jugar wrote: »

HELLO ALL! Team WaistAways challenges all of F2F for Week 2:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10753411/week-2-challenge-from-team-waistaways-declutter-and-lose/p1?new=1

come on and check it out!

I'm in on this challenge. I hope I can do something every day. Today I cleaned up my receipts and caught up on my budget.

I have been feeling bloated and sick the last few days. Today I finally feel better. I'm not sure if it was the new vitamins i started taking or something else. Resting today. I hope everyone is enjoying thier weekend.

jonathansrcom
Week 1
Monday
Previous weight: 317.3
Current weight: 317.3

No weight loss this week, but I'm feeling better about my diet - no binges, cravings, or hunger.

AmiC0717
Weigh in Friday
PW 189.8
CW 188.9
SORRY I just realized i didn't post on Friday 7/5!

Steps
7/7 - 2277

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

I am right there with you Sister!
Jessica

@jessicakrall8 thank you! Let's beat this together!

kmfeig87 wrote: »

Weirdly, for me it is both the fear of success and the fear of failure oddly intertwined. The problem with reaching a goal is the fear that I will backslide and thus the self sabotage of not getting there!

@kmfeig87 YES!! I hadn't thought of it that way before - but this hits home 100%!

#1 - Fear of getting to my goal and not being able to maintain (Example: I had a colleague say something nice to me about a month ago about how well I've maintained my weight loss and that conversation kept replaying in my mind whenever I was overeating - and I'm not sure why but it brought up bad feelings... and I can see now it was probably bcs I don't truly believe I can maintain)

#2 - Fear of not knowing what to do once I'm at goal weight (Example: Will I be happy then? Will all my other "problems" go away? And the answer I feel is a big old F-No)

#3 - Fear of what that new world (the world of someone who is not overweight, which I have not been in since about 1997) might bring my way. (Example: dating? Super big fear for me as I have been single for... lets just say a looooooooong time)

Clearly I have a lot more mental-health work to do. And if I don't do it, chances are high that I will continue to struggle.

Thank you so much for your support and wisdom Trina

SaraMakingChanges wrote: »

kmfeig87 wrote: »

Weirdly, for me it is both the fear of success and the fear of failure oddly intertwined. The problem with reaching a goal is the fear that I will backslide and thus the self sabotage of not getting there!

@kmfeig87 YES!! I hadn't thought of it that way before - but this hits home 100%!

#1 - Fear of getting to my goal and not being able to maintain (Example: I had a colleague say something nice to me about a month ago about how well I've maintained my weight loss and that conversation kept replaying in my mind whenever I was overeating - and I'm not sure why but it brought up bad feelings... and I can see now it was probably bcs I don't truly believe I can maintain)

#2 - Fear of not knowing what to do once I'm at goal weight (Example: Will I be happy then? Will all my other "problems" go away? And the answer I feel is a big old F-No)

#3 - Fear of what that new world (the world of someone who is not overweight, which I have not been in since about 1997) might bring my way. (Example: dating? Super big fear for me as I have been single for... lets just say a looooooooong time)

Clearly I have a lot more mental-health work to do. And if I don't do it, chances are high that I will continue to struggle.

Thank you so much for your support and wisdom Trina

Ooooh ya'll could preach a whole sermon on that topic...and you're both so right...it's kinda like we're doomed if we do (because of those fears) and doomed if we don't (because of the weight/binging/overeating/gaining, etc)...Fear is so powerful. I went through a big bout of this as my sizes began to come down...I panicked about getting rid of my "fat clothes"...but I finally bit the bullet and did it...it was quite cathartic for me I must say and weirdly there were tears involved. Now, I think my fear involves leaving the 300s and STAYING in the 200s...that's why I keep playing around with that same stupid ten pounds...

I'm trying to approach it as an adventure...the excitement of seeing what I'll feel like, what I'll look like and what even less pain and pressure on my joints will change my life for the positive. It's only fat...LET IT GO is that I'm telling myself.

My biggest problem is losing control when eating out...so today on my way home, I decided that I won't eat my weakness foods until I hit 285. That's far enough into the 200s that if I stray a bit, I have wiggle room, but still gives me a bargain with myself as a small goal. I haven't seen that weight since my 2nd year of college in 1986! Yes, we all know that over 50% of this is a mental game and we have to do what works to motivate ourselves...what works for me may not work for anyone else. So this is my plan.

I really like that we set goals of what we want to lose for July. I set a respectable number and I'm really hoping to hit that 8 pounds gone. I think I'm halfway at this point already!

I wish we all lived a little closer...would be awesome to walk with ya'll or get together and share ideas/recipes/meal planning. But at least we have our group.

Thanks for sharing ladies...you help me get more concrete on that decision I made today and now that I've announced it, you will be able to keep me accountable! Ya'll are the best!
Jessica

@AmiC0717 You've got mail!

Steps
7/6 15,654
7/7 13,331