Week #13 Weigh In
Beginning Weight: 219
Today’s Weight: 199
Weight Change: -5
Weight Loss to Date: 20
Last week I decided to forego my weekly weigh in. I have struggled pretty much the entire month of June. I follow the Weight Watchers plan at home, but decided to give myself a break from posting a weigh in last Monday. I needed a “free” week to get myself back on track without feeling terrible about myself or beating myself over the head.
I have to admit I’m still in the same place (mentally) I was last week and the week before that. It’s like I do really great for a few weeks. I am able to exert great will power and self-control. Then all of a sudden, I fall flat on my face and fight to swim through all sorts of negative emotions and thoughts.
One thing I have decided is that I need to get re-focused. I know that I do so much better when my mind is in a positive place. I need to spend more time meditating. One of the biggest reasons I do this is to capture and hold a mental image of myself “thin” in my mind. This truly helps in a tremendous way. It especially helps if I practice this during the times when I feel weak and want to have an emotional eating binge.
Another thing I need desperately to do again is pray more about my weight loss, health, and life in general. I’ve neglected praying for myself lately, and that needs to change. I find strength through prayer.
To recap, my goals for this week, and the coming weeks, are:
- Get focused on my weight loss goal again.
- Meditate.
- Pray for myself.
ROUNDTABLE
- How are you doing with your weight loss goals?
- Are you progressing as quickly as you’d like?
- What are some new goals you could set to help yourself?
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4 opinions for Week #13 Weigh In
gabrielle
Jun 30, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Hope! 20 lbs.!!!! I so know what you are saying about doing better when you are in a more positive place, but please don’t be hard on yourself. Everyone needs down time. I think your decision to take a week “off” makes a ton of sense. I think you are doing fantastic and what an inspiration. Just FYI - not everyone shares their weight loss ups and downs with the rest of the world. That in itself is brave and honestly, you should be congratulated.
Question: has keeping the blog kept you truer to your weight loss plans? How would you say it has influenced your goals and progress towards them, if at all?
Congrats to you, Hope! Wishing you well.
Hope Wilbanks
Jun 30, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Thanks Gabrielle! I know…20 lbs is a lot. But it’s hard for me to keep a view of the overall picture in my mind when I’m struggling week by week (or lately, day by day).
Your questions have inspired me to write more about how this blog has affected my weight loss goals. So I won’t answer here, but I will be writing a post about this, so watch for that! :)
Ellie
Jul 2, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I hope to lose 100 pounds. So far, I’ve lost 23 pounds. But, I don’t feel like I look any differently, but my friends say my face is less round and my pants do fit a little less snug in the thigh.
I try to lose 5 pounds at a time, then I reward myself. The reward for losing 20 was a new Fossil watch, and for 25 pounds, I will get a new set of pearl earrings.
Hope Wilbanks
Jul 2, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Ellie, my ultimate goal is 74 pounds. I’ve already lost 20 pounds so far, same as you. I can tell that my face is not as full. That’s always where I lose it first. I’m fitting into more of my smaller clothes, too. (And by smaller, I mean sizes 18-20, NOT 4-6.) :)
I think it’s a fabulous idea that you set small goals for yourself with rewards for reaching them. I set 5-pound increments for myself, too. If I don’t I get frustrated really quick. It’s so much easier to aim for 5, then 5 more, then 5 more… ;) I haven’t been rewarding myself, though. Hmmmm…I’m going to think of a nice reward for myself for meeting my next “big” goal (190).
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