I was fixing my food this morning for work and I looked at my healthy
choices and thought, "Even if I never loose another pound, I'm going to
continue to eat healthy."

Its so much more than scales, its a healthy body, no medication for high
blood pressure, adult onset diabetes, and all the rest. Its the rush when
someone says, Are you 28 and finds out you are 40 It's the ability to run,
play and just enjoy life. All this comes from a healthy lifestyle.

The most important thing? Its the joy that comes from not lieing to
yourself. By that I mean, why should you trust yourself if you just start
things you don't finish?

You can do 12 weeks, 15 weeks, a year. If you choose not to its because you
choose not to, not because you can't. It's because you won't.

Sometimes that means hard choices. Throwing out leftovers when free day is
over. Cleaning out cabnets. Walking away from someone trying to make you eat
cake. Not going to a party if your resistance is low. Listening to your
friends say just one won't hurt.

Read Bill Phillips Book. Re Read it. Read it again. Ask for encouragement
when you feel discouraged. Just don't quit.

Sheila

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Etana <etanafinkler@...> wrote:

>
>
> So what are you "starting?"
> I am still in deficit, I do lose still very slowly, but this time I've
> taken measurements and in 9 weeks I've lost 11" and only 4 lobs but 11"
> (about 4" each in stomach and hips)
>
> What I've learned over at JP Forum and leighpeele.com is this:
> I will be eating healthy foods "body for life" ie for life
> When I'm trying to lose fat, I eat in deficit to what I burn
> When eventually I get into maintenance I eat healthy food but maybe
> 500-1000 calories more of it per day..
>
> this starting the diet and stopping the diet is a set up for failure.
>
> Another wonderful thing I've learned (I am weighing and writing my food in
> fitday.com), is that if I eat too much today, because of a planned party
> or unplanned mis-step, tomorrow I eat less food. I aim for a weekly amount
> of food. If you're doing palm of protein, fist of carb + vegies, you still
> know when you ate over your plan, and you still can then next day or 2 eat
> under plan, or do an EatStopEat day to have a low calorie day.
>
> What that does is takes out the "failure" and "guilt." This is huge.
>
> So in a way there is no stopping and starting.
> Well, I know there is. I began my OPT for Fatloss program (Leigh Peele) on
> May 4 and it is a 12 week program. I keep a daily log at JP Fitness. I
> measure weekly results. I keep being conscious instead of going numb.
>
> I have had M&Ms. But I have to pay by eating less protein, which makes me
> feel weaker. I make mistakes. I bring myself back up to START every day and
> every Monday I bring myself to START again with renewed commitment.
>
> Body for Life
> Deficit for 12 weeks
> Refeed week
> Deficit again for 12 weeks
> someday soon maintenance, still the same: not a green light for oreos and
> icecream, just a few more calories / day than deficit was, really.
>
> The more you do your program the more you learn your habits, and how to get
> up fast when you fall
>
> > hints on how we can stick with it? For real this time??
> it's all for real.
>
> Best of luck,
> etana
> who's foot surgery has healed and I'm hiking and doing Jazzercise and
> lifting weights and feel 10 years younger from post-surgery and healthy
> eating and exercising!!
>
> > >My husband and my long time friend are also restarting tomorrow. Any
>
>
>



--
Sheila


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