Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 My WHYs Because I am ready for my outside to reflect how good I feel about myself on the inside. Because I am a competent effective person who accomplishes what she sets out to accomplish. Losing weight has been so hard for me, I'm going to prove to myself that I can do it. felicity On Apr 4, 2006, at 1:12 PM, etanafinkler wrote: > I started writing my " WHY, " and realized that from 206-size22-XXL, to > 164-size14, I really knew my why's, but now at 164-size14 I'm not so > crystal clear on them, (because I think I look and feel pretty good > now!). Here are my WHYs so far, and _perhaps this can start a thread_ > of you're all sharing your " why " to spur us all on and remind me of > some more why's... > > Etana: > to enjoy looking in the mirror > to feel good about myself > to feel proud about myself > to feel successful > To feel light and energetic lean mean machine! > > thanks, Etana > > ______________ > n wrote: > >Have you written out your WHY? > >Review it, daily. > >If necessary, revise it. > >I re-write some of my reasons daily; the process of re-writing helps > cement it. > > >If you don't know WHY you are doing this, and if the reasons are not > solid, > >it is very easy to get de-railed. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 This is my list of whys from my blog. I wrote it before I did my pracice week for motivation. I've never really been IN shape. I've lost weight, gained weight, lost it, gained it back, etc. I get down to a certain point and then yo-yo until i'm back up to what I was to begin with. I want to be in shape and not be afraid of going hiking and jogging. I was a fat kid, I don't want to have to go through that. The summer I met Jimmy I was getting down to my thinnest and enjoyed wearing clothes and going out to the movies and bowling and even attempted doing my hair and make-up. I had ALOT of fun that summer but then I got pregnant and gained all my weight back. I don't want to keep living vicariously through a memory that I think was the best summer I ever had. I want to make NEW memories and have summers where I'm actually comfortable at the beach..which leads me to another reason.. I want to be READY to go back to Hawaii on vacation the second we have the money. No excuses of " i'm too fat for the beach " anymore. No being bitter and not wanting to go out places because I'm not comfortable in my own skin. I want to really experienc Hawaii as a fit person. I lived here for a year and a half and barely experienced anything because I felt like being such a hermit. I want to go shopping with the girls and actually BUY something besides some cheesy movie or stuffed animal. I want to be a REAL girl. A GIRLY girl. I want to PRETEND I care about my nails I want to fit into the entire skinnier wardrobe that makes up my closet. Does this make sense to you..I have an entire closet full of clothes I can't wear and MAYBE a drawer or two full of clothes that I can, IF that LOL what the hell..stubborness I guess. I want to be an example for Jimmy so that he can quit smoking and get back into shape as well. You can't tell someone to do something your not doing well yourself, you have to live by example.(uhh..I don't smoke, I meant the other thing) To get out of the " i don't want to go out and have fun(because i look like a fat cow) but I don't want YOU to go out and have fun either " type of attitude. Heheh...who, me? no way I want to update my damned myspace with some RECENT pictures instead of putting up ones that are either of or of me from three years ago Speaking of which..i'd like to be IN more pictures with instead of always being BEHIND the camera. I want to be in pictures with , and Kerry, and other people so I can actually SHOW OFF that I really DO have friends LOL I SWEAR I DO! look, they are on my list, they have pages! i'm too lazy to make up these fake people AND make them fake pages So that Jimmy and I can renew our vows and maybe I can actually wear a wedding dress and people can actually attend as opposed to our quickie wedding in virgina *ahem* Ten year Highschool reunion coming up. There are a few dumbass rednecks I'd love to walk by just to ignore them. (you know what the annoying thing about that is, is that bullies never remember who they picked on.) Kareoke~! hmm..weight..losing weight and gaining muscle doesn't do much for the voice now does it? Ugh so that when I go home for visits I don't dread walking into Hannaford where everyone is up in everyone elses business and I won't care if they are sizing me up or not. hmm..swimming in swimming pools. That is something I wouldn't mind doing. The water is see-through in a swimming pool, if you didn' know. Most of us chubbies hate that..at least the ocean covers some stuff sometimes. Oh yeah, and most important. I want jimmy to be the one with the hot wife DAMNIT. Not the one with the anti-social scrubby wife! > >Have you written out your WHY? > >Review