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Heather said: "Just take it one day at a time, Robyn.. you can do it!
Lasting results come from lasting efforts! Congratulations on getting your walk in for the day.. the rest should be a breeze!"
texasluvv said: "[COLOR="darkorange"]i know exactly how you feel. i've been where you are i would do good for 2/3 weeks then go back to my bad habits. i want to be back in my old jeans and feel good about myself. what i started doing was putting up old pics of my skinner days around the house, at my desk at work and in my wallet. it just reminds me of how i want to look again and i have one in my wallet cause when i go to get lunch for work i'll go some where healthy and not to a fast food place. all i know is that you can do it! if i can you can! just dont give up on yourself. [/COLOR]"
klynnfosh said: "Well Robyn I am with you it is time for me to get back on the band wagon as well. I have not been eating like I should the past couple of weeks. I have so much stress in my life right now that it is hard to focus on what I need to be doing for my body. But that is all going to change I have to take care of me or I will fall apart and not be of any help to anyone else. I have not lost anything the past 3 weeks but I have not gained more than 1 pound so I know it is all about getting refocused. I have vowed today to get back on track and to start getting my time with some exercise to make me feel better. We can do this just have to train our minds as well as the rest of our bodies. Best of luck to you."
missred said: "Hi, Robyn. It has a been awhile since we saw you last, and I'm glad you are back. (You are an inspiration regardless of how you feel now. You have already come sooo far!) Sometimes I feel like I need to go by the hour also. I have also been eating in a very unhealthy manner the past month. It started out as one thing, then it snowballed! :eek: Fortunately, I never stayed too far (or at least my body didn't because I think the rest of me may have). We all have hard times, but you already know that you have that power within you to continue the rest of the way. You'll be fine, Robyn! We're rootin' for you!"
Robyn said: "This post is of no assistance to anyone but myself :P -- Always helps to spill though doesn't it? I'm not sure how it happens, but somehow overnight I woke up fat? (I know this isn't the case, I've watched it all creep on over the past year) But I'd feel a little chubby, watch it for a day or two, then go back to my bad habits...I can think of three occasions in the past year that I said, oh man, this is it, time to start watching my diet and working out more. I would for a week, even two weeks once...and I'd tell myself, boy, by the 4th of July I'll be bikini ready. (That was January) 4th of July has come and past and I'm um, more well rounded than I was in January when I decided to 'get in shape'. I'm more angry with myself than anything. A few simple changes and a little more awareness over the past year, and I wouldn't be struggling to whittle myself back to normal, but rather just maintaining what I had.
Anyway, frustration aside. This is IT. If I allow myself to just creep up a pound or two (every DAY it seems :eek: ) in another year, well....gross. I'd like to have my face back (it's been over taken by my cheeks) I'd like to have my butt back (it's overflowing out of my once fitting pants :( ) And I'd like to have some energy rather than focus on my ever growing stomach that used to be my best feature! So there's some motivation. Oh and I'd like to feel like a million bucks when I flash around my new engagement ring that I'll be getting sometime in the next month or two ;) OH and doesn't hurt that I've got a 10 year reunion in 5 weeks!
So, the 'plan'....1) workout (the #1 thing you can ever do in my book) 2) change out at least one meal a day with slimfast (usually breakfast, saves me time and is healthy) 3) eat sensibly the rest of the day (my boyfriend and I have already agreed to switch off every other night being in charge of "the healthy dinner" ;)
So, I've been "dieting" for 5 hours now (baby steps people! ) So far, walked 3 miles this morning and had a slim fast....and typed this post. I'm golden :P
*If anyone has any motivational advice--please share. I can't slip up this time!"
Robyn said: "Hooray 24 hours of dieting down (I realize this is potentially a terribly tedious thread, if I track my milestones by the hour...) ;) Yesterday after my 3 mile walk and slimfast, I had a lean cusine for lunch and some healthy stir fry for dinner...a few cherries for desert. This morning, I somehow made it back to the gym for my 3 mile walk, and I'm sipping my slimfast again, with plans for salad and yogurt at lunch and grilled salmon and veggies for dinner tonight :)"