I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. Just Today. And I’m going to try this for a year to see what happens.
I learned something important yesterday — that it isn’t just ‘my’ commitment any longer. Since it wasn’t possible for me to do it myself, I sent out a plea yesterday asking a couple of our regular commenters to post their versions of The Commitment.> And two of them, monalisa and Puget4 responded, posting their heartfelt stories of what The Commitment means to them.
monalisa and Puget4, thank you so much for publishing your commitment stories. I am especially moved because (we learned yesterday) of all the guest commenters that monalisa could have mentioned, it was Puget4 (with this story) who ultimately inspired monalisa to signup and become a commenter and contributor herself.
And their stories show how important The Commitment (your commitment?) is in the fight against obesity.m Puget4 and monalisa are dealing with the issue from opposite ends. Puget4 lost her weight before I ever thought of The Commitment and has been using her version of it to help her keep it off.T Monalisa has some weight to lose and is using The Commitment (her commitment) to do that.
Both of them have, like me, learned that for some of us weight creeps up if it isn’t closely monitored. From my reading and from these stories and from my own experience, I know that if you want to lose weight and successfully, you have to weigh yourself everyday.l And it seems that this is an important enough rule, that I will have to work it into my daily pledge.
Either that or get some tummy-thing once a week — 4 pounds in one day! (I’m kidding, just kidding — I’m sure it was just ‘water-weight’. Or something.)
Welcome back, KB. I’m glad you’re up and about again.
My report: I did not eat any snacks after dinner yesterday. Yeaaaay! I’m committing for today again. I didn’t weigh myself but only because my routine was broken. I like to weigh in after ridding myself of extraneous material but before I eat anything. Well, Gooserock is sleeping in today (an unheard of activity for him) so I’m staying as quiet as possible and keeping the Totos quiet. I’ve already had my first cuppa coffee and my oatmeal. I’ll weigh-in tomorrow morning.
Bottom line, I feel good about keeping my committment last night and I’m up for another try today.
Monalisa, I’m so happy that something I said may have helped you along on your own committment. That’s how we all get through this… working together, on our own. And thanks, KB for the kind words above. And mostly, thanks for E4T
P.S. I just reread my comment above and realized the importance of ROUTINE at least for me. What do the rest of you think?
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Hi, our wellness coordinator asked me to post a link to this blog on the district website (http://www.kckps.org) late last week. When I went in to check it out I was very impressed and delighted to see that this site would be helpful to me, personally.
I’ve struggled to lose and maintain weight for the past 20 years or so (I was skinny until I hit 30). I’ve done Weight Watchers twice over the years since that program seemed to work the best, but I’m not social enough to enjoy the meetings and the online version is also expensive. Mostly, I’ve just spent years being overweight and since my husband is much more overweight than me, not worrying about it too much.
Once I reached my goal last time, I swore I would never let myself gain more than 10 pounds again. SIGH. I’ve proved yet again by gaining over 20 pounds back from my goal that just knowing how I should eat and exercise certainly doesn’t mean I will follow through.
The entries about depression surprised me. I totally relate and did not recognize it as being depression. I just thought I was lazy with no self control.
Just4today I will limit my Hersheys Nuggets (Dark Chocolate with Almonds) to two a day (instead of the eight or more I had worked myself up to), my chip servings to two (instead of sitting on the couch eating God knows how many out of the bag while watching TV), and I will walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes.
Thank you all for being there to help.