it, daily. > >If necessary, revise it. > >I re-write some of my reasons daily; the process of re-writing helps > cement it. > > >If you don't know WHY you are doing this, and if the reasons are not > solid, > >it is very easy to get de-railed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I will take my grandkids on hikes (granted, my daughters are only 13 and 16, but I figure it may take me 10 years to be as fit as I'm aiming for!) I will be physically strong when/if my spouse becomes ill/hurt I will die knowing that I achieved my best possible fitness self and sustained it, even tho I started when I was almost 50 I am a role model for change, and the power of making 'baby-steps' and persevering I will have the knowledge to guide my daughters I will keep my cholesterol down thru nutrition and other general health issues I will try new athletic activities as I gain strength to find out if I honestly never liked them, or if I didn't do them because of the excess weight and... if not now, then when??? On the other hand - perhaps you are at maintenance? If you think you " look good and feel pretty good " then why do you think you need to remove more weight? I think you've said that you enjoy looking in the mirror at yourself now. And you do feel good about yourself You are proud that you've gone from 206-164 you are successful. So, you've already met all the things on your WHY list (I don't know about the last one)..... What do you want? n (Etana's sister) At 01:12 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote: >I started writing my " WHY, " and realized that from 206-size22-XXL, to >164-size14, I really knew my why's, but now at 164-size14 I'm not so >crystal clear on them, (because I think I look and feel pretty good >now!). Here are my WHYs so far, and _perhaps this can start a thread_ >of you're all sharing your " why " to spur us all on and remind me of >some more why's... > >Etana: >to enjoy looking in the mirror >to feel good about myself >to feel proud about myself >to feel successful >To feel light and energetic lean mean machine! > >thanks, Etana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I will take my grandkids on hikes (granted, my daughters are only 13 and 16, but I figure it may take me 10 years to be as fit as I'm aiming for!) I will be physically strong when/if my spouse becomes ill/hurt I will die knowing that I achieved my best possible fitness self and sustained it, even tho I started when I was almost 50 I am a role model for change, and the power of making 'baby-steps' and persevering I will have the knowledge to guide my daughters I will keep my cholesterol down thru nutrition and other general health issues I will try new athletic activities as I gain strength to find out if I honestly never liked them, or if I didn't do them because of the excess weight and... if not now, then when??? On the other hand - perhaps you are at maintenance? If you think you " look good and feel pretty good " then why do you think you need to remove more weight? I think you've said that you enjoy looking in the mirror at yourself now. And you do feel good about yourself You are proud that you've gone from 206-164 you are successful. So, you've already met all the things on your WHY list (I don't know about the last one)..... What do you want? n (Etana's sister) At 01:12 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote: >I started writing my " WHY, " and realized that from 206-size22-XXL, to >164-size14, I really knew my why's, but now at 164-size14 I'm not so >crystal clear on them, (because I think I look and feel pretty good >now!). Here are my WHYs so far, and _perhaps this can start a thread_ >of you're all sharing your " why " to spur us all on and remind me of >some more why's... > >Etana: >to enjoy looking in the mirror >to feel good about myself >to feel proud about myself >to feel successful >To feel light and energetic lean mean machine! > >thanks, Etana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think I also need to remind myself WHY: *I want to feel healthy and energetic *I want to fit back into my nice work wardrobe instead of buying new, bigger sized things I hate *I want to develop a permanent lifestyle that is healthy *I want to lose weight and get into shape so I can have a healthy pregnancy (hoping for this next year) *I want to feel better about how I look *I like the way my body looks when I have toned/muscular arms and chest and legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yes, deffinatly a good one. I know that my friend is a little confused on how i can eat so much and still lose weigh lol and though he won't say it and he says he was proud of my seven pound loss in the practice week I KNOW he is expectin me to fail after a week or two. Not because he is mean but because that is what I tend to do. Not this time though. Ive been so strong the past two days. DH had frozen pizza last night for dinner that looked SO good while i had my turkey