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I'm Getting Too Comfortable
The past few weeks I haven't been caring as much lately that the number on the scale is not dropping. Also, I will come home from work in the evening, be hungry, so I will eat whatever I want. Plus I know I'm not drinking enough water in the day. Honestly, I might be this way because I am at a point where I do feel very comfortable. I am a size 14 and a large, so it's fun to go shopping anywhere I want. I look in the mirror and catch myself and think, wow, I do look thin and tall. Others tell me I look good. So I've lost sight of what really is important. I do still have weight I want to lose, I do still have a belly I want to get smaller, so I need to get focused again and realize what it will take to get me back there. Ugh, I don't really feel like it, but I guess I have to.
So, my exercise has been great, and probably what has been keeping me from getting back above 200. So I guess it's my eating that has not been as under control as it should be. Many times at work I'll have something that someone else brought, and then I will stop counting calories for the day. It's not that I will eat more that day because of that, but it's still somewhat the same principle, because I stop caring what my calories that day are. The other culprit is, I come home and feel hungry, so instead of having a healthy snack, sometimes I will have the husband's gold fish crackers or a bowl of cereal. So, it could be worse, but still not where I want to be.
So, to be honest with you, I really don't feel like being honest with myself and doing this whole self-awareness thing to fix my problem. But I know I need to. So, I will start e-mailing my friend daily (which I had been doing but got out of the habit) with what I ate and I will plan out a snack in the evening that will be better for me than other options in the house. Then next week, the number will go down.
So, my exercise has been great, and probably what has been keeping me from getting back above 200. So I guess it's my eating that has not been as under control as it should be. Many times at work I'll have something that someone else brought, and then I will stop counting calories for the day. It's not that I will eat more that day because of that, but it's still somewhat the same principle, because I stop caring what my calories that day are. The other culprit is, I come home and feel hungry, so instead of having a healthy snack, sometimes I will have the husband's gold fish crackers or a bowl of cereal. So, it could be worse, but still not where I want to be.
So, to be honest with you, I really don't feel like being honest with myself and doing this whole self-awareness thing to fix my problem. But I know I need to. So, I will start e-mailing my friend daily (which I had been doing but got out of the habit) with what I ate and I will plan out a snack in the evening that will be better for me than other options in the house. Then next week, the number will go down.
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Comment by Leah Finn on June 11, 2009 at 11:16pm -
Caylyn - don't give up girl! Seeing your picture on facebook, reading your blog, and seeing your success really lit a fire under me to start this journey - you are amazing and I am so proud of you for all the changes you have made. You have made a zillion steps forward - a few steps backwards will only help you leap and bound forward
this next week - You CAN do it!!!
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Comment by Kellie on June 11, 2009 at 11:25am - WOW I think Im the one who just wrote that post! That was me exactly 1 week ago. lol Then I realized I dont feel as good as I did when I stayed on program and excercised. So I rejoined my gym Monday and ate correctly for the last week. I weighed in last night and lost 2.8lbs and feel great!! Like the comment before me is it hugh that we recognized the signs. In the past I didnt and gave up and eventually gained all if not more weight back. This time NO WAY not going to happen.
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Comment by EmilyRose on June 11, 2009 at 10:34am - It's so huge that you can recognize that your comfort level is slowing you down. I think a lot of us go through this and forget to stop and really check in with ourselves!
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Comment by Katrina on June 11, 2009 at 9:24am - The same thing happened to me a few months ago, I become comfortable and stopped tracking what I ate and then I would get so mad when I didn't have a loss on the scale. Then it hit me that I was totally following the plan. It sounds like you have an action plan in place that will help----congrats on your weight loss!
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