May. 7, 2010 at 12:42pm with 13 notes
Reblogged from biggirlnomore
Do I want this bad enough?

biggirlnomore:

I want to lose weight so bad. Getting to my goal weight is going to be the most amazing day/month whatever of my life. Being comfortable is going to be the best day of my life.. but am I sacrificing my life now? no.. does this mean I don’t want it bad enough?

A lot of people will restrict themselves so badly when it comes to dieting.. and I’m not. I will eat my popcorn if I want it, I’ll go out to dinner with my friends, I’ll eat the M&M’s and love it, while still losing weight. Sometimes I wonder if I’d lose more if I cut the crap and was strict like other people, but I realized probably not.. I’d binge more and be miserable. Food is a huge part of my life and my family, (over eating however is not).. I like knowing I can lose weight by calorie counting and reading labels, while still enjoying the foods I’ve always loved. Granted, there are certain things I’ve completely cut out (soda for 2 years, all caffeine 1 year) but those were easy.

I have lost 20lbs since March 1, 2010. So roughly 10bs a month, without restricting and without exercising.. how? I have no idea, but I think my bodys happier when I do the things I love, and responds better. I get enough sleep, eat enough (not too much) and lose. Heres to hoping I don’t jinx myself.

My advice to you all - if there’s something you want, GET IT. If it’s your birthday, you eat that cake, if your bestfriend from out of town is coming in, go ahead and go out to dinner. If you want ice cream, hell indulge, but do it in a smaller portion that you would have, and make sure you have room in your daily calorie intake (myplate helps a lot).

All in all, you will eventually lose that weight (I promise), but you will never relive the events you may be missing out on. (Now I’m not saying just because its your friends birthday you should eat the shittiest thing on the menu) I’m saying don’t make yourself miserable or miss out on events that you will never be able to do again.

Carpe Diem :)

 I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. I realized that I don’t actually feel like I’ve dieted at all since I made my decision that enough is enough and that I do actually want to be healthy & happier. And even when I want to scream that I haven’t really lost weight in the past 2 weeks, I know it’s okay, and it will come off eventually.

I know I totally have a new mentality and outlook on food & activity. But I still went out to eat at Olive Garden last night, and Texas Roadhouse last week (and I even had a roll with a little bit of the cinnamon butter). But I didn’t have 2 or 3 rolls with butter. And I ordered the 6 oz steak and house salad (dressing on the side to dip my fork in) and the veggies (which tasted like butter and didn’t even taste that good to me, so I didn’t really eat them). And I was so happy with my meal. I was satisfied and happy with my decision.

Something I started telling myself this week is that even though I’m not losing right now, I’m not gaining anything either. And if this takes a little longer, than that’s okay.

It’s a lifestyle change that I’m working on. And by still having a little bit of Easter chocolate, and the Olive Garden salad, I’m less incline to F* this all up when I reach my goal weight and gain back what I’m working so hard to lose.

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    philosophy in a nutshell....do still eat out, one (or twice, depending what I’m up to) a...
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  4. relgetsright said: oh goodness I live the same way! I eat bad stuff but I just make room for it in my diet :)
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