Living The Lifestyle Thursday 1/25/18

imastar2

We meet here to explore, share, celebrate, and (sometimes) agonize over how we do (or don't) incorporate weight loss guidelines into our daily lives. "It's a lifestyle, not a diet" is easily and often said, but sometimes not so simply put into practice.

This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!

Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion. Thread starters for January are:

Monday - GadgetGirlIL (Regina)

Tuesday - 88olds (George)

Wednesday - Beachwoman2006 (Cindy)

Thursday - Imastar2 (Derrick)

Friday - Jimb376mfp (Jim)

Today's topic: Consistent? and Persistence?. 1.Do you strive to be consistent and persistent in your LTL Journey.?
2.If not what's interfering with you doing so and If you are please share your thoughts on how you do it.

imastar2

1. Do I strive to be consistent? Yes but am I consistent? No! Am I persistent? Yes most of the time. When I am not consistent my weight is up and down but I am persistent in staying the course with the journey.
2. I do struggle with staying on track. It's so easy in a day being busy and let other things interfere with what's important. Tracking and planning my meals. I do what's necessary in my business life and most of the time let that interfere with my weight Journey. I do strive to be persistent in tracking and planning my meals but most of the time fall short. What I am consistent in doing is jumping on the scales every morning and posting the scorecard. I'm consistent and persistent in my daily weigh in and posting it on Weight Watchers and MFP. Defining the answer on why I am not doing what I'm suppose to do is pretty difficult in that it's obviously not as high on my priority list as my career. When I first started WW I was most persistent and more persistent on a daily basis and eating the correct items and keeping up religiously with the points as soon as I ate. So over time I've allowed myself to not set the urgency on getting that done. So my goal is to get back to the consistency of making sure every meal is tracked and plan ahead of time the foods that would keep me from going over my points.

SW 400.8
CW 320.4
Next GW 300.0
Final GW 185.0

80.4 lbs Total lost

podkey

Grin and bear it? Hmmm not so much. Well more of shoulder shrugging at indulgent moments. For me it was more following the plan day by day bite by bite until the habits and recognition set in. Yes I have those smack my head moments but then stop,think, and shrug. I don't usually wallow in the guilt and get back the next meal or day. I think the group here and at my WW meeting help reinforce persistence and consistency. No come to spiritual enlightenment or tips to share other than maybe stick around and maybe go to a compatible group meeting. At times I don't need it but it likely helps.

Oh and yes forget about the all or nothing approach . Do more and think less at least for me.
Subtle thought but for me striving to follow the steps can be more mentally tiring than "just doing" baby steps.

beachwoman2006

While I am not always consistent, I *am* persistent. I just keep plugging along day-by-day doing the best I can do. Some days I do better. Other days? Not so much. Since the first of the year, I've been both consistent AND persistent and it seems to be paying off.

gadgetgirlIL

I'm certainly persistent! Consistent in many aspects of my journey, but not all. I'm with @podkey about "stop, think, and shrug" when I've gone off track. Then I just get back on with my plan.

I've gotten rid of my "all or nothing" mindset. Makes life less stressful.

minimyzeme

Do you strive to be consistent and persistent in your LTL Journey.?

I do! I learned from you guys: Persistence not perfection. I've had to really learn to give myself a little slack from time to time, but not enough to derail me. It means I have to mindful all the time, even if I choose to color outside the lines. It is that latitude though that helps give me breathing room. Each time I use it, I find it's OK--that I'm not going to undo a year and a half of progress with a single indulgence. I'm OK as long as that's the exception and not the rule.

88olds

Persistent will win this in the end.

That’s why I think tracking should be the foundation of every person’s program. Even if we win every single just say no battle we will still make mistakes and eat too much eventually. Bad math. Lack of concentration. Misunderstandings about what’s on a menu. But the only way to fail at tracking is quit. Don’t do that.

Jimb376mfp

Today's topic: Consistent? and Persistence?. 1.Do you strive to be consistent and persistent in your LTL Journey.?

If nothing else I AM PERSISTENT! I just celebrated my five year WW anniversary. I have lost weight every year and now can actually see me getting to my GW!

The Consistent part is the struggle. I can string together two or three loss WIs BUT the Gains Do happen. Some are expected and deserved but I’m still surprised by some of my WIs.

Like todays WI I was up .2 and was really expecting to see a loss. I know .2 is s trip to the bathroom but it still shows up as s Gain.

Being PERSISTENT I KNOW will lose that .2 by being Consistent!

Being aware of how just a few little things affect my weight I I try to MTBC!

Note to Newbies: Make the Better Choice (MTBC) means you may not always make the BEST choice but you can make a Better choice. You don’t need to be perfect, just be Better!