tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159200253608812931.post3191139452109889332..comments2023-10-25T02:48:02.127-07:00Comments on weightloss weirdos: That one guy who doesn't post alotJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09340304542437713373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159200253608812931.post-72435497911453151772012-04-10T03:11:06.663-07:002012-04-10T03:11:06.663-07:00Hi Chris,
I think it's so good that you wrote ...Hi Chris,<br />I think it's so good that you wrote all this out. Like Jen said, it's a huge step. She is a HUGE inspiration, cheerleader, and support person. This would all be much harder without her.<br />I have been through so many diets, and so many failed attempts to lose weight - the biggest fail is probably when I lost about 45 pounds on NutraSystems. Then went right ahead and gained it all back, plus about 30 more. In the back of my mind, pretty much every day, is a nagging thought of "Is this yet one more time I try and fail?" I don't try to fight that thought any more. Now, I just try to answer it with "No." I can't put my body through that again.<br />It truly is small steps. Have one healthy snack. Try one different food. Skip one fatty, bad for you food. Those changes add up. <br />You CAN do this. Failing is fine - just don't let yourself be defeated. Try something different, try a new path. You WILL get there.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878795390097398259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159200253608812931.post-53589060265628230412012-04-03T00:46:41.682-07:002012-04-03T00:46:41.682-07:00wow, i have so much to say about this post! where...wow, i have so much to say about this post! where to begin?<br /><br />1. i'm so glad you posted this stuff. i've been wondering what's going on with you. i had an inkling that this was how you were feeling.<br /><br />2. writing this stuff, getting it out in the open, that's a big step. to borrow the mountain metaphor, you've taken a few steps up that steep incline. something to feel good about.<br /><br />3. you really do have a complicated set of issues that make it hard to move forward. the depression, the lazy perfectionism, the aversion to change. it's a "perfect storm" of things that would make anyone frustrated.<br /><br />4. the work you've done to figure out these issues and problematic ways of thinking and reacting, that's progress. another step up the mountain.<br /><br />carol & i have been "cheerleaders" for each other lately. we are both trying so hard with the diet and exercise. the one thing we keep reminding each other is that it's all about "baby steps", the little things you do to improve. the smallest decisions (like not eating the pretzels someone brought in to work) are so important.<br /><br />so my friend, just think of that long journey up the mountain as possible with baby steps. take a little step. rest up. take the next step. take a step in the wrong direction, embrace failure, and then go back to the right steps. wash, rinse, repeat. step, rest, leap, run, fall, get up, step, rest, etc...<br /><br />we're all here to walk up the mountain at our own pace, but together. if i've run ahead, i'll always be there to reach back and give someone a hand. <br /><br />btw: if you watch me racing up that mountain, you'll see me fall on my ass quite a bit. :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340304542437713373noreply@blogger.com