Could it have been the water?

Our pal Dally wrote:

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Welcome back! I saw that you were ready to take another shot at fat
loss. I also "practiced maintenance" over the summer. I think it has a
lot of value.

Thanks! I think it was a lot of help; although I realize I'll have
to eat less to maintain a lower weight when I get there, it's good
to know that I didn't pack on the pounds as soon as I stopped
"dieting", as I've done in the past. I tried to use some of the
many tips I've gotten here, as well as moving around a lot more.
It gives me great encouragement for what will happen after I reach
my ultimate goal range of 150-155.

A client just came to the door and complimented me on being so slender.

I love comments like that! One of the staff at my son's school said
something to me today about how much I've lost. grin

He asked me if it was hard to maintain my weight loss. I answered
honestly that I don't know as I still havent' stopped losing. He was
surprised at that - he's seen me at intervals over the past three years
and I've been losing weight steadily for 2.25 of those years. I guess
he thought I was done by now. :-) I didn't bother going into my theory
that you have to practice maintenance along the way.

I like the fact that it's something you're working on at a reasonable
pace, Dally. It encourages me as that's my plan as well. I'm giving
myself roughly 2-3 years to lose 125 pounds. Although I admire people
like Dewolla who can stick to a loss plan for weeks at a time and just
get it done, I'm not one of them.

But one thing I've learned in ASD is that that's okay! We all do things
the way that works best for us, and weight loss is no different. Instead
of feeling like a failure for not counting calories over the summer, I
congratulated myself on the progress I'd already made and tried not to
undo it. In the past, I'd have made myself miserable for taking a break
and start binging to comfort myself. Now I'm very optomistic about the
remaining 85 pounds that I want to lose -- I know that it's okay to
take my time and I believe I really can keep it off forever with a
little effort...


--
J.J. in WA * 275/235/225 (Mini Goal)
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Our pal Dally wrote:

snip

Welcome back! I saw that you were ready to take another shot at fat
loss. I also "practiced maintenance" over the summer. I think it has a
lot of value.

Thanks! I think it was a lot of help; although I realize I'll have
to eat less to maintain a lower weight when I get there, it's good
to know that I didn't pack on the pounds as soon as I stopped
"dieting", as I've done in the past. I tried to use some of the
many tips I've gotten here, as well as moving around a lot more.
It gives me great encouragement for what will happen after I reach
my ultimate goal range of 150-155.

A client just came to the door and complimented me on being so slender.

I love comments like that! One of the staff at my son's school said
something to me today about how much I've lost. grin

He asked me if it was hard to maintain my weight loss. I answered
honestly that I don't know as I still havent' stopped losing. He was
surprised at that - he's seen me at intervals over the past three years
and I've been losing weight steadily for 2.25 of those years. I guess
he thought I was done by now. :-) I didn't bother going into my theory
that you have to practice maintenance along the way.

I like the fact that it's something you're working on at a reasonable
pace, Dally. It encourages me as that's my plan as well. I'm giving
myself roughly 2-3 years to lose 125 pounds. Although I admire people
like Dewolla who can stick to a loss plan for weeks at a time and just
get it done, I'm not one of them.

But one thing I've learned in ASD is that that's okay! We all do things
the way that works best for us, and weight loss is no different. Instead
of feeling like a failure for not counting calories over the summer, I
congratulated myself on the progress I'd already made and tried not to
undo it. In the past, I'd have made myself miserable for taking a break
and start binging to comfort myself. Now I'm very optomistic about the
remaining 85 pounds that I want to lose -- I know that it's okay to
take my time and I believe I really can keep it off forever with a
little effort...


--
J.J. in WA * 275/235/225 (Mini Goal)
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Our pal jmk wrote:
On 9/9/2004 4:13 PM, Dally wrote:

Thanks for getting it, PL. I'm happy not to be fat anymore, but I'm
really not PROUD to have lost the weight. I don't see what I did as
anything really to be proud of: from the point of view of sane eating
and exercising, for a while I didn't care what I weighed and then when I
*did* care I fixed my problem. What's there to be proud of?

I think that this is something to be proud of. So many people *don't*
fix the problem... They know that they should eat better, eat less and
exercise more and yet they don't do it. You did it and whether or not
you are proud of yourself -- I'm proud of you!

My feelings exactly! You made the effort, Dally -- that's the part to be
proud of...


