A new day for me! (any posts are welcome)

[eeyore45]

Well, I havent been successful the last 2 days at staying away from junk food - fast food... I have been successful at ordering less, and leaving most of the fries!! I found that Coke has now added a Diet Coke with SPLENDA!! I was in shock! Its in the frig, I dont like pop with ice, so I'll report back later!

I did the scale, and I'm still down 6#'s, so the exercise, and eating less, and being more conscience of what I am eating is helping. I just have to be careful not to fall into the trap of allowing myself to "cheat" myself into thinking I can eat anything. I am a fat person, and I love hearing Oprah talk about "fat people" need a cut off point... so true for me! I still eat a little later in the evening than I should, just much less, and usually a protein (for my low blood sugar issues) so I'm trying not to take advantage of the situation - which got me over 200#s today!

Oprah talked about doing 300 situps a day, and being genically disposed to having a big rear, or big middle... my grandmother and great grandmothers all had that spare tire (some nothing more than that, just the huge middle!!) so I know if that's all I have, that would be ok, but after I lose the extra 50#'s that is causing my ankle pain.

I will say today was noticible in that when I put my jeans on (I live in sweats) it wasn't painful to snap, and walk... so I keep sucking in my gut whenever I think about it, when I see overweight tummies, I remind myself, that's how I look... my mind plays tricks on me, I do not think of myself as 'fat'... I'm over 200#'s and dont think I'm fat... Water, water, I need to drink my water!!

I'm up to 50 situps at a time on the exercise ball, my goal is 100 a day!

 

[contempgal]

Thanks for the info on the Crocs and exercise ball. I'll definately be looking into those.

CONGRATULATIONS on losing the 6 lbs. Keep up the good word. We're all in this together.

 

[calena]

Glad the scale is going in the right way. What does Oprah say about fat people need a cut off point?

 

[eeyore45]

DD is helping motivate me, when I would like to take a nap (why am I tired all the time?) she suggests a walk in the park!! It works, as much as I'd like to say "no" I have a goal, and a reason to walk, so off we go!! As much as possible I suck in my gut, try to develop those muscles... I'm doing a real well eating lunches in the classroom, as opposed to the teacher's lounge... I went in today to fill my water bottle - lots of donuts, cupcakes, its the end of the year - and temptations are hard for me, I am good at rationalizing what I want when i want it!

Oprah's point of a specific time to 'cut off' eating at night as opposed to no food 2 hours before bed... I know I play with the time, if I eat a snack at 9pm, I'll just watch TV till 11.. and that's just not healthy!e

I need to mix up my breakfasts, right now I take 1T of peanut butter, on toast. I need the protein, and carbs to start my mornings (low blood sugar) I dont care for egg white omelettes (what dh makes) they smell way better than they taste! I bought some boca burgers, and sausage to see if that will help... bbq season coming, its hard to stay away from the easy to make brats, and burgers! Just need to rethink, I bought shrimp, I just dont care for fish of any kind (salmon and fresh tuna is tolerable, but I feel as if I'm 'choking' it down... one day at a time, I am working on changing my mind!)

 

[contempgal]

I'm not a big fish eater either but am also working on changing that. I'm getting better with Salmon but don't even like shrimp. Sometimes I believe its harder to start eating foods you don't normally eat than stop eating foods you always eat.

 

[Lesli54]

Congrats on the 6lbs down!

You are doing a great job. I understand about not thinking of yourself as fat. Mentally, I still feel thinner and see myself as I was at 140. Of course, the mirror says otherwise, so I just made it a habit to avoid the mirror, which is probably part of the reason that I kept on the extra lbs. Now I make it a habit to look in the mirror more often and recognize that I am getting smaller and that I really do have a ways to go yet before I can physically see what I mentally see.

Keep on making those conscious choices and you will reach your goal in no time.

 

[calena]

How are you doing? Hope today is a good day.

 

[joelyfaithsmommy]

hi i'm jen....new since may 19th...hang in there, keep on keepin on and before you know it you'll be so far from where you started you won't even be able to see where you started from....soon enough your goal will be in site, and you'll be ONE HAPPY PERSON!!!

sending YOUR WAY!!!

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Jen