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So here I am at the end of April, and entering the fourth month of my LTP. In past attempts for weight loss I would have given up by now. I usually would last about 3 months and get tired of starving myself and having no fun as I saw it.
Not this rodeo... this time... baybeee... I am on my way and if anything my resolve gets stronger every time I defeat a negative thought or blow away a former temptation. I now laugh in the face of historical stumbling blocks... hah! I see you cheesecake, and I will have you on MY TERMS. Same to you, frosty lovely ale and chicken wings, you are knockin' on the wrong door, go away and come back when you're invited.
It's amazing how easily I used to cave in to unhealthy foods and self-defeating thinking. Life is never easy for anyone, and especially for anyone that has clinical take-away-your-joy depression. I can safely say that although I acknowledge its presence, it will never rule me again. Never!
When I feel myself slipping into a funk, like I did last night, I begin using alternative methods for thinking and practice the cognitive triangle so aptly taught to me by Erin for so many months. It works. It works it works it WORKS!!! I have mastered it and in turn it helps me to be the master of my demons. Such as not quitting when the going gets tough.
There will be some challenging times ahead and they will test my resolve, but what I know for sure is that everything I have learned thus far will go a long, long way to keeping me on track and helping me navigate through all of the potential LTP dealbreakers. So instead of cheesecake, or beer and wings, I will taste the sweet, sweet flavor of SUCCESS.
Peace.
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1267 kcal
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Fat: 30.94g | Prot: 77.85g | Carbs: 182.70g.
Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean Crunch, Stonyfield 0% Organic Yogurt, seedless grapes, Skim Milk, coffee, crunchy granola bar oat. Lunch: v8 diet splash, Publix Wheat Crackers. Dinner: Applebee's Grilled Dijon Chicken & Portobellos . Snacks/Other: Weight Watchers Ice Cream Bars - Giant Chocolate Fudge, seedless grapes, Nutella, Low Fat Honey Graham Crackers. more...
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3817 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (brisk) - 6.5/kph - 10 minutes, Walking (exercise) - 5.5/kph - 20 minutes, Resting - 11 hours and 50 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 15 minutes, Housework - 3 hours, Weight Training (moderate) - 20 minutes, Running (jogging) - 8/kph - 5 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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AuntieJan - Now that is the spirit! Besides, you are making such great progress (both mentally and physically)! Why would you ever want to go back?
29 Apr 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Go Jan!! Brilliant thinking!!! It is surprising how a change of mind can help to keep us going. For me I wish I had understood calorie counting years ago, life would have been so much simpler and lighter, but then all things happen for a reason, now I know what I am changing for and where I do not want to return to ☺
29 Apr 11 by member: triaby
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Thank you Buffy and Tracy, what is so amazing to me is how quickly I can bounce back when I see myself drifting into a funk. It's going to happen, everyone has bad days, with or without the "help" of depression, but what is so drastically different now is the outlook I have and the training I've received to battle back into the good place, where thankfully I spend most of my time now. We can do it!!!
29 Apr 11 by member: AuntieJan
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29 Apr 11 by member: triaby
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Jan, being in fine fighting form really becomes you! I'm so proud of you for staying the course and even improving on it. Buffy said it well, "Why would you ever want to go back?" Every small success you have, every demon you defeat takes you further away from where you were and closer to your ideal of healthy body, healthy mind, and healthy spirit. You are just awesome, friend!
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Thank you so much for listening to my griping, I am so very fortunate to have mustered up the courage to start journaling publicly, look at all the fantastic women that I have met! Y'all are just awesome back atcha... ONWARD!
29 Apr 11 by member: AuntieJan
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The 'sweet flavor of success". Love it!
29 Apr 11 by member: Citymouse Bleu
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Girl you got it. Doing great and keep up the good job.....Bren
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