Struggling

[make_your_move]

I've pretty much blown up every day since last Saturday. I just stopped wanting to be bothered to make the right choices. Two weeks into this and I'm already treading down the same road to nowheres-ville. It's insidious I tell you, the ease of not thinking. Food isn't what makes me fat, it's not thinking about what I eat, and when, and planning ahead. How does one lose motivation faster than a runner off the blocks? Even my husband, god love him, helped me give into a momentary craving for cookie dough. I don't think he's actively trying to sabotage my efforts, I think he wants me to be happy in the short term - but the long term thing ... just *bleh*.

Oh, and sleeping, or in this case, not sleeping totally destroys any willpower I have left to get out of bed and do the right thing when it comes to exercise. I stayed up really late Saturday night (which BTW, was *totally* worth it) - but I was a sleep-deprived monster most of the day. Sunday night we stayed up much later than expected when having a conversation with our teenage daughter. Last night the storm rolled through and it was the change in pressure or constant wind that made for a crappy night's sleep. So, when I woke at 6:15 this morning - I opted to try and get the extra 45 minutes of sleep, or risk being Mom/Wife/Friendzilla today.

So, today I've tried to be concious of what I am doing and eating. Breakfast this morning was cottage cheese - lunch a recipe of Curried Shrimp Salad from the SBQE cookbook. I still haven't exercised but I've been trying to stay off the couch reading LJ, and working around the house instead.

*sigh* Tomorrow I can always start fresh, right?

Comments

[divinerose.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Tomorrow I can always start fresh, right?

Yes you can *hugs*. It is hard. And I am totally right there with you. You did much better then me if you made it two weeks before slipping up. Remember this isn't a sprint, its more like a marathon. That is how I look at it. Okay, so I messed up today. I will just try again tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day, a new day, and you can try again. Thats what I tell myself. I think you might like those greek meatballs in that cookbook. I cooked them a bit too long and they are kinda dry, but still yummy. Let me know if I can help at all.

[alricthemad.livejournal.com]

::just listening::

[archway.livejournal.com]

Recommendations:

Do you have music that you gotta wiggle to no-matter-what? Put it on...~S~

Meditate and visualize creating light. If you want more details on this, let me know...

Don't stay in the past or future. I know, it sounds campy, but it works.

[randyminxx.livejournal.com]

Keep trying and when you fall get up even if you fall 14 days in a row. You can do it.

[blushing-grace.livejournal.com]

Think about what you're doing right - you don't have to be perfect on your new healthy living plan. You got breakfast right. You got lunch right today. You could get a short workout (say 20 minutes or even 10) in and have done it for the day. Or just chase your kids around outside for a little while.

[liatha.livejournal.com]

The important thing to remember is to get back on the wagon.

Don't beat yourself up for backsliding. Just fix it and move on.

The biggest mistakes ever made in dieting are always related to guilt.

They feel guilty because they "screwed up" and give up.

They feel guilty because they "screwed up" and beat themselves up about it.

They feel guilty because they "screwed up" and compound the problem with the "in for a penny, in for a pound" mentality (IE: "I already messed up with that piece of bread, so I may as well have that double fudge chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert...")

And so on.

*hugs* I'm cheering for you, darlin.

[mrs-k13.livejournal.com]

I hear ya about the not sleeping thing. I seem to do better when sleep is best. But, don't beat yourself up if it isn't. Don't even go for "Tomorrow is another day" ... as someone said, today isn't over; you still can eat right with dinner, too and you can get a bit of exercise before the day is out. You're doing great and tomorrow will be even better.

[shadeofnight.livejournal.com]

Guilt, and the preasure to diet or change your lifestyle eating habits are the number one killers of any chance to get healthy and feel better about one self.

Kellfire posted this link in her journal a while back:
http://www.sparkpeople.com

It has a ton of resources to help you stay modivated, and gives a lot of good advise.

I have been on and off the "get to a healthy weight" for over 7 years now. I have won many battles, lost a battle or two, and still overall the war is being won.

I do not "diet", as that is the best way to fail long term. No one can loss weight and keep it off by diets, as the implies that a temp thing you are doing, and all the benifits will go away as soon as the diet ends and the old bad habits take over again.

Finding time to get on the treadmill and run for 20 mins a day is killing me right now. I have managed to do it at least 3 days a week, but my goal was 5 days a week. I do not let not making my goal crash and burn me, just settle into the "do not worry about" part of my mind and keep striving for what I want.

Having a supportive girlfriend that strugles with some of the same issues does help ;), even if she is many states away most of the time.

I find a little weight lifting or other workout type stuff while watching TV is my best cure for some of the weight loss blues.

Just wanted to let you know you are not the only one having these issues, but not giving up is the first step to victory, even if a battle or two gets lost along the way.

[babalon-it.livejournal.com]

So, today I've tried to be concious of what I am doing and eating. Breakfast this morning was cottage cheese - lunch a recipe of Curried Shrimp Salad from the SBQE cookbook. I still haven't exercised but I've been trying to stay off the couch reading LJ, and working around the house instead.

*sigh* Tomorrow I can always start fresh, right?

Sounds like you've already started fresh today. Good for you.

Spend 5 minutes doing some stretching, or walking around or something, and then you've exercised too! It's really hard to make this change. It's forming a new habit - which is hard. You're doing great!

Fresh

[aztecknight.livejournal.com]

Always start each day fresh.

* hug *

You will get there.

Fresh start, fresh veggies

[vjhook.livejournal.com]

I hear you! I started WW. It's weird to go to meetings and get weighed. But the accountability makes a HUGE difference. Today I finally reached a cumulative loss of 10 pounds. Days of near-starvation were involved. And orange and yellow bell peppers. And chicken broth. :-)

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