Re: Motivation? VERY LONG

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Terri,

You know I just do it cause it makes me feel good and healthy and I know my

body is doing well with it, I am diabetic and since I have been on this WOL

my glucoses have been wonderful, Also I started this with a goal in mind, if

I do not reach my goal, I fear that I wouldn't be a good example to my kids,

of course if it was because I just couldn;t lose the weight, that would be

different, but if it is because I quit, then my kids would think they should

quit!! I have always been that way with my kids, When I quit smoking, I did

it know I would never go back to it cause I didn't want my kids to see me

fail. Does that make sense to anyone here???

Hugs,

Penny

173/159/130

Goal for Oct 31st----150

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My motivation is that I'm totally fed up with low-fat dieting and if I

don't do this I don't think I'll ever lose weight. My husband and I

want to have a baby and I don't want to do that while I'm over 250lbs!

So, even though I'm 34 we are going to wait a year until I lose my

weight. I'm still pretty motivated since it's only my 2nd week, but I

concentrate on my goals and imagine where I want to be by christmas or

next year. I was thinking how really great I would feel to be at goal,

I got there once, was 145 in college and damn that was nice!

I hate my job too and I was getting really stressed out easily.

Probably because I don't want to be there, but I've noticed the past

week I feel so much calmer even though not much has changed at work.

I'd like to think it's because I'm out of the carb addiction business

but who knows. But my husband has noticed I'm so much more pleasant to

be around...hehe backhanded compliment but I " ll take it

Good luck

262/255/150

T Dobos wrote:

> O.K. First, for those who don't know me, I am not a newbie. I just

> don't have time to post much. Here's my/our life in a nutshell:

> we're building our first house & should close beg. Nov.; I am taking

> Becker CPA Review Course & sitting for exam Nov. 3rd & 4th without

> having studied nearly as hard as I should have; I am trying to find a

> new job b/c we've had MAJOR changes (fired president; promoted 4

> people <not myself, though I tried> and hired a new manager to replace

> mine, who left); and we're having personal problems (fiancé and I.) I

> wish Mollie was here :-( since she also went through a rough spell

> personally. Now to the point ... we have had some doozies and the

> Sunday before last was no exception (right on schedule, in fact)

> except that that time, my man went OFF Atkins and has NOT gone back on

> yet. He had lost 25 lbs. and still has some more to lose. I only

> lost about 10 when I also went off that Sunday (this would be

> September 19th, folks) and I have also not gone back on yet. I

> noticed today that I gained back 2 lbs. so far. Well, I want to go

> back on b/c I want to lose more weight. Today, for the first time in

> EONS, I put on a pair of size 14 shorts and they didn't kill me; I

> could actually wear them out of the house and be able to breathe in

> them! :-) BUT, I am a weakling (don't jeer me for honesty, please.)

> I know I have MAJOR food problems and one of them is that sometimes I

> just cannot control myself. This morning, I of course hated my job

> and didn't want to be there, so I was good until 11:30 a.m. when I

> decided to eat my leftover (insert bad food here - I don't wanna cause

> cravings for anyone!) After that lunch, I had some candy. Then a

> little more. Then a whole snickers bar at 4:30 p.m. - my normal

> quitting time. While I know I can do some low-carb, there are times

> when I can't resist my problem foods and I know, also, that this is

> (partially) b/c I DON'T WANT TO! While it felt great today wearing

> those shorts, that is not enough of a motivation for me. I don't know

> what is, sadly. That's why I say I'm a weakling ... I don't have

> motivations. Isn't that sad? I think so. Part of my motivation is I

> want to be healthy in case we decide to get married and have babies,

> but with the personal problems we're having, we're not even sure we'll

> stay together :-( It's been 8 years, in case you wondered. He's 32,

> I'm 28, and not quite a full-fledged responsible adult, though I

> certainly should be. Also, neither of us is the bad guy here, we both

> have issues to work out. Anyway, I apologize for this being so long,

> but sometimes one needs to vent. If you have read this far, what are

> your motivations? How do you guys handle all the daily stress and

> still eat low-carb? (I can't even imagine having children right now;

> our dogs are enough responsibility!) Thanks, Terri

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Darla

I love Dr Phil's book--I think what he has to say makes alot of sense to me. My

eating disorder isn't always about loving the taste of the foods I eat--it's

about emotional issues. So, I'm working on those at the same time thinking that

maybe it will help me stop sabotaging my weight loss efforts. Thank you for

mentioning it.

Bev in Selah

180/170 by 10-13-99/150

180/170 by 10-31-99/150 9/27/99

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