Shrinking Violet?

A written form of therapy from a serial unsuccessful dieter

My Profile

  • Name: lhutchi2
  • City: Bolton
  • Region: Bolton
  • Country: United Kingdom

My Weight Loss

Height: 162.6cm
Start weight: 206.00lb
Current weight: 211.00lb
Goal weight: 140.00lb
Lost to date: -5.00lb
Remaining: 71.00lb

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So glad...

...I have something else in my life other than weight loss.  I have a wonderful fiance and wonderful friends around me who make me happy to be me.  I'm doing this MY way and that doesn't include obsessing over every tiny morsel that I put in my mouth or panicking about my next gym workout.  

I've spent 2.5 hours in the gym today because I fancied it, not because I felt I should.  Beating myself up constantly about how I look and what I eat is damaging me and you know something?  Enough.  I had McDonalds this morning.  So what?  I did exercise and I'm not having it every day.

To all those people having heart failure at the thought of how much fat was in what I ate today or wondering how many calories I burnt etc, I feel sorry for you.  Live your life now instead of trying to get to the life you want.  Only then will you get the life you want.

Yesterday was my birthday and it was fantastic.  I was spoilt rotten and Steve had the most gorgeous bouquet delivered to work for me...


Life = fabulous

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Self acceptance and a plan you can live with is crucial.   For me the key was trying LOTS of new foods and finding I could have fabulous food that wasn't high fat/calorie.   But yeah, living with an adversarial relationship with food has never been a goal of mine.  But, I now know that I do have to be vigilant forever, or a lot of hard work is gonna be undone.   So, for me, that makes it worth it.

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I'm with you:  we have to be able to relax a little along the way.
On the flip side of the coin, things can get so out of control so fast, I have to keep a tight reign on things.
 
Happy birthday late - flowers were gorgeous!!

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aww am glad you had a lovely day chickadee....and awesome on the gym too...glad your feeling GREAT!!

Perfect !!!

This is the kind of post I needed today . I had to get busy living myself. I'm going to be healthy also at my own pace and have a lot of fun getting there. I'm not a gym groupie nor do I want to be. It sounds like you are very blessed and I am thrilled for you !!!

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Hey, I admit I have McD's from time to time. It's not the end of the world when I do! I either fit it in or just accept it and move on! I can make up for it later. My progress is insanely slow, but it is still overall progress. That's the important part. And I don't feel I deprive myself too much either.




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