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I agree with Darkethoughts
Don't use the word diet. Dieting is bad for you. What you want is to eat healthy and be healthy by moving more.
And though we use the scales to help us guage our success, try your clothes, a tape measure and the miror too. Rmember exercising builds muscle that weighs more (but it also takes more calories to maintain, so it's great to have some muscle!).
If you had some weak moments last week, let them go. You can't do anythign about it now. But you can be more determined NEXT time you are faced with temptation. Actually the more you say "no thankyou" the easier it becomes. Try it with no food in front of you.
THINK HEALTH NOT WEIGHT
Remember we are here for you.
posted by
astraldreamer
on July 25, 2006 at 4:55 PM
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Try not to let the numbers get you down...
and try to find healthy foods that you enjoy. Substitute your favorite "bad" foods with your favorite "good" foods. And forget about all that diet stuff, most of it is worse for you than the high-fat/high-sugar stuff it's trying to immitate. Remember that you are trying to create a new lifestyle, not just eating this way until you lose 5, 10, 25 lbs and then go back to the old way (cause then you'd just gain it back...) And find things you enjoy. Focus on enjoying the walks (or try a bike ride, swim, rollerblading...). Eat when you are hungry, but eat what you are hungry for...then quit when you are full. Focus on how much does it really take to satisfy your hunger, or your craving? And then enjoy just that little bit to the fullest. Try to make "dieting" fun...
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on July 25, 2006 at 5:16 AM
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Just keep up the good work...it'll come down.
As far as diet drinks, I've read a lot about the effects of diet drinks being worse for you than regular.
And if you feel that way about them, I would try regular, and if there are no negative effects, I wouldn't bother with the diet drinks.
How hard it is not to have those sweets and such. If you can limit yourself to a bite or two, you can probably indulge in those things when they present themselves.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on July 24, 2006 at 9:23 AM
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I have run 8 days in a row now and I was up a pound today
I know exactly how you feel. All that work and the reward was...gaining a pound.
Still I feel better about myself because of what I did.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on July 24, 2006 at 8:56 AM
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