Post by beccahmommy2twins on Jan 11, 2005 12:09:35 GMT -5
Last night I thought about it quite a bit. All the times I have lost and gained, lost and gained.
In the past I kept trying to fit my weight loss efforts into my life
My life, at it's basis, does not support weight loss. It supports obesity. So why would molding anything into it, change my life for good?
I cannot use points to try to eat the same things I used to eat, and somehow maintain control. Because as long as those things, those trigger foods for me, are still a part of my life, my potential to abuse them will ALWAYS be there. The motivation goes away, clothes start fitting better, I feel better, but the same food is still there. I can only resist for so long.
Why did I get down to 159 lbs, just 25 lbs short of my goal, and stop it all? Because I no longer had the tight clothes, the only being able to shop in plus size stores, the exhaustion as my motivation. I was relying on these external things to "motivate" me to keep going.
I have realized the my entire life and the way I look at food must change. Any food that is a trigger for me, that holds any emotional value, cannot be a part of my life. Food must be fuel for my body, a means to support me in doing and achieving all of the other parts of my life. This is not to say that I cannot enjoy food. I will enjoy it more, I will savor it, really taste it. I will enjoy cooking and serving it. But I will not USE it for anything more than what it is meant to be - enjoyable fuel.
What I have to gain by taking these things out of my life, far outweighs what I will be missing out on. And with this mindset, really, it's not missing out. It's not deprivation, it's a choice, and a change for LIFE.
Just some ramblings this morning
In the past I kept trying to fit my weight loss efforts into my life
My life, at it's basis, does not support weight loss. It supports obesity. So why would molding anything into it, change my life for good?
I cannot use points to try to eat the same things I used to eat, and somehow maintain control. Because as long as those things, those trigger foods for me, are still a part of my life, my potential to abuse them will ALWAYS be there. The motivation goes away, clothes start fitting better, I feel better, but the same food is still there. I can only resist for so long.
Why did I get down to 159 lbs, just 25 lbs short of my goal, and stop it all? Because I no longer had the tight clothes, the only being able to shop in plus size stores, the exhaustion as my motivation. I was relying on these external things to "motivate" me to keep going.
I have realized the my entire life and the way I look at food must change. Any food that is a trigger for me, that holds any emotional value, cannot be a part of my life. Food must be fuel for my body, a means to support me in doing and achieving all of the other parts of my life. This is not to say that I cannot enjoy food. I will enjoy it more, I will savor it, really taste it. I will enjoy cooking and serving it. But I will not USE it for anything more than what it is meant to be - enjoyable fuel.
What I have to gain by taking these things out of my life, far outweighs what I will be missing out on. And with this mindset, really, it's not missing out. It's not deprivation, it's a choice, and a change for LIFE.
Just some ramblings this morning
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It sounds as though you've had a "lightbulb moment!" Reader's Digest this month has an article called "The New Way to Lose Weight." The gist of it is that each of us has a hidden key to weight loss, and no two people are alike. They gave an example of a lady who successfully lost weight by just limiting her portions and another guy who was willing to give up his carbs for life who successfully lost weight on Atkins. The article said it's possible that neither one of them could have succeeded on the other's diet plan.