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Hello all,
I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian |
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... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian Welcome to the Group Giulian! -Phil |
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Giulian,
Like you, this is my second time around, and like you, I realized that I had better get serious if I planned on getting things back under control before extreme measures would be needed. I'm also a newbie, since I only got back in the saddle at the beginning of April. My response will without a doubt be overly simplistic and may miss the mark completely, because I don't know what factors came into play for you to gain the weight in the first place, but I have a couple thoughts that might be helpful to keep in mind. My weight and fitness situation took a few years to arrive at , and I got it straight in my head that it would be unrealistic for that to change overnight. With that in mind, I don't put presure on myself to hit a goal everyday. What I weigh a year from now is much more important than what I weight a week from now. If I should slip up, and I did once in the last month due to my anniversary, I will immediately jump right back into induction the next morning and will try not to look back. I have the rest of my life to eat and feel the way I choose to , and it's my choice, no one else's. My choices got me here, and my choices can also get me out. Another thing I find helpful is to set realistic goals, rather than to shoot for the moon and feel like I've failed if I don't reach it. I considered my lifestyle and activity level as best as I could, and I think that has helped me to hit my modest weekly goal of roughly 4lbs/week. Each Sunday for the last 5 weeks or so, I've been able to put a check in the 'did it' column, and that's a big motivator for me. It's your life, and all things being equal, you can do this. Try not to waste your time worrying about the dietary mistakes that got you here, get excited about the amazing changes that can happen over the next few days/weeks/months! Chuck 204/184/160 "ab" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian |
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In article , "ab"
wrote: Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian It may be best to do some serious thinking and figure out what that "some reason" was. That way, you can design things differently this time so that the reason you went off last time won't get you again. Maybe you viewed it as a temporary diet last time, this time think of it as a way of eating for life. Or maybe you let little slips lead to bigger slips and then to outright giving up, which may mean you need to be stricter with yourself than you'd anticipated, and not even allow yourself little slips. Maybe you had some kind of major stress and used that as an excuse to go back to carbs. Whatever it was, figure it out now so it won't trip you up again. |
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says... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Hi Giulian, welcome to the group! -- Saffire 205/140/135-140 (aka JUST RIGHT!) Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 *** This post originated in alt.support.diet.low-carb -- its appearance in any other forum is deceptive and unauthorized. *** |
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Thanks, I feel at home already.
"PhillyDude" wrote in message ... "ab" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian Welcome to the Group Giulian! -Phil |
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Thank you for the very kind and wise words. It means a lot.
"Chuck and Kim" wrote in message ... Giulian, Like you, this is my second time around, and like you, I realized that I had better get serious if I planned on getting things back under control before extreme measures would be needed. I'm also a newbie, since I only got back in the saddle at the beginning of April. My response will without a doubt be overly simplistic and may miss the mark completely, because I don't know what factors came into play for you to gain the weight in the first place, but I have a couple thoughts that might be helpful to keep in mind. My weight and fitness situation took a few years to arrive at , and I got it straight in my head that it would be unrealistic for that to change overnight. With that in mind, I don't put presure on myself to hit a goal everyday. What I weigh a year from now is much more important than what I weight a week from now. If I should slip up, and I did once in the last month due to my anniversary, I will immediately jump right back into induction the next morning and will try not to look back. I have the rest of my life to eat and feel the way I choose to , and it's my choice, no one else's. My choices got me here, and my choices can also get me out. Another thing I find helpful is to set realistic goals, rather than to shoot for the moon and feel like I've failed if I don't reach it. I considered my lifestyle and activity level as best as I could, and I think that has helped me to hit my modest weekly goal of roughly 4lbs/week. Each Sunday for the last 5 weeks or so, I've been able to put a check in the 'did it' column, and that's a big motivator for me. It's your life, and all things being equal, you can do this. Try not to waste your time worrying about the dietary mistakes that got you here, get excited about the amazing changes that can happen over the next few days/weeks/months! Chuck 204/184/160 "ab" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian |
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Thank, you will do.
"Luna" wrote in message ... In article , "ab" wrote: Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Giulian It may be best to do some serious thinking and figure out what that "some reason" was. That way, you can design things differently this time so that the reason you went off last time won't get you again. Maybe you viewed it as a temporary diet last time, this time think of it as a way of eating for life. Or maybe you let little slips lead to bigger slips and then to outright giving up, which may mean you need to be stricter with yourself than you'd anticipated, and not even allow yourself little slips. Maybe you had some kind of major stress and used that as an excuse to go back to carbs. Whatever it was, figure it out now so it won't trip you up again. |
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Thank you vey much.
"Saffire" wrote in message .. . In article , ab ) says... Hello all, I have started today my LC adventure. I did do some in the past and must say I had some results but I did not stick with it for some reason. This time I am serious but need everybody's help and support. This is my last chance before surgery. Hi Giulian, welcome to the group! -- Saffire 205/140/135-140 (aka JUST RIGHT!) Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 *** This post originated in alt.support.diet.low-carb -- its appearance in any other forum is deceptive and unauthorized. *** |
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