Grace
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Great idea Grace.....I think I might try and do the same after Christmas, just put a little bit at a time away. It soon adds up We will smell lovely XX
and look gorgeous too Dotty!
Great idea Grace.....I think I might try and do the same after Christmas, just put a little bit at a time away. It soon adds up We will smell lovely XX
I like you Grace a lot, and I love your posts so I know you'll take this the right way. It won't be kittens and rainbows as I'm not a fan of the syrupy approach, but I post it because I know you want to be a success and I want you to be too
The honeymoon period is soon over post op. You have maybe a year tops to get the bulk of your weight loss done. It is vital therefore that we maximise our efforts during this time as once it’s gone then it’s gone.
Trust me you never have a better chance of losing the weight that you want to lose. After a year your appetite will be back with a vengeance and I'm not talking about head hunger I'm talking about full-blown hunger that lasts all day. Some days there is just no filling me and I struggle to stop myself reaching for the fridge door :cry:
It’s in the first few weeks and months that the hard work has to be done. We have to use the period where food is something you can hardly face to break the control it has over us. We have to break that chain of craving for the foods that we used to eat before we get back to the point where our resolve is tested.
I'm so proud of you in that you have realised that your on the slippery slope and want to do something to arrest your slide, but in the next breath you talk about drinking carbonated beer because its only for two days! That kind of flies in the face of your previous statements
I know you had a bad time and that it has taken you a while to get over your operations but you need to start exercising as soon as possible as therein lies the key to long term success. Just walking will be a start if it’s done at a fast pace and taken for 45 minutes a day. Planning to join the gym and get a mountain bike six months from now is too late. It’s the kind of thing we used to say when we were huge, next year I’m going to start this, tomorrow I’m going to eat that etc. Today is the time to start even if its only walking to the bottom of the garden and back it’s a start
Forget treats Grace. Treats are rewarding yourself with bad food choices just because it’s a birthday or Christmas or it’s Sunday. As you say they creep back up on you. Why reward with food? Reward yourself with something that will benefit you or make you feel good.
I’m no saint trust me. I eat crisps once every two weeks but not because it’s a treat, just because I want them and I can control myself around them. There are foods I have no control over so I don’t have anything to do with them and I hope I have conditioned my brain to accept that I never will have them again, time will tell.
I think setting goals is vital. You should have a long-term goal that you want to achieve with a date, not just “when it happens” because that way it will never happen. Supplement this with short-term achievable goals that will keep you motivated by achieving them regularly.
I so want you to be a fantastic success Grace and when I read your posts in the main I am convinced that you will be just that. But talk is cheap honeybunch. I want to see action or else I’ll send the boys round and put a bat up your nightdress
Again if this has offended you let me know and I’ll delete it, as my intention is only to help and support you in a way that offers proper advice and not just sycophantic puppy stuff. You need to get at least two liters of water in a day as fat can only be metabolised in fluid so its important you drink a lot. Just remember the 30/30 rule
PM me your number if you like and you can tell me to chuff off and mind my own business. Good luck with it lady xxx
Grace i wish you well with all of your plans, for the bike and the gym....
I too would like to thank Karlos for his valuable advice. I'm taking it on board as i lost a grand total of 6lb last month. In the normal world that would be great, in the bypass world it sucks every so slightly.
Good luck Grace, here's to nicer weather so we can get off our butts and do what we want xx
I like you Grace a lot, and I love your posts so I know you'll take this the right way. It won't be kittens and rainbows as I'm not a fan of the syrupy approach, but I post it because I know you want to be a success and I want you to be too
The honeymoon period is soon over post op. You have maybe a year tops to get the bulk of your weight loss done. It is vital therefore that we maximise our efforts during this time as once it’s gone then it’s gone.
Trust me you never have a better chance of losing the weight that you want to lose. After a year your appetite will be back with a vengeance and I'm not talking about head hunger I'm talking about full-blown hunger that lasts all day. Some days there is just no filling me and I struggle to stop myself reaching for the fridge door :cry:
It’s in the first few weeks and months that the hard work has to be done. We have to use the period where food is something you can hardly face to break the control it has over us. We have to break that chain of craving for the foods that we used to eat before we get back to the point where our resolve is tested.
I'm so proud of you in that you have realised that your on the slippery slope and want to do something to arrest your slide, but in the next breath you talk about drinking carbonated beer because its only for two days! That kind of flies in the face of your previous statements
I know you had a bad time and that it has taken you a while to get over your operations but you need to start exercising as soon as possible as therein lies the key to long term success. Just walking will be a start if it’s done at a fast pace and taken for 45 minutes a day. Planning to join the gym and get a mountain bike six months from now is too late. It’s the kind of thing we used to say when we were huge, next year I’m going to start this, tomorrow I’m going to eat that etc. Today is the time to start even if its only walking to the bottom of the garden and back it’s a start
Forget treats Grace. Treats are rewarding yourself with bad food choices just because it’s a birthday or Christmas or it’s Sunday. As you say they creep back up on you. Why reward with food? Reward yourself with something that will benefit you or make you feel good.
I’m no saint trust me. I eat crisps once every two weeks but not because it’s a treat, just because I want them and I can control myself around them. There are foods I have no control over so I don’t have anything to do with them and I hope I have conditioned my brain to accept that I never will have them again, time will tell.
I think setting goals is vital. You should have a long-term goal that you want to achieve with a date, not just “when it happens” because that way it will never happen. Supplement this with short-term achievable goals that will keep you motivated by achieving them regularly.
I so want you to be a fantastic success Grace and when I read your posts in the main I am convinced that you will be just that. But talk is cheap honeybunch. I want to see action or else I’ll send the boys round and put a bat up your nightdress
Again if this has offended you let me know and I’ll delete it, as my intention is only to help and support you in a way that offers proper advice and not just sycophantic puppy stuff. You need to get at least two liters of water in a day as fat can only be metabolised in fluid so its important you drink a lot. Just remember the 30/30 rule
PM me your number if you like and you can tell me to chuff off and mind my own business. Good luck with it lady xxx
Rebirth:
Where does my help come from? I look to the hills! Help comes from the Lord! I am sure it is indeed He who has brought me to this new understanding and focus!
Insomnia is not all bad! LOL!
Thank you so much for your prayers; I shall do the same for you. We are indeed blessed t have our faith in someone higher and stronger to turn to when things get tough, are we not?
Thank you so much for your great encouragement.
As I said before: standing still or going backwards
not an option for me! I will go forward and re-take that which has been stolen from me! Tally-ho!
I want LIFE in abundance; I CHOOSE life!
Grace xxx
You go for it Grace - you deserve good things lovely lady. Big hug
Linski xxxx