long haul s&s bods??
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BordersGirl
Feeling great in 2012!
Yeah, I think people see you as you were before and then assess you as skinny due to the comparison. People have told me I've lost enough now but I'm still BMI overweight and won't be healthy for another 11lbs. Skinny I am not, especially if you see me in the buff! 
WelshJojo
Gold Member
Deezer said:
I suppose it's down to perception and relative to what you were like before. My sister looks too skinny, but shes only a 12/14 and weighs about 12 stone, so I don't think I'd wanna be that low-altho I can't remember a time I've weighed less than 15:10! So aiming to get below that first, and my initial target is just over another 2 stone less than that!!! Oooh! It's exciting xx
jess181989
Full Member
I guess I'll be in it for the long haul- I have 6 stone to get to my ultimate target which is 9.5 stone. Although I've never actually been that weight during my adult life, so I guess I will have to see what I look and feel like as I go on. I might get to 12 stone and think 'this is skinny enough for me'.
I anticipate being here until at least the end of November, and then need to start re-feeding.
Xx
I anticipate being here until at least the end of November, and then need to start re-feeding.
Xx
phoenixx
Full Member
In keeping focussed....
I guess realizing that there will be the bad times, when the scales aren't moving, or you really want to eat something thats not a shake.... but thats its a temporary thing.
I have mini goals.... like right now my friends birthdays in 3 weeks... and since I will be catching up with people I haven't seen in months, I want them all. For me having something to constantly aim for helps..... I think if i started with thinking about the bigger picture i'd have only lasted a week or two.
Also appreciating every stage and every milestone. Ideally i'd like to lose another 39lbs to get right in the middle of my normal BMI.... and sometimes that feels soooo far away. But then when I started the weight I am not seemed so far away and semi unmanageable. yanno?
Umm... then theres something I always tell myself. Foods just a fuel... it doesn't make you happier.... it doesn't make your life better.... it goes in, you digest it and life goes on. Noone can remember what they had for dinner this time a year ago, and i don't think back on all the times i've been 'deprived' over the last few months either.
I guess realizing that there will be the bad times, when the scales aren't moving, or you really want to eat something thats not a shake.... but thats its a temporary thing.
I have mini goals.... like right now my friends birthdays in 3 weeks... and since I will be catching up with people I haven't seen in months, I want them all
. For me having something to constantly aim for helps..... I think if i started with thinking about the bigger picture i'd have only lasted a week or two. Also appreciating every stage and every milestone. Ideally i'd like to lose another 39lbs to get right in the middle of my normal BMI.... and sometimes that feels soooo far away. But then when I started the weight I am not seemed so far away and semi unmanageable. yanno?
Umm... then theres something I always tell myself. Foods just a fuel... it doesn't make you happier.... it doesn't make your life better.... it goes in, you digest it and life goes on. Noone can remember what they had for dinner this time a year ago, and i don't think back on all the times i've been 'deprived' over the last few months either.
BordersGirl
Feeling great in 2012!
Yes, that's certainly true! I'm certainly not feeling deprived. On the contrary I feel more in control so more content with my lot.
AliGal
Eating meat
Good question, Dee. I could not think about the long haul..... it seemed such an unimaginable task to loose 100-130lbs when I started. I knew Alizonne had worked for others but didn't think I would really succeed like them.
I did write a really long list (c75 items) of things that I wanted at goal - and used them as motivation. I still do. I realise that as the weight shifts, the horror of not being able to do up the seat belt in a plane etc are already fading.
So it is important to keep myself motivated on moving towards the things I want - like being able to ride again. I also motivate myself away from what I was. I looked at some before pix this week - I never want to be there again - I now see myself as huge. I didn't feel huge when I was at my fattest.
My best motivation was (and still is when I am blue) to take it one step at a time - literally one day, and sometimes one sachet at a time. I didn't really believe I could do it so I acted as if I did believe. I behaved each day as if I believed. Now I do believe.......it has become true.
I still sometimes get blue and/or think this will take forever - so still go back to doing this one step at a time. I suspect this will be true at goal too. Thank you, Dee, for making me think about this.
Rocky Road
Full Member
I've got 6 and a half stone to lose and so will be around for a while. I'm hoping to do it for Christmas but if not then I'll just keep going as long as I need. I'm taking breaks for birthdays. Mine in july, hubby in sep and mum in oct but I intend getting straight back on as I want to be a gorgeous christmas babe ...., well I can dream lol.
BordersGirl
Feeling great in 2012!
It's easier on the PC so here are 2 stickies about the products and what do to with the meals to make them interesting:
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save/260494-product-review-thread-what-do-they-taste-like.html
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save/254178-what-do-meals-look-like-what-can-you-them.html
And here is WelshTigger's diary:
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save-diaries/270271-new-me-2012-jos-journey-infinity-bit-further.html
You'll soon find your way around.
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save/260494-product-review-thread-what-do-they-taste-like.html
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save/254178-what-do-meals-look-like-what-can-you-them.html
And here is WelshTigger's diary:
http://www.minimins.com/slim-save-diaries/270271-new-me-2012-jos-journey-infinity-bit-further.html
You'll soon find your way around.
