C: weight is stable for another week

T: “nothing I’m doing is making a difference”

interruptive thought: probably not true, but that isn’t going to get me to eat a cookie - cause that’s certainly not going to help!

.... this journey isn’t about eliminating all my negative self talk ... it’s about finding better responses to it!

#thistimeisdiffernt #aprilbaby

 PSA tldr; don't rely on ONLY the scale to measure results!

I've lost weight enough times... been in enough programs, groups, boards... That I KNOW that I cannot count on just the scale for a measure of my progress. In fact, the past few months I've really tried to focus on my actions- on my habit tracker etc. And I've been doing pretty good - some days, like this morning I have to have a stern talk with my inner voice... but that's rare

Still - there's been a little bit of - not frustration, but disappointment, that I'm not seeing physical results for what I feel is the HUGE progress I've been making.

Then I had a thought - maybe I should try on some clothes... I have a whole CLOSET full of clothing from previous weight loss endeavours - and just for fun - I thought, heck let's go through through them (again). The last time I did this (I think) was about the first of November and weight around 244-243. Today I weigh 244-243

And yet-- These are all the clothes I pulled out of those boxes that didn't fit last time! On top of this I have gone down a size in my test jeans (I bought a bunch of jeans same make/model from size 24 - 6) all without losing a singly pound on my scale...

So, measure, try on clothes, do your habit tracker (and get on your scale) you NEVER KNOW where your progress is going to show up!

((Now to go through my closet and get rid of stuff that's too big so I have room for all of this!))

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38Rosie Mercedes, Norma Frahn and 36 others

 Google was kind enough to create this photo collage from a year ago and shared it with me...so, I had to create the same with photos I took today. #fiftyfivepoundsdown

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482Angela Moore, Julie Hanks and 480 others

That awesome moment when you walk out of the bedroom feeling cute and your husband (who’s never anything less then 100% honest - even to his own detriment) says “You look so cute!”

I like my new badass cuddle bunny look

#IMMD #worthit

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124Rosie Mercedes, Norma Frahn and 122 others

 I’m very proud of myself! I may have figured out this ‘level up’ thing

ordering my food for lunch on Monday. (My company orders in food for everyone every two weeks) and as I’m looking through options - trying to find something appealing I finally settled on a pulled pork sandwich. When I go to drop in into the cart It asks - wanna swap sides? I think hmmm what do you have? Up pops some choices and one of them is steamed broccoli. It was a no brainer. 1) broccoli for fries sounds like a ‘no duh’ not a ‘diet rule’ 2) I like broccoli it’s certainly not a hardship to eat at some!

 Story time... I came into the tribe hating myself. Seriously...it was ugly! After a few months I figured out that wasn’t how I wanted to LIVE, and I quit doing that. Suddenly, I found I was struggling. I didn’t have a hard why anymore... so I sat down and wrote the following...

The funny thing is, I still don’t have what many would think of as a hard why, and yet I’m still here, taking action every day, 15 (almost 20) pounds lighter then I was when I wrote this. Still asking myself questions and looking for my own answers... and doing my best to love myself every step of the way.

PS - some of my ‘Pros’ to not losing weight are thought errors.... I realize this!

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7Karen Teetsel Jessop, Christine Coulter Davis and 5 others

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