On March 10th, I posted about whether I should go to my 25th college reunion. Although I enjoyed all of the comments especially the words of encouragement, I decided not to attend the event. Instead I decided to spend the weekend with my family and my daughter's family in South Carolina. The visit was great for my homesickness; not so good for weight loss.
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Next stop was my mother's house in Branchville, South Carolina. No pictures from my eats here. It’s simple, Mom cooked and I ate and thoroughly enjoyed the home cooking. I don't get home very often and I have decided that in MY weight loss journey, I will enjoy those things that I can't get everyday.
Yes, I know when I hop on the scale later today that my weekend detour will impact my weight loss. Yes, it will be minor setback, but I will get it back on track to meet my next goal -- 20 more pounds lost by my birthday in August. Thank you for all of the music tips. I will look at all and summarize in another post.
See you tomorrow.
Nancy Johnson
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I'm in the same boat. I had a setback last month when I had to go to a conference with a co-worker (not dieting) for work. Most of the meals were provided. And I did really well at breakfast, and 2 lunches, and 1 dinner. But the other meals made up for it. I got home after 4 days, and had gained 3 lbs.
Good news is they came back off really fast, and it actually jump started my weight loss again when I got back on track. A couple of days will NOT destroy your diet if you don't let it. Get back on track, and you start losing again quickly.
I am quite surprised by the blogger's willingness to go on such frequent benders. When I lost 50 pounds there were no benders, no setbacks. To this day I don't allow myself indulgences. I'd rather not ever be fat. The way I look at it is that every single day I was fat was a nail in my coffin and lost opportunities to do things I loved with my family and friends. I think when you reach a level of disgust with being fat it is much easier to be compliant in your program.
Dear Anon 9:24, I am so glad that I was able to surprise you. Life was meant to be lived. I stated that I am interested mOre about health and less about weight.
Slow and easy while enjoying the journey is my plan.
Enjoy life
I enjoy life. I don't think the enjoyment of life allows one to become morbidly obese. That's not enjoying. That is taking advantage of. You should enjoy life without ruining it for yourself. And, as long as you equate enjoyment with food, you will never quite fully enjoy life.
Anon 9:24, please provide directions to the perfect world you leave. Food is not the villain; at least healthy food is not. I find slot of enjoyments in activities that do not involve food or eating. I have chosen to make healthier choices in food,exercise and in life in general. Life is too short for the word "can't".
I will lose weight in my way, in my own time, by making better choices. Any other way would be setting myself up for failure.
You get so terribly defensive about weight loss and how you know best. Well, you simply don't. Successful weight loss does not involve your frequent indulgent meals and multiple weeks where you actually gain weight. The theme among the three bloggers over and over again is that you will do it your way, no matter what. Well, so far one has dropped out.
I do think you have signs of hope but there are tried and true methods for weight loss. Embracing 75% of the plan doesn't work.
And, to be honest, if you knew about weight loss or healthy living you and your family wouldn't be in the obesity predicament you currently find yourselves in. You much have you missed out on due to obesity and was it worth it?
That is the great thing about WW. You can eat those things that you want and make the better choices the rest of the time. Just as long as we don't eat momma's cooking all the time! I think that you are doing a great job ~ misery loves company....some people just aren't happy and want others to be unhappy as well. They take advantage of posting negative comments online when they would never say those things in person! I think you rock!
Wow...never a setback. That's amazing and in many ways sad. As someone who has successfully lost 40 lbs and am technically, thin at 108 lbs now, I adore food and love to indulge in things that I would never make for myself or eat daily. Mother's Day brunch, birthdays, family visits - I eat whatever I want (albeit, I do try to eat less of the heavier fat/carb items). Then on "not special days" (the majority of my days) I eat small portions, more fruits and veggies, ore low-fat protein and I EXERCISE throughout. It took a little longer but I lost the 40 lbs and have still enjoyed foods that I really love from time to time. No deprivation. If friends are eating cheeseburgers at lunch on a "not special day", I eat my grilled chicken and salad with no dressing happily because I know I can have that cheeseburger on a special occasion day. If it didn't know that - I would feel deprived, mad and sad and no doubt those feelings would make me eat the burger on a not special day!
I congratulate Anon for never having a setback and for being happy just to be alive and fit. That really is amazing and awesome (and I am not being sarcastic). I do think that is rare, however.
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