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April 02 Weigh in updateWell, I did something similar to what Biggest Losers had happen last night. I had a gain. I've learned from it and I am back on track. What did I learn? My dear friend Cathy suggested that I hadn't really written my feelings out on my private blog site and maybe that was why I was eating so much sugary foods. Bingo! That was it!
I gained 2 pounds this week. Ugh! Not the end of the world. Just a bump in the road of this journey is all.
Here's a picture of me today, 22 pounds down from my high of 261. I rather wish that the shirt was a bit tighter to see the difference on my stomach. That is where most of the weight has left. I am so glad. That was beginning to really worry me. Higher blood pressure a few months ago, snoring (or so I'm told) and tossing and turning in the bed so much that I was moving the mattress about 4 inches over each night. Ugh!
I bought some 1 pound weighted gloves from Title Boxing and tried them out last night. I love them! I may need to buy an extra pair for my gym bag. They add that extra little bit that really makes the workout that much more calorie burning.
Diane March 24 Weigh-in and a huge kudos to Cathy!I lost 2 pounds this week. Wahoo!!! Doing well on this journey and people are beginning to notice.
A huge kudos to Cathy! Skinny-Minny and so near to goal. Wahoo! Doesn't she look fantastic in her skinny jeans! You know, she is going to keep it off this time. I know that she will. She is at that place in her journey that she will. She's done the head and heart work and she will keep it off.
I am enjoying this journey of mine. Enjoying the Weigh Down Workshops by Gwen Shamblin. Eating when I'm hungry, stopping when I'm full, turning to God when my heart is empty and I'm wanting to eat, but am not physically hungry.
This past week was a tense one for me as I'm the choir director in my congregation and it all fell to me to put together the entire Easter program. All the speaking parts and any singing. I wanted it to be a perfect gift to my Heavenly Father. I'm sure that He and Jesus sat back and enjoyed our feeble attempts to praise Them both.
I had to chuckle as I was sitting with my dear friend's father up on the stand before church and the noise level went so high. I laughed and said, "my, aren't we just a reverant bunch!" He said, "we are certainly a social bunch." I said, "you know, if Jesus was here right now, He would be in the thick of it, greeting, hugging and talking with everyone. I don't see Him sitting up on the stand being quiet."
My folks had come to our congregation to enjoy the program and afterwards, we went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. Part way through the meal, my mother said, "you've lost a lot of weight, haven't you?" I was so pleased that she noticed. I told her that I'de lost 24 pounds since the beginning of the year. Little by little it will come off. Just a couple of more pounds and I'll have less than 100 pounds to lose. Yeah! What a journey.
Diane March 13 Learning Life's Lessons - One Day at a TimeI've been a bit quiet lately on our site. Just trying to figure out some things on this life's weight loss journey. I stumbled just a tiny bit when I was sick. Read a book called Weigh Down by Gwen Shamblin, enrolled in their on-line seminar, went on a trip that offered up tons of fabulous food, lost a bit of my steam. I know that we've all been there and have that t-shirt!
So, I pondered, do I try to just eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full? I tried that a bit and I was finding that I was making some very poor eating choices. Granted I followed my actual hunger cycle, but wasn't finding anything happening on my scale. So, I've decided to mesh Weight Watchers and Weigh Down. I'll still wait for my hunger signals and my satisfaction signals, but stick to planning my food, counting the points and writing everything that goes into my mouth down on paper.
I've also restarted exercising. It's tough when you've built up to a point and then don't exercise for over two weeks. So, I'm nearly back to where I was when I got sick. Whew! That was a major side journey. Not what I had been expecting, but isn't life just like that?
I learned some life's lessons. 1) Take one day at a time, 2) things can and do change within 24 hours, 3) forgive yourself and others, 4) stay close to God and listen to His promptings, 5) sometimes, the best laid plans go flying out the window and you just have to go with the flow, 6) take care of yourself - get that oxygen mask on first before getting it on anyone around you.
Diane March 02 Weekly Weigh-in for DianeWhew! I'm finally on the mend and have been spending the weekend in not so sunny San Diego with my company on a retreat. I'm having the best time with friends and my dear daughter Juanita here. So much food though. My company really does it up in the food department. I do have to say that I've eaten when hungry and stopped when full. Yeah! Victory!
A huge kudos goes out to Cathy for her scale and non-scale victories this week. I am so very proud of her. For getting up and testifying of all that she's been through with her adopted daughter, for her scale victory this week! Wahooooooo!
   Also, for being such a wonderful friend to myself and to those in need. Please let us all pray for Gail that she may have peace and all that God wants for His precious daughter's life.My weigh-in? Not fabulous at all. Just down .4 pounds. LOL! I have to laugh as I have not eaten hardly anything this past week. I was so sick and even sick to my stomach. It just goes to show you that the body does go into starvation mode when it's not fed. I also didn't do any exercise at all. Just bed to bathroom, to the family room and back to bed. I maybe clocked 100 yards at the most. LOL! This next week will be different.
I began Weigh Down week 1 today. It's mainly relearning eating. To wait until hungry to eat and then at that point, eat until a nice full sensation, but not overly. Slowing down, asking God to help me know what those feel like. Also, filling the empty hole with God instead of turning to food to fill that up. Other thoughts were that food has been my idol. Thinking about food at all times. Wanting food to fix things instead of asking God to fix them.
Many hugs, prayers, peace and some skinnier butts,
Diane February 23 Weekly weigh-in Down 3.6 pounds!Like Cathy mentioned, I've been sick since Tuesday evening. I thought that it could have been strep, I was feeling so badly. No, just the awful flu bug that is going around. I haven't felt like eating and couldn't exercise, but I did lose weight. I wondered if it was just water, and it wasn't. How did I know? My magical Hometic scale, that's how!
 I was down .4% on my fat percentage, up by nearly a percent on my H2O and up .1 on my muscle mass. That is the way that I want it to go. Right on track.
I think that it is so fabulous that Cathy is getting so close to her goal. GOOOOooooooooo Cathy! All of that exercise really paid off this week. Also, I know that she sticks to her plan and she can't fail with that attitude.
This morning I started the Weigh Down Exodus out of Egypt on-line seminar. It is a faith based. This time, I have wanted to include God into this time around. I can't do it alone and I haven't really given that part over to Him. In the past, I have filled up my heart with food instead of with God. This journey is going to mean falling in love with my creator. Letting Him fill that hole inside of me.
Diane
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