wellandgood
Silver Member
Hi everyone,
I would just like to share a few thoughts with you.
I have noticed recently that many of us are fighting with the scales (me included) .
I hate sts and I hate 1 or 2 lb losses just as much as everyone. BUT…. I am NO WAY going to give in to this.
Some are lucky enough to have a small loss, followed by a big woosh of a loss the following week. I haven’t been so lucky. I seem to be averaging 3 lbs a week. Slightly less than a stone a month (first WI aside).
You know, I have battled with my weight for so long and have never participated in a programme so intensive as CD. CD has brought me so much more than weight loss. I have confronted myself and my attitude to food, Even so, I am no where near conquering my problems with it. So I have decided that on the weeks where I sts or have a small loss, I will use this as an opportunity to learn and test myself. Afterall, confronting my relationship with food is the most difficult part of dieting isnt it? I do not believe it takes willpower all the time. I have very strong willpower actually!!! It is my attitude, mindset and bad habits that need to change. Im working on it, hopefully like we all are.
We have heard it all before haven’t we? Well, this time I will listen. It isn’t the scales that I need to be watching. Its me. ME!
So, NO! Im not going to give in, throw in the towel, worry about the scales, call the whole thing a waste of time. NO! Im learning too much about me which I hope I will take with me until the end of my days. I hope to share it with someone else someday.
So, So what. The scales didn’t move this week and last week they showed me only 2 lbs down. Maybe next week will be the same, but here I am!!! Just me!!! And she is looking better everyday. More importantly, she is starting to understand herself and go beyond that point of “fix me quick” because this is what caused the problem in the first place.
Maybe some will disagree with me but I hope some will start to understand what it is really all about. CD is only a tool for me and should be for you too.I could certainly lose weight on other diets but I chose CD because of the intenseness of it, not its effectiveness (all diets work if you follow them properly). like a drug addict going cold turkey, this was the choice I made and so far it has done me a world of good. How could I even question turning back now?
I am not failing because the scales say so today. I am winning because I have not given up and because Im starting to understand what it is really about. I want to see whats on the other side. I will win the war.
Thanks to those who listened. Rant over.:wave_cry:
I would just like to share a few thoughts with you.
I have noticed recently that many of us are fighting with the scales (me included) .
I hate sts and I hate 1 or 2 lb losses just as much as everyone. BUT…. I am NO WAY going to give in to this.
Some are lucky enough to have a small loss, followed by a big woosh of a loss the following week. I haven’t been so lucky. I seem to be averaging 3 lbs a week. Slightly less than a stone a month (first WI aside).
You know, I have battled with my weight for so long and have never participated in a programme so intensive as CD. CD has brought me so much more than weight loss. I have confronted myself and my attitude to food, Even so, I am no where near conquering my problems with it. So I have decided that on the weeks where I sts or have a small loss, I will use this as an opportunity to learn and test myself. Afterall, confronting my relationship with food is the most difficult part of dieting isnt it? I do not believe it takes willpower all the time. I have very strong willpower actually!!! It is my attitude, mindset and bad habits that need to change. Im working on it, hopefully like we all are.
We have heard it all before haven’t we? Well, this time I will listen. It isn’t the scales that I need to be watching. Its me. ME!
So, NO! Im not going to give in, throw in the towel, worry about the scales, call the whole thing a waste of time. NO! Im learning too much about me which I hope I will take with me until the end of my days. I hope to share it with someone else someday.
So, So what. The scales didn’t move this week and last week they showed me only 2 lbs down. Maybe next week will be the same, but here I am!!! Just me!!! And she is looking better everyday. More importantly, she is starting to understand herself and go beyond that point of “fix me quick” because this is what caused the problem in the first place.
Maybe some will disagree with me but I hope some will start to understand what it is really all about. CD is only a tool for me and should be for you too.I could certainly lose weight on other diets but I chose CD because of the intenseness of it, not its effectiveness (all diets work if you follow them properly). like a drug addict going cold turkey, this was the choice I made and so far it has done me a world of good. How could I even question turning back now?
I am not failing because the scales say so today. I am winning because I have not given up and because Im starting to understand what it is really about. I want to see whats on the other side. I will win the war.
Thanks to those who listened. Rant over.:wave_cry: