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    10 things I have learned along the way.

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    • Posts: 19 Member
      This is a GREAT post! Thank you so much for sharing! :-)
    • Posts: 271 Member
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      GREAT posting OP. As for hard to eat breakfast...nothing says it has to be a BIG breakfast. I grab 2 slices of lunch meat from the fridge on my way out the door. (98% fat free chicken breast...70 calories for 2 slices) and I typically am shoving it in my mouth as I am shoving the car keys into the car door.
      No, not ideal, but it is enough to jump start my metabolism for the day!

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      to breakfast or not to breakfast that is the question ;
      Wheather it itis easieir to suffer thae sllings and arrows of a morning run empty or not?

      Great post:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: thanks
    • Posts: 23
      That is just what I needed, thank you! I have been letting the "Bulge" win for most of my adult life, and even after joining MFP I have not been doing well at all. I have come to that point where my health is more important than poor food choices. Today is the first day of the rest of my life!
    • Posts: 323 Member
      Excellent post and one I plan to reread often as I fight the battle.
    • Posts: 60 Member
      Great post, although I don't totally agree with number 9 in the sense that without removing all spontanaeity from life no-one can possibly plan 'everything' and every meal they will have that would take alot of fun out of life. Also to say if you fail to plan you plan to fail is not only very harsh it is also wrong in this context. It was a statement designed by a military strategist and doesn't really equate properly in all situations. If you employ a little self discipline and go for the 'healthier option' it's perfectly possible to 'go with the flow' and not plan your food diary for the day and end up with a surplus - it happens to me everyday as I never plan my evening meal as it depends what my husband wants to eat too (I'm not running a restaurant and won't cook different meals, unless he wants pie or something like that I just have the same thing but less), and as you can see from my ticker I have lost weight consistently since I started in May. I know many people don't employ self-discipline and that is the problem, I must include myself in that as if I had I wouldn't need to be here but I suppose what I am saying is that if you count it as a requirement that you must always plan then you may as well ring the death knell now because that is totally unsustainable for anyone but a military strategist and whilst we may be involved in a temporary war (with our weight) that war does not last forever, if you follow what I mean.

      However, the rest is very good.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Excellent Post!!! Thanks for your thoughts and input..
    • Posts: 125 Member
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    • Posts: 335 Member
      Love this post. So simple, yet sometimes the reminder is much needed.
    • Posts: 46 Member
      Wow what an awesome post! :-) Thank you for sharing! Now on to read part 2! :smile:
    • Posts: 215 Member
      nice:glasses:
    • Posts: 37 Member
      Great post! Thanks for sharing your insight!
    • Posts: 252 Member
      This is one of the most sensible posts I have read since joining MFP.!!! THANK YOU>
      I have lost weight before too, but did not exercise, went back to my old way of eating and ended up heavier than ever.
      Now I know I have to eat healthily, and MOVE- so I walk every day- it was very hard at first, now it is second nature to just get up and GO. :)
      I have looked at some food diaries and shuddered to think that someone is trying to exist on various pills and shakes and practically no solid food. This is not going to be a long term solution, and is asking for trouble in the long term.

      As for breakfast YES you do need it!!!! Your metabolism will thank you. What is wrong with a banana or such if you don't have time to sit and eat - have something on the run- a piece of fruit or a healthy low calorie snack bar preferably with oats etc in.?
    • Posts: 33 Member
      I'm bookmarking your post, it honestly made me cry. Thanks for posting this.
    • Posts: 13
      Really, really great. Thank you so much! and GOOD WORK!!
    • Posts: 1,615 Member
      Thank you for writing this.
    • Posts: 152 Member
      Love this! I am going steal the saying from the Seals, " the only easy day was yesterday."
      Thanks!
    • Posts: 53
      congrats !!!! Keep strong
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Love this post!
    • Posts: 17
      Said like a true warrior!! Thanks for the sobering picture....good thing we can share the success and sorrows on this site. Sent this on to my fellow team mates in this mission!
    • Posts: 355 Member
      this is awesome advice!! thank you!

      it can def. pick a girl up from "falling off the horse" ;)
    • Posts: 1,887 Member
      Great post....thanks for sharing. Worthy of a copy or two around the house, the type of thing you need to see at least once or twice a day to keep one motivated and on the right track. I know I need it, some days more than others on my journey to a healthier me.
    • Posts: 437 Member
      Thanks great post.
    • Posts: 1
      Love this post!
    • Posts: 145 Member
      Thanks :)
    • Posts: 179 Member
      Amazing!
    • Posts: 118 Member
      great post!
    • Posts: 964 Member
      Fantastic post..I will come back to it often!
    • Posts: 8 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 113
      Bump! Until I have more time to read :)
    • Posts: 59 Member
      Thanks for sharing
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