I don't know why I cant stick with this!



I did something different this time, I actually WROTE my reasons for this

challenge and specifically detailed several patterns of action that I know I

need to change.  I also wrote down a few rewards I will do for myself when I

reach some milestones (one, two, three months of discipline etc).  If I can

stick to my plan for eight weeks I am going to reward myself with something I

have wanted to do my entire life...learn to surf!



My husband and my long time friend are also restarting tomorrow.  Any hints on

how we can stick with it?  For real this time??

One of my favorite sayings is "How does one become a Butterfly?" she

asked.  "You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up

being a caterpillar."



I think this pretty much sums up what you have to do to stick to whatever

program you decide.  You have to 1) want it bad enough to give up things

you love 2)  You have to make it a liveable lifestyle to maintain it for

life



I understand from experience that it isn't as easy and simple as it

sounds but it really boils down to deciding to do it and just doing it.

Michele T.



>My husband and my long time friend are also restarting tomorrow. Any

hints on how we can stick with it? For real this time??

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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

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





"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that

person, a beautiful thing."

--Mother Teresa





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Or instead of throwing out the leftovers, you can give them to your neighbors,

like mine do :)

 







________________________________

From: Sheila <sheila.doughty@...>

To: bodyforlifewomensclub2@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 9:15:22 PM

Subject: Re: [Body for Life Women's Club] Re: Starting over...again











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@ verizon.net> 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



"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that

person, a beautiful thing."

--Mother Teresa



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Etana,

Congratulations.  I am so glad to hear you're hiking and feeling great.  Good

news on the 11" lost too!!

You are doing it.



Teresa M.

Some things that have clicked for me -  

1.  I stopped setting some ridiculous goal to be "ripped" in 12 weeks. I'm sure

for some, it can be done, but I've stuck with it longer when I gave myself

longer to do it.  I still set a goal though.

2.  If eat something unauthorized..so what...next meal eat better.

3.  If I went too far on a free day and the scale went up...so what..it's not

fat.  When I went back to eating right, the bloat went way and the scale went

right back to where it was.

4.  Calories.  Doesn't matter if it is healthy food or not.  Once I got my

calorie budget in order, clothes fit better, complements came, people

noticed, and the scale dropped which made me want to keep going.

5.  More fitness/food-related/diet books. Don't know why, but it keeps me

looking forward to the next thing to do.  

6.  Eating the same thing in cycles.  May not work for some people, but I eat

stuff in cycles.  Once I like some things, I'll eat them til I'm sick of it.  I

always know what the calories were in it, it takes some of the counting and

having to pay attention away and I enjoy it.  It makes things easier. Then I'll

cycle another set of foods and start the process all over.   

7.  Leigh Peele addressed something to the effect of the constant need to

cheat.  Basically just eat the cheat food rather than trying to eat well and

then buckling and eating the cheat food anyway.  At that point, you upped your

calories when if you just would've eaten the cheat food you wanted only, it may

not have been that bad.  This can't be done all the time but for certain times

of the month it made sense to me.

 

Liza



--- On Sun, 7/5/09, chichi_fcco <chichi_fcco@...> wrote:





From: chichi_fcco <chichi_fcco@...>

Subject: [Body for Life Women's Club] Starting over...again

To: bodyforlifewomensclub2@yahoogroups.com

Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 10:48 PM

















I don't know why I cant stick with this!



I did something different this time, I actually WROTE my reasons for this

challenge and specifically detailed several patterns of action that I know I

need to change. I also wrote down a few rewards I will do for myself when I

reach some milestones (one, two, three months of discipline etc). If I can stick

to my plan for eight weeks I am going to reward myself with something I have

wanted to do my entire life...learn to surf!



My husband and my long time friend are also restarting tomorrow. Any hints on

how we can stick with it? For real this time??







































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Are there any good BFL apps that are iphone or blackberry friendly?



deb





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