Losing Momentum

I wish I had some amazing advice to share, or ideas. I don't, but I understand. I work so hard, watch what I eat and always bounce up and down between the same weight. Last year I lost 12 pounds, and gained it back, now it is a fight to lose it all again, plus the other 12 I want to lose. All I have been able to do to keep me going is keep the image of what I want to look like in the front of my mind all the time. Chin up, you CAN do this!

You lost twenty pounds in ten weeks???? That is amazing! Ask yourself how happy you'd be to wake up 30 pounds heavier... Then decide if you want to give up. It's a long hard journey for all of us. You can do this.

As far as the cooking goes, I found an awesome website, skinnytaste.com. They have regular meals, made with less fat. Sometimes I find these healthy recipes that call for 15 ingredients I have never even heard of. So check out that site for dinner ideas. I too struggle with dinner ideas because I have a picky eater. So I know the feeling. And after a long day you don't feel like fighting sometimes. Hang in there. 33 pounds is an amazing loss. I also agree with the above post. Try the 30 day shred. It is only 20 minutes and gives amazing results if you stick with it. You will save a ton of time (and money). You got this!!!!!

Let me ask you this: If you stop now – in 6 months time, how will you feel? Will you still be glad you stopped? Will you be wondering, ‘what if I had kept on track, how much less would I weigh now?’ Will you feel good about yourself? Will it be worth it? If your answers to these questions are: “Yes, I’m glad I stopped, I’m happy how much I weigh and what I look like and I never look back or ask what if,” then stop.
But I seriously doubt that’s how you’ll feel.

So instead – imagine yourself 6 months from now, the you who kept going. How does that woman feel?

You know, no one said it was going to be easy. I hate deciding what to make for supper every night too, so I came up with a solution (with a little help from Dr. Oz).

Don’t try to make so many different things. Plan your weekday meals – Monday to Friday. Make them simple like spaghetti or try some Campbell soup recipes – they are fast, easy, inexpensive and kids like them. Plan a night of thin crust pizza (get pizza pockets for your kid).

Now, make the same thing every week! Don’t try and think about meals all the time – you are going to go bonkers! Mix it up some on the weekends when you have more time.

Once you start to automate your meals, meal time becomes easy.

When I first read this tip, I thought I would get bored eating the same thing all the time. Then I remembered, we used to eat take out all the time (Wendy’s, McDonald’s etc) which is the same thing over and over, and I didn’t get bored of that.

My weeks are basically the same now. I have a few meals my family likes that we stick to. For example, every Monday night is canned soup and sandwiches since we know we have to run kids to their activities.

Grocery time is so much easier. I know what I’m going to buy each week. I know what’s for supper every night. I know how many calories I eat for supper each night of the week.

Planning your meals should not be yet another item mom’s need to think about.
Try this for three weeks. Make your list of 5 easy yet healthy meals. For the next 3 weeks have the same thing on Monday through Friday.

One last thing…..I know you have heard this before, but I’m going to repeat it. Everybody is different. Everybody have different things going on in their body. Some people have higher metabolisms – some people have hormones that work for them not against them, some people are naturally thin. You have to stop comparing yourself to anyone else who is losing weight.

Here is what you need to do: GET RID OF YOUR SCALE! Don’t worry about what that nasty little machine is telling is. You can’t control what your body does, you can only control what you do to your body! Your body might not lose weight this week – you can’t control that. You can control what you eat and how much activity you get. So don’t weigh yourself so often. Weigh yourself monthly. You know you can lose the weight, you’ve already lost 30lbs! WOW! So don’t worry how fast or how often it is coming off. It will come off – just do what you can.

Hope this was helpful…..

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You lost twenty pounds in ten weeks???? That is amazing! Ask yourself how happy you'd be to wake up 30 pounds heavier... Then decide if you want to give up. It's a long hard journey for all of us. You can do this.

:laugh: No, I started in January. I didn't join MFP until later. I just recorded my original start weight so I didn't get even more discouraged looking like I hadn't come as far as I had.

HONEY. HONEY! I have been at this for months on end and have lost a grand total of (drum roll) 4 lbs. My body composition is changing and my clothes are finally beginning to loosen their stranglehold on my waist, but it's finally happening. Your body doesn't want to give up that fat and it will hoard it tenaciously. You have to fight hard. The stuff you see in magazines and on Biggest Loser is bunkus. That's not real life. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! You go out there and get what's yours! A healthy body! Do it for yourself. Do it for your kids. Just do it. We are here to cheer you on.