You know you've reached a turning point when....

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  • welshwoofer
    welshwoofer Posts: 56 Member
    My turning point actually came last night.
    After 3 runs and a swim this week yesterday was my rest day with just dogwalking as exercise. At 9pm I felt fed up, fidgety and bored - I got up went for a really brisk 30 min walk and felt tons better for it! Who'd have thought it just a couple of months ago!

    I actually like exercise now, I think I'd go as far as calling it a hobby rather than a chore.
    I've lost a stone and feel like another 6-7 lbs are quite doable for me.
    I went clothes shopping yesterday and for the first time in ages a UK size 10 fitted comfortably (US size 6?). Hurrah!!
  • gracieabem
    gracieabem Posts: 211
    I usually pre enter values into my food log. Say I feel like having a high calorie, but nutritionally low value treat... I'll add it in and then start deleting the more healthy stuff. And then I realise that I'd much rather have the larger quantity of healthier, yet yummy food. I didn't realise how much I could eat until I started eating more whole foods. I am by no means perfect and I don't consider myself a strict 'clean' eater. I do know that I still cannot have chocolate in the house, unless it is in one portion size. I haven't quite reached that turning point, but there are heaps of foods that I just hardly give a second thought to now. I had some chocolate tonight which I didn't need to have and I'm over my calorie goal because of it. However, I'd much rather be over than start deleting healthier food items. There's no way I'd ever forgo dinner to fit chocolate into my diary, but I'd go over for a treat.
  • MadMooseGirl
    MadMooseGirl Posts: 13
    For me:

    I turned down a pizza...

    AND

    A KFC

    I think I have had a brain transplant!
  • desilu69
    desilu69 Posts: 79
    I completely can relate to this thread. My favorite lunch is when I pack a package of tuna in water w/ spring mix salad, tomatoes and I mash up some avocado on the side for my dressing. YUMMMM Then I will have a peach or apple or some kind of fruit for dessert following the salad. Also with the exercise, if I ever miss a day, I feel like crap. I even want the grass to grow quicker so I can go push mow my lawn for exercise :smile: Some people call that insanity. Great to see so many people who have succeeded with a healthy LIFESTYLE CHANGE. :drinker:
  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    mine was buying snacks yesterday, instead of my usual bag of marshmallows I bought a bag of mixed nuts and am portioning them off instead of scoffing them all at once!

    my pasta and cous cous salads make my working days ^^
  • Erisad
    Erisad Posts: 1,580
    Yup, I'm finding that I love salads from certain places now. I only eat at the saladworks when I go to the food court and when I go out to a restaurant, I'm ordering salads and sometimes vegetarian entrees. Not because I'm vegetarian, just that I like how they taste. Grilled eggplant rolls with tomato sauce and pesto and pine nuts on top? Yes ma'am! :)

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