The day of Thanksgiving I weighed 168.3 Lbs. But it went up over the holidays to 175 Lbs. about. Then, last Sunday, I was 172.2 Lbs. I'm trying The Mayo Clinic Diet. I'm keeping their diet journal, too. But something happened to me on Monday and Tuesday! I ate us out of house and home, practically!
I ate ice cream with topping, cookies, and then Tuesday night, I ate about 4 or 5 doughnut holes.
On Wed. a.m. I weighed 176.3 Lbs. and I was mortified, but "who" can I blame, except myself?
I came into the great room and told DH, "I'm nothing but a big fat ugly pig!"
He said, "You're BEAUTIFUL! You're NOT ugly! Don't say THAT!" I answered with, "Well, it's how I "feel" this morning."
So I thought, right away, how this "self-talk" was VERY negative, I'd never say those words to another friend, so I decided to just start over!
I worked a lot on writing yesterday, taking breaks, and then in the afternoon time, I set my timer for 45 min. and worked on my feet, doing laundry, housework and worked up a REAL GOOD sweat!
I got freshened up, ate healthy ALL day, had NO evening snack and I'm so happy this morning because I'm down to 173.1 Lbs. and I KNOW it's because I was "good", changed my self-talk, and moved, was active, and happier, too.
So, today I'm going to keep an eye on evil self-talk, banish it away to the hills, and be nice to myself and look at the last -20 to -30 Lbs. just as an adventure and a journey. 110 Lbs. are gone since 1992 and the last little bit might be hard going, but it'll come off.
I know this is a quite long post, but I have a question to ask.
With a large weight loss, such as mine, I notice crepe paper skin, some cellulite, dimples, and sags, and it's kind of funny (honestly!) It's like my body's morphed. But I'm not going to let it get me down because I have legs to walk, arms and hands to work, I had babies and was big when I was pregnant, so my body's served me well and I'm going to ACCEPT my body and love my body and that's that. I'm not going to put myself down anymore! I'm going to be good to myself and honor my body as God did because He created it. So I need to love myself and accept myself as I am. There, I just gave myself a good old-fashioned pep talk!