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Message 1.Â
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 19th July 2011
Welcome to this week's thread. After last week's bonza support during work crises, I think MFC stands for Mustardland Fighting Corps! Everyone rallied round to keep my resolve firmly starched and that was a great boost.
Here we are again, ready for action: healthy food, healthy exercise, healthy thinking... and when we don't quite make it, lots of support, encouragement and reassurance to keep on keeping on (a favourite motto!)
Our only request is not to mention actual weights or sizes. We're not comparing ourselves with others, just trying to be the best we can be.
Related threads are:
GEm's Gym (to keep us exercising - full of lots of encouragement and advice)
Katy's Cookbook (to keep us eating interesting food even when it's healthy!)
We also have a Rota thread, so we can keep talk focussed, starting each week afresh (!!) We could do with a few volunteers for the next few weeks!
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Message 2
Posted by pigsrlovely (U14715579) on Tuesday, 19th July 2011
So glad this new thread opened. Last week I had a really tough time and took to old eating habits. That is not good.
Hoping for better things starting from tom. -
Message 3
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 19th July 2011
Thanks for opening Lost. When does term end for you?
I'm still eating too much chocolate, I'll have to persuade OH to stop buying it.! If it isn'r in the house I don't miss it, but if it is ..... I find it!
I'm off to bed now as am very tired.
F-P -
Message 4
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Tuesday, 19th July 2011
New week, new place (tiny cottage up north while I do some 'work') and new start on the eating and drinking front.
Too much driving though ....
xx ana ~~~~~ to all ~~~~~ -
Message 5
Posted by pigsrlovely (U14715579) on Tuesday, 19th July 2011
Could anyone tell me what those sausages are made of that inhabit tins of beans and sausages. Its not that I would like to eat one - its a complete mystery to me what they consist of.
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Message 6
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Wednesday, 20th July 2011
Could anyone tell me what those sausages are made of that inhabit tins of beans and sausages. Its not that I would like to eat one - its a complete mystery to me what they consist of.Â
..... /fingers/ ....
Sorry, couldn't resist. I agree, they bear no resemblance to anything else classed as 'food'.
My mouth has decided it is now autumn, in mid-July. Baked potatoes, sausages, it's all gone autumn-y round here!
I've also excavated my Remoska after some months of its being buried under Stuff, and have made a great start by carbonising some very very very nice real sausages. I now have organic free-range charcoal.
I feel like I've lost weight - I feel leaner and slimmer and more able to move easily... yet all my clothes are tighter, my measurements are bigger and I can see I am at least plus-three inches on the middle.
Very odd. Keep on walking, keep on making afforts to eat healthily, and somewhere along the line I hope my mind and body catch up with each other
KOKO everyone!
laura -
Message 7
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 20th July 2011
Laura, is there any chance you are finding muscles?
F-P -
Message 8
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 20th July 2011
Term finishes on Friday. Not that I'm counting down or anything...
A new MFC week for us all. Let's keep the resolve starched. Mine from last week's special delivery is feeling quite stiff still! Had a meal out a pub chain on Monday evening and was very impressed to find lots of nutritional informaiton on the menu, including 'healthy options' (which I chose...) -
Message 9
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Wednesday, 20th July 2011
Hello everyone.
In reply to Laura - it is my experience that my weight bears no relationship to whether I am feeling fat or thin that day.
The tape measure is the real indicator : ( -
Message 10
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Thursday, 21st July 2011
...... and really happy to report a good HbA1c result.
It seems to vary according to weight - so another good motivation to keep the weight down.
If HbA1c doesn't mean anything to you - that is good news - but to those with Type2 diabetes - 5.6 is an excellent result : ) -
Message 11
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Thursday, 21st July 2011
Little dance of celebration going on here about your excellent Alphabetti-spaghetti test result, Auntie Prue!
Well done, that MFCer - I hope you feel really seriously good about yourself. That is YOUR hard work paying off in medically measurable results!
