Cate
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That is absolutely fantastic! Well done, you!!!127.8!!!! I MADE IT!! I DID IT! I accomplished my goal!!!!!
whole-heartedly. You can do this. Keep an eye on your weight & enjoy your life. What a wonderful achievement xoxoGet it together, girl
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whole-heartedly. You can do this. Keep an eye on your weight & enjoy your life. What a wonderful achievement xoxo
alligatorob
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Drum roll indeed! I can hear it from here. That is great, August 2 and there you are![DRUM ROLL PLEASE].... 127.8!!!! I MADE IT!! I DID IT! I accomplished my goal!!!!!
I agree, for those of us from more southerly regions the long summer days are a surreal experience. The first time I went to Alaska was summer, we were salmon fishing near Valdez. We'd catch our limit clean it and freeze it and just go back out fishing. The fishing was good and It was so exciting no one noticed the time, until about 4 am, we were exhausted. I once spent a week in July working at Prudhoe Bay, north of the arctic circle on the arctic ocean. The sun never set, one night we went to the "beach" at midnight to see the sun low on the horizon over the arctic ocean, due north! A mile or so out you could see the ice.
Congratulations again!!
Bearkane33
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Do did you do that? I would like to try this one. Is there any side effect?
myleanbaby
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Thanks everybody! Additional update to share my experience with my first days of maintenance... Last night my boyfriend surprised me with pizza from our favorite place (Sophie's Gormet Pizza at Koko Head) and a six pack of my all time favorite beer (Kona Brewing Hanalei Tropical IPA). I had myself two slices of pizza and two beers and then felt that deep, dark sense of panic creeping up on me and that totally unreasonable fear that I'd wake up having gained back all my weight. Just to settle my mind over how much I gained with this Saturday night pizza and beer extravaganza, I decided to weigh this morning... 127.8!
Now, to get really corny and metaphysical, I'm a real (in the closet) fan of the underlying premise of the movie/book The Secret. JUST in case you're not familiar with this early 2000s self-help hit, the premise is basically the Law of Attraction, which is the theory that "we have the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on. It is the Law of Attraction which uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in our thoughts and materialize them into reality. In basic terms, all thoughts turn into things eventually. If you focus on negative doom and gloom you will remain under that cloud. If you focus on positive thoughts and have goals that you aim to achieve you will find a way to achieve them with massive action."
When I set out to lose this weight on April 19th, I had determined all the specifics: my medically ideal weight, the safe rate of weight loss, and how I would ensure I had a nutritionally sound diet so that I could reach my goal of both losing the weight and improving my health. Then, I just flat out decided I would lose 2lbs per week so it would take 15 weeks, so when I woke up on August 2, I would be at my goal weight. I decided it, I focused every day on it, and I believed it would happen. This is "the Secret" or the Law of Attraction.
Now, you could easily argue that I achieved my goal because I set my mind to it and focused on it each day and did a lot of mental work, but there is something about this theory of unwavering belief and maintaining positive thinking regarding your goal day after day that seems to give you the ability to manifest your vision, whether you want to believe it's the universe rearranging itself to bring it to you, or you rearranging your universe to bring it to yourself--does it really matter? I believe there is truly power in positive thinking and focusing your mental energy and thoughts intentionally, and intentionally letting go of the negative thoughts and especially escaping cyclical thinking about what you *don't* want.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this additional background because I've used the theory in other areas of my life as well and had similar results in manifesting things I would never have believed possible (decided a certain salary I'd like to make, made it, picked a certain car I thought I could never afford, bought it, decided I wanted to live near the ocean, now live in Hawaii, etc).
Now that I've lost the weight, I will go forward with the belief that I will maintain without issues, and focus on continuing to improve my strength and overall fitness, and my next goal which is to travel the world. I have a trip to Peru (Amazon rainforest and trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu) coming up next month with my boyfriend, and I'm now considering taking my first solo trip next spring... I've got my eye on a trip REI offers that is for women only and offers 8 days of hiking in Greece which would be a good bridge to "true" solo travel.
Now, to get really corny and metaphysical, I'm a real (in the closet) fan of the underlying premise of the movie/book The Secret. JUST in case you're not familiar with this early 2000s self-help hit, the premise is basically the Law of Attraction, which is the theory that "we have the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on. It is the Law of Attraction which uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in our thoughts and materialize them into reality. In basic terms, all thoughts turn into things eventually. If you focus on negative doom and gloom you will remain under that cloud. If you focus on positive thoughts and have goals that you aim to achieve you will find a way to achieve them with massive action."
When I set out to lose this weight on April 19th, I had determined all the specifics: my medically ideal weight, the safe rate of weight loss, and how I would ensure I had a nutritionally sound diet so that I could reach my goal of both losing the weight and improving my health. Then, I just flat out decided I would lose 2lbs per week so it would take 15 weeks, so when I woke up on August 2, I would be at my goal weight. I decided it, I focused every day on it, and I believed it would happen. This is "the Secret" or the Law of Attraction.
Now, you could easily argue that I achieved my goal because I set my mind to it and focused on it each day and did a lot of mental work, but there is something about this theory of unwavering belief and maintaining positive thinking regarding your goal day after day that seems to give you the ability to manifest your vision, whether you want to believe it's the universe rearranging itself to bring it to you, or you rearranging your universe to bring it to yourself--does it really matter? I believe there is truly power in positive thinking and focusing your mental energy and thoughts intentionally, and intentionally letting go of the negative thoughts and especially escaping cyclical thinking about what you *don't* want.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this additional background because I've used the theory in other areas of my life as well and had similar results in manifesting things I would never have believed possible (decided a certain salary I'd like to make, made it, picked a certain car I thought I could never afford, bought it, decided I wanted to live near the ocean, now live in Hawaii, etc).
Now that I've lost the weight, I will go forward with the belief that I will maintain without issues, and focus on continuing to improve my strength and overall fitness, and my next goal which is to travel the world. I have a trip to Peru (Amazon rainforest and trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu) coming up next month with my boyfriend, and I'm now considering taking my first solo trip next spring... I've got my eye on a trip REI offers that is for women only and offers 8 days of hiking in Greece which would be a good bridge to "true" solo travel.
alligatorob
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Hey MLB, how are things? Getting ready for the Peru trek? That would be an adventure of a lifetime!
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