Comments | mirvia: I'm turning this into a weight loss blog yet again (Day 1).

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I'm turning this into a weight loss blog yet again (Day 1). - History

Mar 06, 2011 00:34

"I've screwed up today anyway; I've failed once more - I'll start again tomorrow." Or next week. Or next month. After Christmas. January 1. In Spring. Once I move to England. Once I move to Canada. Once I move to the U.S. Once I go back to Germany. Once I'm an adult. Once I finish high school. Once I finish uni. By the time I'm 21. By the time I'm ( Read more... )

weight loss, eating

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sun_smiles March 6 2011, 03:43:12 UTC

Hey, I am behind you one hundred percent always, though you know that I personally love the way you look. No one has a brighter smile than you, honey.

I've just started a 'diet'/exercise program, but it really isn't a diet so much as a complete changing of what I eat...like forever. Not just for a week or two before I give up.

If you want to like, work together, somehow, I dunno, compare things, I'd totally be up for it with you. We can help each other out and take it easy. I want to lose weight and change my lifestyle, but I'm not in any rush. I want to make it natural.

mirvia March 6 2011, 19:17:33 UTC

Thank you! It's nice to feel accepted yet supported in wanting change.
I was just about to delete this journal entry for being too whiny - too late I guess! :D

While I feel you don't need to change the way you are (we always see the beauty in our friends more than within ourselves), I think it's really brave of you to want to make such a lasting change. The "forever" is a bit scary, isn't it? But it's what's needed. Short-term diets or unrealistic ideas like "hey, let's only eat cabbage soup and pineapple pieces" won't work.

I think the idea of peer support is a great one. I'm behind you 100% as well. Let's do this (says the person who had a hot chocolate today). Do you have any time to exercise with how busy you are? What's your plan for changing your diet?

I've heard you're supposed to use a "SMART approach", setting goals that are s-pecific, m-easurable, a-chievable, r-ealistic, t-imely. That's what I'm trying. Like you, it's not a race for me but something about changing things in a lasting manner.

sun_smiles March 6 2011, 20:57:01 UTC

Yeah, exactly. Trying to diet for a week or two and then giving up or just returning to bad habits won't get us anywhere ( ... )

mirvia March 6 2011, 21:31:27 UTC

WOW. That is incredibly disciplined. I take my hat off to you. Just make sure it's something you can achieve without feeling entirely unhappy - but it doesn't seem like you are. :) Well done! Still can't believe anyone can manage to eliminate all chocolate ( ... )

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