Another loss

I went today knowing that I was going to gain and to my surprise I lost 1.6. I was totally surprised. That brings my total to 23.6. I hope that I can continue on and reach my 25 this next week. That would be AWESOME!!!! I did start walking this last week with 2-2pound weights. My hubby has been walking with me and the first night we did this we hadn't gone very far when I told him that my arms were killing me. My hubby told me to think of it like this I've lost almost 12 of those 2 pound weights. When I thought of it like that I had a bit more pep in my step.

Today at meeting we talked about how we can learn from our past mistakes. If we are honest with ourselves we have made many mistakes that hopefully we can learn from.
Some of the ones mentioned were:

• stick with it- even if you have a bad week stick it out.
• put yourselves 1st- I think this is one that women have the most trouble with. We take care of everyone else and forget about ourselves.
• portion control- I had no idea the amount of food I thought were normal portions. MEASURE!!!!
• Doesn't come off all at once- I didn't gain it all in one day so it isn't going to come off overnight.
• Forgive yourself- you are only human you will mess up so forgive and go on. Life Happens!
• choose your support wisely- If you have people who don't encourage you don't hang around these people. Not that they can't be your friends, but if they are going to encourage you to constantly go off your plan then limit the time that you are around them while eating.
• BUDDY- Have some sort of buddy, someone that you can turn to when you are feeling down or discouraged.
• Be prepared- rehearse what you are going to do in a situation. When you are going to a restaurant look up the menu know ahead of time what you are going to order. Practice saying it out loud for when it is time to order.
• Don't starve yourself- You have to put fuel in your body. If you don't your body will turn on you. Instead of losing it will hold on knowing that you are starving it. You have to do this in a healthy way.
• Lifestyle- This is a lifestyle change, don't do this for just a season, do this knowing that this is going to be a different way of living forever.
• You Can Do it- stamp this on your forehead. Don't give up..
• Good food- take time to learn what the good foods are,you might be surprised and find out you like things that you've never tried.

These were just a few of the things that were suggested. If I can look back on these I should be able to learn from my past. When I do this my future looks a lot brighter:)

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