Crazy Lady with the Food Scale...Loss Of Balance??

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I think I've hit a wall of sorts.

I posted this in my blog today and would like some feedback on it.

I've had this gnawing fear in my belly the last couple of days.

I made such awesome progress the first 4 weeks of this challenge, and

there's been this voice in my head that's telling me that it's just not

possible for me to continue on at the pace I've been going with pound loss

and inch loss. While that may be true, there's also another voice that's

saying I may start losing ground.

I got on the scale this morning and had gained 3 pounds. A HUGEl part of me

completely freaked out. (Yes I actually cried.) The logical part of my

brain said, " Hey it's ok..probably water weight..just keep going. " That

logical part of my brain told me that maybe it was time to get rid of the

scale for awhile too because I've been weighing EVERY MORNING for the past

couple of weeks.

Why can't I ever just listen to the logical part of my brain?

There's a part of me that wants to start doing HIIT twice a day 6 days a

week. ON TOP OF my 3 days a week weight training. There's a part of me that

wants to change up the whole program and weight train 6 days a week AND do

HIIT twice a day 6 days a week. (Of course I'm NOT going to do all of that,

I'm going to stick to the program as it's laid out.)

I know that sounds totally insane but I've become addicted to exercise. When

I'm over there in my gym I'm alone, and I can think, there's no kids, no

husband, no animals. Just me and my iron and my treadmill. I can drown out

the whole rest of the world when I'm focusing on my form, and getting one

more rep in. When I'm hitting my " tens " I feel like I'm the only person on

the planet. It's a high I cannot explain.

I've discovered that the only thing I can control in this world is my

nutrition, and my body. My life before I started this challenge was complete

chaos. I'm a busy mother of 3 kids. All Boys. Two of them special needs. My

husband owns his own business and works CRAZY hours. It's a Chaotic life. I

USED to handle the chaos with drugs(marijuana) and alcohol, and cigarettes.

I've replaced ALL of that with nutrition and exercise, and it's been a HUGE

adjustment for me.

Life is STILL pretty chaotic, but now the only time I feel calm is when I'm

tracking my food, or working out. Or when I'm planning my next meal or

workout. Or when I'm visualizing where I want to go next with my body or

nutrition. I've become OBSESSED. And it's scaring me.

Last night Bart and I went out to dinner at 's steakhouse and I actually

took a FOOD SCALE to weigh my chicken on. We were sitting at the table and I

had gone to the buffet to get my chicken and broccoli and when I came back

to the table I pulled this Food scale out of my purse and calmly weighed my

chicken. Cut it into bite sized pieces, and ate it. (Don't you think that's

a little obsessed?)

It's such a huge switch from where I was two months ago. Two months ago I

mindlessly stuffed ANYTHING into my mouth that wasn't nailed down. Now I

have to look at charts and get out a calculator(and carry a big purse to

hold my scale, measuring cups and spoons)to decide if I want to eat

something or not. It's insane.

I think in the coming week I'm going to really focus on trying to find a

healthy balance. I've moved the scale out of my bathroom and I'm not going

to step on it until next Sunday. It's going to be HARD, but I have to do

it. I'm actually going to use my CHEAT day tomorrow. I'm going to eat some

pizza, and buffalo wings. I've been craving them for weeks. I think they'll

probably taste pretty good.

I know that in order for me to keep up this lifestyle for the long haul and

be truly " healthy " about in both mind and body I'm going to have to become a

little less regimented. I can't stick to a little chart of food for the rest

of my life. I can't take a scale and measuring cups to restaurants for the

rest of my life either.

There is going to have to be some flexibility with both the exercise and the

food aspect of it. By nature I'm an all or nothing girl, so that's going to

have to change. It's going to be a HUGE growth process, but I Know if I've

come this far in this game I can get control over this obsession and keep

going the way the program was designed to be done.

Tomorrow starts week 6. By this time next week I will be halfway through

this challenge, and hopefully I'll be in a better place mentally. It's been

a TRIP that's for sure.

Click

Body For Life Challenge June 30, 2008-September 21,2008

Read my Challenge Updates: http://www.persistentmetamorphosis.wordpress.com

My Myspace Page: http://www.myspace.com/catwmn

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I am also a nut when it comes to the scale. I shouldn't, but I step on it almost

every morning.  The only good thing that came out of it was being able to

predict when it was going to go up.  I see an increase days after free meals and

an increase during PMS time.  Once I figured all that out, the scale ups and

down's don't seem to bother me anymore b/c I have the explanation.  If it makes

you miserable and cry though...I wouldn't let it.  I've checked out your

progress pics and you should be proud of yourself..  )

 

Liza

Subject: Crazy Lady with the Food Scale...Loss Of

Balance??

To: bodyforlifewomensclub2 , bodyforlife

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 3:21 PM

I think I've hit a wall of sorts.

I posted this in my blog today and would like some feedback on it.

I've had this gnawing fear in my belly the last couple of days.

