This Trucker Fights Back

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I guess it helps to get the right team doesn't it.

Talk about forum egg on the face...

Honestly I meant the Tigers.

Friends never let friends type when taking duh pills :eek:
 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I thought you were trying to make me hate you!!... just kidding. Actually in the town I live in high school football is VERY popular. We are going to go drive an hour away to watch the west monroe rebels first game... talk about crazy!! haha Oh well, it's a lot of fun with my inlaws! Hope you're having a great day!!!
 
Hey Randy ...I think I am just going to print off your diary and when I go to be with my mom this week, I will be able to read it while she is sleeping or resting. Your diary is like reading a great novel. Hey maybe we can vote that your diary be the WL's Book of the Month??? :p Have a great day. :D
 
T2 Trucker said:
Manaloa - mmmm mmmm mmm Mana's Diner is OPEN for business !! no worries on that foot boo boo, we'll get 'er fixed up somehow. Congrats on the minus 2 :) Stay with us here, you fade away for a few days and I begin to wonder...
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LOL, it's been a lot harder lately finding time to get on the 'puter. Between my daughter being back and working out like a fiend and melting my poor brain coming up with yummy low cal/fat dishes, sometimes I don't get to stop for the day until I fall asleep on the couch. :D
 
Well well well
How are we doing Mr.Celebrity?...this is one long diary my dear lol
Good to see that you are still doing great.
Just came by to see how things are moving along but i was pretty shocked to see so many posts since my post, i thought to myself "OH look i get to read a book !!" hehe :p
It's great that you have so much support, you can add me to your list :D
Okey well you have a great day and remeber STAY SEXY ;)
 
Ha Ha Ha--Only if you do!!:)
Just dropped in to see how your day is going. Hope the foot is feeling better. Oh, and you got my vote on WL' Book of the month! You definately got that one in your back pocket!:p Cabana
 
Hey, Hey, Hey!! This is one happening journal for sure! ;)

I wanted to pop by to check in and see what is going on over here in your neighbourhood. :p

Wishing ya a good one! :D​
 
Jodee - My thoughts go with you on your stay with Mom. It does my heart good to see you tending to your Mom's care in a time of need. I'm sorry Wednesday took a bad turn with your 'someone from the past'. It probably speaks volumes why he is in that category of 'someone in your past', sure doesn't sound like anyone that deserves to be in your present or future.

Hugs to your Mom from us all.

Manaloa - ok ok ok, just don't let those toenail paint jobs get neglected ;) I admire your menu creativity and don't envy you having to come up with all that stuff.

Misslovley - *fumbles through the "Stay Sexy Manual" under the qualifications section* I didn't meet the criteria :(

Hehe, you crack me up :)

CabanaMama - Thanks for the drop in :) Uh oh !! is this gonna be one of those 'you show me first' thingys ?? :p

JB - :eek: I'll never tell :) *hoisting a cold 1 liter of H2O in your honor*


Want-a-be - Hope you're getting your diet groove on ;) This is the Studio 54 of weight loss diaries ?? Hmmmm, probably before your time *rubs chin*

backatya on the good one wishes ;)


Tammy - Hi Hi Hi and I hope you have a great holiday weekend too. Keep fighting the good fight ;)
 
I love reading your diary hammer...i mean trucker, lol

anyways, hope all is well, doesn't sound like you've lost your sence of humor. I'm gonna try to get Tina back here!

cya around!
 
Six Month Later..


from point A to point B:

Thinking back six months ago to the day, I was still a very obese individual and living the '"I gotta do something about this weight" stage and yet readily willing to still go to Mickey D's for a double value meal or call up the Hut for a large pan. I wasn't ready to lose my weight, only to continue to think about it.

Obesity never leaves your mind alone. It torments you from wake up to bed time. It controls your day. It plans your limits. We take the path of least resistance, that's what we obese people do best.

Then SNAP !!

The SNAP !! part has been one helluva ride for me. I think the self-confidence has been the best part of this ride. I never really wanted to deal with the 'facing the world' part because my defeatus attitude was always there. Taking control of that attitude was a defining moment in getting from point A to point B.

staying disciplined:

My mind was made up. I knew I wanted results. I knew I had to have results and have them fast or I would fail.

I raised the bar so high I never thought about the failure part. It wasn't an option anyway. Had I set my goal high or low, I knew discipline was the key.

"it all starts at the store":

Oh so true. My first real big test was on the first morning when I retool my shopping list. Instinctively I knew this was a critical test. If I can walk out this store without bad choices in my cart then I will make good choices in my home. In theory this has to work - and it does. 120 lbs later, I'll still stand by this statement.

I think there are many people on here not being honest with themselves that this is there biggest problem and lose ground before they even get home and give themselves a real chance. I'm proud to be one of those people that is giving the foods that are giving out large doses of success a chance to do their job.

If there is one key choice I made, it was going for a foodstyle change instead of a 'diet' (even though I refer to it as a diet often). You can't wreck yourself if there's nothing to wreck yourself with.


"where do you get your willpower ??"

I get asked this a lot. My verbal reply is usually something polite, my mental answer is: 'I don't know". I think I have tenacity. To me, it takes as much 'willpower' to be obese as it does to be normal size.

You really have to work hard everyday to go against your thought process to do what is wrong. At some point your guilt is being constantly challenged and you have acquired the 'willingness' to block it out - after all, isn't that what willpower is ?? blocking out something ?? I truly believe persistent determination is a more reliable contribution to weight loss than 'willpower'.

Reflecting:

I am pleased with my results to date.
I consider healthy eating a responsibilty I will participate in till death do me part.
I acknowledge I still have work to be done.
I am glad I have the internet to aid me in knowledge (first) and support (second). I highly suggest serious lifestyle changers use both to maximize their results. I will continue to use both.
I hold myself accountable for my decisions.
 
I wasn't ready to lose my weight, only to continue to think about it.
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Then SNAP !!

The SNAP !! part has been one helluva ride for me. I think the self-confidence has been the best part of this ride. I never really wanted to deal with the 'facing the world' part because my defeatus attitude was always there. Taking control of that attitude was a defining moment in getting from point A to point B.

staying disciplined:

My mind was made up. I knew I wanted results. I knew I had to have results and have them fast or I would fail.

I raised the bar so high I never thought about the failure part. It wasn't an option anyway. Had I set my goal high or low, I knew discipline was the key.
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OMG Trucker, get out of my head! You put things into words so well; I could cut and paste this for my own diary.:) Lots (and I mean lots) of people keep saying "this time I mean it"; how do we know that this is the one? Because I know, just like you did, that this time, failure is not an option. I choose not to fail.
 
Very well said T2, you're def right about all that.
Many times i find myself fighting with "myself" because one part of me is screaming at me telling me don't eat that or stay away from that and then the other is telling me "oh but just this once and then you wont do it again" and that totally makes me do it, but these couple of days i have learned how "to block something out" i'm slowly learning to totally mute out that part of me who wants this crap.
Once again have a great day and I don't want to hear this im not sexy stuff...do your thing and you'll see *wink* hahaha
 
T2
You should write a book. I would read it! I love everything you said. "I choose not to fail". That keeps ringing with me. Especially as I sit here and debate whether I should go lift weights. I'M GOING!!
 
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