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Journal
December 11, 2000
What a great weigh-in this past week! 4 pounds down! I knew it was coming...but it still feels sooooo great when it finally catches up! I've come to the conclusion that the scale is just pure evil....hehehe. I do so much better when i'm not letting the numbers be my judge and jury. I say all the time that alot of this is psychological and has everything to do with your attitude. It's no wonder so many people give up on themselves when they are really trying and it doesn't show. It will come! I hope that my experiences over the past few weeks have helped to prove that fact to you if you're having a tough time with the numbers too. While it's still important to be honest with yourself by having a look at your journals and your exercise routine to make sure it's all in check. It's just as important to remember that as hard as you fight for this......you won't always get what you deserve......right away.
I did find other ways to reward myself for the efforts I have been making. I had a lovely massage last week by a woman, Mary, who lost 150 pounds a few years back. She was kind enough to offer me alot of good advice, as well as a wonderful massage, that I really believe will help me get to where i'm going...and beyond.
The muscles in my body are very large.....and I build them quickly (a gift from my father! hehehe). I realize this and understand that is why the scale hasn't been moving in my favor every week but I love the way the weights tone my body so I don't want to give them up....BUT...I also don't want to look like a female hercules! What I should be doing is more rep's with less weight but that just seems to bore me. I need to feel like i'm doing something when I work out...I want to breathe heavy and sweat! :-) Mary suggested swimming...which, of course, makes perfect sense...duh! I can tone my body and really feel like i'm working out without building huge muscles. I will continue with the weights because I really do enjoy them and believe they have their own benefit....but I will try not to overdo.
She also suggested bathing in Epsom salt which would help to pull the lactic acid from around my muscles after my workouts. Well after searching hi & low for this at the grocery store...hehehe...in the baking isle! I can't tell you how much this has helped me! I also seem to retain alot of fluid because of my salt intake so this helps with that too. Jeeeeeeesh a girl's gotta have some bad habits ya know! :-)~
Mary doesn't know it...but she's getting a gift Wednesday when I go into the salon for my nail appointment! hehehe
"If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got!"
I really believe this holds true even if you've lost 160 pounds! It's the reason many of us reach what we call 'plateaus'. Your body will get used to what you're doing over time. My body is now used to a good diet and the exercise i've been doing for so long. Each week I try to get something new in my diet and try to shake up my routine a bit. (btw...any ideas of what to do with asparagus??? lol) I noticed a cycle of eating less in the day and was having too many extreme meals at night.....sometimes this works well for me...like the days I feel I have less control or am more hungry....and on those days I will continue with this because it is what works best for me. But I am making an effort now to get more in during the day now. I'm also trying to limit my carbs in the morning...just to shake-it-up a bit here and there. So many of you have sent me such wonderful recipes (that i'm really trying to get here!) and i've been testing many of them out so i'm quite sure the new ideas will keep helping me at the scale as well.
Our WW location has also moved this week so that should be interesting. The new program comes out this week too, and i'm so excited for that! The attitude of 'starting over' often boosts my efforts to do well. I've been testing it out for a week or two now and really don't notice it effecting me much at all but the new books will be great to read through! Also, I think the other changes will help many of us to use more common sense in our choices...instead of taking advantage of what we could because of the old program's guidlelines. What I really think it comes down to is learning a good program inside and out....then doing what works best for YOU. Afterall, the program basics are designed to help a world full of people with all different tastes and lifestyles....it's up to you to help you...they're just here to help us along.
Christmas is getting close now and life is busy...busy...busy! It's during these times that I don't seem to eat enough. I guess the thought of picking up a 'quick' bite when i'm out didn't used to make much sense to me...but Andrea reminded us at our meeting Thursday of how your metabolism will slow right down if you're not feeding your body. Well, this is how I put on much of my weight in the first place...and I know from experience how much more damage than anything else this can do to me. So that is my focus in the coming weeks. While out the other day I picked up a milky-way lite bar while shopping and ate it on the way back to the car. In a way it felt like an old behavior but really, it was a good choice and it gave me a real boost of energy and i'm sure it did wonders for my metabolism....not to mention how YUMMY it was! :-)
This brings me to my quote for the week......
"Never stop learning new ways to help yourself!"
Have a GREAT week!
Kim
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