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Now Comes The Tough Part

Sigh.....I'm at 15 pounds down and am hitting that proverbial wall. It's soooo freakin' hard staying focused. I'm finding myself adding a little bit here and there, cheating on my free foods, having a bit more veggies. Yeah, I know they say we can have lots of veggies, but veggie calories are still calories! And they still add up! I have to try and stay around that 1200 calorie range or I won't lose any more. I wasn't one of those who used to eat 3000-4000 calories a day, I probably was around 2000-2500, so for me to lose I really have to be careful. And I'm getting demotivated.

I wanna go back to eating "normal." I wanna grill a steak on the grill with Dave. Have a glass of wine with the steak. Pop a Zatarain's rice in the microwave for us to share with dinner. Have a bowl of Grape Nuts Trail Mix for breakfast.

Up till now I've been OK, but I'm at the stage where I'm only going to be losing a pound or so a week and while rationally I know that and I know it's healthy, one lousy pound for a whole week's worth of work seems unfairly low!

Yeah, I know I should get to the gym, but with Dave working from home most of the time now, I get home from work and want to spend time with him. If he'd go to the office more I'd probably be able to convince myself to drag my butt to the gym when he's not home. But I've never liked exercise anyways...

I'm spending probably too much time on the board, trying to keep myself motivated. I need to somehow find the strength to give myself that proverbial kick in the butt. I still have a "3 months pregnant" lower belly and can't figure out what exercises to do to work on that, since crunches only seem to help the upper abs.

Dave's proud of me, but he is sensing my declining enthusiasm and motivation, and has started asking me if I'm cheating. I'm not, well not really (maybe only an extra 100-150 calories a day).

I really want to do this! I WANT THIS TO WORK! I want people to call me thin again. I don't want to be old either, but I have no control over that.

I joined a team (team purple) to try and motivate myself so I have responsibility to other people (like on The Biggest Loser) but it still ain't easy....

Not sure why I'm babbling all this, maybe just needed to put it down....

Published Wednesday, November 14, 2007 03:25 PM by Mzhelenp

chairbuster said:

I t seems that you are fighting yourself. I have lost 47# in the last 4 months. There wasn't a time when something was telling me that I needed to eat something. I found that I would take a momement and actually ask myself if I was really hungry and nine times out of ten I would not be hungry. I was just into a bad habit of munching. I always have a head or two of lettuce in the refg. and if that time that I was really hungry I would go and eat another salad. It is all in your head and if you can come to relize this it helps. have that stake after you reach a certin goal. I have set the 50# level that I am headed to out back. The closer it gets the less I think I will eat because I have such a hard time loosing the weight I don't want to blow it.

November 14, 2007 03:58 PM EST

Sarahlina said:

Don't stop now ... I understand about the wanting to spend time with the husband when getting home from work. What I realized I had to do (and it sucks) is get up early while he is still in bed and do my workout. Then I just get ready for work as usual while he continues to sleep. I think working out would make you feel better about the tummy. Also having muscle burns calories so the more strength training you do and cardio you will see a reduction everywhere.

About the steak and glass of wine ... Just do it. Eat half the steak and stop at one or two glasses and have a nice big salad to go with it. Just don't do it every night or even every week. We have to get used to eating off program anyways and if you get a lean steak I think you should be ok. In my opinion if you keep holding back when you do go for it you will go for it big. And a steak isn't unhealthy ... it's the potatoes, rice, bread and butter that taste so good with it :)

November 14, 2007 04:09 PM EST

40_B4_40 said:

I feel your pain. I'm at 14.5lbs lost and I'm been cheating a little and JONES-ing (sp? haha) for peanut m&m and red wine. The last couple of weeks I've only been losing .5lbs eventhough I've been excercising! Wha! We can do this! We WILL do this! If it has worked for so many people it can work for us. Keep moving forward young lady and I will do the same!

November 14, 2007 04:17 PM EST

mindhorizon said:

The exercises that work the lower abs are the leg lifts. Make SURE you are pulling your belly button toward your spine when you do them, or you will be making your waist look thick instead of thin. You can see them done in the "You on a Diet" work-out videos here: http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200611/tows_past_20061102_b.jhtml

As for wanting to eat regular food, that's understandable. It might do you good to take a bit of a break from the NS food. One thing I learned while doing Weight Watchers is that you can eat ANYTHING if you watch the portion size. I've used Living Cookbook and Diet Pro software to help me figure out the portion sizes for the recipes I use at home. You can get those here: http://livingcookbook.com/ and http://dietpro.net/ Sites like http://sparkpeople.com/ can do the same thing for you, but personally I like having the data on my own computer. Using these tools, you can enjoy regular food without going nuts about it and gaining back the weight.

November 14, 2007 05:10 PM EST

Momof4GreatKids said:

You sound just like I felt only a few weeks ago. Two things helped (1) remembering how miserable I felt about how I looked and my weight before I got control, and (2) getting my mind immersed in something else for a little while so that the diet didn't consume the largest part of my thought life. The remembering the misery helped me remember why I was doing this. Getting my mind involved in something else removed the boredom factor. It worked for me ... good luck.

November 14, 2007 08:12 PM EST

Msames said:

Don't you feel a little better now after getting it all out? You are in a group of people who are either experiencing the same thing or have been there already. My craving is not for steak it is for a simple buiscuit. You know the frozen ones you buy from the grocery store? Pop one in the oven and eat it hot with a good cup of coffee. I think about it and then go watch HGTV. I am not losing like I'd like to either. I started in Sept. and I am down 15 pounds. I seem to be losing 2 pounds every other week. On the flip side of that, I stay on program, drink my water and exercise six days a week, and on alternate weeks the scale doesn't even blink!!! What keeps me going? Great blood sugar reading and the thought that suppose I was not doing this, I'd be gaining. The money I've been spending also keeps me motivated. I've gone too far to stop. I'm also waiting for the day when someone will notice that I'm losing weight.
Every little thing helps. Just don't quit. I agree with Sarahlina, If you can't get the steak off your mind go ahead and eat it. I was on LA weight Loss once and when I hit a plateau they told me to eat a steak! I enjoyed every morsel and got right back on program.
Hang In There. You'll be glad you did.

November 14, 2007 10:34 PM EST

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