I was on one 3FC today & reading through some of the challenge threads that I belong to that's targeted to women in their 40's & it hit me what an unhealthy relationship most of these women have with food. I always read I can't eat this, I can't eat that, oh no! I ate this, I ate that. I started thinking about the people I know who are thin & never need to diet. They don't say things like that. They eat what they want, that piece of birthday cake, the muffin, etc. but then they make sure they either eat less later or move more. But they do this without really ever having to put much effort into it. Or at least to the people I've talked to about this it seems that way.
I think that may just be the difference in being able to lose weight & being able to lose weight & keep it off. I think we need to develop a better mind set about food. You're not horrible or going to get fat because you've had a cookie, or even the whole bag. It's when you eat the whole bag day after day. That's really the mindset I've tried to keep as I try to lose weight. Yes, I am losing the weight very slowly & I know I often whine about that, but I really do think that I'm doing this the right way for me.
I don't want to say it's the right way, because that would imply that if you do something other than what I'm doing then you're doing it the wrong way. God knows I don't think I have all of the answers, or even most of them. I've definitely had my ups & downs & have been very discouraged at times, but when I look at what I've done I'm proud of myself. I'm especially proud that even though I haven't gotten the results I've wanted to, I've stuck with it. Those results are coming, slowly, but they're coming.
I'm going to continue to try to eat less than I burn, move more & darn it, if I want that cake I'm going to have it! But maybe not quite so big of a piece. Wanna split that cake? :)
Yeah, I'm feeling good about myself today. Not sure why, but I am. It may change by tomorrow though. Hey, I AM a woman!
I'm also happy to say that on Saturday I did hit a new all time low of 174.0, but I went up a little since then. Yesterday I was at 177.8 (Mexican on Sunday), but today I'm back to where I was on last week's official WI.
Tomorrow's Wednesday & my official WI, and I'm hoping to see some downward movement on the scale this week. I'm trying to make sure I'm drinking my water today. I guess we'll see tomorrow.
Weight as of 6/19/12 175.6
Minutes of physical activity this month: 1474/2400 (still on track)
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