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Originally Posted by supergirl2911
How what an inspiration! Yesterday was my birthday. I was on plan all day including dinner until cake- I won't bore you with details. Saturday is the party and there will be cake again. I feel kind of horrible but I asked my mom to make it. Sabotage? Maybe but I wanted to have a special birthday. I am praying to remain on plan the rest of the week and only a small portion. Joe you inspire me. I want to be more excited about the diet than the opportunity to cheat.
Veggie- the runs are easy. Try c25k google that. It coaches you from
Walking for 30 minutes to jogging for 30 minutes by starting with one minute of jogging. I shouldn't say easy not easy- but like a lot of things more mental than physical. Also I really like races because it gives me good reason to focus on fitness for training and not because of what size I am. It shifts my perspective and helps me look for improvements- easier breathing, faster, etc. and less focus on " crap none of the workout clothes in kohls fit me." That has to be dealt with but in the past I have felt hopeless and that would lead to discouragement.
I go on....
I am excited to be doing something (eating and diet) that works for me.
Happy Birthday, Supergirl!
Sounds like you did pretty well, for the most part, on your birthday with staying on plan. Some people might have taken an entire cheat day. The fact that your cheat was a piece of cake isn't so bad. Some people even plan to do that every once in a while (some once per week) just to keep themselves from getting so frustrated with dieting that they quit. They key to any episode of cheating is to get right back on plan.
Nobody was more surprised that me about my desire (I would say obsession) with staying on plan. I was never like this before when I dieted. It always used to be a big struggle. I don't know exactly what it is this time. Maybe I'm just finally mentally prepared to do what I know needs be done. But I just have a different mindset. Once I started losing weight, the results (seeing the numbers on the scale go down each week) became addicting. It has become so addicting that it keeps me from allowing myself from doing something to jeopardize the weight loss. This never ceases to surprise me that I have been able to do this, and I hope I continue to be able to do so.
One change in my mindset is associating events with food. I used to do that, and in the past I would feel deprived if I didn't have a special meal / birthday cake on my birthday. Similarly, I would associate holidays like Thanksgiving with all the trimmings that come along with the turkey, including stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, etc. So, in the past, I have allowed myself to have a "cheat day" for Thanksgiving. But then I would invariably go totally off my diet and then rationalize to myself that I would go back on after "the Holidays." But then my birthday and my wife's birthday are in January, then there is Valentine's day, my daughter's birthday in March, my brother's birthday in April... and the list of excuses for postponing the resumption of my diet would go on and on until I stopped even making the pretense that I would start my diet again after the next holiday or special event.
But this year I've changed. I have come to believe that those special events are not defined by the food I eat --- but, rather, by the company I keep. So, the food I eat has assumed a far less significant role in my life. It has taken me a LONG time, and many attempts, to come to this mindset. I just hope it is something that endures.