Day 2..............Made it through. Just need to stretch and drink a glass of water before bed. Layed off the chocolate, but ate too many of the tunesian wedding that friends brought by yesterday........
Hi all. Not sure how I got so far behind on posts, but howdy everyone. Had a good day overall. Was able to trade the saddle that didn't fit towards the saddle I want, and got more than I expected, so that was good. Got a good ride in. Everything else all good. A bit bummed though - I was doing the biggest loser contest at the gym. Even though my team was ahead the whole contest, we got passed up at the end. And, I ended up in second place overall, or, as I like to call it, first loser. Very bummed. All that work, and nothing prize wise to show for it. I know that isn't a great attitude, but there you have it.
Oh jollygirl, I am sorry to hear you feel like that. You indeed might have been the "first loser" but in reality you are still a huge winner because when you left that gym you left carrying less weight than when you entered it for the first time . Isn't that the most important thing, after all that is our main goal and something to be really proud of. If you really feel bummed out why not treat yourself to a reward for all your hard work, like some pampering or something new to wear. I hope you feel better soon and can feel proud of all you have accomplished so far and will continue to accomplish through a lot of hard work, sweat and sometimes tears. You are doing great, your ticker says it all!!
sweet pea, good luck and keep plugging away, eventually you WILL get there through perserverance(sp?)!!
ktgk, good going for today, boy that chocolate is such a temptation for me too . Good luck for today
djstorey, thanks for the info on your deficit challenge, you explained it well . Hope it is going well for you and that you have a great day today.
Red, hope you are feeling better today and that your health is on the improve.
As for me, yesterday was a good day which means I am now on;
DAY THREE for water and exercise
DAY TWO for calorie count
I have promised myself not to step on the scale until the 21 days have passed so I don't get discouraged and throw in the towel early.
Good luck for today everyone, may willpower be with us when we feel weak!
Oki doki. My stretching if done for the day, I´m on the half-way mark with water, There isn´t any more chocolate in the apartment (my husband took care of that this morning), and I´ve avoided the bread...I think I´ll do fine for tonight...at least I can hope...
Hi, i'm tweetyandme and i'm interested in joining the 21-day challenge group. I don't want to make my goals unrealistic, they need to be reachable, and because i know that i have the self-control and the will power, i am gonna do it at a level 3. I have type-1 diabetes which means that i have to take insulin shots daily to keep my high blood sugar down, it also means that i am not supposed to have ANY sugar at all, what-so-ever, but i do anyway in disreguard of my health. I am also supposed to limit my number of carbs. because carbs. are broken down into sugar, but i LIVE for carbs.. I have really got to stick with this challenge. My current weight is now higher then my starting weight, and if i don't lose the weight, the doctors say that it most likely will result in death within the next 3-5 years!
I am gonna have a few 21-day challenges:
1.) I will not have ANY sugar.
2.) I will exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week (minutes will increase each 21 days.)
3.) I will drink ONLY water, no other liquids.
I will start today: Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:27AM est.
Good evening everyone. Welcome, Tweety. Monica, thanks for the kind words. I know that is how I should be feeling, and it is what I am telling myself I should be feeling. Unfortunately, I am falling into my usual trap of "If I am not number 1 or the best I am nothing" sort of mentality. It is what leads me to self sabatoge and go backwards in many things in life. Very bad, and I am trying hard to overcome it. Hopefully . . . .
Hi all. I'm busy as usual. Big race day here again. Rainy. I don't even want to go, but will... Ok, I know I've been just hanging out here and not doing a challenge but some things have to fall by the wayside when you're as busy as I am. At least I still come in here for a bit to check up on y'all. I really do want to get a better body and I feel mental changes occurring in my head! Foods and pasttimes (read...the pub) are losing their hold on me in a big way, and, what is perhaps more important, I feel a desire to just get it all together. Now THAT, I suppose is what people who do have their eating and exercise all together feel most of the time...then again...I think very, very few people have it ALL together and I am working on the big picture! So, I am feeling good about myself despite the fat and lack of muscle tone, but yes, do want to do something to change that for the better as well. Right now, though, I don't feel like declaring a challenge. But, I am working on one, something...stay tuned! A note, I even did the crunches yesterday, just for the heck of it, even though it's not a challenge any longer. It has definitely become, if not a habit, something I like to do and DO do.