I made such awesome progress the first 4 weeks of this challenge, and

there's been this voice in my head that's telling me that it's just not

possible for me to continue on at the pace I've been going with pound loss

and inch loss. While that may be true, there's also another voice that's

saying I may start losing ground.

I got on the scale this morning and had gained 3 pounds. A HUGEl part of me

completely freaked out. (Yes I actually cried.) The logical part of my

brain said, " Hey it's ok..probably water weight..just keep going. " That

logical part of my brain told me that maybe it was time to get rid of the

scale for awhile too because I've been weighing EVERY MORNING for the past

couple of weeks.

Why can't I ever just listen to the logical part of my brain?

There's a part of me that wants to start doing HIIT twice a day 6 days a

week. ON TOP OF my 3 days a week weight training. There's a part of me that

wants to change up the whole program and weight train 6 days a week AND do

HIIT twice a day 6 days a week. (Of course I'm NOT going to do all of that,

I'm going to stick to the program as it's laid out.)

I know that sounds totally insane but I've become addicted to exercise. When

I'm over there in my gym I'm alone, and I can think, there's no kids, no

husband, no animals. Just me and my iron and my treadmill. I can drown out

the whole rest of the world when I'm focusing on my form, and getting one

more rep in. When I'm hitting my " tens " I feel like I'm the only person on

the planet. It's a high I cannot explain.

I've discovered that the only thing I can control in this world is my

nutrition, and my body. My life before I started this challenge was complete

chaos. I'm a busy mother of 3 kids. All Boys. Two of them special needs. My

husband owns his own business and works CRAZY hours. It's a Chaotic life. I

USED to handle the chaos with drugs(marijuana) and alcohol, and cigarettes.

I've replaced ALL of that with nutrition and exercise, and it's been a HUGE

adjustment for me.

Life is STILL pretty chaotic, but now the only time I feel calm is when I'm

tracking my food, or working out. Or when I'm planning my next meal or

workout. Or when I'm visualizing where I want to go next with my body or

nutrition. I've become OBSESSED. And it's scaring me.

Last night Bart and I went out to dinner at 's steakhouse and I actually

took a FOOD SCALE to weigh my chicken on. We were sitting at the table and I

had gone to the buffet to get my chicken and broccoli and when I came back

to the table I pulled this Food scale out of my purse and calmly weighed my

chicken. Cut it into bite sized pieces, and ate it. (Don't you think that's

a little obsessed?)

It's such a huge switch from where I was two months ago. Two months ago I

mindlessly stuffed ANYTHING into my mouth that wasn't nailed down. Now I

have to look at charts and get out a calculator(and carry a big purse to

hold my scale, measuring cups and spoons)to decide if I want to eat

something or not. It's insane.

I think in the coming week I'm going to really focus on trying to find a

healthy balance. I've moved the scale out of my bathroom and I'm not going

to step on it until next Sunday. It's going to be HARD, but I have to do

it. I'm actually going to use my CHEAT day tomorrow. I'm going to eat some

pizza, and buffalo wings. I've been craving them for weeks. I think they'll

probably taste pretty good.

I know that in order for me to keep up this lifestyle for the long haul and

be truly " healthy " about in both mind and body I'm going to have to become a

little less regimented. I can't stick to a little chart of food for the rest

of my life. I can't take a scale and measuring cups to restaurants for the

rest of my life either.

There is going to have to be some flexibility with both the exercise and the

food aspect of it. By nature I'm an all or nothing girl, so that's going to

have to change. It's going to be a HUGE growth process, but I Know if I've

come this far in this game I can get control over this obsession and keep

going the way the program was designed to be done.

Tomorrow starts week 6. By this time next week I will be halfway through

this challenge, and hopefully I'll be in a better place mentally. It's been

a TRIP that's for sure.

Click

Body For Life Challenge June 30, 2008-September 21,2008

Read my Challenge Updates: http://www.persiste ntmetamorphosis. wordpress. com

My Myspace Page: http://www.myspace. com/catwmn

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, take a day off and relax. You're doing just great. Of course

you may not have the same results during the next four weeks as you did with

the last. It gets slower and slower and that's NORMAL. But that doesn't

negate the great success you've had and there are other reasons for

continuing, like you feel great! You're taking care of yourself, and you

feel great, and that's what matters, so much more than numbers on the scale

and smaller sizes. It's how you FEEL. And I know from your posts that you

feel 100% happier than you did before you started Body for Life.

Yeah, measuring your food in a restaurant is a little anal. So don't do

that. Relax.

The program gets easier, you'll become more relaxed, you'll realize that you

don't have control over everything and that you don't need to have control

over everything. You've found something that works, and it doesn't just

work for only 12 weeks. It's " for life. "

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Click

wrote:

> I think I've hit a wall of sorts.

>

> I posted this in my blog today and would like some feedback on it.

>

> I've had this gnawing fear in my belly the last couple of days.

