Re: Diet Slip-ups Don't Spell Doom

[Guest guest]

Zero Hour... yep that is how I found it for me..just so sick of

what I was doing to myself, and feeling like I was at rock bottom

because every attempt to start losing weight only lasted a few days,

wks etc. It was a good post to read...Kallie

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In Serious-Weight-Watchers , Mitch Javeline

<mitch@p...> wrote:

> This is a terrific little article. It echos what WW has said all

along -

> " it's not what you do. It's what

> you do next " . > The part about " zero hour " also hits home. There

was certainly a point

> for me where it just

> " clicked " . I've seen it happen to others too. Never have seen it

> explained so concisely - but

> this gets to the core of it - this is why it " clicks " .

>

> Thanks for the article.

>

> Mitch

> > " Zero hour " is that crucial moment when there is no turning back,

and it confronts you to the very core of your self-respect. You have

become so sick of your habits and your pattern of living that you

realize you can no longer live your life in that way. It's what

alcoholics call " hitting rock bottom, " or what others call " reaching

the end of my rope. " It's when you make your mind up that it's not

too late, that you deserve more, and that you will deny yourself no

longer. It's when you wipe the slate clean and are ready to start

over. It's when you decide to reclaim your health and your life. This

means that being overweight has taken on a special standing and

urgency, lifting high above your other concerns in life. You have

boldly said to yourself: " That's enough. I don't care how much it

hurts to change. I don't care what I have to give up. I won't take

this another second, another minute, another day of my life. I am

ready. "

>

[Guest guest]

For me it was stepping on the scale and seeing 196. I hadn't weighed myself

in a very long time so I had no idea I had gotten so big. I was almost

double what I had been. The bottom of my range is 100 lbs since I'm only 5'

tall. Just the thought of being almost 200 lbs really freaked me out and

something really did click for me and I realized " I'm Fat! " Funny that

snide comments from my Mother didn't do it and the rude OBGYN that told me I

was 30 lbs over weight (at 152) and handed me a copy of a low fat diet plan

didn't do it for me. The OBGYN really pissed me off because she wasn't very

nice about the whole thing. Had she done it with a little more tact and some

consideration for the fact I have feelings it may have actually worked.

Instead I was hurt and offended and even more resistant to loosing weight.

Kris

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Zero Hour... yep that is how I found it for me..just so sick of

what I was doing to myself, and feeling like I was at rock bottom

because every attempt to start losing weight only lasted a few days,

wks etc. It was a good post to read...Kallie

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[Guest guest]

I know what you mean Charlie, I thought of that too.

I guess what it's saying is that we shouldn't really " take time " off

deliberately because the consequences might be negative if it lets us slip

into our old patterns. BUT, I think they are taking into consideration that

we are all human and even though we've vowed to change our eating habits and

lifestyle, we might give into the treats and special circumstances once in

awhile and that we need to have the tools to not let it derail us for good??

Maybe that's what they are saying, not sanctioning it but letting us know

not to feel to guilty and to get right back on.

RE: Diet Slip-ups Don't Spell Doom

I guess the only problem I see with this article is the " Taking time off "

aspect. We all talk about WW being a lifestyle not a diet. I wouldn't think

you would take a break from your lifestyle. Now it seems most of you are

interperting this article differently than I am, in that it is only

encouraging you to get back on track if you " fall of the wagon " . I certainly

support that concept but I get the feeling the article is talking about a

diet not a lifestyle change.

Charlie

[Guest guest]

I agree that it could be a problem if we take it that way. We have

to look at this for life, not a diet. I did send it to my daughter

because she is one of these " all or nothing " people. If she eats

something that is OP, she immediately thinks she has blown it and

then she stops trying. She has made it to lifetime before only to

gain all of it back and an additional 20 pounds. She seemed

encouraged by the article. She had recently lost 25 pounds and has

regained 5 back. I guess I took the article to mean that an

occasional slip will not damage your success in the long run. It

may slow it down though.

> I guess the only problem I see with this article is the " Taking

time off "

> aspect. We all talk about WW being a lifestyle not a diet. I

wouldn't think

> you would take a break from your lifestyle. Now it seems most of

you are

> interperting this article differently than I am, in that it is only

> encouraging you to get back on track if you " fall of the wagon " . I

certainly

> support that concept but I get the feeling the article is talking

about a

> diet not a lifestyle change.

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> Charlie

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