Oh, the issues abound!

YAY! Wow! 4 pounds!! Not only did you break your plateau, you PUNCHED right through it. WOOT!!

and you're right. I do the same things too. Cept not as something to cope but as a boredom technique. Now instead of eating I try to find other things to keep me occupied. :)
 
I've been away for a bit and I don't even have a good reason. I've been doing OK, though not phenomenally. I think that my staying away has been part of a self-sabotage thing that I tend to do. Things start to go well and I have to ruin it.

I'm trying to fight it. I'm just feeling kind of like I don't care about anything right now.
 
Please care about losing weight, because we all care about you. Even if you are not doing well with eating, or exercise, or whatever, please stop by to chat. I really believe it makes all the difference. This is a really hard road, and you have made the first important steps. Please rely on us to motivate you and encourage you. We all know you can succeed and want to help you on your way :)
 
Okay, miss "catch me"! You'd better start caring, because I just passed you! :D

I know those down-in-the-dumps days are hard, but now is the time you need to get out your pencil and paper and start writing down all the reasons that you are worth this effort. Write them even if you don't actually feel them, because when you see them in black and white, your rational side will have a good fighting chance against the emotional saboteur in your head. Okie dokie?
 
Well, we care. Don't give up on us now!!!! We need you too, you know.

Don't make me get T2 Trucker to send emmcookie the Twiny Stick to whack you with!!!
 
You know, when I read Twinmom's note and she mentioned about remembering that I'm worth the effort. I can't believe I'm so cliche but it's true that as soon as I start to do well I start to think that I must not be worth the work. It's silly (then again so am I :) ) but true. Weird how our minds make so little sense sometimes.

Good news is that I really didn't do anything that awful last week. I would feel better if I could do a hard workout but my back is not quite up to it yet. We had temporarily lost the pedometer but I have it back now. I feel like I kept up some good habits, and I don't think I put all the weight back on, but I'm avoiding the scale. I refuse to weigh myself when I'm a the mood that the number will affect how I feel about myself. That's just setting myself up to fail and I don't want to do that.

So, bottom line, I'm back! I didn't totally go away, but I'm fully back and you won't get rid of me that easily!!!
 
Hello! Just a quick note about yesterday. Ate pretty well all day. Most importantly we went for a long walk last night, over an hour at a brisk pace. I think our pedometer is broken so we are tracking how often we go on the walk and then next time we are in a car we're going to measure the distance. Then that ticker is sure going to jump!!

The heat really gets to me. You all may laugh but I'm actually allergic to the sun so the summer is quite hard for me. The rest of the year my inch thick SPF 60 works but in the summer it only minimizes the problem. I think that has had some effect on my mood. So thanks for bearing with me. I'm doing my best to not let things get to me.
 
This is the rest of the family. The beautiful black cat is three year old Solstice. She's adapting well but is still not 100% convinced that this brother idea is a good one. His name is Vanian (after Dave Vanian of the Damned who got his name from Transyl- Vanian ) and he's 3 months old and absolutely nuts! If I had one tiny bit of his ennergy I would have no weight problem. You can't tell in the photo but he has one green eye and one blue.
 
It's so good to hear from you. Glad you are back. Don't go away again sillyblossom!!!! We miss you too much.

And you are always worth the effort!!!! Don't you think for a moment that you aren't. I'm going to be keeping tighter tabs on you!!!!

Have a good one.
 
Hey Sillygirl. I am glad that you are back and feeling positive. Don't ever doubt that you are worth it ... you are ;) Keep up the great work!
 
Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your comments, though not so fond of the Twiny Stick!! :)

Yeaterday was good. No uncalled for eating etc. Didn't get any exercise in which sucks though but I am absolutely going for a walk today. Our pedometer is definitely not working as it should which is discouraging because we were so excited about our brand spankin' new ticker. Oh well!

I realized something exciting yesterday. I need to order a new uniform for work and Emmcookie pointed out that it's time to go down a size!!! Woo hoo! I'm scared to order it and have it not fit. And it's still a 20 so I have a long way to go but it feels good to be making progress.

Had Special K for breakfast and am now going to have hummus and low fat crackers for lunch. Yum!!
 
gahhhh hummus vile vile vile food!:mad: :p My ex loved this stuff and after eating it attempted to kiss me too many times, his breath stunk!:rolleyes:

It's good to hear you're feeling a bit better about things now, you're doing well with food choices and stuff and you are getting exercise in! Only a matter of time before you reach your goal!;)
 
OK, we gave up on the pedometer. You must all be thinking we're idiots - first the scale and now the pedometer. We don't do well with mechanical items! :) So we're going with hours because we can operate a clock.
 
least you can use a clock without trouble or are you using a sundial? :D

whatever it takes to get you to your goal -- do... you've got a great attitude :)
 
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