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I want to reach my magic number and I want it soon!
It seems I don't have a lot of patience these days. I know I put the weight on slowly over several years but PLEEEEAAAAASE can't I just take off a pound per day until I hit goal? Is that really too much to ask?
I am still VERY motivated to hit 199 but I am hanging on a bit this week. I am still under my daily calorie allotment. Once again, I should bump up the exercise. Going to the gym is such a pain when you live in a rural community and have to drive a long way to get there. I know it is an excuse.
I need to stop making excuses. Period. Either I want to lose weight or I want to stay fat. Either/ Or. What I s it that folks make excuses all of the time? (Myself being the biggest culprit.) I always see things like," I was dieting BUT there was all of this food at the office party and I HAD to eat it."
Really? I had to eat it or what? There would be leftovers? My office would self destruct if I didn't have those fat bomb desserts? My co-workers would hate me for trying to get healthy?
I need to embrace all aspects of the weight loss game including saying no to temptation and yes to exercising on a regular basis.
I notice many people have an exercise plan. I have a food plan but I need to incorporate an exercise plan as well. I do well with lists. I like to make check marks on my lists. It makes them look neat and orderly. I like neat and orderly. Most areas of my life do not qualify as neat and orderly so a list with checkmarks helps me live that illusion. Can you relate?
Today's question to all of you- How do you keep your dieting structured? Or do you? Do you simply know what needs to be done and you do it?
I love reading people's thoughts and answers to these questions. I really do want to know and I really do find your responses helpful. Maybe the next person will too.
Have a fabulous Friday filled with calorie free blessings!
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I feel like I have lived in a world of haves and have nots since I went on my first diet as a teen. First off I follow my own diet, lower carb, because I cannot do low carb anymore. I hate being constipated, and MCT in my coffee, no thanks.
I stick with a simple approach. I eat two different breakfasts, because that's what I like. I have a snack before lunch. Lunches are pretty much the same, and dinner is a meat and veggie or salad, and yes I like to have an occasional cocktail with dinner.
Don't even think about the gym cuz I'm never going to go. Learned that lesson long ago.
I like exercise that is hidden in a task. Sucking in my gut while mopping the floor, yard work, and plain ol walking. I have been using a Fitbit to track steps.
The way I stay away from office goodies is to wonder about the cleanliness of the kitchen the food came from. Crazy I know but it works for me. Or a new one I saw here, tell folks you don't eat that.
Lastly I would rather be thinner, because I am happier that way.
10 Feb 17 by member: upkeep
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I hate to do it, but I have to include exercise. I hate the gym but I'm going four days a week. I do short, intense classes to get more bang for my buck. I walk my dog every morning and have a 1o-minute walk into/out of work, so that also helps. I also like lists and put my exercise on them--great when I can check them off (makes me feel so virtuous). I'm finding that if I eat more fat, I'm less inclined to snack. I used to have fat as only perhaps 10% of my diet, and now it's about 25%, which seems crazy but I'm still losing. You have to find what works for you. There is no one-size-fits-all. Good luck!
10 Feb 17 by member: AZSouthsideGirl
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