Feeling a bit despondent-. I have been slacking off the last 2 days...copying the same meals over and over without accurately logging extras like walnuts and craisins in my salad...My exercise has been at the minimum as well...1/2 hr. walk per day. Need a quick pep talk as I'm slipping back into bad ways. Dreading the weigh -in...:-/

It's a journey, not a sprint. There will be obstacles and hills to climb, days where you're tired and can't be bothered or just can't. The thing to remember is that you're still going forward. Look at your despondency and slight slacking as a hill to climb. It's tough, you feel like giving up because you're going uphill and you don't feel like you're making progress. But you are- just noticing that you're feeling like it's difficult, posting in the group, not wanting to slip- these are good things.

And if you do slip- it's ok, just keep on climbing and soon you'll get to the top and be able to walk across flat ground.

The weigh-in is just a number on the scale. If it's not what you want- that's ok, make targets for the next weigh-in day. But don't let the number get you down. It's a marker on a journey, not a beginning or an end (this is what I keep telling myself )

Please forgive the laboured metaphor, and keep on going! You can do it!

It's a journey, not a sprint. There will be obstacles and hills to climb, days where you're tired and can't be bothered or just can't. The thing to remember is that you're still going forward. Look at your despondency and slight slacking as a hill to climb. It's tough, you feel like giving up because you're going uphill and you don't feel like you're making progress. But you are- just noticing that you're feeling like it's difficult, posting in the group, not wanting to slip- these are good things.

This is a good reminder for me. I have been relishing getting stronger after having dealt with back problems that send me to bed about every four months. I should be due for one any day now, but instead have started to do strength training and feel energetic and resilient.

But now I have a cold, and I ate my way through yesterday feeling tired and grumpy, and am feeling derailed. The weigh-in tomorrow makes me nervous, although my goal is less about weight and more about strength and energy.

Thanks for the reiteration that there will be hills to climb, but that forward motion is the most important thing.

Weigh in day. Ugh.
Last week I finally saw the scale move. Today I am back to where I was. Exactly the same place I was when I started logging and exercising weeks ago. I've been patient as I know I am building muscle and can feel some changes in my body.

But COME ON!

Back to remembering the journey.

Didn't weigh in last week, so I've lost 3lbs over the last 2 weeks!!

2 lbs. down so far. I'll take it

SW: 157.2 for Challenge


Weigh in Dates:
Start of Month (9/03): 157.2
9/10: 155.3
9/17: 154.0
9/24: 153.7

Total Weight Lost: 3.5 lbs (This is exciting! I didn't expect to move this week with all the stuff going around here!)

Thank you for your wonderful post. I appreciate your time, thought, and perspective.
I have made progress...(as I hope we all have)...no longer do I go for large portions of everything and snacks that never seemed to satisfy . I am becoming much more aware of the role of food in my life. These last few weeks I have been working to change negative behaviors that made me feel crummy and have started implementing more positive choices. Change is essential and takes time and patience... let's all keep climbing and continue on in the journey-one day at a time...Glad to be in this group!

Really pleased to be in this group too! To continue the journey metaphor- when you travel with companions, and you step across rocky ground and stumble there are people around you to catch and steady you, and you are there to do the same when they find themselves on uneven ground.

Love thyself...take it easy on you! It is VERY difficult to diet when your energy and emotional resources are depleted. Take care of the babies AND take care of you! I was sick last week-made huge pot of chicken soup with lots of onions, garlic, carrot, celery and chicken broth. Ate lots of soup and salad with tea and it worked! Better than Twinkies. Get some rest (when you can), eat good foods, and you will be better in a few days...and then re-visit the perspective on why you to lose weight. Hang in...we are in your corner!

All went wrong this week - Up 3lbs :sad: has refocused me for this week though

Still at 2 lb. loss but I have lost 1 inch from bust/ 1 inch from waist/ and 1 inch from hips