Don't be your own worst critic. Wipe away those negative thoughts, and be kind to yourself!
- Denise
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
You CAN Do It!
One of the comments on my Day 730 post was from my cousin. She said she knew losing was hard but I was making it look easy.
I was never trying for easy (but feel kinda good if I did) but I was trying for attainable.
I've always wanted everyone to see that I'm no different from anyone else with weight issues. I just made up my mind to do something about it and did.
Anyone can do it that wants to.
No tricks, no gimmicks, no pills, no shortcuts, no surgeries.
No nothing other than making new decisions, forming new habits and sticking with it.
Ain't easy.
Some days are a struggle. I've tried to chronicle those here as well. Some days I want to just give in and have another slice of pizza or one more scoop of (sugar free, low fat) ice cream. Some days I do give in but I work really hard the next day.
I don't give in permanently.
That was how I got into that shape in the first place.
I was never trying for easy (but feel kinda good if I did) but I was trying for attainable.
I've always wanted everyone to see that I'm no different from anyone else with weight issues. I just made up my mind to do something about it and did.
Anyone can do it that wants to.
No tricks, no gimmicks, no pills, no shortcuts, no surgeries.
No nothing other than making new decisions, forming new habits and sticking with it.
Ain't easy.
Some days are a struggle. I've tried to chronicle those here as well. Some days I want to just give in and have another slice of pizza or one more scoop of (sugar free, low fat) ice cream. Some days I do give in but I work really hard the next day.
I don't give in permanently.
That was how I got into that shape in the first place.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Day 730
Yep, today was day 730 with me and my Wii.
2 years.
Thought I do a little status check.
Two years ago today I was 21.5 pounds heavier than I was this morning. On that day I was exactly 30 lighter than when I had first started the journey.
One year ago today I was about 1.5 to 2 pounds heavier than today.
Basically the same.
Which is telling me that I am officially in the "maintenance" phase.
And that is fine.
It is also telling me that I'm doing a pretty darn good job with it.
I've been watching and monitoring long enough to know. I have about a 5 pound range that my body likes to be in. That's why I tell people that I've lost about 50 pounds. On any given day it could be 48 or 53 or anywhere in between.
I'm also getting the hint that it is time for a wardrobe overhaul. I've been pinning things and putting off making purchases until I knew for sure I was finished losing weight.
I'd have to say, that time has come. I've done a pretty good job, actually of cleaning out, just not replacing or altering. I have a lot of really good clothes that just need a little altering and I would prefer that to starting over. Took me 20 years to amass that work wardrobe and I REALLY don't want to spend that long in do-overs.
So.
Next steps.
I will keep you all updated. I still have some good ideas that I want to share, and talking to you all helps keeps me on the straight and narrow. So have no fear, the journey isn't over. We've just all turned a corner.
Can't wait to see what lies down this road!
2 years.
Thought I do a little status check.
Two years ago today I was 21.5 pounds heavier than I was this morning. On that day I was exactly 30 lighter than when I had first started the journey.
One year ago today I was about 1.5 to 2 pounds heavier than today.
Basically the same.
Which is telling me that I am officially in the "maintenance" phase.
And that is fine.
It is also telling me that I'm doing a pretty darn good job with it.
I've been watching and monitoring long enough to know. I have about a 5 pound range that my body likes to be in. That's why I tell people that I've lost about 50 pounds. On any given day it could be 48 or 53 or anywhere in between.
I'm also getting the hint that it is time for a wardrobe overhaul. I've been pinning things and putting off making purchases until I knew for sure I was finished losing weight.
I'd have to say, that time has come. I've done a pretty good job, actually of cleaning out, just not replacing or altering. I have a lot of really good clothes that just need a little altering and I would prefer that to starting over. Took me 20 years to amass that work wardrobe and I REALLY don't want to spend that long in do-overs.
So.
Next steps.
I will keep you all updated. I still have some good ideas that I want to share, and talking to you all helps keeps me on the straight and narrow. So have no fear, the journey isn't over. We've just all turned a corner.
Can't wait to see what lies down this road!
Friday, May 14, 2010
My Horoscope for Today
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Be disciplined about all areas of your body, Taurus. Take extra care to eat healthful, balanced meals. Make sure you get enough sleep. And even though you gripe about having no time, get out there and exercise. Don't wait for an emergency before you take action. You and you alone control how you feel. Your health is essential to your well-being, not to mention your life!
Pretty good reminders for the rest of you all, too! Have a wonderful weekend!
April 20 - May 20
Be disciplined about all areas of your body, Taurus. Take extra care to eat healthful, balanced meals. Make sure you get enough sleep. And even though you gripe about having no time, get out there and exercise. Don't wait for an emergency before you take action. You and you alone control how you feel. Your health is essential to your well-being, not to mention your life!
Pretty good reminders for the rest of you all, too! Have a wonderful weekend!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What A Week!
Talk about a fitness buster!
Thank goodness I have a good, realistic attitude about all of this.
I made two trips to Houston this week. Each was a day trip. Each leg is 6 hours.
24 hours in the car.
4 meals eaten by drive-thru.
No exercise.
