Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on November 7, 2014

I’m going through a spell. Not a good spell either. I know I’m strong but for whatever reason, I JUST CAN NOT FIND THE MISSING PIECE TO KEEP ON TRACK!

Yes, I’m frustrated and angry enough with myself to yell it slowly.

What is it that is keeping me from getting my a$$ in gear and doing what I know needs to be done. I’ve done it before and I know I can do it again, so what the heck is my problem? Is that it? Because it is MY problem? Is it because I don’t feel like it is happening fast enough so the road ahead is long and I know going to be tiring? Why can’t I keep building on the successes that I’ve already had? How can I let the setbacks, minor as they are, derail me? Not once or twice, but multiple times? What is it that I’m not learning that has me going over and over the same ground? How does one get out from under the avalanche of questions, self-doubt, frustration and resulting paralysis?

It’s time to cowgirl up, take a phrase from Nike and JUST DO IT!

For anyone in the same boat, here is an article I think helpful. http://guardianlv.com/2013/05/seven-hints-to-develop-the-attitude-of-just-do-it/

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Lovey

08/26/2019 8:43AM

Hi CeAnn, I hope you are still on here, because I totally relate & want to connect & do this challenge with you! Hope you are well. A newbie :)

Susie D.

11/11/2014 8:01AM

ah... CeAnn, honey, I'm right there with you. 2 months of frustration here. Right now I am re-focusing and re-committing. I have re-read the list I made of my "why's" - Why I wanted to lose weight to begin with. I have come a long way, but am only halfway to goal. I need to let go of my hangups and self-sabotage and get back to it. Thanks for posting - I know you didn't do it to kick me in the butt, but I was feeling the same and haven't been active on any boards b/c I felt like I've been 'failing'. But I will consider it a time of reflection and refocus on my goals and my 'why's'. Thanks for the link. So, let's both of us JUST DO IT! No more excuses and postponements. Today is the day! (((hugs))) and :high five: my friend!

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SusyQ

11/09/2014 9:15AM

CeAnn, I Know what you're going through! It is Hard! My battle changed when the cold weather arrived and every time I walked into the grocery store the last two months, the CANDY has been displayed in every place that it shouldn't be. It basically surrounded the produce section like a fortress wall! There's no ignoring it because of the bright packaging. It's easy to ignore when it's confined to a certain section of the store. I'm shouting, "GIVE ME A BREAK!" Someday I'll accidentally do it out loud.

I have had to completely alter my cookbooks - gone are all the Taste of Home unhealthy recipes, replaced with 'clean eating' ones. I'm fortunate in the sense that when I consume sugar and white flour products, I have a bad reaction. I not only bloat, but my mind gets spacey and my knees ache. It's a terrible feeling, so between that and my size 6 daughter giving me the stink eye when I make a poor choice, I'm moving to a better mental place. It is Hard. Keep at it.

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SusyQ

I know that I didn't add anything that you don't already know. Just please keep at it. I quit smoking six or so years ago and I had to do many many do-overs before it finally took. I keep reminding myself of that fact now. I will keep doing the do-overs because sooner or later, I'll look back and realize I haven't had a do-over in a long long time.

CeAnn S.

Thanks SusyQ. It is that whole getting to the mental place thing and keeping in that place regardless of what is thrown our way. I really have no reason to complain as there are others with far more on their plates to deal with who are being very successful on their journies, but ... sometimes I just can't help myself.

Maybe, one day, I'll get soooo tired of doing the do-overs over that it will stick for good. I wonder if I have enough years left for that? ;)

Cheryl C.

11/08/2014 3:30AM

I know how frustrating this can be, I've definitely been there and had a less than stellar evening of not enough movement and too much consumption myself but today is new day! Keep at it, you know you can do it! What has been helping me is to focus on the present moment. No matter what came before or what the road is ahead, recognizing that this moment that we're in is what counts and we can build on that. The other thing is to forgive myself for the slips from the path, so regret and frustration can't steal away the possibilities of this moment and allow us take the slippery slope into overeating and inactivity. This Jillian Michaels quote really stuck for me: "Transformation is not a future event it is a present activity" - the power of NOW. The possibilities are in this moment and we can grab them. Manageable steps like: the Core Challenge, 15, 20, 30 minutes of exercise, permission to have one candy instead of 2 etc., one healthy decision at a time - YOU CAN DO THIS!

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CeAnn S.

Thanks Cheryl! I know I can, :) some days/times it is just hard making myself. I'm going to keep the JM quote close. The future will be what it will be so the now is has to be.

DCGirl

11/07/2014 1:17PM

Thank you for your honesty and relentless encouragement on here, CeAnn!

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CeAnn S.

It is so much easier to do for others than for myself. Gotta get better at the self thing I think.

johanne s.

11/07/2014 11:33AM

perhaps you nead to make realistic goals one step at a time

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CeAnn S.

Good thought. Wish not having realistic goals were the issue, but it's not. Unless, that is, a goal, for example, of keeping one's hand out of the candy bowl is not realistic. :)