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Good morning, everyone! I successfully completed day one of getting back to a healthy lifestyle yesterday and I lost four pounds overnight, lmao. (if only it were always that easy!) Of course it was water, glycogen storage, etc but I'm glad it's gone. I'm hoping to get back to where I was as soon as possible, but any progress is good in my book.
Started off my morning by heading straight to the gym after I dropped my son off at school. I swam laps for forty minutes and came home starving. Luckily I had planned out my breakfast before I left this morning so no digging for food while dying of starvation. That would be just asking for trouble.
Feeling better every day, but I'm still very irritable on and off. My poor husband gets the worst of it. I feel like he doesn't help me out enough around the house, and he doesn't lol, but he never really has. He tries, don't get me wrong. Are my frustrations valid? Of course, but the good outweighs the bad and I am aware that I am really overreacting.
Thank you for all of the kind words and suggestions on what to wear for the wedding. Unfortunately, K, the only dress I own (or have ever owned) is my wedding dress and I don't think the bride would appreciate me wearing that, LOL. I am going to go scope out goodwill and the salvation army later this week, and I'm looking forward to trying to piece together a cute outfit. As usual, you all are right that even with my recent small gain I have lost a lot of weight and I should present my new self and be proud. It's funny how you get used to how you look minus the extra pounds and then you still don't feel like it's good enough. I would have killed to be where I am now last year at this time, it's high time I start appreciating it.
Which reminds me, I had either an epiphany or a fleeting moment of insanity today and I need your input. My husband had made the comment that he was proud of me and I responded, don't be proud of me I haven't succeeded yet. (I guess I anticipate failure??) So then I got to thinking... at what point do we declare ourselves a success??? At goal weight? No surely not, we then have to learn how to find balance and maintain, but how long do we need to maintain before we are finished, before we have succeeded??? I have no idea. Are we not already successful?? Can we ever have succeeded at something that lasts a lifetime? Maybe if I die at a healthy weight then it will have been a success? lol Feel free to throw in your own thoughts and rants, I could use all the input I can get lol.
Now that I have you insanely confused, but hopefully not depressed, I must get on with my day. Thank you for reading, have a good one :)
Diet Calendar Entries for 22 October 2014:
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1535 kcal
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Fat: 57.70g | Prot: 100.83g | Carb: 140.89g.
Breakfast: Mission Foods White Corn Tortilla, Kraft Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Huevos con Chorizo (176g), Coffee-Mate Original Powder Creamer. Lunch: Betty Crocker Sour Cream & Chives Mashed Potatoes, Shoulder Pork Roast. Dinner: homestyle stuffing Chicken flavor, Publix Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh. Snacks/Other: Bananas, EAS Lean 15 Protein Powder - Chocolate Fudge, Banana Blueberry Green Smoothie. more...
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2492 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Swimming (moderate) - 35 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Here is what I suggest. Look at your history line. Look how much you have lost. Look at how long you have been pushing yourself. That is a measure of incredible commitment. If that is not success, then I don't know what is. You are a success, today and everyday. That is evident to everyone around you.
Setbacks from time to time are only human. We all have our fleeting moments. Sometimes we all lose traction, but we persevere, we pick ourselves up and try again. That is the epitome of success.
The goal is something to measure our progress against. It is nothing more.
Revel in your success for a moment, and then push on.
22 Oct 14 by member: Markhamdons
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My 2 cents on success: It's a process. We're all works in progress with triumphs at times, setbacks at other times. So we can always have the opportunity to be successful each day. You are certainly a success and a work in progress just like the rest of us, but you have come a long way and should be proud of that. Glad that you're doing better.
22 Oct 14 by member: jmb3450
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AS we constantly read around here - it's the journey, not the destination. You are proving your success by trying to resume your healthy lifestyle instead of just saying 'well, I screwed up for a few days/weeks and may as well just toss it all.' Getting up one more time than falling down: success.
22 Oct 14 by member: FullaBella
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Look at the size that you can try on when you make that trip to Goodwill...and Smile! You did not think you would get out of the plus sizes...and you did. I call that a success! I am still not there... That is why I broke up my goal into smaller pieces. That way I can track success in more than one way. I am still down what I said I would lose per child...so I have still made it to 1/3 my goal and holding/holding/holding! I get what you are saying about the hubby big time! I have been working on my living areas of my home getting them cleared to MY standards of clean. Hubby is pretty frustrated because I actually moved some of his precious clutter...I can not stand it anymore though. I cannot continue to live as we have been for the last 4 years...this fall is the final straw! My daughter and her boyfriend are supposed to come this weekend. I want it cleaned up before then. I have LOTS to do!!!
22 Oct 14 by member: kmunson
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You are successful just for being in the process and making good decisions...even if only most of the time. I keep a saying on my wrist that says "You're still in the race". It's a reminder of something my son (who was then only 4) told me when I talked to him one day before my first rock climbing competition. I'd told him I was nervous that I wouldn't do well, and he said, "well even if you don't do well, at least you're still in the race." I've used that motto in every day situations. It doesn't matter if I achieve my goals or "win", what matters is that I've stepped up to the plate in the first place. Be proud of that.
22 Oct 14 by member: mgrill
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I think there are many measures of success and they can be reaching small goals, being happy, having more energy, surpassing an exercise goal, whatever makes you look at yourself and say "hey I never thought I would be at this point". You are definitely a success and the success will just keep going. :) I took a class once where we had to give each other compliments and when you were given a compliment all you could say was Thank You, you couldn't do anything to shoot it down or say something negative back to deflate it. So if someone said, "Your hair looks nice today", there was no saying "Thanks, but I wish it were curly", or "Thanks, but your hair looks better". We just had to say Thank You and process the compliment. We are so good at breaking ourselves down and not really seeing the good in ourselves that others see, but if you take the time to process the compliment and appreciate that someone actually made the effort to give it, then those compliments start to feel good. So because someone else sees you as a success, then you are! :) Good luck finding an outfit, I hope you get something great!
22 Oct 14 by member: mars2kids
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The issues I'm having are pretty similar. Ive lost about 25 pounds since January, and I've gotten so comfortable being down weight that I have lost sight of my goals (I still have about 25 more pounds to lose). So I get frustrated and I'm starting to dislike how I look right now, when I should always try to remember how far I've come and how much I've achieved. Keep up the good work, you're doing great!
22 Oct 14 by member: xohhjeez
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I know this is a late comment but I agree with the others - you have been successful! It's been a long haul and you've fallen off the path a few times but you've always got back onto it. So what if you haven't got to where you hoped you'd be, you've gone the right way.
I'm also guilty of biting my other half's head off when he's being nice and supportive - it's a self destructive thing I guess. I usually find that giving him a big hug when he isn't expecting it, an apology and a thank you goes some way to smoothing it over. Of course he and I know I'll be back to biting his head off again but at least he knows I do recognise he's supporting me.
11 Nov 14 by member: Phooka
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