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Two Years have gone by...

Monday, June 04, 2012

It is interesting to sit here and look back over the last two years. The only "diet" thing I can really show is that I have lost 10 lbs. I guess that is a start and better than I was 2 years ago. It has been a long two years... I have gotten married, so has my oldest son. My second son has moved out, third graduated High School. I have dealt with a life threatening condition, requiring surgery on my brain stem. I have lost three grandparents and my brother-in-law. It has been a streesful couple of years to say the least. I am ready, one day at a time, to work on me and on getting healthy. It is not so much the weight loss any longer that is motivating me, it is getting and feeling healthy and also learning to set and reach goals. I need to rebuild my self-worth. Yes, the weight loss is part of that, but not the end all I guess you would say. So my first goal is to make it through today with tracking my food and excercise (of course, I have to make that a goal also...to exercise...lol). Then tomorrow, I'll set a new goal. I want to post 90 posts in 90 days... just to get used to making sure I'm on the site and working my program. I want this to work this time.
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ALOHAEV1 6/4/2012 9:02PM

    Welcome back and keep the steps simple. 10 lbs is 10 less...

Sad to hear you have been through so much, let's look to a fabulous ending to this year.

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ONEKIDSMOM 6/4/2012 8:26PM

    Blogging a streak is a great way to boost yourself up. Remember to give yourself credit for what you're doing right! Remember to reward yourself with kind words and a little non-food something-something that means encouragement to YOU. Me? I've used believe it or not the kindergarten thing of stickers on my calendar to show each day the good thing(s) I did, whether it's 10 minutes of exercise or in one case I gave myself a star for every soda-free day!

emoticon And you are worth doing it for!

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BLUE42DOWN 6/4/2012 6:53PM

    Good goals! It's smart giving yourself an easy streak to accomplish, but one that can help you build and create other positive habits by making sure you have your mind on healthy living at least once a day.

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LEFTHANDLUKE 6/4/2012 10:43AM

    sorry about twice emoticon

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LEFTHANDLUKE 6/4/2012 10:42AM

    what probably is happening is that you keep setting yourself up for failure....this is caused by being good, very good, diet wise......but what happens is you feel deprived of the things that you love, like pizza, cheese steaks, whatever,...then when you reach the point of frustration with not eating those things, you overindulge and all of your hard work is lost, and you get back on track again till the next episode.....
there are no bad foods, just bad practices....try doing the same things you do on your diet, just let yourself have proper amounts of the foods you love, and tweek them a bit....low fat cheese, and like that...small portions,etc.....some of the foods you love is better than none of them.....and when you are watching tv, do some of your own type exercises during comercials.....this helps...and the water thing, drink small amounts all day long, don't try whole glasses, and count them...2 or 3 oz at a time,as many times a day to reach the goal you have chosen, preferably 8 -8 oz glasses...keep me posted on your progress, i would like to see if I helped you in any way....be good emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon

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LEFTHANDLUKE 6/4/2012 10:38AM

    what probably is happening is that you keep setting yourself up for failure....this is caused by being good, very good, diet wise......but what happens is you feel deprived of the things that you love, like pizza, cheese steaks, whatever,...then when you reach the point of frustration with not eating those things, you overindulge and all of your hard work is lost, and you get back on track again till the next episode.....
there are no bad foods, just bad practices....try doing the same things you do on your diet, just let yourself have proper amounts of the foods you love, and tweek them a bit....low fat cheese, and like that...small portions,etc.....some of the foods you love is better than none of them.....and when you are watching tv, do some of your own type exercises during comercials.....this helps...and the water thing, drink small amounts all day long, don't try whole glasses, and count them...2 or 3 oz at a time,as many times a day to reach the goal you have chosen, preferably 8 -8 oz glasses...keep me posted on your progress, i would like to see if I helped you in any way....be good emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon emoticon

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