How will you measure success? By the ...

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Registered: 03-19-2003
How will you measure success? By the ...
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Tue, 01-06-2004 - 9:55am

How will you measure success? By the .....



  • numbers on my scale.
  • inches I have lost (I measured myself).
  • way my clothes fit.
  • compliments I receive.
  • All of the above.
  • Other (please explain)


You will be able to change your vote.


Susan :)

 

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Registered: 12-04-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 10:35am
I would have chosen all of the above, but I'm not weighing in yet! Something about seeing the 2_ _ that scared the heck out of me!
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 11:13am
Add in the next cholesterol/triglyceride and BP measurement at the doctor's office. I think that's scheduled for March.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 01-07-2004 - 12:00pm
anyone else?


Susan :)

 

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Registered: 08-08-2003
Wed, 01-07-2004 - 4:25pm
I checked "all of the above", but there is one more that may actually be my Number One reason....improved health.

Maggie  

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

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Registered: 12-19-2003
Wed, 01-07-2004 - 5:55pm
I chose by how my clothes fit. I have never owned a scale in my life, so the actual numbers don't mean much to me. I would rather be happy with the way I feel than strive for a number.

Jaime

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 01-08-2004 - 8:15pm
Maggie, you are so right!

Susan :)

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 01-09-2004 - 10:31am
Success is not necesarily measured in tangibles.

For me success is the happiness I feel when I realize I have changed my life around. Yes, I may still eat too much chocolate at times. But the difference now is that even as I do it, I know that I can take off any excess weight I put on. Before I would just give up and feel powerless to control myself, ever.

The big thing to remember, especially if you are 50 or more pounds overweight:

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REACH YOUR GOAL WEIGHT BEFORE YOU START FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.

Even a 10 pound loss may make all the difference to your attitude about yourself. And how you feel about yourself is very important. When you feel fat, ugly and defeated you stop carring about yourself. When you learn that you CAN lose the weight and improve your health, you start looking at yourself as the important, creative, wonderful, beautiful person that you really are. Again, this important change in your attitude can happen at any time. Usually it happens when you are eating right, getting enough water, and getting lots of exercise.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO START EATING RIGHT, GETTING ENOUGH WATER AND EXERCISING A LOT TODAY!!!!!!

Irene



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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 01-18-2004 - 10:31am
High Five

Susan :)