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3.1 miles walked with the doggies via the lake route. Getting warmer today...just into the 60's after 9AM and with a warm sun, it'll only go higher.
I'm going to try to get some shopping/errrands done today in advance of the rain expected tomorrow...lots easier loading up the back of the car when it's not pouring down rain!
I pulled out the older version Atkins book (DANDR) last night and began to read through some of the motivational sections. I also did that with selections in the Protein Power book. Sometimes, you just have to search for something that speaks to you at the point where you are in this WOE.
I know I've said this before, but there's just not a whole lot out there for anyone struggling, but close to their goal...a mid-journey, or late-journey, crisis, if you will. I guess I'm supposed to have this all figured out by now.
For today, I'm telling myself some of the things I wrote in my bio like, "Time to be an adult about this...time to grow up." It's time to take responsibility for what I'm doing. I can't remember which book it was in, but one of the ones I was reading last night stated the obvious....something to the effect that we can't control a lot of things, but we can absolutely control what goes into our mouths (unless we're in a hospital on an IV)...no one else is responsible or in control.....WE ARE!
For whatever reason, I think I've let myself drift out of taking that responsibility and it's time to take it back.
Diet Calendar Entries for 31 January 2012:
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1625 kcal
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Fat: 118.68g | Prot: 101.39g | Carb: 43.46g.
Breakfast: Johnsonville Maple & Brown Sugar sausages, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, scrambled eggs. Dinner: salad toppins, romaine, Wishbone ranch dressing, Armenian cucumber, NY strip steak. Snacks/Other: Russell Stover s/f chocolate covered peanuts, Planters extra large virginia peanuts, blackberries, honeydew melon, Sargento string cheese. more...
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1944 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 53 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 7 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Sandy - I hear you. Maybe you should start a group for those who are almost at their goals but have lost motivation. Unfortunately, it would exclude me, but maybe I could eavesdrop. So let me ask you, how is motivation to lose 100 pounds different that motivation to lose 10?
31 Jan 12 by member: BuffyBear
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Buffy, IMO, the motivation is similar in a few respects but vastly different in others. When it's 100 pounds, the motivation is better health, being able to MOVE and BREATHE, and other similar "big" issues. When it's down to the last 10 (or so), the big issues have already been solved....one can move and breathe, one's health has made dramatic improvements, etc. So, I think it reverts to being more of a personal, or self-improvement type of goal...much like a person who had the good fortune to have gained "only" 10 pounds to begin with and now wants to lose those 10 pounds. So, now that I'm typing this, perhaps I'm just not (yet) comfortable with a more vanity-type goal???? Hmmmmm.....
31 Jan 12 by member: Sandy701
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I had the same problem. 10lbs from my goal and my motivation to continue to lose was not as strong as the motovation to maintain and eat a bigger variety of foods. After 3 months of maintenance I am now back to being more motivated to lose the rest, but my motovation is date specific now. In 1 month my journey will be 1 year old, so having a "ticking clock" kinda helped to reset my motovation.
31 Jan 12 by member: icymaiden
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Great points. Let me think this over (trying to juggle work and FS this afternoon).
31 Jan 12 by member: BuffyBear
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I'm pretty sure I'm in your boat, Sandy... and not at all comfortable with these last 10 lbs being 'vanity pounds'... but they are. For me anyway. I just keep reminding myself if I can just stick w/ it day to day long enough to see even a one pound difference at the end of each week... that's awesome. Problem is I get two, three four weeks down the road, and I feel as though I am ready for a 'treat' or a 'planned night out w/ hubby'... I am just too easy on myself. And in the long run I end up going up 2-3 lbs, coming down 2-3 lbs... Hate it! And I can't seem to get back to consistency longer than the 3-4 week mark! As much as I love the foods I eat... when temptation is placed in front of me, I am weak. I've worked so hard to get here, and maintain here, that I do tend to feel 'entitled'. I think I need to reset my motivation like Icy!!! I need to find something that will inspire me to actually do this all the way to its end ... and stay there.
31 Jan 12 by member: jsfantome
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Sweetie, it's an every day learning experience. Your doing great. Yes, sometimes we just have to sit back and take a harder look at things and tell ourselves that WE ARE WORTH IT. We are all doing the same thing and stumbling over the same bricks, but we just have to stand up and give it another go. Hang in there and your thinking the right thoughts. HUGS:):)
31 Jan 12 by member: LauPug1
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Somtimes I think we are afraid of the last 10 pounds..if that makes since...if we lose that what are we fighting for..its like that last
chapter in a good book..we want it to end but we don't want it to end..
cause its over and we move on the another book..etc..You are doing so
well with all you have done..Keep it up...:O)..and thanks for the sun
and warmth.....
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Sandy, we all drift so don't beat yourself up, you know what needs to be done and you will do it :)
31 Jan 12 by member: notfast
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I agree with BHA, I had the same thought when I stared reading. We are on a journey and somehow we don't want it to end. It's the same thing Paula said earlier, the gap not to use comfort food has to be filled. I am aware that maintenance is not easy but at the same time we have to find another goal to fill the gap the end of the road creates.
31 Jan 12 by member: Jozette99
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Sandy, great minds....I was just thinking today that perhaps it is time to read my DANDR again. lol I a really having a hard time getting back into "onederland", and am starting to hear that nasty little voice in my head that says, "200 isn't so bad...at least you are still 60 pounds lighter than you were." Just can't go there...so it's back to reading again. You'll get your mojo back soon, I am sure...you are soooo close! Have a great evening my friend!
31 Jan 12 by member: ctlss
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Sandy, I don't think not achieving your weight goal is a problem. I know that it is achievable for you, you have proven your ability to lose weight already. It is after all just a number. The weight loss is a bonus, being so much more healthy by eating right and exercising your reward. If you will feel better by losing those 10 pounds I am sure that you will do it.
31 Jan 12 by member: Lenasmom
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