Yet another restart
After struggling for months, I’m still determined to kick this emotional eating and get my health under control. It’s so easy to turn to food when under stress, and it seems to be a difficult addiction to break. Right now I’m having trouble just breaking the cycle for a few days, but I really need to learn to get this under control. It really is a matter of life and death, but the harm sometimes seems really distant and I’d rather eat now than take my health into consideration. I will prevail, though.
Posted by Matt on 07/05 at 07:11 PM
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Weight loss an exercise in dedication
Excellent article at freep.com
After the six-week program I dropped 20 pounds. It is amazing to watch the transformation from one week to the next.
I felt so good when I finished and I realized I still needed to lose more, so I kept up my routine on my own.
Here’s the first video:
Go to the article to view the rest of them. Great work, Mike!
Posted by Matt on 06/17 at 08:57 AM
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Zen and the Art of Fitness-keep it simple
In fact, you can boil it down to two simple rules:
1. Get your body moving on a regular basis; and
2. Eat a moderate amount of real, whole foods (with occasional indulgences).I believe if you stuck to those two rules, and stuck with them for awhile, you’d get fit. Doing one but not the other will result in an improvement in health for many people (not all), but it would be an incomplete health. Do both most days of the week and you’re on your way to health and fitness.
Posted by Matt on 06/16 at 06:56 PM
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Weekly Check In 6/15/09
Finally getting my head around and getting myself back on track again. Each week seems to be a different struggle, and I’m resorting to food for emotional support. Of course, it doesn’t really work but as I’ve mentioned before, my broken brain keeps coming back for more.
Posted by Matt on 06/16 at 04:29 PM
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Weekly Check In 5/18/09
Had another rough week, gained 3.5 lbs. Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more…
Posted by Matt on 05/18 at 08:33 AM
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Weekly Check In 5/11/09
I managed to mostly get back on track last week, only going off program 2 days. I didn’t get as much exercise as I should have because I was getting up early to work instead of workout. I’m planning on changing that this week and exercising every day.
Posted by Matt on 05/11 at 08:13 AM
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Study shows behavior change is crucial to maintaining weight loss-DUH!
Unfortunately, they don’t specify which behaviors were changed, they just mention the techniques for getting the study participants to make those changes.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF6852575B1006C8B75
The most commonly reported behavioural change techniques, which were also associated with the most successful interventions, included self-monitoring (eg, food diaries), instructions to the participant (eg, how to make better food choices), and identifying barriers to success (eg, pinpointing difficult situations).
Posted by Matt on 05/10 at 07:22 AM
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I think she really gets it.
Janice Taylor, “Our Lady of Weight Loss” at beliefnet seems to really “get” it. Weight loss is actually pretty simple. Yet, it’s also really complicated.
Posted by Matt on 05/10 at 07:17 AM
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Weekly Check In
Back on program finally. Still struggling, but hanging in there so far.
Posted by Matt on 05/06 at 04:30 PM
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Struggling
I’ve really been struggling for a while now. I’m in denial at some level, and dealing with some personal stress, and for some reason I’m not sticking to my plan, as if it’s going to somehow make me feel better to eat more and undo all the hard work I’ve done. Tomorrow, I will be back on plan 100%.
Posted by Matt on 05/03 at 02:52 PM
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Weekly Check In-Week 15 back OP
It’s been a rocky couple weeks and my weight has been jumping up and down for about the last 7 weeks. I’m putting a stake in the ground and recommitting today to getting to a healthy weight.
Posted by Matt on 04/13 at 05:17 PM
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Weight Loss Haiku Challege
Found this over at beliefnet:
The Weight Loss HAIKU Challenge
Post your haiku in the comments!
Posted by Matt on 04/04 at 09:01 AM
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Weekly Check In-Week 12 back OP
I actually gained 1.5 lbs this week due to struggling with emotional issues and attempting to deal with them using food. I was basically off Weight Watchers the entire week and only exercised 3 times. I am back on as of today and trying to refocus.
Posted by Matt on 03/23 at 06:19 PM
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Beck Diet Solution Day 10
Set a realistic goal
Setting attainable goals is important to staying motivated. Too big of a goal can be intimidating and daunting, and you may give up before you get there. The goal of this exercise is to set a realistic, short-term goal, and 5lbs is suggested. I have set my short-term goal to lose 5 more lbs. No deadline or timeframe, I just want to get to 225.5. At that point, I’ll set another 5 lb goal.
I’ve read my response card once so far today.
I sat down to eat every time, and did eat slowly and mindfully last night at dinner, this morning at breakfast and again at lunch.
I gave myself credit for healthy behaviors, specifically for getting back on track yesterday and back to my full exercise schedule today.
I’m working to continue making time and energy to exercise and meal plan.
Posted by Matt on 03/12 at 12:04 PM
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Nana korobi ya oki (fall down 7 times, get up 8)
nana korobi ya oki is a Japanese proverb that translates roughly as “fall down 7 times, get up 8”. Well, I fell yesterday, and fell hard. I’m feeling a ton of stress personally, professionally and financially, and yesterday I made some sad choices in a very misguided attempt to deal with my feelings using food. Of course, those problems are still there, and I only caused myself guilt and regret. I’m still struggling today, but I have made a conscious choice to do whatever it takes today to resist eating or acting out any other way to deal with those feelings. They are just feelings, and I refuse to let them own me. I will call my diet coaches, do an exercise out of The Beck Diet Solution, and anything else I have to in order to stay on program. My life, my health and my sanity are worth more than any food.
The lesson that I’m learning is that I need to focus on the process. I’m struggling in part because I’ve already skipped two days of exercise this week, I haven’t been posting on the Weight Watchers boards much, I haven’t been doing the exercises from The Beck Diet Solution, and I haven’t been making daily phone calls to the guys in my support group. Losing 130 lbs is a huge task, and I cannot do it alone. Heck, I can’t even really control whether the weight comes off, but I can control what I eat today, whether I exercise or not, and whether I use the tools I have available to assist me. I need to surrender to the process and stick to my program.
Today, I get up again. And if I fall, I will get up yet again. I will persevere-the stakes are too high to give up.
Posted by Matt on 03/11 at 11:58 AM
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