NIKKI8's CalorieKing blog
Friday, Nov 2 2007 - Hanging tough
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I have had 2 good food days. And it has been so hard. They have not been perfect days, but better than before. I've not had any junk. 
That's huge for me.
But today was tough. It seemed like there was candy around me everywhere I turned.
And I just wanted to have some. But I was wearing jeans that are too tight (most of them are now) and that was a great reminder of why I'm doing this.
My goal is to have my jeans fit comfortably by Christmas.
No scale goal--no pounds to keep track of. Simple goal.
And it is very motivating.
But I have these pity party moments where I feel sorry for myself or angry that I can't have something.
And then I remind myself that this is my CHOICE. No one is making me do anything. I'm doing this for myself and my kids.
But many moments are just grit-your-teeth determination.
Corinne at PNP had a great blog today about the 4 mental stages of weight loss and I'm definitely in stage 2 where you feel like "This sucks, I hate this". But you push through it and you get to stage 3 where you see results and what you're doing gets easier.
During my weak moments today when I was tempted, I would remind myself how I would feel after I ate something. Guilty. Fat. Horrible. It's just not worth it. It's only a brief moment of taste. And then it's never enough anyway. So just don't start.
Another thing Corinne said on her blog was that in stage 2, you just follow your plan and you don't think about it too much. You just do the food and exercise that is planned out and you don't think about how you got there. Good advice.
Today's workout: I did day 1 of the Bust A Gut Ab challenge (from PNP and is free to anyone if you're interested) and I did 30 mins. elliptical.
Good workouts! Now I'm exhausted. I want to scrapbook a little, but I'm so tired.
I almost forgot to mention, I did not have cookies in my desparate moment of weakness that I wrote about the other day. But I did have them later. Not proud of that, but I am so glad I didn't have them at that moment. It was Halloween and I ate a bunch of candy--had that planned, and so I just decided to go ahead and have cookies with my lunch.
That's huge for me.But today was tough. It seemed like there was candy around me everywhere I turned.
And I just wanted to have some. But I was wearing jeans that are too tight (most of them are now) and that was a great reminder of why I'm doing this. My goal is to have my jeans fit comfortably by Christmas.
No scale goal--no pounds to keep track of. Simple goal.
And it is very motivating.
But I have these pity party moments where I feel sorry for myself or angry that I can't have something.
And then I remind myself that this is my CHOICE. No one is making me do anything. I'm doing this for myself and my kids.
But many moments are just grit-your-teeth determination.
Corinne at PNP had a great blog today about the 4 mental stages of weight loss and I'm definitely in stage 2 where you feel like "This sucks, I hate this". But you push through it and you get to stage 3 where you see results and what you're doing gets easier.
During my weak moments today when I was tempted, I would remind myself how I would feel after I ate something. Guilty. Fat. Horrible. It's just not worth it. It's only a brief moment of taste. And then it's never enough anyway. So just don't start.
Another thing Corinne said on her blog was that in stage 2, you just follow your plan and you don't think about it too much. You just do the food and exercise that is planned out and you don't think about how you got there. Good advice.
Today's workout: I did day 1 of the Bust A Gut Ab challenge (from PNP and is free to anyone if you're interested) and I did 30 mins. elliptical.
Good workouts! Now I'm exhausted. I want to scrapbook a little, but I'm so tired.
I almost forgot to mention, I did not have cookies in my desparate moment of weakness that I wrote about the other day. But I did have them later. Not proud of that, but I am so glad I didn't have them at that moment. It was Halloween and I ate a bunch of candy--had that planned, and so I just decided to go ahead and have cookies with my lunch.
2 comments so far.
2.
a decade ago
I'm totally stealing your goal: to have my jeans fit comfortably by Christmas. That will be much better than scale-watching for me.
:y:
by SFARRANT
1.
a decade ago
You are really doing awesome Nikki
:clap: Push through that Stage 2. I remember being there, and it sucked, but I did get through it. I know my issues aren't the same as yours. But we all struggle with feeling like giving up and that it's not worth it -- but the triumph on the other side is SOOOO worth it. I think you are doing great and it's a joy to read about it this morning!
by JEWELRYLADEE