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So, yeah, still here and all that jazz. Managing not to keep diet soda in the house. Remembering how much I really love ice cold water. Not eating all that healthy. Not exercising. Unfortunately found cinnamon ice cream, managed to share most of it.
Tired of beating myself up for it, but going with the flow of things. I’m doing the best I can. No more no less. It’s hard to remember that life isn’t all peaks. There are valleys too. Sometimes climbing up to the next peak is tough. Sometimes knowing the peak is there is enough even when you can’t see it and you’re tired and need to ’sit a spell.’
Reminds me of an image I saw in a book called ..gotta go find it. BRB Er. Hmm. Can’t find it right now, but the title is Eating By the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston. Hum. What the author said is that people use certain behaviors as a crutch to get them through hard times. When circumstances change, some people hang on to and carry on with their habitual behavior to their detriment. It’s a fantastic book and I highly reccommend it for anyone who has behaviors, whether serious or annoying, food related or not, that they need to change.
Now my job is to try and change my habitual behaviors. Which is hard. At least I’m aware and fighting. Ok. Found it (the book I mean). I need to get up off my stump in the valley and start hiking towards the next peak. How about you? How are you doing? Are you hiking or resting?
Thoughts and commentary on body image and the media.Leave a link in the comments & I’ll link to you. Click here for a list of other Thursday 13 participants.
5.Definitions and information from an eating disorder referral site
6.From Wellesley College, unfortunately the link to body image over the decades won’t work for me.
8.A brief history of women and body image
9.Books that discuss body image
10.Bodyicon, an informative project from Columbia University. Tons of info
12.Examples of tampering with digital images. How are men & women being subtly influenced by altered images?
13.Adios Barbie, funny but based in truth
I feel like a slug. No motivation to do anything positive towards my goals. Stasis is BAD. I’ve basically jogged in place for the last two months. Somehow I need to dredge up the oomph to get off my keister & work the plan. I can talk a good game, but follow through is the problem. I suppose the fact that I’m not regaining is a plus though.
Ok, stasis is fantastic for maintenance phase. Except I’m way far away for my goals. There’s always tomorrow.
I’m still here. Trying very hard to give up diet soda. Jeez. You’d think it wouldn’t be so tough, especially with the headaches. But noooo….It’s tougher than you’d think. I think it’s more of a habit than anything else. When I’m out & thirsty it’s automatic. I need to figure out how to break the cycle. Any ideas?
Don’t even ask about coffee. It’s my last vice (other than eating unhealthy foods). My favorites are cinnamon & pumpkin spice. The more the merrier. I did give it up about ..thirteen years ago. I think. Let me think now. Daughter was just over a year old- so..yeah. It lasted two years.
Kinda like the vegetarian eating. That lasted about two years. What a weakling I am. LOL Two years is about all I’m good for, seems like. I really didn’t miss meat, believe it or not. And I love me some cheeseburgers, people. I bought a bunch of veggie cookbooks & taught myself to eat soy products. Even my kids’ll eat tofu. Really.
Smoking though, I’ve managed that one. For nineteen years. I’ll tell you, the mental cravings were a bitch. Three + years of horrible cravings. Standing in the store arguing with the clerk. She knew I’d quit & she refused to sell them to me. LOL What a friend. If it wasn’t for them I’d've never made it.
Still trying to get back into the exercise groove. Once a week since Labor Day. If that often, now that I think of it. I did so well over the summer. Four or five times a week. I’ve got to change my routine for the better.
GO ME!
13 thoughts related to food, exercising, body image and related topics:
1. The new pants I bought are too loose. I tried them on in the cubicle, but when I actually wore them out one day I discovered they tend to drift downwards a little. Not falling off loose, but enough to feel weird.
2. Related to #1: not feeling like sausage stuffed into a casing that’s too small.
3. Feeling hopeful that one day I’ll actually be able to acheive my goal
4. I did interval training last week for over an hour- YAY!!
5. I’ve eaten waayyy too much fast food lately.
6. No matter how much I try, I’m still addicted to starches. Potaotes, bread, pasta- bring it on!
7. Favorite b’fast is a Granny Smith apple with crunchy peanut butter spread on it.
8. My favorite message board, especially when I need a pick me up or inspiration, is 3 Fat Chicks
9. Maybe I’ll lose enough weight to hit 10% weight lost from my starting weight by my next dr’s appt (which is late Nov.) I’ve perhaps 7-8 pounds to go.
10. Hubby has lost about 20 pounds or so since the spring! Keep up the good work!
11. He wants me to work up to running 13 miles *in a row on the same day!!* so we can do a half marathon next October
12. Last Sunday I saw an acquaintance at church who has lost 140+ pounds on her own & has maintained for over two years. She looks AB FAB! Very statuesque. Very inspirational.
13. “Never, never, never give up.” Winston Churchill Not exactly a weight loss quote, but inspiring nonetheless.
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