| Title: | Weight Loss and Maintenance |
| Notice: | **PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)! |
| Moderator: | ASICS::LESLIE |
| Created: | Tue Jul 10 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 933 |
| Total number of notes: | 9931 |
Well, I'm trying something different for a few weeks to see if I can get off this roller coaster. I went to WW Saturday after having a lousy week and I didn't look at the scale - I got on backwards. Then I had the lady at the scale keep my card so I couldn't see THE NUMBER. I will continue doing this for the next 4 weeks and then I'll look and see how well I've done. When the scale is down one week, I usually don't do so well the next week. But when the scale goes up one week, I still don't do so well the next week. So what I hope will happen by not seeing THE NUMBER is that I will concentrate on just following the program and feeling good about myself, instead of letting THE NUMBER influence my attitude. So far this week (Saturday thru Tuesday) I have been right on track. And I have planned ahead for my meals today so I know I can keep it up for today. Already I feel so much better after just four days of good eating. If anyone else has tried this approach, please let me know how it worked for you. Wish me luck......Susan (with 50 pounds left to lose)
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| 333.1 | ANT::ZARLENGA | but I drive very well, officer! | Tue Jul 26 1988 20:44 | 17 | |
Positive imaging may help you.
Close your eyes, picture yourself at goal. Picture stepping
on the scale and watching it read your goal weight. The image should
be as detailed as you can possible make it, everything from watching
each foot step up, to taking a deep breath, to seeing the reading.
Live the experience in your mind, and you will feel the joy just
as if you had done it. You will know what it will feel like when it
finally happens and that should help you attain it.
Do this when you feel unmotivated, Let me know if it helps
at all.
-mike z
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| 333.2 | Still not looking... | PMROAD::SWEENEY | Wed Aug 03 1988 18:26 | 17 | |
I posted my progress in PROGRESS but I thought I would let everyone in WEIGHTLOSS know how things went last week and so far this week. Well I wanted so bad to look at the scale bacause I knew I had a perfect week. But I didn't look. I know what seeing THE NUMBER does to my attitude. So I am still doing well and will keep it up (not looking at the scale) for a few more weeks. By then the progress should be great. Thanks Mike for your advice about positive imaging. I have been doing that when I feel like eating something I shouldn't and it has helped me stay on track. In my mind, it feels great to see the scale say 120. I haven't seen that since my wedding day almost 6 years ago! But I'll see it again for real in the next year or so, thanks to the motivation I get from WW, PROGRESS and WEIGHTLOSS. Susan | |||||