Survival Mode Put Us Back to Zero
A lot of you came here many moons ago when I left Sparkpeople. I loved the community of that place and the support I got there. It was at the height of us being on our game. That motivation you have in the beginning when you're consistently rewarded with weight loss, smaller clothes, compliments to keep your motivation high and you somehow begin to step out of being invisible to the public to people smiling at you, opening doors or striking up conversation. You start to feel human. You don't have to worry about going to restaurants or 'fitting' somewhere. You can go to a wedding and see those God awful thin folding chairs and while you still don't like them, you're not concerned. Many of your worries that fit people never had to think of, have faded away. We started for the long haul in our 30's and that's when we had the most success, losing 226 and 190 lbs respectively. When we went on vacation, as long as we came back and got rig...
Congrats on the new territory. Sometimes our bodies co-operate. Enjoy that fab dinner and time spent with the Mr.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!! Congratulations on another milestone.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!!! So happy for your huge success! You're rockin and Rollin now!
ReplyDeleteGood for you on the 2 lbs.! Enjoy your weekend, it sounds like a little bit of everything!
ReplyDeleteWay To Go!!! You are an inspiration. I really need inspiration right now since I fell off the weight loss wagon (and fell on the eat everything in sight so you can gain your hard won losses back wagon) this week and had a poor, poor pitiful me time for 3 days. I'm back to fighting my demons now and hope to stop the self pity and work on the better me around the corner. Thanks for inspiring me (and others) your dedication is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSorry for being the queen of the "run on and on" sentence!
Congratulations on a huge achievement and milestone. It is nice to finally be moving in the right direction again isn't it? Been a long time since we had a nice quiet Saturday at home too, B movies or not!
ReplyDeleteI envy your B movies. I love B horror movies but with the little guy around anything on tv has to be 6 year old appropriate and Sleepaway Camp is definitely not.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your loss! Your dragon is slain and is apparently not the resurrecting kind so that is awesome!
We're off to a parade pretty soon, to be followed by a kids' fishing derby. Let me just tell you how not excited I am, but little dude is way excited so that will make it fun.
wow B movies early morning. Didn't watch them then, probably wont start now LOL I already cleaned the shower and toilet this morning so I know how you feel about the sty thing. I took a mr clean scrubber in the shower with me, much easier than standing outside the tub bending in. Then its off to the mall to pick up my pretty shiny ring and then off to a bridal shower. And I might throw in the 3pm nap too, I am all about the naps now that I am just barely over 40 LOL
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Yaaaaayyyy!!! I'm so happy for you!!! Seriously, I'm sort of bouncing in my chair.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about career dieting. Some of my mini-goals are based on weights I'd achieved previously. They say things like "lowest since 2008", "lowest since 2004", and "the last time I could go to Cedar Point". I find myself looking at pictures of myself at past weights as motivation too. It's nice to know what I'll look like at 275, 225, 175, etc.
WOO HOO!! New Territory--That does not fit with that blog title at all! You should be ecstatic, it's lower than you've ever hit in all weight loss attempts in the past and that is BIG!
ReplyDeleteOccasionally (re: all the time) I get frustrated, because I simply cannot lose these 10 lbs. to get back to the mid 140's, and a healthy BMI, which I hit for a little while last fall. But then I think about the day I got on the scale in the spring of 1980, and it read 151! That was my lowest weight in that attempt, and remained my lowest weight for over 30 years, and it wasn't even official. I was in WW back then, and the lowest I ever got "officially" (on THEIR scale) was 160. So when I see my scale saying 154, I should be elated, and I know I've got at least 10 lbs. of excess skin hanging on me, so sometimes I like to take that into account, but I also know that over T-giving and Christmas last year I gained those 10 lbs. which I can't lose now, and if it happens again this year, I will be OVER my 160 lb. goal. That CANNOT happen! So I'll just keep working on it. We are all works in progress, right? Perfection is never to be achieved, and I am a shining example of that!
Way to go Anele! I'm so happy for you--that scale reflects all your work, but beware sometimes those little cupcake sprees can show up a week later, so don't be surprised if next Saturday....
Nah, my sins are pretty immediate on the scale. Don't be trying to get in my head and doubt myself girl!
DeleteYa know, some days just BEG for B movies :). Congrats!! Sounds like the recent tweaks are paying off. Nice!! Hope your day is awesome and your team/s win/s. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't be knockin' no B rated horror movies!!! I live for them! Congrats on the weight loss too!!! That's exciting :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on the weight loss!! 2 pounds is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm a long-time reader, but first time commenter. Just wanted to say that I'm so happy for you. Your complete dedication and perseverance are so inspiring to me as I go along my own weight-loss/healthy-living journey. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats Mrs. We're huddling in tonight too- steaks on the grill and a movie rental. Love those nights.
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo for another milestone passed! (I'd happy dance for you but I kind of wasted my legs at the gym. :))
ReplyDeleteNo big plans for the weekend. Catching up from last week's travels and getting ready for the next trip.
Fabulous!! Congrats to you. We did the state fair thing and got to see twin calves born which the vet said is a pretty rare thing. It was pretty cool. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteWOOHOO!!!! So happy for you! I'd be dancing in the street if I ever lost 2 lbs. in a week again. In fact, I'd settle for one at this point. I've found more than I've lost this year. Maybe I should start eating cupcakes? JK...
ReplyDeleteDH and I are in serious house-hunting mode, would like to have one under contract when we head for Cancun and be moving in on November 1. We'll see. Found one I liked from the outside today, so I've emailed my agent to set up an appointment to see this week. But that will be our weekend entertainment for a while, unless this is actually THE ONE.
Congrats on the 2 lbs! You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on another loss!! Yay!!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, lady!!!
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