Re: Happy Wednesday

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Serenity:

Thanks for sharing these inspirational words. It is so helpful to remember that

it is a series of little choices over time that got us where we are and will get

us where we want to be. When I'm feeling like results aren't coming fast enough,

I have a mantra, " If I live a certain lifestyle, eventually my body will catch

up. " If I live like an athlete, eventually I'll look like one too. Just like

when I lived an overindulgent lifestyle I ended up obese!

Beth

> Message: 25

> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 08:31:30 -0400

> From: kuranes <kuranes@...>

> Subject: Happy Wednesday

>

> I hope you all are having a great beginning of your week! I love

> Wednesdays.. it's the " more than halfway there " point for me in each

> week. When I do crave my free day, this is when the cravings start.

> The beginning of the week is always a little slow to get started for

> me. Not in terms of sticking to BFL food.. but in terms of actually

> eating all my meals. Today also looks like it will be a cooking day

> for me since I've got to make Whole Wheat/Grain bread and protein

> muffins. I'm still tweaking the bread recipe so hopefully this loaf

> will turn out better than the last which looked sort of mutated even

> though it tasted grand!

> Last night I got in bed feeling frustrated. While the least of my

> reasons for doing BFL is to lose weight, I still find myself wishing

> that I'll wake up one morning and see 50 pounds gone. I know that won't

> happen realistically, but sometimes I start feeling let down. I think

> " I'm doing all this work and I don't see the drastic changed that I

> want! " So I voiced my frustrations to DH who gave me a great pep talk.

> (Everyone should have a significant other as awesome as my husband!)

> He pointed out to me that I'm working on changing 25 years of bad

> habits and it takes time to retrain my body. Most likely the longer it

> takes to retrain, the easier it will be to stick with BFL long term,

> which is what we're looking for. We're looking for something that will

> be a lifetime change, not a quick and easy fix to a 25 year old

> problem. He explained that my body is changing and he can feel my

> muscles even if they're not visible. He said, " When we wrestle you're

> not as easy to pin anymore. " So I'm getting stronger even in relation

> to his increased strength. He told me that my eating habits are

> dramatically improved and that one of the reasons we like the BFL

> program is that it won't put us in a state of denial for the rest of our

> lives which, as he pointed out, just isn't realistic. He said, " Even if

> it takes you 5 years to lose the weight you want to lose, that's still

> one fifth of the time that it took you to put the weight on. "

> We then talked about my complete sense of failure due to my lack of

> energy towards the end of weight lifting. He had some good advice for

> me and suggested that I split my workouts into 3 days of 3 muscle groups

> each.. that way I can build up my strength and stamina and not feel like

> I'm failing which, in turn, causes me to dread weight lifting. When I

> get my stamina up, I can switch back to working out the " right " way.

> And, in the meantime, even if I don't do as much weight lifting as I

> should be doing.. I'll be doing it and I'll feel good about myself and

> my ability to complete it.

> We also talked briefly about the article I read in the most recent

> Newsweek about Stomach Stapling. Did you know that 3 out of every 200

> people DIE from complications resulting from Gastric Bypass Surgery?!

> That's 1.5 percent! That's a HUGE number of deaths! The odds that

> you'll die from this surgery are greater than the odds of winning any

> lottery.. yet tens of thousands of people do it a year and the number is

> increasing rapidly! Ugh. Just scary. 3 out of 200.

> So, anyway, I fell asleep feeling a lot better about life in

> general. I fell asleep knowing that I'm doing the right thing and that

> slow progress is pretty amazing when I look at my 25 year trend of

> anti-progress. I fell asleep remembering that I'm more concerned with

> changing my life, how I think about food, and how I think about my body

> is more important to me than losing 100 pounds in a year and that was a

> good thing to remember. I'm glad that DH reminded me that people who

> lose weight fast through plans that involve constant and perpetual

> denial are those who gain the weight back. And that's not what I'm

> interested in. If I only lose a pound a month in a manner that I can

> stick with forever, then all of this is worth it. Especially when I

> realize that I was gaining 2-3 pounds a month before BFL. It's all

> about positive life changes.

> I'm looking forward to a great end of the week and I hope that all

> of you have the same!

>

> Serenity

[Guest guest]

Beth Katona wrote:

> Serenity:

>

> Thanks for sharing these inspirational words. It is so helpful to remember

that it is a series of little choices over time that got us where we are and

will get us where we want to be. When I'm feeling like results aren't coming

fast enough, I have a mantra, " If I live a certain lifestyle, eventually my body

will catch up. " If I live like an athlete, eventually I'll look like one too.

Just like when I lived an overindulgent lifestyle I ended up obese!

>

> Beth

Oooh. I love your mantra, Beth What a great attitude and wonderful way to

look at things

Serenity

[Guest guest]

Thanks Janet! The patch seems to be working...so to spare my family

I'm going to stay on it! They don't like the claws either....wimps!!

LOL!!

I've known several people with bi-polar. I know that it is hard for

them to find the right combo of drugs to keep them in " balance " and

that is really tough. I guess just talking to them and being VERY

honest with them was the key to my success. Don't take their crap

and don't let them use their " disability " to get away with murder!!

I don't mean to sound heartless, this is a very serious disease.

Sometimes it is good to just walk away from the situation too. Take

a breather. Good luck Janet.

> Hi Barbara...I had a hysterectomy about 2 years ago..I was on the

path then the pills then the shots but now back on the pills..They

just chaned my pills the other day..Don't know the name of em and

don't care as long as my claws don't come out like my husband

says..LOL..Oh he knows if I missed a couple of days..LOL Good luck

with the hormones and treatment!!