I'm good at being persistent. I have never gained back a pound I lost because ever since I made the decision to get healthier almost 4 years ago:
- Have not exercised less than 3 days a week
- turned down TONS of food, especially of the greasy, fried, sugary, disgusting kind that supposed well meaning people keep wanting to shove down my gullet
- have never been discouraged, even though I'd lose a couple of pounds every 6 months or so. (a 1 week stall??? PUH-lease!!!)
yeah, I'm with Brenda. Not too good at anything but making myself hurt (my legs and chest is STILL killing me!) and I ate some reese's pieces last night. Um, I think E.T. took over my body for a sexond. OOPS! ^v^Christie (Was abducted by E.T.)
"Exercise until you die!!!" Used to be my mantra. Until I blew out my knee. Now, I take it easy.
I was pretty obsessive about the counting calories until I fell off in late May. Now I'm struggling to get back to that. I even went on the Atkins diet for a few days. Although I'm sure it works for other people, it made me feel like caca. I had a crushing headache when I was on it! I guess I got desperate to lose the 9 lbs I gained over the summer. I just gotta get on the stick and go back to what works for me--counting those calories and some regular exercise. I have been walking everyday---Angelinoh, you'd be proud!
To answer your question...Mine is that I'm not really dieting at all. I took that suggestion, which I found long ago, about finding out how many calories I should be eating to maintain my ideal weight (according to the charts). And then just eat what I should have been eating all along, for optimium health, and move the body every day in some fun and/or interesting way. Maybe a walk, maybe swimming, maybe dancing....whatever I want to do. After all, when you stop to think about it, someday when a person reaches her goal weight she'll have to eat the number of calories it takes to maintain that weight (or else, gain it all back), and there's no time like the present to just do it, and keep it doing it from that point forward. I haven't found it especially hard, and frankly, it has been fun. And I say that because the focus shifts from "diet" to just eating properly, learning some new recipes (maybe...you know how much I enjoy cooking network playing in the background whenever possible). And well, for me at least, it's just been all about getting on with life. And in doing so, the weight has gotten under control.
So I guess you could say, my "greatest dieting strength" has been not dieting at all. But just getting on with living.
- Have not exercised less than 3 days a week
- turned down TONS of food, especially of the greasy, fried, sugary, disgusting kind that supposed well meaning people keep wanting to shove down my gullet
- have never been discouraged, even though I'd lose a couple of pounds every 6 months or so. (a 1 week stall??? PUH-lease!!!)
Hugs, Brenda
I was pretty obsessive about the counting calories until I fell off in late May. Now I'm struggling to get back to that. I even went on the Atkins diet for a few days. Although I'm sure it works for other people, it made me feel like caca. I had a crushing headache when I was on it! I guess I got desperate to lose the 9 lbs I gained over the summer. I just gotta get on the stick and go back to what works for me--counting those calories and some regular exercise. I have been walking everyday---Angelinoh, you'd be proud!
Deb
Deb 270/228/145ish (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)
Rely,
To answer your question...Mine is that I'm not really dieting at all. I took that suggestion, which I found long ago, about finding out how many calories I should be eating to maintain my ideal weight (according to the charts). And then just eat what I should have been eating all along, for optimium health, and move the body every day in some fun and/or interesting way. Maybe a walk, maybe swimming, maybe dancing....whatever I want to do. After all, when you stop to think about it, someday when a person reaches her goal weight she'll have to eat the number of calories it takes to maintain that weight (or else, gain it all back), and there's no time like the present to just do it, and keep it doing it from that point forward. I haven't found it especially hard, and frankly, it has been fun. And I say that because the focus shifts from "diet" to just eating properly, learning some new recipes (maybe...you know how much I enjoy cooking network playing in the background whenever possible). And well, for me at least, it's just been all about getting on with life. And in doing so, the weight has gotten under control.
So I guess you could say, my "greatest dieting strength" has been not dieting at all. But just getting on with living.
Morning to you--
Forte