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Thank you to all who commented on yesterday's journal....I think I've responded to everyone now.
Yesterday, after I wrote it, I headed out and spent the afternoon cleaning up the backyard - mowing, raking, bagging. I also tried semi-successfully, to get the new string trimmer running. I think the gas is too old or something - it only ran for awhile. So, probably this weekend, we'll drain the gas out and get rid of the rest into a car, buy some new and make up a new gas/oil mixture. Then, with fingers crossed, we'll see how it runs.
So far today, no exercise due to another church commitment. I'm considering Stairmaster, but I'm somewhat tired and my legs are feeling heavy - LOL! I know I'll feel better if I just DO something.
On a similar thought train from yesterday, I realized, as I wrote a reply to a comment, that it's important to realize that the Atkins books, good as they are, spend relatively little page-space on the struggles and pitfalls that occur from mid-journey onward. To be fair, they talk about carb creep and how to adjust one's foods. But there are unique challenges - IMHO - that one encounters on a longer journey with a higher amount of weight to lose. The mindset needs to be somewhat different.
If you're on this journey beyond maybe a month or two, I contend that it takes more dedication, focus, and introspection to keep going forward. I have no proof of this, but I'd certainly expect that those of us on this journey for months and years, with higher amounts of weight to lose, have unique challenges that are not addressed ANYWHERE, except through the various journals and posts here and on other sites, including Atkins.
Thank heaven those journal entries and posts exist!! Thank you to all who have shared those entries and posts.
ADDED LATER: The problem with writing about complacency is that it pushed me to do Stairmaster even though I didn't want to! Complacency would say that I do a fair amount of activity and skipping today would be OK, it wouldn't push me into a gain tomorrow. But to combat complacency, I know I have to sometimes make a hard decision and do things I don't want to do to try to get further along in this journey. So, with heavy legs that felt like lead, I hopped on the ol' SM.
STAIRMASTER NOTES: Level 2 interval; no straight arm support until Heartbreak Hill and only on 2/3rds of it. No forearm support. HR in low 150's after 4th hill; upper 130's to low 140's on HH. Fast recovery after completion into high 110's. Manual mode w/3 dots...HR steady in mid-130's until last couple minutes where it went high 130's to low 140's.
ダイエットカレンダーを表示, 2011年 11月 4日:
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1437 kcal
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脂質: 85.45g | たんぱく質: 119.48g | 炭水化物: 63.57g.
朝食: Brown Sugar & Honey Breakfast Sausage, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, scrambled eggs. 昼食: Philadelphia honey nut cream cheese, Truvia, baking powder, cinnamon, ground flaxseed meal, Fage Total 0% Greek yogurt, egg. 夕食: butter, shrimp, baby carrots, broccoli. 軽食/その他: Jello Mousse Temptations - Chocolate Mint Sensation, beef, cut like stir fry, Endulge Peanut Caramel Cluster Bar. もっと...
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1905 kcal
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運動:
Stairmaster, manual, 3 dots, 15 min - 15 分, Stairmaster, interval. level 2, 30 min - 30 分, 休憩 - 15 時間 15 分, 睡眠 - 8 時間. もっと...
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Sandy, like you I find the journals and support on this FS site to be so important. As we walk this walk we learn so much from each other, all of us in the same boat. Sometimes that boat is on troubled seas and seems like it's ready to sink, but we help each other to keep it on course. Have a lovely day my friend :)
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I think the proof lies in the failure rate. After we lost our first 10 pounds we celebrated and said - I'll never go back. But somewhere along the way we lose our drive and give up. Thanks for reminding us that it is worth the effort.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: BuffyBear
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Great post Sandy. I believe it does get harder to do this day in and day out. That is why I don't beat myself up if I take a day off now and again. I mean one or two days. Not weeks or months. That of course wouldn't work for anyone and yes, you are going to gain it all back if you do that. And I have my water every day no matter what I am eating. Without this I would probably have given up by now. I have been doing it since May, 2011. And if I had been totally dedicated would be farther along. But I am happy with the 49 I have lost and will keep chugging along at my own pace.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: karenagain
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Gigi, it really is amazing to see the ebb and flow on this site of people's journeys. Just when it looks like someone's about to sink, POOF! they're right back on sailing smoothly. Enjoy your Friday.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: Sandy701
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Buffy, for me, it's all about the pain. The regain of pounds just didn't give me enough pain so many times before. Or, said differently, the pain of the added weight (and its potential consequences) didn't outweigh the comfortable pleasure of having to make no changes in my lifestyle.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: Sandy701
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Karen, if the day off concept works for you at this stage, that's fantastic. You have to know yourself and know what will work for you....and after nearly 50 pounds gone, you should have a pretty good idea what you can do! I, too, will take a day or two off around Christmas-time, as I did last year (no, no Christmas cookies, unless I can do them Atkins-style). Knowing myself, however, I need to be extra-vigilant right afterward because, in the past, it would start me down a road back to my old ways. Nearly 50 pounds is phenomenal! And, as long as you make progress and are learning, pace is unimportant.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: Sandy701
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Sandy, I am so glad you gave that stairmaster a good run! For, me, at this point of my journey, I don't ever see a full blown day off...ever! Not to say I won't be enjoying lots of low carb fun stuff, because I know I will be, & I will have more than my fair share of bad calorie days...but, I'll be darned if I ever eat a "real" donut, or brownie, Etc., (that list is long is really long, right?), ever again, for me I believe that would be the beginning of the end, one treat here, next thing you know a whole day, then a couple days, right back to where I was with NO CONTROL! One is to many & a thousand isn't enough, just like smoking I had to quit for ever. I think sugar is in the same class quitting wise, along with the other high carb stuff (white flour). I EXPECT this holiday season to be different than any other, food wise that is, & I WANT it to be different. I don't want to eat like that, ever again! I NEED it to be different!
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: gg-girl
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Good for you GG. My list would also include a donut, a brownie, etc. But, for me.....I know I won't live the rest of my life without pizza. So, I'll probably get a Papa Murphy's DeLite pizza for Christmas Eve. It's a planned indulgence. I did that last year and kept close watch on myself to make sure I didn't go sliding down that slippery slope! But there are definitely foods, like the donuts, brownies, CAKE with buttercream frosting, and a few other things that I would not be able to eat with any degree of self-control! Cannot even dabble with those.
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: Sandy701
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I needed this too...I have taken most of this week off per say but not
because I wanted to but because of stuff...I won't go into..Like you said we just have to get back and not slide all the way back to where
we were...I won't allow myself to do that again..and its because of this site and all the wonderful people like you that keep me straight..
Have a great weekend....and don't work tooo hard....☺
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Hi there Bren...so sorry your week hasn't been the best. For such a wonderful spirit, you should have nothing but great weeks!!! Sure hope the weekend is better for you. Many hugs.....
2011年 11月 4日 投稿者: Sandy701
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Sandy, I seem to have these days where the struggle and the battles, seem overwhelming...then I come here and my friends, friends like you, shore me up and help me through. Thanks...hope you have an awesome weekend!
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My Atkins book is great to reference as I go along, but FS and all of my friends that I have made while on this journey is what helps keep me going! I've never been able to loose the weight before. I have to chalk it up to being in a circle of friends that are on the same journey! :)
2011年 11月 6日 投稿者: moondove
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