What I did RIGHT today . . .THREAD # 1

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Hi Gang!

In hopes of adopting the BEST of a weight loss strategy that worked for me

before and combining it with 's philosophies, I am starting a " thread " that

I hope will help others.

This thread will run for a week or around 50-75 replies, whichever comes first

and however often the thread fills up. And each time we start a " What I Did

Right Today " thread, we will have an " opener " and some " commitments " (in another

place, we called them " rules " but I think commitments is a much more positive

way to say it).

I'll write the first few openers, but then anyone can do it, just say at the end

of 50-75 messages or so " hey, I've got the next one! "

*****SO HERE ARE THE COMMITMENTS*****

(1) This is a place to post what you did RIGHT today (or yesterday, or last

week, or last hour).

(2) This is not a confessional because we want to keep this thread as targeted

as possible to " positive framing. " Realizing that if we focus on what we did

wrong, we will plant that message in our head. This is a place for posting your

dreams, your hopes, your successes and how you plan to get there with joy and

conviction.

(3) We encourage " accountability. " This is about releasing weight, so your goals

are important. I will be listing my " stats " , but you can make any goals. Just

put them at the end of your message so we can encourage and support you and so

you have a place to say " yes, I wrote it down, I put it out to the universe and

now it's real. "

That's it -- pretty easy. Post what you did right. Don't " confess "

transgressions (and let me say, that this group is great for when you NEED

to do that -- we're just not going to do it on THIS thread). Give your goals a

" home " .

So, here goes my first " opener " :

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I GOT NOTHIN':

An hour ago, I had twenty openings in my mind and they all seemed to be

clamoring for space. Now, as I look at the blank page, I got nothin'.

Nothin!

And that's okay. You see, I have learned in business, in volunteer work and in

weight loss that when you have NOTHIN' – no inspiration, no juju, no zaza-zu

(SATC fans will know what I mean), no drive, you can fake it until you make it.

Pretend.

Pretend to be a nutrition guru who only eats the best quality foods. Pretend to

be an exercise expert who knows form and exactly how important warm-up,

stretching, weight training and cardio are. Pretend to hold the power of being a

" food snob " and food snobbery will come.

Heck, I'm pretending right now. I have wrestled with the " who am I to inspire

others having fallen off the wagon far too many times. Is it hypocrisy? Am I

qualified to " inspire " others?

Maybe not.

But, if in my desire to inspire others -- I'm end up re-enforcing my " fake it

until you make it " philosophy, and that helps one person – me, then yay! And if

it helps others – bigger yay!. I'll be " acting as if. " I'll be acting as if I

have the answers because I know that I have the knowledge. And if I keep pushing

that knowledge out to the universe, it will come back to me. Also, I know it's

not hypocrisy if my heart genuinely wants change. And it does.

So, if you get up one morning and go " yeah, today, I just want to bury my head

in a bag of whatever your craving is " and feel like you have NO motivation to

change . . .fake it. And in the act of faking it, you may just find you have

something after all.

Because I had NOTHING to say when the blank page was staring at me, but six

paragraphs later . . .

Well, you get the point. & #61514;

Hugs,

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What I did right today (yesterday). I ate without self-judgment. I ate exactly

what I wanted, wrote down what I ate and, all told, was just outside my daily

caloric range. I enjoyed my food, had some " non-plan " like items and now, today,

I am craving the veggies I missed out on! I amped up my exercise a bit, knowing

I was going to a company party and would probably not stay " on-plan " . I was

" normal " around food for the most part.

COMMITMENTS:

**Towards motivation: I want to have that " you're so fit " response from people

without having to SAY " I used to be a size eight! " ever again!!!!

** Today's caloric range 1500-1700 cals

** Exercise today: Cardio

** Water today: 100 oz+

**Weight: Current 211.5/Short Term Goal: 195 by my b-day (Sept 3)/Mid-term 185

by Sept 26th – very important day!/ Long term 145 by sometime in 2010

** Other: Hard, strong kick-a$$ body!