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Old December 1st, 2003, 03:07 PM
Cp
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Default How do you keep your focus?


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You guys are great. It's awesome to see so much success.
I've yo-yo'd all my life.....exercised......dieted....reached a
goal.....gone higher.

I've tried to take off this fat for a few years, but haven't done it.
I'd drop 35 pounds. Plateau and then rise again.

I restarted yesterday and was happy to see in Fitday that I was still
within a good calorie range. I thought I blew it.
Tonight a friend called and I went out for pizza believing I could
control myself. I totally forgot about it until I reached for an
extra brownie. I felt ashamed, so I put it back

Much is happening in my life that's not the best and I'm picking up
the pieces, but it often relates to weight issues.

I really want to succeed this time. I have this fear that it will be
just like all the other times.
WW says the average stay before a person quits is only 2 weeks.
That has been my magic number. Just after 2 weeks something
stressful happens. I go off and away.

What do you guys do to keep your focus and reach your success?

Thanks,
Mike

360/360/265
ova-lacto veg
11/29/03


Just a thought... but is it hunger that drives you back to your old ways?
If so, you might want to start by slowly decreasing the amount of calories
you eat at day until you get to something that works for you instead of
lowering them all at once. The 10x your body weight rule doesn't always
apply when you're obese (god, I hate that word alone too). For instance,
I'm 265 but if I eat 2650 calories a day I gain, so I opt for 1600. I
started by lowering them to 1800 but found that it was still a little high.
It wasn't much of a jump for me as I was eating usually 2000 -3000 a day but
if you're usually eating in excess of 5000 (as I know some people can do)
then it's a very sudden decrease in the amount of food you're having.

Also, because you have special diet needs (from being ova-lacto) perhaps
what you're choosing to eat is very high in calories and/or fat. Try
finding lower calorie alternatives and then you can still have your cake and
eat it too.. so to speak.. and not feel deprived. Thus being able to stick
with the plan for life. That really is the key to successful weight loss.
Make changes that you can live with for the rest of your life.

Remember though, along with the weight loss, you need to add exercise. I
found that just watching the eating alone didn't work as well as adding
exercise into the mix.

Good Luck!!! and read and post here often and it may help keep you
encouraged.

cp