Tomorrow is weigh-in day. I’m worried. I probably ate only at 50% capacity. Meaning that I could have done 50% better, but I did exercise everyday – except on the 4th. I’m trying to monitor my thoughts at this point. I know I’ll be sad if I don’t lose and quite discouraged. I will be discouraged not because I think the plan doesn’t work. I really believe that if I followed the plan I would lose. The plan is good it is my ability to stick to the plan.
If I lose I will be so happy and know that I could lose even more if I try just a little harder. If I get to bed tonight I will workout in the morning – stair stepper to get ready for a huge hike at the end of the summer with hubby.
I am very proud of myself today. I slipped a little, but there were many times that I had rationalized to eat a snickers, cookie, you name it. I came up with great reasons as to why I should eat these goodies, but when it came down to it I reminded myself that it WASN”T on the plan for the day. I succeeded. Hopefully this is getting my resistance muscle stronger and eventually things will get easier because right now they are not automatic and not easy. I just need to remember that it is easier today than it was three weeks ago and if I keep trying it will be even easier in another three weeks.
For exercise I swam. I used to be a competitive swimmer, but haven't gotten in the pool for quite some time. Boy it was hard. Then I took my older boys back to the pool for some play time.
Here are some quotes and ideas I got from other blogs.
The first is from someone named Peter – that’s all I know about him and the second is a challenge that Kim is doing on her site.
As you know already, what determines weight-loss success is not just a blossoming of inner gumption. It's not a raw Triumph of the Will, in other words, so much as it is a whole, fairly undramatic congeries of factors, often environmental as well as internal, that collectively make it possible to first develop a new set of habits, and then to stay uninterruptedly within the groove of those new habits long enough to pay down your calorie surplus.
If you can keep from being interrupted in your good habits, you'll keep off the weight that you've lost. If you are interrupted in them by illness, injury, unhappiness, the influence of another person, forgetfulness, a different job, bad weather, a child, or the like--and such changes are common in many lives, at least over the medium term--you'll have to work at coming up with more new habits that can take account of that changed life situation.
If you can stick to a routine--almost any routine, really--you can lose weight, since the helpful behaviors will become habitual. It's just that you also need to be able to arrive at other, entirely new routines as your circumstances change. And this is where many people stumble, at least a little.
In other words, willing your own sense of urgency not to fade is necessary, but probably not sufficient.
1. Drink a minimum of 64oz of water a day.
2. Depending on your current activity level, complete a minimum of 10 to 30 minutes of exercise everyday.
3. Eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day.
4. Keep a positive attitude. If you slip up, forgive yourself and get back on track THAT SAME DAY.
5. Be kind to yourself. In your thoughts, and in your actions.
6. Weigh yourself once a week and report in.
7. Take your measurements to compare at the end of the challenge.
8. Take a before and after photo to see your progress.
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