>

> I made such awesome progress the first 4 weeks of this challenge, and

> there's been this voice in my head that's telling me that it's just not

> possible for me to continue on at the pace I've been going with pound loss

> and inch loss. While that may be true, there's also another voice that's

> saying I may start losing ground.

>

> I got on the scale this morning and had gained 3 pounds. A HUGEl part of me

> completely freaked out. (Yes I actually cried.) The logical part of my

> brain said, " Hey it's ok..probably water weight..just keep going. " That

> logical part of my brain told me that maybe it was time to get rid of the

> scale for awhile too because I've been weighing EVERY MORNING for the past

> couple of weeks.

>

> Why can't I ever just listen to the logical part of my brain?

>

> There's a part of me that wants to start doing HIIT twice a day 6 days a

> week. ON TOP OF my 3 days a week weight training. There's a part of me that

> wants to change up the whole program and weight train 6 days a week AND do

> HIIT twice a day 6 days a week. (Of course I'm NOT going to do all of that,

> I'm going to stick to the program as it's laid out.)

>

> I know that sounds totally insane but I've become addicted to exercise.

> When

> I'm over there in my gym I'm alone, and I can think, there's no kids, no

> husband, no animals. Just me and my iron and my treadmill. I can drown out

> the whole rest of the world when I'm focusing on my form, and getting one

> more rep in. When I'm hitting my " tens " I feel like I'm the only person on

> the planet. It's a high I cannot explain.

>

> I've discovered that the only thing I can control in this world is my

> nutrition, and my body. My life before I started this challenge was

> complete

> chaos. I'm a busy mother of 3 kids. All Boys. Two of them special needs. My

> husband owns his own business and works CRAZY hours. It's a Chaotic life. I

> USED to handle the chaos with drugs(marijuana) and alcohol, and cigarettes.

> I've replaced ALL of that with nutrition and exercise, and it's been a HUGE

> adjustment for me.

>

> Life is STILL pretty chaotic, but now the only time I feel calm is when I'm

> tracking my food, or working out. Or when I'm planning my next meal or

> workout. Or when I'm visualizing where I want to go next with my body or

> nutrition. I've become OBSESSED. And it's scaring me.

>

> Last night Bart and I went out to dinner at 's steakhouse and I

> actually

> took a FOOD SCALE to weigh my chicken on. We were sitting at the table and

> I

> had gone to the buffet to get my chicken and broccoli and when I came back

> to the table I pulled this Food scale out of my purse and calmly weighed my

> chicken. Cut it into bite sized pieces, and ate it. (Don't you think that's

> a little obsessed?)

>

> It's such a huge switch from where I was two months ago. Two months ago I

> mindlessly stuffed ANYTHING into my mouth that wasn't nailed down. Now I

> have to look at charts and get out a calculator(and carry a big purse to

> hold my scale, measuring cups and spoons)to decide if I want to eat

> something or not. It's insane.

>

> I think in the coming week I'm going to really focus on trying to find a

> healthy balance. I've moved the scale out of my bathroom and I'm not going

> to step on it until next Sunday. It's going to be HARD, but I have to do

> it. I'm actually going to use my CHEAT day tomorrow. I'm going to eat some

> pizza, and buffalo wings. I've been craving them for weeks. I think they'll

> probably taste pretty good.

>

> I know that in order for me to keep up this lifestyle for the long haul and

> be truly " healthy " about in both mind and body I'm going to have to become

> a

> little less regimented. I can't stick to a little chart of food for the

> rest

> of my life. I can't take a scale and measuring cups to restaurants for the

> rest of my life either.

>

> There is going to have to be some flexibility with both the exercise and

> the

> food aspect of it. By nature I'm an all or nothing girl, so that's going to

> have to change. It's going to be a HUGE growth process, but I Know if I've

> come this far in this game I can get control over this obsession and keep

> going the way the program was designed to be done.

>

> Tomorrow starts week 6. By this time next week I will be halfway through

> this challenge, and hopefully I'll be in a better place mentally. It's been

> a TRIP that's for sure.

>

> Click

> Body For Life Challenge June 30, 2008-September 21,2008

> Read my Challenge Updates:

> http://www.persistentmetamorphosis.wordpress.com

>

> My Myspace Page: http://www.myspace.com/catwmn

>

>

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Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to give me feedback on this

issue.

I completely agree that i totally need to relax. Today was wonderful. I ate

pizza, didn't weigh or measure it, and although I did write it in my food

journal I'm not going to obsess about the calories and fat in it. Today was

a free day and that's just the way I'm going to treat it. I AM looking

forward to working it off in the gym tomorrow.. ;-)

Click

Body For Life Challenge June 30, 2008-September 21,2008

Read my Challenge Updates: http://www.persistentmetamorphosis.wordpress.com

> Cat, I think what you are experiencing is a healthy obsession and it

> is probably what you need at this point in your life. As time goes

> on, you will likely become a little less regimented and leave the

> scale at home. It sounds like you've figured out that you need

> balance and it looks like you are doing a good job.

>

> Andy

>

>

>