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I am regrouping. I've been dwelling in discouragement and lack of motivation- likely waiting until I felt motivated to change, though fat chance of that. I don't like how I look right now, but more than that I am still upset about how much I've backslid, that is the biggest discouragement, how in a year I've gained around forty pounds when I was within ten pounds of my major weight loss goal (130lb). My husband suggested I try to research strategies to get motivated, so I did a little and found some things that I am looking to try.
What I've determined is that while I don't FEEL motivated, I need to start thinking motivated and acting motivated. What that means to me is that I am going to take more responsibility for my thoughts and not rely on how I feel to determine what effort I put forth. I am not sure how I am going to do this, but I am going to try day by day to be more accountable with my eating. Right now I've recorded my breakfast. I know I am not hungry anymore, so I am going to abstain from eating until I am hungry again, which should be around lunchtime. Today I didn't have the discipline to wait for breakfast to have oatmeal (my husband likes steel cut oats, which take about 40 mins to cook from the time you add water to the pot and turn the burner on), so I made myself a breakfast and am cooking the oatmeal for him and our housemate. I am glad that I maintained my resolve and didn't give in and take more apple when I had committed to eating only half. I have an inkling that I have more resolve than I've been letting on, it's just that I've been giving in because I've been telling myself that I have to. Time for a change of mind.
Diet Calendar Entry for 26 December 2011:
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749 kcal
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Fat: 23.76g | Prot: 48.70g | Carb: 97.55g.
Breakfast: jif crunchy, apple, grape nuts, egg whites, milk 2%. Lunch: market pantry beef jerky, apple, jif crunchy. more...
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I have been at this weightloss thing for a while now and it has taken a very long time to truly get in the groove, so to speak. Looking back at how I was, what I used to do and eat, is like looking at a different person...BUT...that didn't happen all at once. I have made small changes, seen results and made a few more small changes...seen results...and so it goes on. I supose what I am trying to say is, make a start, it doesn't need to be a complete turn around, just a step in the right direction. Commit to it, maintain it, then move forward when you are ready. I could not have made one big change and survived, baby steps all the way. GOOD LUCK xx
26 Dec 11 by member: Di Happy
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I'm sure you have resolve, Mrs. Tofu. I make (peel and cut up) an apple for my bf every morning, along with his toast and coffee. I keep what's left around the core for myself and record it as 1/4 apple. That keeps my portion under control. I find that if I plan 3 meals a day and eat them, I'm not hungry. But I imagine if you wait, you'll most certainly be hungry. Those are my thoughts. You seem pretty close to goal, though.
26 Dec 11 by member: Helewis
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