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[bikipatra]

They are beautiful and so are you!

[Tawanda]

Lovely flowers!! That must brighten your spirits to see such beauty lining your driveway.

I was gone for the majority of the day....took along 3 shake packets and was able to stay on program without problem (thankfully). I just had my L & G so now am ready to finish reading what happened here today and then plop myself into a chair!

C'ya tomorrow...

[Tawanda]

Down .5 this morning. I'm just enjoying the quiet of the morning and mulling over whether or not I 'really' have to run errands or can I just skip doing it and stay home............I think I really do 'have' to do them, unfortunately. I'd really just like to hibernate for the day....

[KeleeGrl]

Lizabette the flowers are beautiful..thank you. Its been so cold here it warmed me up seeing them.

Tawanda...hooray, your scale is still moving.

[holberry]

Tawanda, god for you and the scale! Hope your spirits are up today!
hb

[bikipatra]

Congrats on that moving scale-in the right direction!!!

[Tawanda]

Shower weigh in showed another 1# lost......but I won't count it, just a fun little surprise I was gifted with this morning.

[bikipatra]

:D Shower weigh in showed another 1# lost......but I won't count it, just a fun little surprise I was gifted with this morning.

What are you people doing in the shower??? That never happens to me.

[Tawanda]

Hey, this was *before* I stepped into the shower!! I didn't step on it afterwards......didn't want to find out that it was a fluke!!

[bikipatra]

Hey, this was *before* I stepped into the shower!! I didn't step on it afterwards......didn't want to find out that it was a fluke!!

Oh, sorry! It's Nickie who loses weight in the shower.

[SuzyQ66]

Great job Tawanda on your weight loss. I too sometimes lose .5 or 1 pound after the shower. Have no clue why.

[Tawanda]

This morning I got to see the 'pre-shower' weight from yesterday so I'm pleased with that, but I'm like Biki and I have a set amount of loss I want to see each week......I get a bit antsy about this time each week, wondering if I am going to make it to my own personal weekly weight loss amount or if I'm going to have less of a loss which would mean I'm not going to hit my 'mini goal' in time. I tell everyone else to not worry, the weight will come off if you stay compliant and it may not be the amount they want.......but the weight will continue to drop even if it is a bit slower than you wished for. Well, time to take my own advice and just be pleased when the loss does slow. What other program allows a person to continuously drop 3# a week? The weight I've lost in the time I've been on the program has been a wonderful surprise and blessing. I did not expect to lose 25# in 8 weeks.....so I'm extremely happy and need to appreciate the loss even when it slows down. (Working on that self talk/advice being ingrained in my brain.......LOL).

[Tawanda]

Oh, a few days ago Donica wrote something in someone else's journal that I thought was great and I replied. When looking at new posts this morning, I saw it again and I wanted to put it here in my journal so that *I* would remember where it was at when *I* need to re-read it again......

DonicaB wrote:
[I love your first post. Especially the parts above. With your wonderful attitude.......I have no doubt you will be successful. If I have learned anything over the past 3 months by reading all of the posts here.....it's how important compliance is.......no more excuses. Either I want this......or I don't. Welcome to journaling. I look forward to sharing your journey with you.

DonicaB


This is so true Donica....it all boils down to each of us asking ourselves "do you want to lose the weight or not and how much do you want to lose the weight?" Is it only while it is convienent? Is it only while it is easy? Is it only when you are full already so the idea of a food restrictive program sounds easy/fine/good idea?

I think that is why so many don't continue with the program or fight with giving into temptation of going off of program often.........they've not decided to give up what they want right now, for what they want most. Sure a piece of pizza, a chinese dinner, a piece of birthday cake or an ice cream sundae sounds and looks wonderful.......but the problem is that sometimes we don't stop to think "is this truly what I want long term?" "Is this going to help get me where I truly want to be?" "I hated myself the last time I went clothes shopping because I was so heavy that nothing looked good----will eating this keep me at that place of hating myself when I go shopping, or will I be happier if I stick to the program and get where I want to be?" "what is most important to me? Eating this food/meal.........or sticking to program and getting into the best health and shape possible?" .

I'm rock solid on compliance because I've played those head games with myself before. I've decided to go off of a diet because a couple chips won't make a difference, or the pizza smelt so heavenly and I've been so good on my diet that I deserve to have some, or everyone else is eating it and they are all heavy, too, so I should be able to have some........ The games don't work, the diets/programs fail when we don't commit ourselves 100% to them.......it has to be a commitment and we have to believe we really want to be healthy and fit.

End of my rant

[Lizabette]

Great rant (I mean post), Miss T!

[bikipatra]

The point is that after the first week or so, if you are drinking all your water, eating all your supplements on time and not adding extras, you will not be hungry. That's why this diet works. You think I could have done this 142 days if I were hungry? The only times I have ever been non-compliant have been when I intentionally skipped supplements trying to lose weight faster. And that lead to either a sandwhich or a bowl of cereal, not a binge. If you follow the program, the only reason to eat off program is because you want to, not because you have to. It is very much like alcoholism. Once a drunk is properly detoxed, actual physical craving for alcohol does not exist. It is the obsession for alcohol that seems like a craving, or in this case, hunger.