened up creamy tomato basil soup, swiss chard, chicken teriyaki bowls with brown rice and turkey italian sausage pepper and onion pitas. All of this, including a side which is usually a salad, is around 500-600 cals or less per serving. And we have a lot of variety, so I definitely don't feel deprived...I feel like I could eat this way for the rest of my life.
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Originally Posted by kaplods
It's important to remember that the alternative to a "super, great, fantastic perfect day," is not limited to an "awful, bad, terrible, horrible, worst day possible." In fact if you can learn to accept and even aim for "a pretty good day, considering" but can nearly eliminate horrible days, then you may actually start to see more consistent progress.
Yeah, I have a tendency to look at things black and white. I guess that's probably why I have given up in the past..."I overate lunch...I may as well eat whatever I want for dinner, I've already screwed up" type of mentality... "I can only exercise for 15 minutes today, so I won't do any exercise"...you get it.
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Originally Posted by EZMONEY
NO HUGS FROM ME!
AW, Gary! Don't be like that!!!
#1 ~You are not in competition with your husband! ...but first and foremost you need to do it for you!
Oh, don't get me wrong: I am definitely doing this for me...this competition is just giving me an extra "push" to keep up my effort.
Watch putting time limits on yourself. If I did that I may not be down the 25 pounds I am now. After my first two weeks I was at 199...a loss of 2 pounds...exactly what I was after 1 day! If I would have quit I would not have seen the 8 pound loss after 1 month or the 12 pound loss after 40 days or the 23 pound loss after 60 days.
Well, I'm giving it until the 18th, and if I still feel anxious about it all, then I am calling off the competition. As of right now, I feel better today...maybe because I had a controlled day of eating yesterday, maybe because the scale is lower today, I don't know. But I do feel a little better today.
That's all the butt kickin' I have for now dear
Thank God! My butt is sore!
I can do this. I am telling myself that. One meal at a time.