It seems ‘how to lose weight while in Chicago is still a work in progress for me. I pretty much had a fuck it week this week. Didn’t plan. Didn’t eat well. over drank every day... was kind of a mess. I’m sure there’s a lot for me to unpack for the week. And I wish I had been paying more attention to my thoughts the whole time. They probably would have been interesting.  But I was kind of in one of those moods where I was tired of listening to my own thoughts. So I didn’t. And I ate and I drank and I didn’t lose weight. Where does that leave me? It leaves me fired up and ready to take some massive action. I kind of felt like I was taking a vacation from my eating plan.  But I don’t want life to be that way! I want an eating plan that I don’t have to take a vacation from!

But I also realize that to see results I’m going to have to do more then what I’ve been doing. So this week is a ‘do more’ week. Time to be a little uncomfortable.  To experiment. To push that line between progress to deprivation and just week what results.

I’ve got a plan - it’s full of actions steps. Now I activate it - not tomorrow - now!

Same dress Jan 2019 - June 2019 to today...

#transformationtuesday

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 Today I’m celebrating a three-fer!

First... after 138 days in the 240’s(not that anyone was counting..........) and at 242 for 80 days, I FINALLY saw a 239.9 on my scale! Quite honestly my brain met this info in a HUH that’s interesting data!

But...what I’m celebrating is getting into and wearing my size 16 green corduroy skirt (that I used to wear the heck out of...) AND my husband noticing me fitting into said skirt. I apparently wore it often enough before that he remembered and recognized it!

Soooo happy Friday!! And - remember, even if your scale is being sticky... and isn’t showing you what you want on this weigh in Friday. There may be other changes going on that you scale can’t see!!

Embrace your lessons learned for the week and practice intellect persistence! The scale will catch up sooner or later!

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 I had an interesting experience last night... went to a crab feed that started at 6PM and came hungry. I mean if I was going to go to an all you can eat crab feast I was going to make sure I was at a -2 at least!

We sat down and there was chips and salsa on the table... Thought: I worked hard for this hunger I’m not wasting it on crappy chips! Then waited and waited and waited... at 7:30 they finally brought around bread and salad... then later chicken and later steak and Finally! The crab!

What I learned last night was YES hunger is not an emergency!! And I don’t have to compromise my standards because of it. I can also sit and enjoy a table full of people chomping down on chips while I don’t have any! I did not die or get pregnant. When I stayed focused on my goal (how amazing those crab were going to be if I was hungry when I ate then) it was actually easy. The chips didn’t even look appetizing!

And I went to an ALL YOU CAN EAT event and didn’t gain anything! In a dress I haven’t been able to wear since 2014.

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 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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