Wednesday Weigh-In March 4 2009
Not feeling it
By DAVID WRIGHT
Every week, I come here looking to write something inspirational, funny or at the very least, interesting.
Today, I’m not feeling it.
Haven’t been feeling it for a while, actually.
Fact is, I’ve got so much on my plate, so much up in the air, that fitness has been the last thing on my mind lately. Like a lot of people, I lost my job last year. I’ve made drastic cuts to my spending and am living on less than I thought I could. And the financial stress has made me numb to most other things.
And yet here I am attempting to motivate other people to lose weight. Who am I kidding? I am probably the last person that should be writing in this blog these days. I loathe that I’m even admitting this stuff, it all sounds so damned whiny. But to write anything else would be dishonest.
My recent weight loss, while it has been dramatic, hasn’t been due to hard work and dedication so much as it’s been modest changes.
I still eat crap I shouldn’t.
I still don’t exercise enough.
I still make excuses to myself for both of the above.
I’m still fat.
So, what to do? The easy thing would be to quit blogging about weight loss and leave Tara all by herself. Hell, Fowler made it a viable option a few weeks ago when he needed to leave. But I can’t quite bring myself to do it.
I have to plug on. I have to find some way to break through the mental malaise which clouds many of my days. I have to clear my mind and find something to cling to which carry me forward.
This week’s question:
So, how do you all plug on when you’re just not feeling it?
Now, for the weekly Wednesday Weigh-In
Tara Cain
l AM feeling it this week. Bloody angry (sorry), that’s what I’m feeling.
I gave up all refined sugar for Lent. No chocolate, no biscuits, no cake – not even my beloved fizzy cola drink.
And what do I have to show for it? Nada, nothing, NOTHING.
HOW. CAN. THAT. BE. RIGHT?
Seriously, I have been really strict with myself. I texted a friend (Michelle who sometimes comes over and comments here) to say I’d been really sticking to it and wasn’t I just marvellous and she sent a message back saying: “E**ing hell! My diet is mainly sugar!” (sorry honey, hope you don’t mind me sharing!) and then I felt even more virtuous.
I admit I fell from grace on Sunday night when I caved in and had a handful of sugared popcorn – but then I felt so bloated and uncomforable afterwards, I wished I hadn’t bothered.
So, it’s been exactly a week and it hasn’t made a single bit of difference.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving up. Seven days down, another 33 to go . . .
Maybe just like Dave, I too need a bit of advice and encouragement to keep me going.
The stats:
- Starting weight Wed. Nov.19: 168 lbs.
- Goal weight: 140 lbs.
- Weight last week: 164 lbs.
- Weight today: 164lbs
- Amount lost this week: 0lb
David Wright
I have a stomach virus, so I’m on a liquid diet for the next 3 days. Which might help me lose the 2 pounds I seemed to gain this week. I love chicken noodle soup but I’m getting sick of it.
Anyone have some soup ideas?
The stats: David Wright
- Starting weight Wed. Nov.19: 350 lbs.
- Goal weight: 250 lbs.
- Weight last week: 327 lbs.
- Weight today: 329 lbs.
- Amount gained this week: 2 lbs.
- Total lost since Nov. 19: 21 pounds
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So, how do you all plug on when you’re just not feeling it? I think about what will happen if I don’t keep working on my weight and fitness. That serious scares me. There’s SCARY things in my family’s health history. I don’t want to be added to the list of victims or have any more surgeries.
Dave, you’re not feeling well now. Attitudes generally suck while sick. Think about it again when you’re feeling better. You’ve made real progress. It’s easy to give up and wallow. But I (and the rest of the crew here) believe you are made of sterner stuff. Have you heard the saying, “Fake it till you make it”? (The initial sound of it is crude, I admit. But there’s truth to this saying. When you’re making a change, you won’t always feel like it but keep going until you make that change reality.)
