The Ups and Downs of Long-Term Dieting

Posted on July 17, 2015

Some days are great and some days..... well... some days are the PITS!

Lets face it, I get all excited about my weightloss and then I do the look see in the mirror and ICK! looks like nothing has changed, then I say to myself is it worth it? I mean, I love beans - really love beans - but the canned ones are so high in salt and does anyone like bean w/o salt? NO... and salt is not my friend right now! (btw - back in May I wrote a blog on salt - https://www.dietbet.com/community/posts/general/10449-tip-26-watch-the-salt)

This year is a busy year for my hubs and I. We get to travel! And not just to see his mom! We get to go places! I went to New Orleans with him back in February and next weekend I get to go to Colorado! But since I am dieting I won't partake on new canabus laws there (yes that's the reason! haha) Oh and in August it's Las Vegas baby! We go 2 or 3 years without going anywhere and then BOOM! We have a trip 5 or 6 times in the year! OK enough of that.

Fact is, I want to be down in clothing by Vegas when I will see old friends who have not seen me in 2 years. I was all excited about the clothing (went to the store and tried on a size 12!!!!) but then I look in the mirror and all I see now is a fat old lady.... who is missing out on cheesecake!

DUMPS.....

Fat old lady whose kids are grown and busy....

DUMPS........

Fat old lady whose kids are grown and busy and whose neck is full of wrikles...!

DUMPS................

OMG! How do I get over and past this????

AND... this might be key.... I listen to motivational youtube and I try to set a new goal.

Right now my favorite motivational youtube is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaxmq77kMVQ

but there are hundreds out there.....

I also listen to what I think are upbeat youtube music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CevxZvSJLk8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2i-2XOGo7Y&list=RD-2i-2XOGo7Y#t=2

and then.. a goal... I wanna be .... eventually.... not lapped by an 80 year old using a wallker! haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmOM3XlJ6k0

We have done this the first second of 2014 and 2015.... and sadly I was.... almost last... maybe last.. I am not looking it up to confirm. MY GOAL is to finish this at 45min into the new year 2016!!!!! Already I know I will NOT be carrying at least 50 pounds! I hope I can make that 100 pounds less by January 2016!!!!!!!!

AND I WALK! --- WALKIES with my fitbit! Walkies with my husband! Walkies with my headphones! Walkies with myself and my thoughts! I have in the past couple of months gone from 10,000 steps a day to .... <drumroll> 20,000 steps almost ever day!

and that is how I pull myself out of the dumps!

HOW DO YOU DO IT????

Share you experience! Maybe it will help somoene out there struggling to make it to another diet day to a better healthier lifestyle!

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BCbabe

07/17/2015 9:03AM

yup!!! this is my thought pattern, well maybe not quite. but still I work hard to only lose 2 lbs. IN A MONTH!! sometimes!! I just cant seem to stop comparing myself to other who lose 5lbs in two weeks!! then I remember my health, of course I have to deal with a sluggish thyroid so that puts a different spin on my weight loss journey. I remind myself that while it is slow, I am ____ lbs since this time last year. I can walk 5k in less than an hour, I did aerobics twice a week through the fall and into early spring (only sessions I missed was when I was travelling) Oh and then when I travel I find the closest grocery store and buy healthy stuff for in the hotel room, I limit my trips to restaurants (although who wants to do that all the time) My body part of contention right now is my belly, it just doesn't seem to want to leave me!! once I have burned some more of that off I will be able to look better in some of my smaller sized pants!! yes I am vain but damn it I should be able to look good too!! That is my process today!! Thanks for reminding me that sometimes it is just about how far you have come and not how far you have to go!! (oh do a blog on setting goals)

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Louise

don't laugh, but I can actually help a little with 'reshaping' your 'belly' ..... uh.... CORSET. I purchased one ages ago and since them I have gone down twice! I try to wear mine an hour or two several days in a row then I might not wear it for several days. I do not believe in the corset diet, but I do believe it reshapes or moves the fat around. And I do think it's given me back some curves! I went to a corset store (we happened to be in town for a wedding in Jacksonville Florida and I went to the THREE MUSES - they fitted me and showed me how to put one on... had never worn one before) a couple of things... I don't like a full corset PERIOD. can't sit in it!.. I do like a waist cincher that I can move in. I also use a neoprene one for exercise... sometimes... I don't like it if it rolls. And well..... there you have it. It doesn't burn fat. Neoprene might sweat water a little...? but I think it MOVES the fat from the belly area to the butt or thighs or somewhere else. (I love this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnJH1cOXR4)

BCbabe

ok I giggled a little. I bought myself so shapewear a couple of years ago but I just find all it really does is make me uncomfortable. I have what I call an apron of fat. my belly fat seems to hang and wearing the shapewear pushes it up and makes everything look like a beach ball. I might look into a waist cincher though. I just have this beach ball thing going on and it drives me crazy lol I have had it smaller and a little more toned before so I know it is possible and I will keep working on it