I fell prey to a pack of marzipan. I really wish Waitrose sold it in smaller packs. 500g. Tresoddit. That's approx two and a half THOUSAND calories.
Celery and apples all weekend, then, on my long walks...
Sheer greed, that's all. If they'd not had it in stock, my life would not have been ruined. It was just there, I saw it, I fell prey to it, and having it in the house, I just ate the lot.
In a weird way, I'd mind less if I had eaten it when under stress, feeling low, when unwell or convalescing, with a hangover, after an argument...
But I just ate half a kilo - a whole pound - of marzipan, more cals per 100g than chocolate, and the sole reason for it was just greedy want-want-want.
Beating self up is not going to stop me another time, I know that! So... portion-size and wide-ranging nutrition and plenty of walks for a bit.
laura-greedy-guts -
Message 12
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 21st July 2011
Sheer greed, that's all. If they'd not had it in stock, my life would not have been ruined. It was just there, I saw it, I fell prey to it, and having it in the house, I just ate the lot. Â
Come now Laura, your life is NOT ruined, and well you know it. One of the things to learn from MFC is to pick yourself up after these incidents and get on with life.
I have had these incidents with chocolate, but I hope they are getting fewer and further apart! I spoke to OH the other night, his health is worrying me, I wish he would take himself into hand, I pleaded with him not to buy chocolate for my sake - but it is just as much for his sake. He agreed not to buy chocolate but I bet he'll buy himself other snacks, such as crisps which I don't eat. I can't force him to have a healthier lifestyle, just wish he would. It is as if now he's 70 he's got permission to become an old man!
F-P -
Message 13
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Thursday, 21st July 2011
thanks Laura - but I have to fess up to chocolate, cake and ice cream during the last week !
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Message 14
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Friday, 22nd July 2011
Well done, Auntie Prue. I'm off for my HbA1c next week, feet tickling and eyes photographing, the job lot that is a diabetic's annual review. Always anxiety lurking there at that point...
Off to the seaside for the weekend... looking forward to that. Dare I have fish and chips?! Gained the 2lb I lost last week, so a bit down generally. Sigh. Swings and roundabouts... -
Message 15
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Friday, 22nd July 2011
Come now Laura, your life is NOT ruined, and well you know it. One of the things to learn from MFC is to pick yourself up after these incidents and get on with life.Â
Oh, I worded that wrong! I meant that I hadn't gone seeking marzipan in a desperate need of it, kind of "must have marzipan or will die!" kind of state... I'd just popped out to get some lettuce and came home with half a kilo of marzipan as a completely casual un-needed add-on, "oh, look, marzipan, get some of that...) state.
But you're spot-on about picking self up, dusting self off and start all over again!
It is simple - eat less, eat better, move more.
But if it was /easy/ we wouldn't all be here....
KOKO everyone for the weekend!
laura -
Message 16
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Friday, 22nd July 2011
I woke up this morning wanting to be at home, so six and a bit hours' driving later, here I am. Oh it's nice to be back.
One of the difficulties is eating out when you're on your own. I did find a nice place where there was a corner I could hide in with my book, and the food was wonderful, and healthy, and not expensive. But last night the local place was packed -- and will be even more so tonight and at the weekend -- and I started feeling lonely. So I had fish and chips ( !!! but haven't had fish and chips for as long as I can remember) and took them back to the cottage.
If I go there again I shall get myself better organised and actually take some things to cook, but I was busy doing Important And Necessary Things during the days and no time to shop.
Ö÷²¥´óÐã sweet home, though. Although I am on my own here, I never feel lonely.
[Partly because of you lot, of course!]
xx to everyone
ana -
Message 17
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 24th July 2011
I've just been to the coast and had fish and chips as well, Ana...
Lots of exercise and renewed sensible eating required... -
Message 18
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Sunday, 24th July 2011
I KNOW that I am not yet where I want to be in terms of weight and fitness but, speaking personally, I could not live with a rigid eating programme that did not allow for the rare treat of fish & chips, a night out with friends etc. I don't drink alcohol so that does not come into my compass (too many migraines - no not hangovers - genuine migraines following even small amounts of alcohol). For me healthy living encompasses friendships as well as sensible eating. I will try to choose healthily if I am eating out, but whatever it is I will try to enjoy myself and the company.
