Perspective: how to look around and be proud

I track my weight every day.

I need to see the number, and I am working hard on bringing perspective to that experience. One of the things I starting looking at this week is my Year of weight numbers (as opposed to 30 or 60 days) other than the steady increase that got me to March 15th (highest ever) it has been up and down since. But most importantly it has been up and DOWN!!!!!

The trend is down, not a lot and not as fast as I would like, but DOWN is DOWN.

I keep mentioning perspective. I keep finding ways to be prouder of my progress the larger the picture I look for.

I didn't do a 50km bike ride this weekend, but I did do 32km.

I didn't stick to my low carb regime last week, but I only ate one bad thing.

I did not lose any weight today, but I haven't gained any from the weekend either.

There have been a few comments/posts about being negative (mine), or not feeling comfortable talking about being stuck or lost or angry or frustrated.

Please post your feelings, so many of us hid feelings that contributed to our weight gain, now is the time to embrace and share them, all of them, not hide them.

Look around, look bigger and see all you can and are doing. Even when it feels like you aren't.

This is my first blog post. Not earth shattering, but I am proud of this too.

brilliants!

Carly - I think this is a great blog post! You are so right. We need to focus on the positive things...and, often, the scale is not at all a judge of how far we have come. I found that the best step that I took in my weight loss approach had nothing at all to do with diet and exercise - it was to get rid of the negativity in my mind and stop hanging out with people that had me thinking negatively all the time. A change in mindset was what set me on my path to achieving my goals - I still have a ways to go and I still slip up but it is becoming less frequent. I hope that these positive things that you've focused on are the key that gets you rolling and helps the pounds disappear forever!

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carly n.

the negative mindset is a tricky beast.

bahhhhh

06/09/2015 9:06AM

Good for you! I've been working on noticing and acknowledging my progress, too. Its so hard to be proud of yourself. So good for you, again. I think blogging really helps me, I hope you keep it up and I hope it helps you, too.

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