As for Soups – I adore the Simply Recipes site. Her Minestrone should be simple enough if you go really light on the tomatoes, garlic and pork. I usually use what ever ham I have in the freezer instead of the specialized pork she suggests, and I don’t like cabbage so I skip that. (Proof I’m incapable of following a recipe to the letter.)
Tara, dates (unsugared) are a great source of natural sugar when you need it. Don’t be discouraged dear. My weight has fluctuated wildly since I started. I started putting it in that silly online graph so I could see the overall trend. I don’t have it in the graph from last may, just the starting point, but it took me a good month to loose any weight. I gained several pounds at first. Don’t let an off week get you down. You made some big changes to your diet and your body may be going, “Oh my god! What did you do to me? Where’s my sugar!” for a bit.
(Oy, I must be resuming my title of “Avlor the Opinionated”! Eep!)
My report is in the comment luv as usual. Down .4 lbs.
Avlor’s last blog post..Wii Fit and Blog to Fit Update #15
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Tara: Don’t get discouraged …. just keep making strides and the results will show – eventually. I have lost 20 pounds of baby weight since October, but it has only been through hard work and not giving up. I occasionally fall of the wagon and skip a work-out or eat something ridiculous, but the next day I just pony up and start again.
David: I am not a soup lover, so can’t help you there. BUT to answer your question, I plug on by thinking about my long term goal. In my case, I have to be in a swimsuit in 2 months which is motivation to try and stay on track. After the cruise, I will have to find another goal I guess.
Kristin’s last blog post..Words To Live By: Suffer For Beauty
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Tara Cain Reply:
March 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I know you’re right Kristin, I absolutely do. I just wish I could have something ANYTHING to give me a little encouragement!
I had a couple of gulps of that damn soda drink tonight to cheer myself up and I’ve got a sugar rush headache! Maybe that’s the sign I need!
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Alright, y’all, here goes.
My new sitting in a chair all day lifestyle has added to my waistline, no doubt, but I’m not nearly as equipped to talk about that as I am about plugging away when I’m just not feeling it. I love writing. Had no idea it was even in me, but now I do and I don’t ever wanna stop.
Here’s the rub.
Writing isn’t an end for me, writing what I want is. Right now, I’m having to write articles on a thick stack of subjects I couldn’t give a pinch of my sphnicter for. That’s not writing, that’s moving my fingers across the keys while a part of my soul is melted away.
However, I know that everything I put in will come back to me in multiple. That doesn’t mean it isn’t hard or that some days I think there HAS to be an easier way, or I just want to up and quit altogether. A couple weeks back I was feeling the burn at its worst. Anyone here who’s a blogger knows exactly what I’m talking about. It was probably the lowest I’d felt since I started. I actually allowed defeat to worm its way between my ears and start whispering his evil silver tongued advice.
So what did I do?
I took a step back. I took a full week off from my main site and came back renewed. I haven’t felt this attached to what I’ve been writing on the site probably since late last year. That’s life for you. A few steps forward and one step back. It’s a long long climb to get to the top of anywhere worth going, and only there can you see with clarity all that surrounds you and all you’ve left behind.
Dave, you are exactly the person who should be telling people what’s up. You are in the same situation as an awful lot of people, but you aren’t hollering down the mountain that you know all the answers, you’re letting the world know that you feel just a little lost and maybe a little scared, with a whole hella desire to try and turn the train around. People want honesty. They want to know that their pain is not unique to them.
My suggestion? Don’t be a slave to the schedule. Write when you feel inspired or honest or angry; hopeful, dispirited, or victorious. Write to bitch, write to boast, but don’t write to beat a deadline. That small change might be all you need to fully tilt your mindset.