--
J.J. in WA * 275/235/225 (Mini Goal)
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Our pal jmk wrote:
On 9/9/2004 4:13 PM, Dally wrote:

Thanks for getting it, PL. I'm happy not to be fat anymore, but I'm
really not PROUD to have lost the weight. I don't see what I did as
anything really to be proud of: from the point of view of sane eating
and exercising, for a while I didn't care what I weighed and then when I
*did* care I fixed my problem. What's there to be proud of?

I think that this is something to be proud of. So many people *don't*
fix the problem... They know that they should eat better, eat less and
exercise more and yet they don't do it. You did it and whether or not
you are proud of yourself -- I'm proud of you!

My feelings exactly! You made the effort, Dally -- that's the part to be
proud of...


--
J.J. in WA * 275/235/225 (Mini Goal)
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Elly wrote:

PL, congratulations on your first mini-goal achieved! Keep up the
good work!

Thanks! Even though I am still close to three hundred pounds, I feel so much
better than I did back when I was hovering between 320 and 330. It's like
night and day.

--
PL
(320/295/170)
(First mini-goal: 299 Reached! 08/26/04)
(Second mini-goal: 279)


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"Elly" wrote in message
...

I wish I could join the pedometer challenge, but I don't have the
pedometer.
For some reason, they are not so popular over here; I guess I should go to
the specialised store to get one (I read someone post they got it from
McDonald's - all we get from McD's are just kids' toys ).


You can get them from a number of places online including amazon.

Jenn

"PL" wrote in message
...
Elly wrote:

PL, congratulations on your first mini-goal achieved! Keep up the
good work!

Thanks! Even though I am still close to three hundred pounds, I feel so
much
better than I did back when I was hovering between 320 and 330. It's like
night and day.

--
PL
(320/295/170)
(First mini-goal: 299 Reached! 08/26/04)
(Second mini-goal: 279)

Besides the psychological boost, just eating better and moving around more
tend to make people feel better. I know I felt really good when I got below
300. You're doing great!

Jenn

"jmk" wrote in message
...
On 9/9/2004 4:13 PM, Dally wrote:

Thanks for getting it, PL. I'm happy not to be fat anymore, but I'm
really not PROUD to have lost the weight. I don't see what I did as
anything really to be proud of: from the point of view of sane eating and
exercising, for a while I didn't care what I weighed and then when I
*did* care I fixed my problem. What's there to be proud of?

I think that this is something to be proud of. So many people *don't* fix
the problem... They know that they should eat better, eat less and
exercise more and yet they don't do it. You did it and whether or not you
are proud of yourself -- I'm proud of you!

--
jmk in NC

What she said!!! :P Gee whiz woman, you've been quite a motivator and role
model around these parts, just suck it up and deal

Jenn

"J.J. in WA" wrote in message
...

I like the fact that it's something you're working on at a reasonable
pace, Dally. It encourages me as that's my plan as well. I'm giving
myself roughly 2-3 years to lose 125 pounds. Although I admire people
like Dewolla who can stick to a loss plan for weeks at a time and just
get it done, I'm not one of them.

But one thing I've learned in ASD is that that's okay! We all do things
the way that works best for us, and weight loss is no different. Instead
of feeling like a failure for not counting calories over the summer, I
congratulated myself on the progress I'd already made and tried not to
undo it. In the past, I'd have made myself miserable for taking a break
and start binging to comfort myself. Now I'm very optomistic about the
remaining 85 pounds that I want to lose -- I know that it's okay to
take my time and I believe I really can keep it off forever with a
little effort...

Excellent attitude - and one that took me a while to internalize. I think
it's really stupid when people try to put parameters on "success" as if
we're all the same. This is the first time in my life that I reached my
goal weight. Sure, I put some back on because of a number of things that I
had to deal with - but instead of rolling over and giving in like I used to
do and gaining it all back (plus extra), I fought it tooth and nail and did
what was necessary to make this time different. Almost a year after the
initial weight loss, I've kept off a significant portion of it and it really
is getting easier. Some jerks around here like to hold me up as some kind
of paragon of failure, but I've succeeded in ways (inside AND out) that
they'll never understand.

What will help keep it off forever (IMHO) is making lifestyle changes that
you can live with forever. I like to think of it as adopting a healthy WOE
that happens to have weight loss as a side effect.

Keep up the great work.

Jenn

JMA wrote:

Besides the psychological boost, just eating better and moving around
more tend to make people feel better. I know I felt really good when
I got below 300. You're doing great!

Thanks Jenn. The hard work is starting to pay off!

--
PL
(320/295/170)
(First mini-goal: 299 Reached! 08/26/04)
(Second mini-goal: 279)


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