AustinRuadhain wrote: »

mrmcgrath wrote: »

I am really missing my workouts so today, even though my workload hasn’t decreased, I will get to the gym! Sorry I haven’t really responded to any of your wonderful post. I have read them.

01/08
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 198.2
Todays Weight 196.4💥

Yesterday
Calories: over
Water: over/under? Over
Macros: changed from % to grams. 2 out of 3
Exercise: ??? Laundry. Lol

Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
4973 steps. 5500 goal steps
2.17 miles
2400 burned calories
12 active
81 sleep score
64 resting sleep
2039 calories consumed

Macros by grams. carb 198g, goal >150g, fat 94g, goal 44-77g, protein 101g, goal 70g

Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes: 12👎
Complete food diary: 🎉
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: 👎
Meet fiber in range: lettuce 👎
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc.🧘‍♀️
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 💤

My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)


Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.

WOW! This check-in is the first thing I am reading today, and @mrmcgrath has so much to say that is just SO inspiring.
Key points, for me:

• Choose to do the work... YES! There are no shortcuts.
• Don’t give up. YES! Sometimes the work is figuring out which actions even work for us, for our body and environment and personality. Do the actions. Watch the results. Adjust as needed. But never give up!
• Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful. SO MUCH YES! And Slimpossibles is such a great space for sharing the journey!
• Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. YES! And I think this may be the secret to maintenance. The future I at one thought I would find was one in which I lost all the weight and then got to eat what everyone else eats (more accurately, what I think they eat), as much as I want, and exercise as littler as I want (again, my *idea* of that, not anything reality-based. But of course I never get to be anybody else. All I can do is make my own choices about managing my own body and life.