Tara, if you’re already cutting out sugar, I have a meal plan that has worked for me without fail every time I’ve tried it. It’s called the Scarsdale Diet. Google “Scarsdale Diet” or “Dr. Tarnower diet” and you should be able to easily pull up some sample menus. It takes about a month (what’s left of lent). It’s two weeks of uber strict eating and then two weeks of light eating to follow. You do have to eat meat and it is highly regimented, but you can eat as much as you’d like out of the available menu choices and I’ve never done it without dropping ten pounds in the first two weeks. Feel free to email me if you have any questions. It’s totally safe and I’ve used it every time I’ve needed (a couple times a year) for the last fifteen years.
You both are awesome.
Writer Dad’s last blog post..Bahma!
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Tara Cain Reply:
March 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Writer Dad, you are so great. What a fabulous motivational speech. It had me all fired up, I can tell you.
I really do appreciate you taking the time to come over here and comment to us pair of slackers. And you are right, Dave is just the best person to be on here giving us honesty with both barrels.
Oh and am checking that site out now . . .
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Fitness only gets easier if you stick to it, but it’s even easier to just stop trying.
The older you get, the harder it is to overcome the negative inertia of not taking care of your body.
I lost 2 lbs. this week. (for more specifics, including just how old I really am, click the commentluv link)
Mike Goad’s last blog post..Wednesday Weigh In, March 4, 2009
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Tara Cain Reply:
March 4th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Good heavens Mike, you look bloody good for 85. Kidding kidding (I did sneak over for a peek so I do know you’re actual age, but I won’t reveal).
Great stuff on the 2lb loss, you’re totally doing it the best way and I’m very envious!
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You guys!
I guess we all have down weeks. That’s ok. Just don’t let it keep you down.
Dave- I’m with you on the job thing. I lost mine a few weeks ago, and I’m just now starting to feel a little like my old self. It was such a crummy feeling when it happened. I’m sorry I can’t add more than what Sean said, he’s good at that.
Tara- I think I have a new challenge for you, but I think I’ll email it instead. I bet you can’t do it.
Oh yeah, I lost 2 lbs and went to the doctor to see about some other things. Exciting stuff if you want to check it out at my site.
turfdad’s last blog post..Wednesday Weigh In Week 14
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Tara Cain Reply:
March 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I’d like to say ‘hell yeah, bring that challenge on’ but as it’s you I’m really really nervous now!
Proceed with caution.
Oh and ‘exciting stuff’? I read it and all I am is worried now . . .
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Tara, I’m still off sugar, too. Well, with the exception of the one cough drop I ate, and the cough syrup I took… does that count?
The diet I started is taking the pounds off, but just not the RIGHT pounds at this time. Someone else who has done this diet says I should be shedding body fat for the next couple weeks. We’ll see!
I’m blogging my progress at http://fatlosschronicles.blogspot.com, if anyone wants to stop by.
Starting weight, Wed. Feb. 25, 2009: 185.4 lbs.
Goal weight: 155 lbs.
Weight last week: 185.4 lbs.
Weight today: 178.6 lbs.
Amount lost this week: 6.8 lbs.
Fat Loss Chronicles’s last blog post..HCG (Day 7)
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I lost 2 pounds this week…I think this is the start of the inflammation in my face, neck, and around my diaphragm starting to come off. Thank goodness!
The horrid cold I was suffering seems to have “broken” on Sunday and the Pain I have been having since Dec. is diminished. I have been walking for 3 miles everyday – all weather, but I could not pull off swimming – I am going to try tomorrow before my next massage.
I am researching like crazy what this might be – as I never want to suffer this again.
I have my next diabetes, hypertension, fasting blood work next Monday morning.
I am angry still and feel like just giving up myself….
