Diet Ticker

[goldie]

This is so depressing. I have to move my ticker up again for the 2nd time in the last mo. Whats wrong with me? I was doing so good. excuses...excuses...I did hurt my knee 9 days ago not sure what I did to it. But cant do any cardio, just upper body strength training.Trying to avoid going to the doc, no insurance. Also being without power for 1 wk didn't help. Maybe I should just get rid of the ticker for now. So I wont have to look at it everyday. But I guess if I am going to do this right I have to be honest with myself and change it again.

[RedRox]

If it's not serving you in a positive manner and only serving to frustrate you, why keep it? As far as I know, there are no clinical studies that indicate that having a ticker aids weight loss in any way!

[goldie]

Your right Red. Worrying about those numbers everyday is really frustrating.
I think I will just concentrate on how I feel & how my clothes are fitting
instead of the numbers. It is nice when the numbers go down...But how I feel & being healthy is the most important thing.

[RedRox]

Here's my deal. It's been a long time since I was actively losing weight so it's much easier for me to have perspective from the other end of the process and I sometimes forget how nice it is to see the scale move in a downward direction. But I do remember going into an emotional tailspin over my first extended stall and it was only like 2-3 weeks. So I have kind of ridden that rollercoaster until I just got to the point where I said to myself, "self, this is freakin' nuts! You are going over the deep end over your scale you idiot!" Not implying you are an idiot either! But I was. I just had to work through that attachment and work on getting rid of it. I was happier after I did. Do enjoy the downward movement and the journey. But it's rarely a continuous downward line. A few pounds up or down is usually no big deal. If it seems to be a trend, then start examining your menu and seeing what calorie dense items you might be overdoing or where portion creep has crept back in. Look at your exercise and see if there are improvements that can be made there. Maybe there is and maybe there isn't. It's a constant reevaluation for me even 4.5 years into it.

And realize that at some point if you are successful, the scale either stops moving or only goes up! So you can just consider it practice for when you "make it" and are in maintenance mode and miss the good ole' days when your scale actually did move downwards and made you feel good about yourself. Eventually you just have to feel good about yourself from the inside out because the scale will stop validating that for you at some point down the line anyway.

[goldie]

Thanks for sharing that Red. Sometimes I just need someone to point me in the right direction.... I didn't realize that you have been going 4.5 years. Thats AWESOME. It is so nice that you still take the time to support the rest of us.
By the way...I love the Yoga pics. All I can say is WOW!!!

[RedRox]

I had some very nice people who helped me through my tough times on another board, so I just like to keep paying that back and forward. Plus I just think this is really a lot more "doable" than people realize or give themselves credit for being able to accomplish. Sometimes they just need someone to give them permission to believe in themselves again.

And thanks. It's something I've become quite passionate about as well (along with better health) over the past few years. It's a continuous set of new challenges limited only by my perceptions of what is possible. Kind of like "dieting"! Really those arm balances mostly fall into the "yoga tricks" category. They are fun to work on and show off, but have little to do with my actual practice, other than process of how one gets from laughing at the very idea of being able to do something like that and then moving to being able to do something like that. They also help me catch alignment issues that I don't necessarily see or feel when I'm doing them. But mostly they are just for fun and because I can!!