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Originally Posted by dla
I was a regular poster here for a number of weeks...when I was doing well on MRC...now I need a kick in the pants. I have been marginally on plan for the past two months. My weight loss has really slowed and I am frustrated. I have been doing this since August 1st. Luckily I signed up for two more seventeen week sessions that will take me through the end of August.
I need some accountability...someone here want to help?
I remember when I started, YOU were very encouraging to me! So, let me give it a shot to encourage you! First, someone on the board (maybe meemo, I am not sure) recommended I buy a book called 100 Days of Weight Loss by Linda Spangle. At first I was thinking "there goes more money on another wt loss book and I had just spent a whopping amt by joining MRC" but I sucked it up and bought the book and bought a journal. I did GREAT journaling the first 25 days. I wrote a lot of deep stuff about "the old me" and how I never want to go back to that. I wrote my reasons for changing, how I saw myself in my new body and my new mind, I really felt like doing this helped make a big change in me. Another thing I did to help motivate me was I would DVR this show on BBC called "You Are What You Eat" and although its not near as inspiring as The Biggest Loser (which I also watch), and everyone speaks with a british accent, but they really show bad food in such a negative disgusting way that I honestly have no desire to eat any of that food. I even DVR the repeats and have the show on in the background while cleaning house, cutting up veggies or whatever! Even though the show teaches overweight people to become vegetarians (or close to it) and they revisit the people after 8 weeks (so you never get to see the end result) for some reason this show does a lot for me! Another thing I do is try on my goal jeans every Monday...they are 2 sizes to small for me but they used to be 5 sizes to small!! I admit, I have gotten a bit lazy with my journaling (always playing catch up for the past 2-3 days), but I still do it! At this point on any other program I would have stopped journaling because I would think "yeah, I know what I am doing, I don't need to do this anymore" and then set myself for failure. I think you need to make sure you are getting into the center twice a week, go to the store today and stock up on MRC friendly foods, cut up all your veggies tonight (that a BIG one for me) and start getting back into the groove! You can do it!
Now---I need encouragement---I have still been 100% to plan, thats not the problem. I am still losing a good avg of weight (4lbs a week) BUT I need to start exercing again! Heres the deal. I BARELY exercised in December when I started, the weight was falling off pretty rapidly without exercise. Then in January I started hitting the gym, doing Wii Fit and really getting into it. The weight loss did slow down a little bit, but still had a good avg going. In Feb I did not exercise at all...not one day (other than I painted two bedrooms and moved furniture one week). I have a horrible (and wonderful) habit. I get my son up at 6am to start all of his medical treatments and get him off to school, then get my younger son up, get him off to school and then I go back to bed to snuggle with my husband for about an hour. I am telling you, that one hour of sleep is like being in a coma. Its comfy, warm, and when I wake up I feel alive! Then I eat breakfast and get started with my day (either go to work in his office or do stuff around the house) I never make the time for working out (although I play on Facebook for about an hour everyday!!!) I just can't get motivated. My weightloss didn't slow down really for Feb and not working out. I keep thinking "If I can lose this fast without working out, why should I work out???" I told myself that TODAY, being a Monday and being the beginning of a new month that I was going to start back up again. I left work early, came home to change, got dressed for the gym AND TOOK A NAP!!!! What is my problem?!?!? Now my younger son is home, his brother comes home in 20 minutes and I keep saying "BONNIE---GO WORK OUT!!!" Also, I am so close to signing 50lb board! only 1.5 pounds away!!!! If thats not a reason to get my butt in the gym, I don't know what is!!! Also, I am less than 20 pounds to being in Onederland!!! I haven't weighed less that 198 (and that was only for a few days while yo-yo dieting and doing Atkins and exercising 2+ hours a day!!) in 8 years!!!
btw, I receieved a letter in the mail from the Bariatric Surgical Group I was concidering when I weighed 266 before I started MRC. The letter stated they were still waiting (since last June) for a reply from my insurance company. They said if I was still interested in having surgery to call them...I tore up that letter and felt good about it. I don't want to ever have to think about having that surgery ever again!
Sorry this post is so long...but I must go get on my sneakers...I gotta leave for the gym in 10 minutes
Look---I inspired myself!