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No recent coyote sightings so that is good. I'm still nervous but trying to put my fears in balance. As expected ... Frank fluctuated up slightly today but that is okay. If I didn't weigh every day I wouldn't see these fluctuations. I weigh every day as a tool to keep me on track, to break old unhealthy habits of denial. I am becoming more and more accustomed to these fluctuations. They create much less distress for me than they did when I began this most recent leg of my journey to health. Several of you have made "predictions" about me soon reaching my goal. I predict I will reach it!! I of course do not know WHEN and that is okay. I am simply choosing to feel good about being HERE. And at the same time, still looking forward to THERE ... whenever it arrives. I know that even when I reach that number I've been coveting I will still fluctuate above it ... maintenance is an ongoing journey ... being healthy and making wise choices will continue. I am just so excited that I am HERE!!! Six months into this ... and I do not feel like I need to go "off" a "diet." Wow ... that is such a major accomplishment. I can live like this. Which of course means I do not ever have to go through such a major weight loss again in my life, as long as I continue to stay conscious, choose wisely, pay attention to my inner self, and believe. I must tell you ... this really is the first time I can ever remember feeling like this. I like it. I want to keep practicing it so it becomes as strong as the old, unhealthy habits used to be. I know if I continue on it will happen.
Work is waiting for me. Work is always waiting!! LOL!!! I'm not "caught up" ... I think work is like this journey to health ... it is a journey, I'll never be "done", the moment I "catch up" another task, report, evaluation, new referral, crisis, etc. presents itself. I actually am also feeling less stressed about that as well. I've always been a bit of a perfectionist ... in many ways that is self-destructive. I can have high standards for myself without setting myself up to feel badly. It is okay not to be "perfect" and it is okay to make "mistakes." It is human. We are all human.
Okay my dear fatsecret buddies!!! May you uncover new found "aha" moments in your life today!! Choose to recognize what is positive about you, from your toes to your head and in-between!!! May you be able to see the positives that others see in you!! May you make wise choices, feed your body and inner self well, and have some FUN!!! I look forward to reading your journals ... and feeling honored to share in your journeys!!
Diet Calendar Entries for 23 July 2009:
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1527 kcal
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Fat: 44.82g | Prot: 82.80g | Carb: 214.50g.
Breakfast: medifast cocoa. Lunch: Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy Peaches & Creme, ham, light swiss cheese - deli slices. Dinner: Perrier, Lean Cuisine Macaroni & Cheese. Snacks/Other: chocolate nut antioxidant, Cranberry Nut Antioxidant, Kashi GOLEAN Chocolate Peanut, Sugar Free Werthers, Special K Protein Bar Honey Almond, Fiber One. more...
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2939 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 10 minutes, Precor Elliptical - 38 minutes, Driving - 2 hours, Desk Work - 9 hours, Resting - 4 hours and 12 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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The daily weigh-ins are definitely not for the faint of heart or the easily discouraged. I, too, use them as a tool. I find that if I weigh only once a week, I become complacent about weighing in at all...plus, it helps me to know if I'm doing the right things. It's not unusual for me to plateau for a period of time, but if I see a large gain, I know I need to reevaluate what I'm feeding my body...see if I've changed something in my diet that might be the culprit. The key is being able to take the good news with the bad in those daily weigh-ins and not let it have a negative impact...which it's obvious that you do not, you take it all in stride. Good for you! You are so close to your goal...I imagine it must be frustrating at times, being so close and it taking it's time to get there. You know it's coming though, just a matter of time. I would say have a good day at work...but...is that really even possible? lol I mean, it's called "work" for a reason.
23 Jul 09 by member: onmyway
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Your insight will get you to your goal. And I do predict it will be soon. Remember, rule of thumb is the last 5 are the hardest to get off and it seems to be working that way with my friends who where you are right now. So, so close.
23 Jul 09 by member: WECANDOTHIS
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I agree with everthing you said regarding daily weigh-ins. I now can take it much more in stride then when I started. I used to really belly ache a lot about flutuations!! LOL!! I do think work can be good ... I do enjoy what I do ... but of course, if given the option ... would love NOT to work!! LOL!!! Today (I might feel differently tomorrow!!) I don't feel very frustrated about being so close to my goal but not quite there yet. I am working on thinking in "ranges" and actually I am in a range that I would be comfortable maintaining for life. I've never maintained in this range before!! Of course, I will be super excited when I see 175 on Frank!! And I might even see lower than 175 ... secretly that is my hope, that I can get below 175 and 175 will be close to the top of my range of maintenance. It sure helps to process here though. These journal entries, thinking "out loud", and reading eveyone's comments and their own journaling has been a big part I think of my success this time around. I will have a good day at "work" ... you do the same!!!
23 Jul 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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It sounds like you and I are in a very similar mindset about where we are, being able to do this forever, the scale, etc. It IS quiet a difference from 'dieting' in the past and really gives me hope that it's permanent. I was trying to think of my toes as positives, as you suggested, but my little pinky toes look stubby and deformed. However, they do balance out the rest of the foot and keep me from tipping over! So, yes! Positive toes! ;)
23 Jul 09 by member: amryk
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LOL!!! Oh Amy can you hear my chuckling from here??? Positive toes!!! I love it!!! Let's see my jiggle in the middle makes a nice soft place for my hubby to rest his head??? I too feel "hope" ... for really the first time in my adult life in regards to maintaining my health and weight. By george ... I think we might be onto something!!! Now all day I'll be thinking about your pinky toes!!!
23 Jul 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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It *is* a major accomplishment. And, *when* you reach your target weight is really irrelevant, you are basically already there. Work on tightening yourself up, straightening yourself out, and making the most of what you have done with yourself ("The Use of Self"). You have a great day as well.
23 Jul 09 by member: information
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Oh my gosh ... what a thought Info!! I am basically at my goal right now!! I think you are correct. Now that is a shift in my thinking! Thanks!!
23 Jul 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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Why have we all given our scales masculine names?....Do you think it says something about us :)
23 Jul 09 by member: flaxseed
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"Frank" is not so much a reference to a masculine name but to the meaning of being "frank." My scale is simply "frank" with me about its report. It is what it is. We tried referring to our scale (my mom & I) as Marie ... my maternal grandmother's name, who has departed this earth and we both dearly love ... but we were too often cranky with the numbers we read and it just didn't fit!! LOL!! So ... long way of saying I didn't purposefully make it masculine!!
23 Jul 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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I went out with a guy in high school who named his Volkswagen "Betty." We occasionally had to hitch the clutch in a herky jerky way to get "Betty" to start after playing Jethro Tull at the drive in movies. We both had to be home by midnight and were in a hurry to get "Betty" to start. He'd croon, "Come on 'Betty.' Come on 'Betty.' " Perhaps you could croon to your "Frank." You could say to him, "Come on, 'Frank.' " So he is called "Frank" because he is so honest with you? Effective approach. My son's GPS is named "Gypsy" since "she" meanders from one side of the country to the other.
23 Jul 09 by member: poet-in-motion
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23 Jul 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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Way to keep Frank's frankness in perspective.
23 Jul 09 by member: jchickos
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