Stubborn people changing their minds

this better not be one of you joke questions?

That my life was pointless without cheese. I'm adjusting fine.

Really?! I LOVE cheese and do think not that life would be pointless, but a lot less enjoyable.

Great question! hmm. My husband would tell you I am the most stubborn person he's ever met, so there should be a lot of these for me
I think the 2 biggest changes that I have made in my thinking in the last 3 months are:

1) I really do need to drink more water. I very rarely drank water before, usually just when I worked out. I drank a lot of Crystal Light and Diet Coke, and I really think that changing to just water has made a huge difference. Now I try and drink a bottle in the morning as I get ready for work, and for some reason that simple step really sets the tone for the rest of the day. I aim for 8 glasses a day. I feel like it helps me stay full and just keeps everything hydrated and flushes out sodium and bad stuff.

2) If I have a bad meal, or a bad day, or even a bad week (like this past week), that does not erase all the progress I have made and I don't need to give up. For some reason, this has been the hardest "retraining" of my brain. I really have no idea what changed my mindset, but now when I mess up, I know that I can start fresh the next day, or even just the next meal. It just doesn't get to me like it used to, and it doesn't make me feel like a complete failure. I guess the Type A part of me has let up a little, probably because I realized that attitude obviously didn't work before.

That 5 pounds looked a lot different on shorter people than taller people. Looking at the success story photos, I have definitely seen a large number of men and women much taller than myself where every 5 pounds made a HUGE, positive difference!

I started at 124 pounds (I joined the site a bit later) after a high-blood pressure scare, being unable to breath well, and waking up drenched in sweat.

At ~100 pounds now, I don't look much different than when I was 124 pounds.

This brings me to another thing I was stubborn about until recently. My goal weight originally was 95. I figured at 90 I would look anorexic. Now I see that if 24 pounds was hardly noticeable physically, another 5 pounds probably won't make too much of a difference.

I always thought of 90 pounds as "too thin" despite the fact I am a legal midget. After realizing the numbers of people who are 100 pounds and around 6 inches taller than me, 90 may be too thin for them...but not for me. People on this site have preached to me and sent me messages assuming I am anorexic. My doctor encouraged me to lose weight.

So basically I realized: Whether or not 5 pounds will be noticeable is not dependent on height AND just because 80-90 pounds might be unhealthy for someone 5'4", I am ~4'10."

Because of my low carb trending (due to allergies amongst other things) I had to get over the sugar no matter what is bad idea. I would be frantic over should I eat an apple OR carrots OR strawberries, because of the sugar. Now I feel comfortable eating all three on the same day accepting the good things in them. I still don't drink juice unless I am sick, but I got over fruit and vegetable sugar.

I also am slowly getting over "i hate fish."

"Besides the caffiene, what's your opinion on soda in addition to eight glasses of water? How about flavored water? "


Well, I would put them both in the realm of drinks with artificial sweeteners. It seems there's a study every other day saying sucralose will make you fat, or sucralose will help you lose weight. I'm of the opinion that it is a great substitute for sugar. I avoid the soda at this point, I suppose, like a drunk should avoid a bar. As far as flavoring the water, I've been using MiO water enhancer (contains sucralose). I also drink a Powerade Zero daily after exercising (sucralose again!).

I've had to look at what I am eating & at what time of day. It was recently brought to my attention that majority of my cals were in the evening/bedtime ... and that my body was not getting the opportunity to burn off what I was eating ...so i'm now working hard to make sure I eat at least 80% of my calories before 8pm.