"It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up."
"Every morning that you wake up is another chance to get it right."
"Commitment: staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left."
I came across the above quotes on a label sheet. I had typed them out some time ago to put in my Kickstart Commitment Tracker. They never got used, but they definitely brought me back into focus.
One of my co-workers has gone to a nutritionist and has lost 18 lbs. in 8 weeks. Good for her! I was talking to her and she said they advised she download the Lose It app, eat at least 1300 calories a day and no more than 1500, eat beef no more than 3 times a week, start the day with a protein drink with at least 30 grams of protein, and stay away from the whites (white bread, pasta, rice - whole wheat/grain are fine). Seems simple and it is doing her well. I was asking what she ate besides the protein drink and she said she has steak twice a week and cereal in the morning and snacks of fruit (she does not eat vegetables, not a veggie eater) and eats Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice for lunch. I asked her if she did weighing and measuring - that seemed foreign to her. So I said how do you justify the calories in the app if you don't know the amount you're eating. She said she just puts in a serving. I'm glad it's working for her and hope it continues to do so, but you can't just pour an amount of cereal in a bowl and count it as one serving. I guess that's the WW mentality in me.
I know she's eating better and less than she has in a while and I will not give any unsolicited advice as she's doing better than me; but at some point counting 2 cups of Special K as one serving (3/4 cup is a serving for Special K) may slow her down.
She's got the mindset right now - the one you need to lose weight. I don't; but I haven't given up. I get up each morning with the right mind set...sometimes it lasts through the days, sometimes it doesn't. Shapa still has me in light gray, and though I hate that, I know it's the truth. I'll get it back to Teal!
I so wanted to clean out the one room upstairs today but it's full of old computer equipment, tablets and such. I need to find a place to take that for recycling and until I have that worked out, I can't really do anything else.
Another week at work and then off to the beach!