One of those days I got home at 4 in the morning. Just in time to get ready for work.
Breakfast that morning was Pop Tarts and coffee.
By lunch, I was starving and almost manic from the sugar and what caffeine I do get from drinking half-caff. Yes, I know - I'm supposed to have virtually eliminated caffeine from my world right now but believe me, desperate times called for desperate measures.
The last day, more Pop Tarts for breakfast as I was pretty much exhausted by then and didn't get up in time to really even fix a bowl of cereal. It was a grab-n-go kind of morning.
So, yesterday, I tried to make up for it. Now, I know that you can't undo several days of bad decisions in one day. But I walked two dogs, rode my bike, made homemade frozen yogurt and stir-fry for dinner.
It was a start, right?
Yes, I am also aware that there good choices now at the fast food places. Well, maybe "good" is not the right term but "less damaging". But I rarely pick those. I don't like vegetables so ordering a salad is out, most sandwiches come with lettuce and tomatoes and to order without those always seems to involve a wait, or pulling up past the second window so they can bring it to us. I tend to pick the chicken nuggets since they need no "adjustment". And I will confess here and now that I had one of the best chocolate shakes EVER at a Jack-in-the-Box.
Yep, you read that correctly.
It may have tasted so good because it has been so long since I had one, but ice cream is a comfort food (at least for me) and by this point in my week, I needed it and I didn't really care.
Yes, the Wii let me know this morning that I had my work cut out for me this week. But that's OK, too. Taking care of yourself means the mental as well as the physical and sometimes you have to let one take a backseat and focus on the other.
For me, the stresses of the week - work and family - had led me to a place where I just had to take care of Deanne, if only for the few minutes it took to enjoy the shake.
Guilty, not one bit. I took two years to lose the weight and have successfully maintained that loss for over a year now and I know I can't undo all of that in one week.
Vigilant, yes. I do know that I could very easily undo all of that if I were to continue that behavior. But I won't.
I'm proud of myself. Of my accomplishments. And the fact that I do have control over this aspect of my life. While my food choices were not the best, they were conscious decisions. I knew what I was ordering and why I was ordering it. I wasn't fooling myself.
So, my lessons for you are these: We're not all perfect. Even those who have reached their goals or seem to be so in control all have bad days. Days where other things are more important than worrying about what you eat or if you got in 30 minutes on the treadmill. Prioritize. Do what you need to do.
Then get right back in the saddle and continue to ride the straight and narrow path.
Right past the drive-thrus....
Thank goodness I have a good, realistic attitude about all of this.
I made two trips to Houston this week. Each was a day trip. Each leg is 6 hours.
24 hours in the car.
4 meals eaten by drive-thru.
No exercise.
One of those days I got home at 4 in the morning. Just in time to get ready for work.
Breakfast that morning was Pop Tarts and coffee.
By lunch, I was starving and almost manic from the sugar and what caffeine I do get from drinking half-caff. Yes, I know - I'm supposed to have virtually eliminated caffeine from my world right now but believe me, desperate times called for desperate measures.
The last day, more Pop Tarts for breakfast as I was pretty much exhausted by then and didn't get up in time to really even fix a bowl of cereal. It was a grab-n-go kind of morning.
So, yesterday, I tried to make up for it. Now, I know that you can't undo several days of bad decisions in one day. But I walked two dogs, rode my bike, made homemade frozen yogurt and stir-fry for dinner.
It was a start, right?
Yes, I am also aware that there good choices now at the fast food places. Well, maybe "good" is not the right term but "less damaging". But I rarely pick those. I don't like vegetables so ordering a salad is out, most sandwiches come with lettuce and tomatoes and to order without those always seems to involve a wait, or pulling up past the second window so they can bring it to us. I tend to pick the chicken nuggets since they need no "adjustment". And I will confess here and now that I had one of the best chocolate shakes EVER at a Jack-in-the-Box.
Yep, you read that correctly.
It may have tasted so good because it has been so long since I had one, but ice cream is a comfort food (at least for me) and by this point in my week, I needed it and I didn't really care.
Yes, the Wii let me know this morning that I had my work cut out for me this week. But that's OK, too. Taking care of yourself means the mental as well as the physical and sometimes you have to let one take a backseat and focus on the other.
For me, the stresses of the week - work and family - had led me to a place where I just had to take care of Deanne, if only for the few minutes it took to enjoy the shake.
Guilty, not one bit. I took two years to lose the weight and have successfully maintained that loss for over a year now and I know I can't undo all of that in one week.
Vigilant, yes. I do know that I could very easily undo all of that if I were to continue that behavior. But I won't.
I'm proud of myself. Of my accomplishments. And the fact that I do have control over this aspect of my life. While my food choices were not the best, they were conscious decisions. I knew what I was ordering and why I was ordering it. I wasn't fooling myself.
So, my lessons for you are these: We're not all perfect. Even those who have reached their goals or seem to be so in control all have bad days. Days where other things are more important than worrying about what you eat or if you got in 30 minutes on the treadmill. Prioritize. Do what you need to do.
Then get right back in the saddle and continue to ride the straight and narrow path.
Right past the drive-thrus....
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