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OK.. i'm calm... i started thinking about my whole weight loss journey... and here is my assessment.
one of my buddies had me read an article (thanks rjenkins) regarding happy weight vs ideal weight (or something like that)... and it really got me thinking. It addressed how your body sometimes needs time to adjust to a new weight.
From as far back as i can remember, i was over 200 lbs. So lets say from my jr. year in highschool.
From ~1997-2008 I fluctuated between 200-233 lbs. so my body recognized 200 as my Set weight. i could never get below it, no matter how much i worked out. So i just accepted it.
2008 - i had my son, and weighed in at 214 after my maternity leave. I started portion control, no exercise, and just watched my food intake. I weighed in early 2009 at 196. Broke 200 for the FIRST time in a LOOOONG time. so i start working out, keep eating fairly well.
2009 - I fluctuated between 196-183. 183 was my lowest weight.. and i attained that from starvation due to stress.. i gained that 10 lbs easily back, but maintained about 193 for about a year with practically no effort.. no real calorie counting.. just making slightly better choices.
2010 - Start fluctuating between 191-197. Something has to give.. i start again, stricter portion control, no exercise.. just kind of a "cleanse" (u'd appreciate it stephanie).. a miserable diet... but i shook off the 190s and came out at 182 on the other end.
This year, i've dropped 30 lbs... in a record time for me. i'm healther than i've ever been. and smaller than i've ever been. No i don't want to try and "maintain" for a year.. but maybe its time to give my BODY time to adjust to this weight.
So.. i may attempt going into some sort of maintenance mode for a few months. I'm gonna still work out just as hard as i have been... but i need to get past this rut.. as i said before, it feels like i'm spinning my wheels.
Not sure i'll weigh myself during this time.. b/c right now i fluctuate so much, but i'm not getting any bigger.. so i may go and get measured this weekend, see where i am and try and maintain my size. If an improvement occurs in measurements, awesome.. if not.. as long as i stay in a size 10 i'll be happy.
I'm gonna try to enjoy being a size 10 for a while.. didn't enjoy being a size 12 b/c i was in and out of it fairly quickly. overall i'm happy with how i look, and how i feel.. just need my body to get there too.
long journal.. but its my journal i can rant if i want to.
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Bravo, Naiomy, bravo! :-)
10 Sep 10 by member: melmi20
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something had to give... and i hate that my desire to get smaller conflicts with being happy with myself right now. so .. i'm a let me be happy right now..
10 Sep 10 by member: Naiomy
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You deserve to be happy! It's easier said then done, but we should all be celebrating any type of victory in this journey. One pound down that we will never see again should be celebrated! So 30 lbs there should definitely be a party, with healthy food. Or a spa day. I have some treatments I'm eyeing up as rewards for myself.
10 Sep 10 by member: kmg3366
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YES!! Enjoy being in that 10...You came to some great revelations and that says something about you as well. Your body has worked hard these last few months, sit and enjoy spend time with ur hubby and those cutie pa-tootie kids of yours. You know I was going crazy and HAD to take a lil break because of that friggin 184. We all have to ride this rollercoaster. Sometimes you are tick tick ticking up, then u get to the top and stop, then you zoom down the straight away or just sit up in the air hanging for a little....just enjoy the ride for a while. :-)
10 Sep 10 by member: stephanie.cathey
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yeah.. the next few days i'm gonna just enjoy and lay back while working out... after a week or so.. i may just start keeping track of sodium somewhat.. get to learn stuff.. not sure when i'll go hard again... but it won't be a long break.. how long did u take "off"?
10 Sep 10 by member: Naiomy
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Honestly, I took about a month and a half I want to say, but I did not go hog wild. I ate some of things I started to want in moderation of course and on the cruise of course I ate, but I never got supper stuffed and feeling yucky at any meal. Taste a lil of this and a lil of that and a lil more of this. I stopped spinning and did exercise about 3 times a week I want to say. I just wanted to STOP because I was doing so much and the scale was not moving. ARGHHH so I wanted to see how I could eat and get away with keeping the weight with 2-3 pounds. And it did, I just KNEW I was going to back in the 190's and I ended up gaining like 1/5 pounds I was like WTH. I did not intend to take a break, so I needed to reboot. Now that I am done I have a little boost in confidence because I have taken a break when I do start back in with the serious workouts and eating , I think my body will be ready to slim so more. We will see. I do have a plan, once my metabolism is back on track i am going to keep the steady low calorie diet and then try the zig zagging calories. I think I can live with this the best. And probably take another break from all this in a few months. I do believe that your body can get use to a weight and just stay there.
10 Sep 10 by member: stephanie.cathey
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i believe that now.. as u can see from this super long journal lol... my body has "adjusted" to each phase of my weightloss. i think my decisions will be much better this time around.. but yeah i'm getting super frustrated.. i just can't let it be about weight anymore... i LOVE exercising and weights and shaping my body... so i know i won't just totally lose my mind. and i've always been pretty good at eating well in moderation, even before the 30 lbs i just lost.. just not being AS diligent kept the weight loss very slow.. and i was ok with that.. i was a 14 and super happy... b/c i wasn't a 16 anymore and totally away from 18..lol... but now i'm like man.. i can't be happy b/c this weightloss thing is totally consuming me. i just want to keep doing what i'm doing.. sans measuring and calorie counting just for a bit. what's the worst that can happen, i gain weight? shit.. i been doing that anyway!!!! lol
10 Sep 10 by member: Naiomy
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I agree with what you are saying. After I took a break for a couple of weeks and got back to it my body started losing again. But my Mom also told me to stop eating any processed food and quit worrying about the rest and it is working great for me. The funny thing is now I usually eat even less without trying. I dunno everyone is diffferent I am just telling you what helped my body start moving again. But I do think you need to take a break for a couple weeks and let your body rest and restart.
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thank you iama... it really is tough trying NOT to count calories..which makes me feel good that this did become a "habit" or way of life for me. and even though i am trying to take a diet vacation this week, and next week try to be more careful while NOT counting for a little longer.. i can't help but watch what i eat anyway.. so maybe the portions won't be measured exact and i won't tally up what i need for the day.. but i love that healthy foods are my permanent "diet".
13 Sep 10 by member: Naiomy
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