In other words, Lost and Ana don't beat yourselves up over fish and chips. I hope you thoroughly enjoyed it while you ate it, now, as Lost says is the time for more sensible eating.
F-P -
Message 19
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Sunday, 24th July 2011
Agree 100% with Fire Pig.
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Message 20
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 25th July 2011
Oh, I don't regret what I ate... it was OH's birthday this weekend, so I knew it would be time to relax the rules! I just also know I need to get back on track, as it's so easy for me to bend the rules on a daily basis as well!
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Message 21
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Monday, 25th July 2011
I know what you mean, Lost. You allow yourself a treat - and it kind of opens the doors, and it can be difficult to get back on track again.
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Message 22
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 25th July 2011
Yes, that's exactly how I am. I have to be stricter with myself than some people would because indulgence rarely stays on an occasional basis with me!
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Message 23
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Wednesday, 27th July 2011
oh oh oh oh
I am back up to xx stone this morning.
Too many visitors, too many meals cooked for them and not for me, and too many glasses of wine.
And not enough walking.
Well it's just the kick up the too-big backside I needed, I suppose.
Signing in - again. -
Message 24
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 27th July 2011
I didn't even turn this computer on yesterday, we went out to see Harry Potter in Llandudno straight after work - and a trip to that cinema (also frequented by Wills & Kate apparently!) always includes a Pizza before or afterwards, so not the day to weigh myself! I'll do it on Monday at the start of a new month but don't think I'll like what I find!
I have just posted elsethread that I am moving into a new office this week - My Boss has really turned around in the last year, he is now far more understanding and this move should be a great help, once it is accomplished.
KOKO one and all
F-P -
Message 25
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Wednesday, 27th July 2011
My Boss has really turned around in the last year, he is now far more understandingÂ
Might that have anything to do with the fact that you overworked so much that you were made ill by it, and that you have steadily if slowly started to say 'no' on occasion, making it clear just how many people's work you used to be doing?
Just a thought...
I'm another who's not looking forward to the next measuring session... oh dear.
Portion size, and late-evening 'treats'. Yes, move along on that bench there, the one marked "Treats are supposed to be occasional, not all the time"...
Onwards. Onwards, keep going onwards...
laura -
Message 26
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 27th July 2011
Seems like we're all struggling a bit. On the plus side, the Channel swim is proceeding well. 4 sessions so far this week (3 days), 446 lengths. I just have to keep plodding on, swimming up and down. It's already getting boring, but hopefully will a) help to raise money for charity (Aspire, working with people affected with spinal cord injuries) and b) keep me fit, which may (although not unless I am more controlled with eating) result in weight loss.
Diabetic overhaul this week... blood tests, feet tickling and eye screening tomorrow. Not looking forward to any of those. It always feels like the sword of Damocles is poised, ready to fall... -
Message 27
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Wednesday, 27th July 2011
Diabetic overhaul this weekÂ
Appropriate - according to something I muzzily heard on the World Service this morning, today is the anniversary, possibly the hundredth?, of the discovery of insulin-treatment for diabetes.
Happy birthday, Insulin-treatment, and many many thanks for all your sterling work in keeping so many of our friends and families alive!
laura -
Message 28
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
Laura you may well be right about my Boss - the other change he is now in "Lurv" and goes away for weekends in Ireland with her ..... coming back in a good mood!!
Getting life back under control takes time, baby steps and all that. This week with the school holidays the pace of work hots up and into full silly season next week. At least this year it is not all on my shoulders. On Sunday I am going to a workshop on cardmaking which should be fun, it says "refreshments included" shall I partake or not? Wait and see!
KOKO one and all
F-P -
Message 29
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
Uhhhh.... I know this initially doesn't sound like a problem, but...
