tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post5894573610938943894..comments2024-03-29T06:49:10.671-04:00Comments on Success Along the Weigh: Comin' cleanAnele @ Success Along the Weighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-36421564232644976652017-08-15T22:14:42.815-04:002017-08-15T22:14:42.815-04:00That is awesome! What a great attitude and a grea...That is awesome! What a great attitude and a great motto to remember. We can't do anything about what we didn't do...start where you stand. WORD!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-13626244459694985792017-08-15T22:11:11.582-04:002017-08-15T22:11:11.582-04:00Boy, do I get this. Let me tell you right off tho...Boy, do I get this. Let me tell you right off though that I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!! You could have let this take you in a totally different direction where it had the potential to be devastating but you DIDN'T! You took the necessary steps to ease your way back to where you are now ready to do the detailed stuff -- tracking, water intake, sodium monitoring, etc. THAT is what *lifestyle* is all about. I can fully admit that when I started my new job (while in the midst of dealing with the suburb stuff) I let the exercising go. Trying to find a routine was next to impossible (in my mind) and I just didn't have any more to give --and once again, who I said no to was me. Not cool. So with this latest health news and my "assignment" I did a whole lot of thinking about my life over the weekend and something interesting happened. Instead of beating myself with a stick like I normally do (which does absolutely nothing to help)and berating myself for time lost, I just didn't pick up that thought. I literally said, "don't pick that up - if you don't pick it up, you don't have to put it back down again." Because once I started on the verbal self-abuse, it's much like food -- I don't have a stop button. What I did instead was just said, "Start Where You Stand." So I did. Planned my meals, didn't snack in between, got in a good amount of water (sipping, not gulping...wink wink), and got my swimming stuff ready for this morning and had my buttocks in the pool at 7:25am this morning and exercised for 1 hour and 50 minutes. It felt so good when I got back in the car and stared out at the river where I was parked. And instead of thinking, damn, I wish I hadn't stopped doing this for five months, I didn't even go there. I just said this felt great, and went on my way. Start where you stand. Amen.dalbador1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09877799102438622117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-29918628157201918132017-08-15T22:05:44.384-04:002017-08-15T22:05:44.384-04:00I'm only sorry I didn't do it sooner, mayb...I'm only sorry I didn't do it sooner, maybe I wouldn't have let it go as long! Thanks for hangin' in with me!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-36265564643655931482017-08-15T22:05:01.099-04:002017-08-15T22:05:01.099-04:00It can definitely be a battle but as long as we co...It can definitely be a battle but as long as we continue to fight to good fight instead of giving up altogether, we're better off!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-2236675686201451892017-08-15T22:03:21.461-04:002017-08-15T22:03:21.461-04:00It sure is! Why is that!? LOLIt sure is! Why is that!? LOLAnele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-74793372053065469532017-08-15T22:03:02.573-04:002017-08-15T22:03:02.573-04:00We know what to do, we just have to care enough to...We know what to do, we just have to care enough to do it.Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-11172349023939059462017-08-15T21:21:28.196-04:002017-08-15T21:21:28.196-04:00Thank you for sharing your struggle. I appreciate ...Thank you for sharing your struggle. I appreciate you keeping it real - that's why I'm here.<br /> HOPE2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/08684850595385914225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-22122743941063354562017-08-15T14:04:07.711-04:002017-08-15T14:04:07.711-04:00I have to continually change things up. Two summer...I have to continually change things up. Two summers ago I joined DietBet after DietBet and it helped me lose my 33-lb. regain. Then last summer, it was a 53-lb. regain so I joined WW online and it got me re-focused. When the 3-month trial membership ran out I didn't rejoin, knowing I had regained my mojo and just used My Fitness Pal to track calories, and hit my goal before son's wedding last Oct. AGAIN....this summer I've got a regain to deal with. So I really understand how easy it is to get off track and the longer you go astray, the harder it is to get back on track. So this year, I once again joined WW online at the end of May, the membership expires the end of this month and I've lot 25 pounds of the 57-lb. regain (notice how everytime the regain gets larger). I decided to up my efforts so I joined a StepBet this time, and got in over 10K steps every day for 40 days, losing 10 lbs. during that time. Last week, however, was not good. After resisting temptation at a wedding reception/brunchhh on Sat., and then a family dinner out (with repeated refills of the chips and salsa bowls brought to our table) to celebrate a birthday, I lost my way starting on Monday. Everyday last week I decided I would get right back on the wagon, but it was not to be. Having the grandkids out Thursday and Friday and buying them junky treats to eat did not help. But yesterday, I joined another DietBet (my Stepbet winnings mostly paid for it!), and now am once again determined to lose this remaining 33 pounds and get back to my 150-lb. happy weight. It is really hard to get back on track....I'm living proof! But I am determined not to be one of those weight loss success/then failure stories, due to a regain. So I'm fighting it with every ounce of my being.dupsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088114640385927198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-80179159742738976112017-08-15T09:00:41.865-04:002017-08-15T09:00:41.865-04:00It's so hard to get back into it. Good habits...It's so hard to get back into it. Good habits are so hard to build, and it's so easy to fall back into unhealthy routines.another layerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756727485274694135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-3382254269760001582017-08-15T07:57:27.701-04:002017-08-15T07:57:27.701-04:00While I am proud of us for going right back to the...While I am proud of us for going right back to the routine when we return, we're fighting a losing battle if we can't get some form of control on vacations and cheat days. We have a good plan and the one piece that is sometimes missing is that will to make it happen and turn our plans into as much a reality as possible. The idea that we can still indulge from time to time is what does keep us going, but we have to get better at knowing when to reign that in. I think we have a great opportunity to make the right changes and I'm optimistic!The Mr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04233628447251244134noreply@blogger.com