puts on reading glasses and peers over the top of them, as she thinks it makes her look sterner* tee hee
where has my deterimined and focused mermaid gone? Okay, you've had a couple of meals, one you didn't enjoy and another while you were in the sod it mood, what's the point?
I've been there, and i've told you that I overdid it on holiday once, got carried away, and ate very little, but walked all day every day for a period of 5 days, then came hone and was absolutely gutted to have lost not an ounce!
The body does slip into starvation mode hun, as Mel says,..so its being the rebel, not you!
Look at that massive weight loss 2 weeks ago?..take a moment to remember how great that made you feel, how motivated you were, how in that moment you believed that all the hard work was going to pay off..and you were well on your way to achieving the look and the lifestyle you so badly want...like we all do
the scales are not always our best friend, now and again they don't tell us what we want or expect to hear..but think how happy they make you feel when they do?
Even if the numbers hardly budge or remain still, your body is still recognising the changes you are making, and it throws us a good loss (remember?) when we least expect it! Losing inches and body shape is just as important as the numbers on the scales honey.
Last year, i had some 1lb losses, some 2lb and 3lb losses, then a few sts just to keep me on my toes
..then one week i did exactly as the week before, felt no different size-wise as the previous week, but went along for my weekly weigh in at the nurse..and i had lost 8lbs!!!..8 whole pounds!!!..I couldn't stop grinning and babbling excitedly to the nurse, she joined in the excitement and said, off you go now and share that news with your family and friends. I was totally astonsihed..how/ why? when? had that loss happened?..BUT it made me realise that sometimes, we don't feel we've lost a great amount and we have, just like sometimes we expect a good loss, or at least something?..and we get nothing in return?
this has been a huge learning curve for me Pookie, and for what i've learned from myself, and on here...it keeps me plodding on 18 months later
Almost finished hun...yes, so you felt like a rebel, yes, you are going back to it today ( i Know you mean that!)..but..i bet there is a part of you that feels annoyed and a bit sad that you chose to be a wee rebel for a short time?..and that feeling is horrible, but it won't last..it just slipped into your mind while you were feeling let down by the whole dieting malarkey...not because you truly wanted to eat more or something you didn't enjoy..but because you thought...if this body is not going to give me good results after i've been good..then here you go body..have some of this..and give me a reason to be upset over results!
You know my opinion of scale hopping, it is having a negative affect on you lovey and whether you realise or believe it, it is playing with your mind. I believe you wouldn't have had the mcdonalds or a bigger portion of meal, if you were wondering what the scales were going to tell you 7 days from your last weigh in...you would excitedly be looking forward to it, not judging because an earlier weigh in hadn't shown a loss, or very little!
That sounds like i'm preaching hun, but I am only reflecting on my own experiences, i've done the whole scale hopping, some people can cope with it and the disappointment it brings..you sound more like me, the type of person who is uncomfortable with disappoinment, and allows it to fester?...try not to do it so often hun, even twice a week is better than all the time..try to reduce it a bit honey..for me?
*puts arm around pookie's shoulder and gives a reassuring hug*...don't make your body the enemy hun, make friends with it..and work together....its the way forward and the only way you'll achieve what and who you want to be a year from now
*takes her stern glasses off and smiles warmly*...come on you, i can't allow my newest star pupil to fall off track and to feel down or turn into a rebelling mermaid..i want focused, happy and dEtermined pookie back..the lovely lady who wants exactly what i want from life..and is making sure that this time IS the time she achieves it!
pm me ANYTIME you want to..and next time mcdonalds beckons..try a breast of chicken wrap or a salad dish and some fresh fruit..you'll have joined in the family outing, but you'll leave mcdonalds feeling good as you sashay out the door polishing your halo
x
thinking of you x
