Yeah!! That is a THREE week total...not as great as I thought it would be, but I did have a busy birthday weekend (37) & a 39 point day Sunday! (all the exercise in the world won't bring down the actual weight of a high point day the night before, will it? LOL!!) Who knows?? I'm still thrilled w/ it...I was just expecting more cuz my clothes are much looser! :o)
I suppose I could tell you about what I would think was an NSV, huh?? I just spent $160 @ Fashion Bug for myself!! (I got a TON of stuff, though!!) Can't believe I did that...I don't like to buy clothes when I'm losing weight...but I REALLY REALLY need some!! & I got some really great deals!! The $45 jeans I bought just a month or so ago are already big, so I thought, there is NO WAY I'm going to spend that much money on jeans each month...so I got 2 pair for $20 each!! Several pair of capris...several pair of lightweight cotton plaid pants...kinda seersuckered, you know?? Great for the beach! A few tops...I need to find some more...but I still can't believe I spent that much money on clothes that will more than likely be too big in a month or so!! The NSV is that I've gone from a 26/28 in January to a 22 in jeans!! AND, the baggy cotton plaid pants were 18/20. I can BARELY get them up over my butt, but once there they fit fine! LOL!! AND...I am now below my low weight when I took my "break" from WW last spring!! Only 4 more lbs till I hit my 10%! Slow & steady! Alright!!! :o)
Anyways...this was my last WI till June 16th as I'll be going on vacation on Friday!! I PLAN on coming home lighter!! Keep me in your thoughts!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Thursday, May 1, 2003
RAMBLING...SLOW WEIGHT LOSS - May 2003
I know all about slow weight loss! I never got any of those big water weight losses the first few weeks being OP this time around, so it really felt like I never got off the mark, you know? It WAS just a little bit frustrating because psychologically, it's nice to have those bigger losses @ the beginning when the road ahead seems oh-so long, isn't it??
Well...I quickly came to realize that I TRULY needed to NOT CARE about what the scale said, period. (who needs that kind of discouragement??) I'm NOT going to let the scale guide me through this process...I know I'm eating healthy and I'm changing my life! My attitude is GREAT & I'm in this for the long haul, no matter how long it takes, I know I'm doing this the right way!
For me, this isn't ALL about losing the weight, but rather sculpting a new lifestyle. There is no question about the loss of weight & the ability to keep it off in the future.
If you're struggling w/ slow weight loss...remember...THIS is your life now...you are already eating like a healthy, thin person...your body just needs some time to reflect that, right? It'll come...all it is is time, right? Time is going to pass either way ...you don't really want to look back a year or two from now & realize that you would've already reached your goal if you had just stuck with it, do you? You are headed in the right direction...just keep going, okay? (I know you’re not about to quit…it's just time to look at this from different angles)
I've been at that "I'm frustrated & disappointed" point too many times in my life of weight-loss attempts & I know it only got me to one place...at my all time high of 275 lbs, that's where! I wasn't about to start ANY weight-loss program again until I knew I could get past all of those little disappointments & frustrations w/out those icky thoughts of failure again. I'm so happy to say that I am there now, which is why I am doing WW now! It's a big BIG head game...you just need to put the right spin on it.
I am now weighing myself bi-weekly...the scale is much friendlier that way! LOL!! Actually, I have found that I have a bi-weekly weight cycle...I lose really well one week & then next it's usually a teeny tiny loss or nothing or even a teeny tiny gain...no matter how great I was that week! So it just makes sense to me to do my WI this way. So far I've consistently had 3-4 lb bi-weekly losses....perfectly AVERAGE & perfectly perfect!!
This isn't a race for me. There is no starting or finishing line because this is LIFE!! Life is going to happen anyways...
Keep on doing what you’re doing, challenge yourself…figure out how to make this program part of your life, striving to make it all 2nd nature. Find JOY & SATISFACTION in the whole process!! YOU’RE WORTH IT!
Well...I quickly came to realize that I TRULY needed to NOT CARE about what the scale said, period. (who needs that kind of discouragement??) I'm NOT going to let the scale guide me through this process...I know I'm eating healthy and I'm changing my life! My attitude is GREAT & I'm in this for the long haul, no matter how long it takes, I know I'm doing this the right way!
For me, this isn't ALL about losing the weight, but rather sculpting a new lifestyle. There is no question about the loss of weight & the ability to keep it off in the future.
If you're struggling w/ slow weight loss...remember...THIS is your life now...you are already eating like a healthy, thin person...your body just needs some time to reflect that, right? It'll come...all it is is time, right? Time is going to pass either way ...you don't really want to look back a year or two from now & realize that you would've already reached your goal if you had just stuck with it, do you? You are headed in the right direction...just keep going, okay? (I know you’re not about to quit…it's just time to look at this from different angles)
I've been at that "I'm frustrated & disappointed" point too many times in my life of weight-loss attempts & I know it only got me to one place...at my all time high of 275 lbs, that's where! I wasn't about to start ANY weight-loss program again until I knew I could get past all of those little disappointments & frustrations w/out those icky thoughts of failure again. I'm so happy to say that I am there now, which is why I am doing WW now! It's a big BIG head game...you just need to put the right spin on it.
I am now weighing myself bi-weekly...the scale is much friendlier that way! LOL!! Actually, I have found that I have a bi-weekly weight cycle...I lose really well one week & then next it's usually a teeny tiny loss or nothing or even a teeny tiny gain...no matter how great I was that week! So it just makes sense to me to do my WI this way. So far I've consistently had 3-4 lb bi-weekly losses....perfectly AVERAGE & perfectly perfect!!
This isn't a race for me. There is no starting or finishing line because this is LIFE!! Life is going to happen anyways...
Keep on doing what you’re doing, challenge yourself…figure out how to make this program part of your life, striving to make it all 2nd nature. Find JOY & SATISFACTION in the whole process!! YOU’RE WORTH IT!
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