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Jolly -- Get OUT of that trap!! What kind of goofy thinking is that anyhow?! No. 1 and "best" are not determinable so why go thinking that? Our lives are made up of chapters, or of acts in a play. There is no perfect you, there is just you and what you are doing at a particular time in your life. It is not a striving for a perfection, it is a dance, an act, a performance for the time and, from what I've been hearing, I like the performance you've been giving of late. The slides into things you don't like to have in your life are not bad in themselves, they are part of a big picture and that picture is you and what makes you unique and interesting. So, don't punish yourself. Smile and laugh like you would at a child or animal you love...not that you're a child or animal, but I'm saying, show yourself the loving indulgence you would show something, someone you dearly loved. Ok? And yes, reading further back, I am totally with Saboteur. How can you put yourself and your efforts down like that?! That really makes me mad! You HAVE your prize! What do you mean, "nothing prize wise to show for it" ?!?!?! I want you to say to yourself..."Jolly, you worked your butt off...you put in a lot of effort and you DID something that brought you closer to your goal...You are great and I am proud of you...You are a winner!!!"
tweety -- Hello! I'm so glad you joined. Welcome to our humble thread! It was nice chatting with you last night. Having diabetes must be a real bummer, to put it mildly. And yes, your situation is right out there smack in your face with a huge "This is grave stuff!!" (pun applicable!) That said, you have to be brave and embrace life and that means doing things that are healing things for your body. Nothing is being ignored. Your body can't ignore it. You said you didn't have any support and I sure hope we can be at least a budding support system for you. I hope you can find others perhaps, real people (meaning ones you can actually meet) who maybe have the same health condition and have it under control. You need to do a revamp of your diet. Carbs are NOT bad, it's the simple carbs, the processed garbage that passes for food these days that you have to stamp out of your life. I have done many no-sugar challenges and feel sooo good when I do them that I really question my intelligence when I find myself downing the stuff again. I want you to focus on what you CAN eat and work with that. The exercise too, focus on doing what you can, really can, make a game of it. Yes, your goals are definitely attainable and I hope you can reach them right off the bat. But, if you don't, I don't want you giving up, you hear?! You stick with us and fight this battle! You can do it!
kt -- Good work on the stretching. Sounds good with the water. Get that OUT of the apartment for good! Good luck!
MyOwn -- Thank you! I am feeling much better. Got two nights' of rest now and even though it was a long day yesterday I made it through. Since I am never sick, I think the idea of it makes me feel a lot iller than I am. Still, I got to ride my horse yesterday and I just love her so much. It was raining lightly but even just getting out to see her made me feel so much better. That's a good thing with the no-scale policy. Scales don't mean too much. Use your clothes to determine how you're doing. Look at your body like a sculpture in the making and work WITH it, not against it. Bravo for you for notching more days on your challenges!
sweet -- I really don't like hearing about you bingeing all day! Get on the ball!! I'm going to be watching for you and I want to hear that you at least put the brakes on!!!
dj -- How are you doing?! Thanks, I AM feeling better! Thank you for your concern.
Bravo for you for notching more days on your challenges!
Well I think that Bravo was not earned Red, I had a really bad day yesterday and had to call it a 'pause day' so as not to start at day one again, not that I am far off of that right now but I think it would be just too discouraging for me .
So this is where I stand today;
DAY THREE for water and exercise
DAY TWO for calorie count
I wish myself and everyone else
Red, glad to hear you are feeling better and were able to go out and ride your horse......do you have any pictures of your horse you could post, I would love to see her. My sister is a huge horse lover and would love to have one of her own but right now she has to be satisfied with her Breyer horse collection and the weekly horseback riding lessons that her daughter takes.
ktgk, good job, I hope the rest of the day went well for you!!
tweety, hi and to the group, I am new here too!! I wish you all the best with your challenges and hope with good results will come good health or at the very least better health. I look forward to getting to know you and evryone else here!!
Good morning all. I am really trying to get passed all the stuff in my head right now. I know my mindset is all wrong, and that kind of thinking is what has led me to back slide in the past. I am just trying to keep plugging away as I work to change how I am thinking. But that feeling of being not good enough lingers on . . . .
It was interesting, but I read an article on why we have some of our bad habits, and one of the things mentioned for overeating and for 'failing' as you get close to goal really struck home for me. That when you get close to goal, you no longer have being overweight as an excuse for whatever in life you don't like. I am summarizing, of course, but that was the gist of it. And very true for me. It is easier to blame my weight, and people's bias against overweight, instead of looking at what is really going on in my life andfixing it.
Sorry for being so rambly so early in the morning. I am off to the gym and to ride. Have a wonderful day all. Red, I am glad you are feeling better, and had some quality horse time. Everyone else
Just wanted you all to know that I'm still here, just busy. We're putting in our new flooring, (over 500 sq. ft.). I'll have to catch up with you all later and with my posts. Computer is going down today and I don't know when we'll put this room back together.
I´m starting new across the board. I didn´t do ANYTHING yesterday. I thought I was doing okay right up until I had the sudden desire to call up my husband and ask him to bring with him home on his way from work...after that, things just went downhill...........I feel pretty cruddy...seeing as how I was at my lowest weight that I´ve been since before I got pregnant and I have now gained 3 lbs of what is hopefully not fat (you can´t gain three pounds of fat in one day, right?).....