I seem to have lost my appetite.
I have had several days lately where I've had no breakfast, no lunch and it gets round to 6 o'clock and I'm having to force myself to eat and don't feel like anything. The other night I put together a plate of things I vaguely thought I might manage to eat, green salad with dressing, salami, cold sliced ham, spring onions and tomatoes and it came to a huge 600 calories, which is way too low for an entire 24 hours, so I was reduced to ladling on mayonnaise to up the calories a bit.
I feel fine - just not hungry.
I'm away this weekend in the 17th century so I'll have oatcakes, cheese, paprika sausage, nuts and apples, and I'm hoping that might help, but... anyone got any ideas why?
I just feel un-hungry.
And, because it's the obvious thing, everything is, er, being processed, as it were, as normal, so it isn't that.
I'm stumped. The only other time this happened was 20 years ago after having had an influenza-B virus without any knowledge or symptoms. It took six months to get that one sorted and it wasn't healthy.
laura -
Message 30
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
Laura --
You are usually really good at 'listening to your body' and it seems to me that you shouldn't be worrying. Yes, it might be a post-viral fatigue symptom after a sub-clinical infection, I suppose.
'Listen' hard and see if there is anything that you fancy ... (even marzipan??) ... walk a nice market and inhale the smells of fresh food ... keep drinking water or anything ...
I am sure it will come back, your apppetite.
Enjoy the seventeenth century! A good break from this one might do us all good.
xx ana -
Message 31
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
If the loss of appetite persists (into weeks rather than days), then maybe there is an underlying cause that needs investigating. Usually the body is good at self-regulating, so the loss of appetite for a few days may be the body's way of trying to redress a balance.
Just to report that my blood pressure at yesterday's clinic was completely normal, so all this exercise really does pay off. At least, it's warded off those particular tablets. Results from all the other tests take a few days, so I don't have any news to report other than that.
564 lengths accomplished, 852 to go... -
Message 32
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
It's a very funny thing.... I'm very leery (being a self-harmer) about showing my arms and legs off, mostly because as well as scarred and deathly white I see them as like sides of ham.
On the other hand I see people with much bigger arms and legs than mine, with splendid tans and quite unselfconsciously dressing as they see fit.
Grrrrrrr!
I'm wearing a skirt just above the knee today (and quite loose in the waistband - HAH!!) and it feels very odd to keep catching glimpses of my legs reflected in wondows and the like....
I think I may have developed unconscious portion control too - whilst stayiong with the APs a couple of weeks ago I was horrified to see that they were going without so that Hairy Maclary and I could have more on our plates. Abd then when we got home that HMcL was doing similar for them... I HATE the idea of people going without just so that I can eat more than is good for me, because it fulfils their image of hospitality. It really distresses me to think of peopel I love stinting themselves so that I can eat.
So the less I eat, the more there is for HMcL and the Small! -
Message 33
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
is it the warm weather? whilst I can take any amount of heat, I've lived and worked in some hot places, I know it flattens my appitite, at least until the evening.
I also know stress will do that to me Laura, its the way I'm wired (and no its not a good thing)
long term stress I tend to stop eating, short intense bouts (like exams or a trackday) I cant because I will be sick, but I dont seem to remember you being wired in the same way, WRT stress and eating, I could be wrong tho, so sorry just in case
so, leftover side effects of a bug? -
Message 34
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
Med, how we view our bodies has very little to do with how they actually look and more to do with how we think they look. So I understand your frustration when you see others apparently unselfconscious about their bodies when you are so conscious about yours. I don't know there is an answer. Accepting yourself as you are is something that seems so hard for women to do.
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Message 35
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 28th July 2011
Accepting yourself as you are is something that seems so hard for women to doÂ
That is so very true, Lost. I also think that many of us also find it difficult to spend money and time on ourselves - especially mothers, if you listen to Laura.
I KNOW I have lost weight today - I had my hair cut! So I did spend money on myself for once! Each time I have it done I love the look and wish I would remember to get it done regularly! This time I did make an appointment for the next time, which was very organised for me.
