myawethinTICself's Journal, 06 December 2014

HOW DO YOU BUILD A BRICK HOUSE?
ONE BRICK AT A TIME!
What an *amazing* concept.
We live in a society where everything is hurry,hurry,hurry! People think if we aren't multitasking then we aren't being as productive as we could be.If a cell phone isn't attached to our ear we are told we are out of touch with the world. The list of things we should be doing or shouldn't be doing is endless & we just want to be able to keep up. Have we allowed this to be OUR lifestyle? If we have,is it *working* for us? I must say that *I* fell into this trap,so cleverly disguised as something I MUST have/do. But since a buddy,Deb_N,has reached her goal weight earlier this year,I have come to realize that SLOWING DOWN...TAKING TIME has been *so* much more *productive* than all the claims that are bombarding us!
When Deb reached her goal weight I asked her what she thought contributed the MOST to her success. She said:the baby steps. "Really?!" I thought. So I gave baby steps a closer look. Here I was trying to do everything I knew I needed to do in order to lose weight & I felt as if I was running myself ragged getting nowhere fast. It turned out that I *was*. (If you always do, what you have always done, you will always get, what you have always got.---If you don't like what you are always getting then *change* what you are doing!---Makes sense,right?)
So I..... SLOWED DOWN..... & TOOK TIME......
MID-OCTOBER-I focused on *DOING* what I said I would do.(Walk every day for 30 min's)You may recall some of my Journals that month,they all began the same way(That was how I kept focus on ONE thing & not multi things):DAY (#) OF DOING WHAT I SAY I'M GOING TO DO.(The results of this FOCUS was I am now walking 2.5 miles daily usually in 40 min's--my goal is 3 miles in 30 min's.--I *will* get there!)
MID-NOVEMBER-I added daily weigh-ins to my newly formed *habit* of walking! Still focus is on ONE thing(walking) because it only takes seconds to step on a scale & get my weight.You may recall seeing,or commenting on,or touching my heart in support of,my posted weigh-ins.(They were/are baby steps,as Deb called them.I call them my bricks.Results are listed below)
MID-DECEMBER-I turned my focus to EATING as a Shortie Losing It! (I continue the habit of daily walking & weigh-ins,with the exception of adjusting weigh-ins to every 3-4 days so I can read the weight chart better.)You may have only noticed my change in focus if you checked out my food diary.But I have included the RESULTS from FOCUS experiment below. I hope you enjoy it as much as I am!

WEIGHT LOSS RESULTS OF SLOWING DOWN & TAKING TIME EXPERIMENT:
Nov.23=183.8 lbs...............Dec.1=179.2 lbs
Nov.24=181.8 lbs...............Dec.2=179.0 lbs
Nov.25=181.8 lbs...............Dec.3=178.6 lbs
Nov.26=181.4 lbs...............Dec.4=178.4 lbs
Nov.27=181.4 lbs...............Dec.5=178.2 lbs
Nov.28=180.4 lbs...............Dec.6=177.6 lbs
Nov.29=180.2 lbs...............Dec.7=(Tomorrow)
Nov.30=180.2 lbs

Not only are the results visible on paper but they are visible on my body! I am a
BRICK. HOW---SSS!

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1060 kcal

Fat: 36.50g | Prot: 63.00g | Carb: 122.00g.   Breakfast: Core Power Vanilla. Dinner: Dr. Pepper Diet Dr. Pepper (Can), McDonald's Premium McWrap Chicken & Ranch (Grilled). Snacks/Other: McDonald's Chocolate Dipped Reduced Fat Ice Cream Cone, Flipz Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels. more...

2188 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 5 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 47 minutes, Resting - 17 hours and 8 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours. more...