What do you really think?
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| Sun, 03-25-2007 - 10:00am |
I see that a lot of people are hitting the frustration wall lately.
I wonder if that's because our expectations and hopes don't really match up with what is realistic and possible.
So I'm wondering, when we think with our brain does it match what we think with our heart?
Like 'How much does your brain think is a reasonable loss per week?' And what does your heart think?
Does your brain think 'I'm doing this to change my life and have a healthier liifestyle' but your heart thinks 'I love to eat huge amounts and junk, and if I could be thin but still have arteries clogged by fat(or whatever health issues), I'd keep eating the 'old' way?'
Does your brain think 'Its good for me to exercise every day regardless of whether I see immediate results' but your heart thinks 'Hey this is really hard, I hate it, and if I'm not getting results every day, I don't want to do it?'
Does your brain think 'I am trying to get to a place where I've made permanent changes' and your heart think 'Once I hit my goal weight I'll be able to go back to being a couch potato eating bon-bons and my body won't change back?'
Does your brain think 'Food is not love' but your heart says 'Nothing says comfort like mashed potatoes and chocolate?'
And then I wonder - why am I using my heart for my brain?
Just wondering...
SJ
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I can only speak for myself, of course, but I know for me that inside the adult is a tiny, scared child from a violent household who didn't get enough love or enough food.
You know SJ, I think you're really on to something. In truth, every other time that I've lost significantly I've taken on an exercise and diet approach that no one could keep up with happily and willingly. I know that working out like crazy and not eating makes the scale number go down, but I've also learned that the weight comes right back. For me I think that's the battle: Making constant changes and improvements albeit with slow results vs. going extreme with fast results I could never stick with.
Annie
SJ, I needed to do some internal searching for this. And here is my truthful response, My brain knows that 1 lb is a reasonable loss, or even 0 lbs as long as there are inches loss, my heart says who gives a damn what the scales say, lose 10 in a month......LMAO no seriously there, I could care less what the numbers on the scale says if I was a small size. My brain says to do this to get my breathing under control, to be healthier, but my heart is vain.
I am not sure what your idea of huge amounts of junk are but my brain and heart both tell me I can't live without some junk. Not even sure what your idea of junk is....
No I don't ever want to go back to being a couch potatoe, says my brain and my heart in unison.
Angela