tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post5975651069316769397..comments2023-07-17T08:06:07.933-04:00Comments on Fig and Thistle : Weight Loss Update and Getting Back on TrackAmanda Roperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10285981792704101992noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-30320788704682917582012-05-17T12:17:08.206-04:002012-05-17T12:17:08.206-04:00Thanks for all the encouragement, y'all! It r...Thanks for all the encouragement, y'all! It really does help!Amanda Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285981792704101992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-50924698297370074652012-05-17T12:15:02.391-04:002012-05-17T12:15:02.391-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Amanda Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285981792704101992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-7132038187065957832012-05-17T10:50:38.814-04:002012-05-17T10:50:38.814-04:00You're are doing amazing! Seriously. I think a...You're are doing amazing! Seriously. I think anyone who can take on this change on their own is someone really to admire. Without personal trainers or a dietitian, all on your own. With a job, kids, family routines, daily stresses of life! It's hard to get adjusted to. This change is the hardest thing ever.<br /><br />I have finally realized too, that I NEED to reward myself with a little fun food. Everyday I have chocolate as my treat and on the weekends I pick one treat that I can indulge with. Ice cream, cake, whatever...I keep up my cardio/strength training once a day for at least 25 minutes and when I have more energy, I will try for 40 minutes. I try to complete at least 5 days a week. I need break days too. <br /><br />I know to start this change you have to be strict with yourself, but overtime you know what you need for your body and health and you start to see and feel what you need more or less of. <br /><br />I find that negative thoughts are my worst enemy. I try to stay positive and realize how far I have come. Remembering that it is a lifestyle change and not a diet is so important and it doesn't seem as threatening and stressful.<br /><br />You are doing so awesome. Keep up your hard work, but balance it with a little rewards with no guilt. It will pay off in a slow healthy way. XOGigglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541084708662558978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-23180863066854279612012-05-17T07:46:29.659-04:002012-05-17T07:46:29.659-04:00Getting tired of the journey is normal. Believe me...Getting tired of the journey is normal. Believe me, I get so sick to death of this every few weeks! I do as best as I can to build safeguards - let myself have one treat a day, give myself one day "off" etc - but I still just want to throw my hands up and say never mind sometimes. And I do. I'll eat french fries or ice cream or have a binge day where I eat half a pizza. It happens. But I try to stay healthy 75% of the time, and so the weight comes off. Slowly, oh so slowly now that I've been doing this so long, but always in the right direction. Don't kill yourself to live a way you don't want to live. If two days on, one day off is a good schedule for you that you can keep - stick to that! That's the best advice anyone ever gave me: Don't do anything you're not willing to do for the rest of your life.<br /><br />And I do have to tell you that eventually, some of this will change. It took me three months of consistent exercise to begin to enjoy it, and only that short because I have always liked exercise to a degree. It took me almost a year of eating fruits and veggies for them to feel like they should be part of my meal, to feel unsatisfied without them. I don't believe in that whole 28-days-makes-a-habit crap. Some take a whole lot longer, but they do happen, if you stick with it long enough.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-63112868536816267702012-05-16T21:00:29.907-04:002012-05-16T21:00:29.907-04:00I think I have heygrannies. Even when I've be...I think I have heygrannies. Even when I've been at my goal weight my arms swing to a beat of their own. :) Made me chuckle.christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-69235070456782073212012-05-16T18:53:40.643-04:002012-05-16T18:53:40.643-04:00Oh.my.word! 25 pounds in 5 months is absolutely aw...Oh.my.word! 25 pounds in 5 months is absolutely awesome!!!! Kudos to you. I've been walking 3-4 miles 4 days a week and haven't lost an ounce. Perhaps it would help if I got more serious about the lifestyle change that involves what goes into my mouth. (sigh)<br />Rooting for you here! You are such an inspiration to me.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-81493080837539405572012-05-16T17:12:07.534-04:002012-05-16T17:12:07.534-04:00You're doing great. Keep up all your hard work...You're doing great. Keep up all your hard work.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004178422343485278noreply@blogger.com