Living the Lifestyle: Wednesday, 11/20/2024
misterhub
Posts: 6,663 Member
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.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: Insights
What is the biggest insight you've ever had that HELPED you improve your lifestyle, health, and weight loss efforts?
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: Insights
What is the biggest insight you've ever had that HELPED you improve your lifestyle, health, and weight loss efforts?
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Getting on my bi/pap machine therapy in 2010. Life and health changing.1
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Two important insights:
(a): I realized in my mid 40s that I could not run the way I did when I was 20+ years younger, and - once I accepted this and set my sights appropriately - running was actually very enjoyable again.
(b): I realized on the cusp of turning 60 that insight (a) needs to be revisited frequently.2 -
The biggest game changer for my health and lifestyle was quitting drinking several decades ago.2
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If I think about all I have learned about weight loss, the real key was something I learned when I first found GOAD. I learned that diets don't work if you just complete the diet and go back to what you were doing before. The insight is to think of weight management as a lifetime commitment. That seems obvious to me now, but it was quite a revelation at the time.3
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Biggest insight initially was that I could bring my own lunch to work rather than eating in the cafeteria. That was the first step towards properly controlling my intake.2
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I haven’t responded because I can’t think of any epiphany or “aha!” moment where things crystallized for me. There’s no point where I had a blinding flash of insight or had a U-turn in my direction. My motivation to start WW at the end of 2007 was a bit of a walk-up, but that’s not the question.
I’m reminded that shortly after I hit goal, my Meeting Leader (back when we called them that) asked me during a meeting whether it was a big change losing weight. I responded without thinking “no - but it was a lot of little ones!” I think that’s largely the answer to this question.
The one possible thing that might qualify as “biggest insight” was Covid. I’d been drifting, and I was about 89# over my goal weight. It became apparent early in the pandemic that the disease was claiming the elderly, the infirm, and the overweight. I couldn’t do anything about my age, but I could do something about the other two. I’m that exception that lost weight - and in fact got back to goal - during, and largely because of Covid. Between February 2020 and November 2022 I lost the 89#, and since then I’ve weighed in “free” every month so far.3 -
Try to make a plan around things to do. It’s better than a bunch of dont’s.
I’m better at waiting than saying no.
All I’m really trying to do is live with some reasonable limits.1 -
My big insight is that most of if my weight gain over the years has likely come the last two months of each year. I've let those losses compound. If I can ONLY manage that piece from now to the end of time, I'll probably be ok.
The other insight is that I don't always have to be "dieting" to lose weight. I do, however, have to stay engaged in thinking about what I'm eating more often than not. Mindless eating is a bigger issue for me than I realized.
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My big insight is that most of if my weight gain over the years has likely come the last two months of each year. I've let those losses compound. If I can ONLY manage that piece from now to the end of time, I'll probably be ok.
The other insight is that I don't always have to be "dieting" to lose weight. I do, however, have to stay engaged in thinking about what I'm eating more often than not. Mindless eating is a bigger issue for me than I realized.
Very well said (and thought out!)1