The great office move is going well - except the filing cabinet doesn't fit under the desk by about an inch Grrr! Nobody is waiting to get in to my old office, so I can take my time over it. I feel I have achieved something today.
Eating has been good too!
F-P -
Message 36
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Friday, 29th July 2011
Good to hear you so positive, Fire -Pig! I went into work yesterday to do admin. work to find my classroom in upheaval. A notice board has been moved to make room for another cupboard... so I shall need to tackle decorating and moving furniture shortly. Not looking forward to that, but I know I will feel satisfaction when it's done!
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Message 37
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Back in early March 2009 when I first crawled through the doors of MFC, saying OH had a problem and not really admitting mine I weighed Z stones 2 lbs.
VWXYZ
I rapidly shed Z, fairly quickly said goodbye to Y, X was a bit more of a problem but then went on its merry way. Then along came W, determined to be my friend for life! I did manage to reach the high ground of V last year but ... over the last year when life has gone haywire V retreated to the safe ground of W. In other words I am now at W stone 6 lbs. I weighed myself this morning for the first time for ages, the damage of the last year is not as bad as I feared about 8 lbs in all. Without still keeping touch with MFC it would have been a whole lot worse, so my friends I salute you and thank you.
I am now trying to decide whether to weigh weekly until I get back to V, or stick to monthly.
Yesterday I went to my cardmaking class which did include a cream tea - which I ate. I was not in a good mood, there were too many people in the group for the amount of attention some needed and I did not learn as much as I had hoped I would, so felt I had wasted some of my money.
KOKO one and all
F-P -
Message 38
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Fire-Pig you have done brilliantly! To have gone backwards through the alphabet so steadily and with such determination. I salute you and am going to try to emulate you.
xx ana -
Message 39
Posted by Helen (U1476131) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Morning all,
I am clumping heavily and rather disconsolately back in here.
Am now officially back to normal (have had 8-week checkup) after three pregnancies in as many years, and I just HAVE to do something about the weight I've piled on in that time.
This last week I've been SO so good about eating the right things and doing absolutely shedloads of exercise. Everywhere I can cycle with the trailer, or walk with the buggy, I have done, and on Saturday I even carried my favourite resistance weight (12kg, also has a setting where centre of gravity shifts around a lot so you have to work extra hard to stay balanced, otherwise known as Katie) halfway round Colchester zoo's rather hilly site. I went to a Zumba class - it was fantastic and I was hilariously uncoordinated.
O/h has been half-heartedly eating some of the right things, I've been sticking to it with religious zeal. He's had 1am pieces of buttered toast, and I've found chocolate wrappers in his car door pocket. He's still had his usual skinful of beer and wine on "weekend" evenings (Thurs to Sun incl).
He lost 9lb. I lost half a pound.
I'm gutted.
I must be fooling myself somewhere. I've cut out my teaspoon of sugar on my cereal this morning. I /WILL/ throw away what Katie doesn't eat, this week, and not snack on it myself, not that that was very much and it was all pretty healthy food. I don't know what else to do.
Right, time to p'rambulate (push buggy) into town and see if I can find a dress to wear to friends' wedding in a few weekends' time. I don't fit into any of my posh frocks.
KOKO everyone (and I need to remind myself of this myself today. Think I'll write it on the back of my hand, or I'll end up having a massive soddit and buying fast food for lunch)
Helen -
Message 40
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Helen, Hairy Offspring had his first birthday last week so I sympathise.... I weigh the same in pounds and ounces as I did before he was born but it's all in different places (bosom like barrage balloons, *sigh*)
I wonder if your body is hanging on to every resource it gets thinking "I have a family to nourish!" - whether that's the case ir not, I mean.
Treat yourself gently - (this from the past mistress of zero tolerance I know!) Personally the only "soddit" I think you ought to say is to the scales.... buy yourself something gorgeous for the wedding, be beautiful on the day, and then go back to it next week - and the week after - and the week after - and see how different it feels then.
