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Conference rocks::weight_control

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

430.0. "Forgiving yourself" by CECV01::KELLEY () Tue Apr 04 1989 18:01

    How do you forgive yourself after a bad week?  I had a bad week
    this week and I want to learn from my mistakes but I want to forget
    about it too.
    
    What do some of you do after a weight gain?

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430.1Try a graph for some perspectiveATSE::BLOCKWith a mind of magic & a magical mindTue Apr 04 1989 20:2813
	It's not easy to pick up and keep going.  Try to focus on your 
	progress so far.  I keep a graph of my weight loss; there's a 
	red line at 2 lb/week, and another at 1 lb/week.  My goal is to
	stay below the second line.  I started out with a 5.5 lb loss, 
	so I've stayed below the steeper line, but I can look at that 
	and see that even if I started gaining 1 lb/week every week (not 
	likely!), it would take a month before I crossed the 1 lb line.  
	I could plateau for 8 weeks and still be within my goal range.

	Beverly


430.2Don'tEMASS::SICALong and winding road...BUT..!Wed Apr 05 1989 17:558
    	Why forgive yourself...If you went off of your diet, then get
    back on it.  If you have stuck to it, platau's are common.  Just
    keep in mind that persistence is the key.  Approaching each day
    as a new day, a new beginning helps..
    
    					Hope this helps,
    							Paul

430.3Forgiveness helps to build self-esteemATSE::BLOCKWith a mind of magic & a magical mindThu Apr 06 1989 15:0612
	I think it is important to forgive yourself after a bad week.  
	Yes, it's important to get back on program, but if we dwell on 
	past failures, we set ourselves up for more of the same.

	We're all human.  That means we're not perfect, and we won't 
	always meet our goals.  Accepting that and looking forward to
	success is part of the healing process.

	Beverly