Anywho, I´m starting over.
And I´m going to have to be careful about what I eat for the next week or so..................
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nope it must have gone right over my drunken carb loaded brain!!!
i did put the brakes on put i am still bingeing. just not quite as much. i have put back on all the weight i lost. too scared to get back on the scales and check my current weight. my problem is i get too easily discouraged. when i came back and found i had gained most of the weight i lost i gave up.
i have set myself an incredibly difficult challenge BUT it's essential. i simply have to stop bingeing. it's more critical than anything else. 21 alcohol free days would probably help. i had been alcohol free for a couple of months other than 2 special occasions. when i drink i tend to lose my self control over food and once that happens i just keep stuffing more food in. hard to rein it back in. not sure i have the guts to pour out the remainder of the bottle of wine i just corked up. hmmmmm will think about it
anyway no reason for bingeing. i feel a bit blah but life is good everything going well. just a bit demotivated
thanks for your support red. i have to come read this thread every day and keep up with everyone's news. after my absence i am finding it hard to get back that sense of belonging. silly huh
that friends brought by yesterday........
. Isn't that the most important thing, after all that is our main goal and something to be really proud of. If you really feel bummed out why not treat yourself to a reward for all your hard work, like some pampering or something new to wear. I hope you feel better soon and can feel proud of all you have accomplished so far and will continue to accomplish through a lot of hard work, sweat and sometimes tears. You are doing great, your ticker says it all!!
. Good luck for today 
still with you all....
Foods and pasttimes (read...the pub) are losing their hold on me in a big way, and, what is perhaps more important, I feel a desire to just get it all together. Now THAT, I suppose is what people who do have their eating and exercise all together feel most of the time...then again...I think very, very few people have it ALL together and I am working on the big picture! 
So, I am feeling good about myself despite the fat and lack of muscle tone, but yes, do want to do something to change that for the better as well. Right now, though, I don't feel like declaring a challenge. But, I am working on one, something...stay tuned! A note, I even did the crunches yesterday, just for the heck of it, even though it's not a challenge any longer. It has definitely become, if not a habit, something I like to do and DO do. 
No. 1 and "best" are not determinable so why go thinking that? Our lives are made up of chapters, or of acts in a play. There is no perfect you, there is just you and what you are doing at a particular time in your life. It is not a striving for a perfection, it is a dance, an act, a performance for the time and, from what I've been hearing, I like the performance you've been giving of late. The slides into things you don't like to have in your life are not bad in themselves, they are part of a big picture and that picture is you and what makes you unique and interesting. So, don't punish yourself. Smile and laugh like you would at a child or animal you love...not that you're a child or animal, but I'm saying, show yourself the loving indulgence you would show something, someone you dearly loved. Ok? And yes, reading further back, I am totally with Saboteur. How can you put yourself and your efforts down like that?! That really makes me mad! 
You HAVE your prize! What do you mean, "nothing prize wise to show for it" ?!?!?! I want you to say to yourself..."Jolly, you worked your butt off...you put in a lot of effort and you DID something that brought you closer to your goal...You are great and I am proud of you...You are a winner!!!" 
It was nice chatting with you last night. Having diabetes must be a real bummer, to put it mildly. And yes, your situation is right out there smack in your face with a huge "This is grave stuff!!" (pun applicable!) That said, you have to be brave and embrace life and that means doing things that are healing things for your body. Nothing is being ignored. Your body can't ignore it. You said you didn't have any support and I sure hope we can be at least a budding support system for you. I hope you can find others perhaps, real people (meaning ones you can actually meet) who maybe have the same health condition and have it under control. You need to do a revamp of your diet. Carbs are NOT bad, it's the simple carbs, the processed garbage that passes for food these days that you have to stamp out of your life. I have done many no-sugar challenges and feel sooo good when I do them that I really question my intelligence when I find myself downing the stuff again. 
I want you to focus on what you CAN eat and work with that. The exercise too, focus on doing what you can, really can, make a game of it. Yes, your goals are definitely attainable and I hope you can reach them right off the bat. But, if you don't, I don't want you giving up, you hear?! You stick with us and fight this battle! 
You can do it! 
Good luck! 
That's a good thing with the no-scale policy. Scales don't mean too much. Use your clothes to determine how you're doing. Look at your body like a sculpture in the making and work WITH it, not against it. Bravo for you for notching more days on your challenges! 
Get on the ball!! I'm going to be watching for you and I want to hear that you at least put the brakes on!!! 
to the group, I am new here too!! I wish you all the best with your challenges and hope with good results will come good health or at the very least better health. I look forward to getting to know you and evryone else here!!
we must get sweet pea under control!!!
Didn't my admonishments do any good?!?! 
