What I did RIGHT today . . .THREAD # 2

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Saturday, August 08, 2009

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

before and combining it with 's philosophies, I am continuing to try and

create an " accountability/commitments thread " that I hope will help others.

Each time we start a " What I Did Right Today " thread, we will have an " opener "

and some " commitments " (I'd call them " rules " but I think commitments is a much

more positive way to say it). I'll start a new thread about every two

weeks/50-75 posts or whatever makes sense.

*****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. "

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

so your goals are important. I will be listing my " stats " of weight, goal

weight, cals goals, water goals, etc. -- but you can make any goals.

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And here's my second " Opener " . . .

***THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, BUT FIRST IT WILL P*SS YOU OFF***

This is a favorite saying of mine. It's especially true today.

I've had a house guest in my home. He is from Australia, worth several

million/billion, has a daughter who was a goalie for the Australian Olympic team

and runs triathalons for FUN, a son who is a scuba instructor and captains

yachts for a living (because he doesn't NEED to work and can't believe someone

will pay him to do what he loves), and he has, no less than eight times,

intimated that I could use some exercise and eat better.

Oh – it's subtle. A suggestion here that when I walk the dog how " He must really

enjoy that – how far do you take him and do you do it every day? " Or " Wow – for

your part time job, could you walk that route, it's not far " (yes – but I'd have

to walk it at 3:30. – not the best time for a woman to be walking). Or – when he

talks about what he eats, he goes ON and ON about Omega 3s and how his wife is

such a good cook. Or when I offer him lunch from the gorgeous pot of soup I have

on the stove, he goes on about how good soup is for you and how his wife always

has some going – vegetarian, low-fat fresh soup. Or how he walks to his

" village " with the dogs every day to shop for the freshest ingredients. It's

like having that " French Women Don't Get Fat " author in my house every day.

Add to this that he has asked me to do his laundry, seems to expect me to make

his tea for him in the morning (this morning I said " you do know where the cups

and spoons are by now, don't you?) and has this annoying way of saying " yes " the

grates on my nerves (very upscale Australian " yeeeassh " in a nasally tone) and

well . . .

I am PISSED OFF!!! I am THIS close to telling him in no uncertain terms that

" yes, I am AWARE that I am 50 pounds overweight. I am AWARE that I am not

exercising regularly. I am AWARE that I have too many cocktails most evenings. I

am AWARE that even though I eat GREAT food, I eat TOO MUCH of it for me to

release weight – but he needs to SHUT THE H* & L UP!!! (ahem -- excuse me for

that).

Except. Uhm. Well, about the diet and exercise thing – he's right.

Yep, he is so right.

And worse, I USED to BE him. I can only imagine how annoying I was to my friends

when I thought I had this weight loss thing conquered. And I can only imagine

how often they wanted to tell me to shut the H* & L up.

Because it's the truth.

And I really want to be angry about it but I figure I have two choices.

(1) I can sit around and wallow in my " it's none of his d*mn business " thoughts

or I can,

(2) DO SOMETHING about it.

So those are the choices. You'd think it'd be easy to make the right one,

wouldn't you. But I am at odds with my mind right now. I really want to be the

stubborn, you can't show me, I can do anything I want to child about this and go

lay on the couch.

And part of me wants to go to the gym right now.

Which side will win??? I'll let you know in a few hours.

In the meantime . . .

COMMITMENTS:

**I want to sleep better and not wake up with my arm numb from holding my body

still, my neck all achey and my joints hurting. And I want to be friends with my

guests' daughter the triathelete.

** Today's caloric range 1500-1700 cals

** Exercise today: Cardio

** Water today: 100 oz+

**Weight: Current 216.5/Short Term Goal: 198 by my b-day (Sept 3)/Mid-term 185

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