What's this?
Peer pressure. Being amongst friends, they eat, I eat. They drink, I drink.
We read that Mike, the Former Superchunk now a Medifast Superhunk actually caved in to..to..(I can hardly type this)...
Peer Presure?
Huh?
How can that be? His moxy must have been on a starvation diet or sumpin' - surely this cannot be our own Steely Man of Iron Resolve!
Mike, welcome to the human race...for some of us - oh-kayee, already, for MOI, a born people-pleasin' person, one of the most difficult things I have learned how to overcome is to be self-assertive.
In many ways,
YOU have helped me to do just that - to state my case, to stick to it and I have benefited greatly by it. I truly have learned to not worry about what others think or do, I do what's right for me. Thank you, Darlin' you are a good example to us all.
Once I made up my mushy mind to Medifast it from matronly to mah-ve-lous, my resolve could not be disturbed. Stickin' to healthy eating was easy once I got that initial success.
As I continued to read and study the transition plan and maintenance plan, I began to think that if I truly wanted this to be a
permanent weight loss solution then I would have to make
PERMANENT changes.
Initially this
saddened me - I love to eat (I love the flavors, the textures, the good smells and most of all; I loved the
social interaction that is usually involved with the food part.) - and it
cheesed me - made me feel like I was 'marked' for punishment - denied to have whatever and how much I wanted.
The truth is, I
CAN have whatever I want (and I
DO!) but I CANNOT have as much as I want. I have accepted that. I can gladly accept it - the alternative:
Eternal Flabdom
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I cannot and will not accept that.
There are times when we have an opportunity to have some special foods or attend special events and it is OK to enjoy the extra food and uh, beverages and then when we return, we just get back on the
Mediwagon and return to our schedule of eating healthy most every day and yes, exercising.
Nelly, I love the reminder and your gentle
nudges to Mike to get his heart beating - his heart beats rapidly for Denise and the girls - he'll be making a lot of trips down the hall to the sandbox as he gets back on Medifast shakes full time for a few days and remember, he does two daily walkabouts - he is not without exercise. Besides, he bench presses his desk and 'puter several times a day, too!
We love ya, Man!