Numbers aren't the be-all and end-all, so if numbers depress you, why not use something else to measure what you're achieving? -
Message 41
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Helen, I so sympathise with you... but don't give up. Keep doing the right things, even if it seems that your OH can do what he likes and lose more weight than you. Don't look at other people. Just concentrate on doing the right things for yourself. Persevere with it. In the end, you will see progress.
I wish I could promise speedy progress. I can't. Weight loss can seem utterly arbitrary at times. But I do know that persistence and perseverance are the only way to go.
Keep talking to us! We've all been through the kind of frustration you're feeling, so we do understand. And a lot of people have some really good ideas which can often spark a new way of thinking/ eating/ behaving that helps us. -
Message 42
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Just got my HbA1c results back... very good at 5.3, so the healthy eating must be doing /something/, even if I'm not seeing the weight come off...
990 lengths of 1416 completed... 426 to go before the end of the week, and then I can escape on holiday for a week... -
Message 43
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Eek, I missed Fire-Pig's post about her excellent progress! Well done! I suppose that's what we need to keep reminding ourselves of - how far we've come, not just how far we still have to go...!
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Message 44
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Monday, 1st August 2011
After all those words of encouragement, our butty lady is about to arrive, and I'm sitting here having had a bowl of soup and a pot of rice oudding for lunch, wondering what she's going to have in the chocolate department.
HEEELLLLP!! -
Message 45
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
You don't need the chocolate, Med. You just think you do.
But if you /don't/ succumb to chocolate, you will:
1) not have to worry about burning off those extra calories
2) demonstrate self-control to yourself and others
3) have the flexibility to eat something else later on
4) not have to beat yourself up over being weak-willed. -
Message 46
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Monday, 1st August 2011
No... but I wanted it
Butty lady now been and gone. Trying to think of suitable consolation and failing miserably..... ha ha. -
Message 47
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Suitable consolation could be some fruit! Or, more positively, the joy of NOT having succumbed, even though you DID want it. You have been victorious! And this one small victory can be multiplied throughout the day. You are triumphant.
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Message 48
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Monday, 1st August 2011
*looks round barren office*
zip on the fruit front.... but on the other hand, the crisp shiny ten pound note in my purse is as yet unbroached, there's a positive!
The real b*gger of it is that I haven't got a "goal" - well, I mean, I have, but I haven't got a dress I want in size X or to get into my size Y jeans or a holiday coming up.... I simply cannot think of anything to stick on my mental fridge door, and so as soon as I get bored.... temptation beckons.
Oh well, one small step for Medhuilkind..... -
Message 49
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 1st August 2011
Yes, goals and rewards are useful, however small they are. I've learnt a lot about 'rewards' from MFC. So, on Friday, when I've completed my marathon sponsored swim (well, almost marathon - 22 miles, if we're counting, and I am), I am rewarding myself with 2 beauty treatments (paid for mainly by last year's wonderful form, so it's actually not costing me very much financially at all!)
An untouched tenner, though, that's worth celebrating!
What about smaller goals than dresses or holidays? How about something healthier to eat that normally you would think was too extravagant? (For me, that's cherries or a coffee made by someone else!) -
Message 50
Posted by Kishtu (U14091165) on Monday, 1st August 2011
That's the thing, I think.... that would work as a reward, but not a goal. (Does that make sense?)
I've found that the most successful people have been those who've actually had a visual aim in mind - a dress or a bikini being the usual ones IME - so they can measure their progress against it - I think I need something like that, some kind of visual representation of what I'm aiming at. Other than that I tend to go "oh look, I've lost 1 pound, so what?"... it's a meaningless goal in the long term because I have no idea what significance it will have when I get to "the new me", what it will look like, what it will do....
And, indeed, what I'd do with a new me since I haven't got tired of the old one yet
Hmmmm. I must ponder further....
(There only seems to be me and thee around, Lost - one hopes everyone else is busy and doing!)
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