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CBAILEYC
4/10/2013 10:08AM
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Those are all good reasons! You're worth the effort and so are those grandkids!  C~ Report Inappropriate Comment |
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MARIANNE9855
4/9/2013 8:40PM
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Me too- everytime I go see my mom and the other residents in rehab- I keep saying to myself- you have to keep this up- you don't want to be in bad shape when you are old for some reason you had control of. We can do it! Report Inappropriate Comment |
Well, I am back and wanting to learn to be kind and faithful to myself. Even when I am faced with opposition from all around me. I need to do what is best for me and my health. Got on the scales this morn. and discovered that during the time I was off this site, that I had gained 11.5 pounds. 
That is not a nice thing that I did to myself but, I am back to trying to right that wrong. I can't let myself go down that slippery slope any longer. I have been allowing myself to feel defeated and I can't do that anymore. I deserve better from myself.
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MARIANNE9855
4/9/2013 8:43PM
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You came back and that is the most important thing- learning to live a different way is very hard and there is not a straight line to success. Just when I think- "Oh , i got this down" I run into some food and exercise challenges. But that is the great thing about sparkpeople- support is always there. So glad you are back
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JITZUROE
4/9/2013 10:50AM
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You can do it! And we are all here to support you : ) Bren Report Inappropriate Comment |
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IMREITE
4/9/2013 12:52AM
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i have been gaining too. i have not been carefully tracking my food and therefore am eating mindlessly.
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GAYEMC
4/8/2013 1:31PM
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Glad to see you back, you CAN do it!
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CBAILEYC
4/8/2013 1:00PM
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You do deserve better, and I hope you can find it within yourself. Good to hear from you again. C~ Report Inappropriate Comment |
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IMJUSTFLUFFY
4/8/2013 12:10PM
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Better than 100 lbs! You will be fine. Just go forth & live & make healthy choices most of the time. All the best. R Report Inappropriate Comment |
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KSTEDDYBEAR
4/8/2013 11:14AM
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Remember ... you are never defeated until you give up .. and then you were only defeated by yourself. No one else can truly defeat you. You deserve to be your own best friend. It sounds odd ... but write down a summary of your current situation, then read it back as if it were you very best friend in the world you were reading about. What would you tell her? How would you encourage her? What support would you give her? Then do those things for yourself! You deserve the best you have to give. The first thing would be to cut the ties to past mistakes. They are history. Don't dwell on what you did, what you didn't do or what you should have done. Each day is a new beginning. Make it the best it can be. Wishing you the best of luck.
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