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DonicaB · by **DonicaB** » April 24th, 2007, 3:51 pm

Hi JLa~ It's good to see you back.

Donica

jlaman79 · by **jlaman79** » May 1st, 2007, 9:40 am

I've been back on track and will weigh in tomorrow and accept it as my official weight. Thinking it will be 223. I have to admit I'm very tired of the whole thing.

May 24 is my 1 year MF anniversary. I have lost a total of 64 pounds. That's not bad, but it's stalled out. When I started this program I had no idea if it would really work. It has. Even though I began with the lofty goal of losing 100 pounds in a year, 64 pounds is nothing to sneeze at. I am much healthier now.

I'm trying to recommit heart and soul. Right now I'm on plan becuase I should be, but I'm not enjoying it. I need to let go of the dissappointment form not completely meeting my goals and make new goals for the coming year.

How do you long timers stay focused and enthusiastic?

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » May 1st, 2007, 9:41 am

Glad you are back!!!!

Missed you!

Serendipity · by **Serendipity** » May 1st, 2007, 9:56 am

jlaman79 wrote:How do you long timers stay focused and enthusiastic?

By putting one foot in front of the other and just getting the job done. If I could bottle that, I'd be a gazillionaire.

Initially it was blind faith that got me started mixed with a little bit of hope. My motivation only increased as time went on and I knew that I could make it to goal. I feel blessed that is was so easy for me when I see others struggling.

Pashta · by **Pashta** » May 1st, 2007, 10:08 am

Eh, Jo? I thought you had a restart or two? I could have sworn when I was here last year you had just come back to restart...

Serendipity · by **Serendipity** » May 1st, 2007, 10:12 am

Nope, not me. I started on October 15, 2005, stuck to the program for 13 months, 15 days, and reached my goal on December 15, 2006. Musta been someone else.

Um, I did lose weight with Medifast 16 years ago. I don't consider this last time a restart, though.....do you?

Pashta · by **Pashta** » May 1st, 2007, 10:16 am

So sorry! Was it Lauren then? That must be it.. it was great to come back to see she succeeced even after all her troubles. Sorry for thinking it was you! :oops:

dede4wd · by **dede4wd** » May 2nd, 2007, 1:49 pm

Welcome back!

I spent too much time lamenting where I should have been (goal by october) instead of enjoying that I'm not where I was. I understand I'm not where I want to be, but I'm definitely headed in the right direction.

As is my life, I take wrong turns all the time, but I feel I'm back on track now, don't care where I should have been, am enjoying where I am and looking forward to where I'm going to be, SOON!

Let's finish this...together!

DeDe

Pashta · by **Pashta** » May 2nd, 2007, 3:53 pm

Dede, is your ticker correct? If so then you are at a healthy weight already.

DonicaB · by **DonicaB** » May 2nd, 2007, 4:31 pm

I think DeDe said it wonderfully. You may not be where you wanted to be, but you're definitely not where you were. Celebrate your success and use that to boost your enthusiasm to finish this.

I appreciate your honesty in your post. I hope that somehow we can help you get excited again and get to your goal. I know you can do it. :exercise:

Donica

Serendipity · by **Serendipity** » May 2nd, 2007, 6:46 pm

Pashta wrote:So sorry! Was it Lauren then? That must be it.. it was great to come back to see she succeeced even after all her troubles. Sorry for thinking it was you!

I don't think it was Lauren either. At least I don't remember her restarting. We pretty much did it on the same schedule.

Pashta · by **Pashta** » May 2nd, 2007, 7:08 pm

Well, it *was* more than a year ago, after all. There were so many people here with many struggles that I can't get all the facts straight I guess. :roll:

Oh well, nobody's perfect, we have all struggled in one way or another with this program, right?

jlaman79 · by **jlaman79** » May 3rd, 2007, 2:24 pm

Thanks for all the posts and input. I really enjoy reading what you guys think. I went to the gym this morning and worked out for 30 minutes. I felt really good today and stayed on plan easily. The week days where I am at my office are always fine. When I have to work out of other offices where I don't have all my stuff and they want to take me out for lunch, I just do the best I can. On weekends, it's a different story. We have had several birthdays and special occasions and at first I was just letting myself have a bite of cake. Now it's like, another piece of cake won't hurt, it's a treat right?

I've begun to see that I'm making excuses to eat what I want to on the weekends and then feel frustrated about my results.

This has been a recurring problem over the past year and probably my major set back. I've had to reign myself in over and over on weekends. Weekends are completely spontanious and for the most part I stay on plan, but it's those extras (not to mention some alcohol) that have crept in lately.

I was tired of telling myself no, no, no, no, no. So, I said Ok, ok, ok. Now I'm saying stop, stop, stop!

jlaman79 · by **jlaman79** » May 3rd, 2007, 2:36 pm

I was typing something else and had a thought so I jumped back over here so I could flesh it out some.

I've just been coasting. Coasting for months. I don't know when I lost my focus or motivation but this has been an ongoing problem for a while now. I've not gained any weight, but I'm not losing either. I think I mentally just took some time off.

I know myself. When things get strict, I rebel. I think I had been good so long, that I had to give myself some space. I was tired of not having pizza when everyone else had pizza. I was tired of passing up my own beautiful desserts while others enjoyed them.

So, somewhere along the way I gave myself a pass on how often I "treated" myself. Lately it's been every weekend.

I've weighed myself every morning and watched the numbers carefully. Now I feel motivated to push through and move on. I had to be honest with myself, because I think my mind has been playing games with me.
I've only been maintaining. I have not conciously by thought or action been "trying" to lose any more weight.

Now, maybe I'm ready to move on. I think I am.

DonicaB · by **DonicaB** » May 3rd, 2007, 2:37 pm

Since I began in January, I have been offered cakes, pies, ice cream, cheese cake, brownies, donuts, you name it at least 2 to 3 times a week. The first month was hard to say "NO" and I was angry that I had to. But, each and every time I said "NO" seemed to give me a little more strength to say "NO" the next time. Now, I don't even have to think twice about it. Now, I say "NO" because I truly do not want it. I mean, yeah, I still like the taste and would like to have some, but I don't want it because I want to reach my goal more.

I'm not saying this to brag or to try and make you feel bad. Hopefully, I'm encouraging you to stand up to yourself and say "no," not because you have to, but because it is what you want.

You can do it! I know you can!!!

Donica

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