chili with a baked potato then just now at nine at night he microwaved some pizza rolls and i was already in a bit of a bad mood because i was getting the munchies but not tired enough to get to bed yet. So I sent him to bed to eat them and watch tv while i stayed downstairs until he was done. I know he thinks I was being mean and just crabby but im trying to purposly be selfish about this one. Im going to have him study the book so that when he is ready he will jump on board. He would have no issue with the excersizes..the food would be a biggie for him. > > > > Everyone's list of WHY's is similar to mine so I won't list them all... > > I do have one additional WHY: > > To be able to shove it up the " nay-sayers " asses when I have reached my end goals! > > I know I am doing this for myself...however, it will be a nice treat for all the snide comments that people made when I had gained all my wieght initally. I don't let what they say bother me anymore, and I love my family, etc...but it will be nice! =) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 - Because I want to enjoy my husband during our special times, rather than focusing on all my jiggling parts and sucking in my stomach! Because I was a rock hard stomach and be able to say: After 2 kids! Because I want to be a good example for my daughter (eat healthy, exercise and enjoy life!) Because I know that you CAN be big boned AND still wear a size 6! Because I don't ever want to live by the number on the scale; Because muscles are sexy! Because I am a stay at home mom w/two toddlers and my gym has a great nursery staff and I need the hour break in the middle of the day! Because I feel good! Because I deserve it! Because my husband cheers me on and believed I was beautiful at a size 16 and at a size 6! -- In , etanafinkler <etana.finkler01@...> wrote: > > I started writing my " WHY, " and realized that from 206-size22- XXL, to > 164-size14, I really knew my why's, but now at 164-size14 I'm not so > crystal clear on them, (because I think I look and feel pretty good > now!). Here are my WHYs so far, and _perhaps this can start a thread_ > of you're all sharing your " why " to spur us all on and remind me of > some more why's... > > Etana: > to enjoy looking in the mirror > to feel good about myself > to feel proud about myself > to feel successful > To feel light and energetic lean mean machine! > > thanks, Etana > > ______________ > n wrote: > >Have you written out your WHY? > >Review it, daily. > >If necessary, revise it. > >I re-write some of my reasons daily; the process of re-writing helps > cement it. > > >If you don't know WHY you are doing this, and if the reasons are not > solid, > >it is very easy to get de-railed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Alyssa, I munched on pickles and baby carrots the first few weeks of being back on BFL, just until that 'munchie' habit went away. I hardly touch them now, since I'm so used to eating real food every few hours. Just a suggestion. If you are sensitive to salt you might not want to have pickles. Barbara > > > > > > > > Everyone's list of WHY's is similar to mine so I won't list them > all... > > > > I do have one additional WHY: > > > > To be able to shove it up the " nay-sayers " asses when I have > reached my end goals! > > > > I know I am doing this for myself...however, it will be a nice > treat for all the snide comments that people made when I had gained > all my wieght initally. I don't let what they say bother me > anymore, and I love my family, etc...but it will be nice! =) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I like your reasons too LOL i want to accept my husbands advances instead of pushing him away because im not in he mood because i feel huge. > > >Have you written out your WHY? > > >Review it, daily. > > >If necessary, revise it. > > >I re-write some of my reasons daily; the process of re-writing > helps > > cement it. > > > > >If you don't know WHY you are doing this, and if the reasons are > not > > solid, > > >it is very easy to get de-railed. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 hmm, that's an idea, I will have to try it:) LOL i actually went looking fora pickle two weeks ago and looked at the jar in the fridge and had to throw them out. It didn't dawn on me for some reason that pickles expire! > > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone's list of WHY's is similar to mine so I won't list them > > all... > > > > > > I do have one additional WHY: > > > > > > To be able to shove it up the " nay-sayers " asses when I have > > reached my end goals! > > > > > > I know I am doing this for myself...however, it will be a nice > > treat for all the snide comments that people made when I had gained > > all my wieght initally. I don't let what they say bother me > > anymore, and I love my family, etc...but it will be nice! =) > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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