I truly hate that my Doctor has already labeled me diabetic, hypertensive, and obese. It makes me feel like a voodoo doll with pins stuck in me….the insurance company is all over this because they make money on obese diabetics like crazy – and the medications take about 10-15 years off one’s life so they make out like bandits at that end….Ins. companies make too much money off me now…
Tara – it takes about 6 weeks to get the effects of sugar out of your system…and it will play on your emotions like any addiction to get you to succumb…..Because we all know that the brain needs it’s food source in the form of sugar (White Granulated sugar is full of bleach and has almost no nutrients left….) Here is a little test to see why you are craving sugar or if it is just the addiction part calling to you -
Step #1 – get a lean chicken breast, free range, antibiotic free…..no skin…cook it and cut it into small bites that need chewing. Every hour eat one piece all day long.
Ask yourself did you still need biscuits, chocolate, fizzy soda?
Step # 2 – on another day, get a box of those sugar free breath mints that have almost no calories, and every time you crave a sweet…melt two of those tiny mints on your tongue…Did you crave more? Was it satisfying or set up cravings?
Step #3 – On yet another day….every time you want sugar or carbohydrates…run in place for 3 minutes, or do 25 jumping jacks…..then stretch down slowly and touch your toes – walk your hands up your legs slowly and have a big sigh or yawn.
Step #1 tells you if it is satisfying that you might be pre- diabetic….and processed sugar needs to be replace with long term, slow digesting fuel.
Step #2 tells you you need a reward, you need a compliment, you need to find something different to regain your energy and move forward…you are tired?, under stimulated?
Step #3 tells you that you metabolism is being lazy….and it does not wish to get a boost by breaking open a fat cell….no that is too hard…and it requires oxygen and better circulation.
Lent is all about giving up a distraction in order to know “God” better….Jesus in the desert for 40 days asking God if he was strong enough to submit to the CROSS …
When you give up something then you need to replace it with something else…that works for you….but you have removed that distraction in order to confront it’s power over you….so you have to look at the painful and find the positive….and in yours and David’s case you need to make it FUN and Laugh to be able to let go and replace.
If you ignore the painful messages and do not make them useful – you come to a stand still….so what is the painful message about not wanting to go on? not wanting to eat healthy stuff? Not wanting to be the best you can be….? The healthiest you can be…..?
Everyday I have to get up and ask myself those questions…..I just took my chicken breasts out of the oven – I cooked them in raspberry vinegar….as they cool I will cut them into pieces.
My grapefruit and apple are waiting me and I have had my 1 cup of potassium broth, green bean, turkey soup. My morning was 1 cup of fresh squeezed apple cider…..I did my 3 miles this morning before everyone else’s day began…and I get so bored walking that absolutely gorgeous lake….What is wrong with me?
I just have to do it……I have to fool myself and say “wow this is going to be a great day” “Wow look I am half way around the lake already” “Look at that silly mallard duck wants to schmooze with that crow – he’s the wrong guy for you girly!”
I need to go swimming at 6 am tomorrow morning because the massage is at 9:15am and I want it to work it’s magic…
I may have to give up soy as the estrogen levels are too high in soy…and my inflammation maybe from that? I already can’t eat dairy….What will I eat …
Well, then I am a sicko for all my life ….this is just the dance of life card I drew…
Well, you have a dance card of life too…and you will have a whole set of life lessons on your card….Neither of you wish to be known for your body? Why you have brains and children and spouses…. but how do you get to be the best you – you can be? By working on all your life lessons….
The art of the cartoon is the discipline and control the artist brings to the character until that character makes a play that catches one off guard in a guffaw
As a parent you want to show your children that you have discipline and control over your self and your health…and how a human being is at their optimum – their best life and their best self…
Make peace with yourself, don’t waste time on excuses…set your goal and the value of that goal right in front of you- paste it on the ceiling above your bed…bathroom mirror…..and keep a list of every moment you feel fully alive and on your path..
You guys are not going to wimp out on me now….I have a long way to go…and I want to do it here with you….
I think everyone needs to take a turn putting a Wednesday post up on this site on Monday…and keep the comments going on a daily basis….Now tie on your sneakers and stop the sniveling….we have a lot of living ahead of us…yes we do..
Patricia’s last blog post..The CARD
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