Wednesday!

[RachelnLa]

Morning! Everyone must be enjoying the cooler weather and not at their computers. Unfortunately, I have to work.. so here I am!

Fitday is coming along and I'm working hard at keeping things in line. Hopefully it will pay off. It sure has been an eye opener in ratios and calories.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!

[Korelis]

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What a wednesday it is. Just made my last payment to pay off our highest credit card so I am really happy about that.

Sorry I haven't been posting a lot recently. Been really busy with work and stuff. I haven't cheated yet. Just not been getting a lot of my water in which I know I will have to work on.

How is everyone else?

[Outback Jess]

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Hey Korelis, what do you mean "YET"?... You know it does not have to happen. I am cheat free 51 days...It's NOT going to happen. Are you expecting it?
I wonder how others think. I have walked around in a state of mind that, "Im sure it will happen one day." Well, there are some people here who have not cheated, have a plan and stick to it, and have been very successful. I have read some of their words on this subject in a thread a while back. I have been thinking about a new line of thought, "I am going to be like them, I don't have to cheat, it's not going to happen".
I wonder if it is a possibility in our minds, it will be come a reality in our life?
Do we move towards what we really believe, subconsciously?
I mean that for the good and the bad. Someone asked me what I am gonna do when I get to wonderland. I said, "i have not thought about that, paid attention to it, or even thought along those lines..."
Right before I read your post Korelis, I thought to myself, I wonderful if I should actually start conceiving wonderland, and what I want to see there. i wonder if I should keep visualizing Nov 11 and climbing to the top of Stone Mtn. I wonder, If I should keep focusing on Jan 1, 2007. What I will want to wear, what kind of winter activities I will be doing, what I want to reward myself with?
I wonder if I visualize these places and things, i mean, if I conceive them deeply, won't I more naturally move toward them and do the very things to make them happen. If I am headed nowhere, with nothing definately, will I actually move forward very far.
If cheat is a "not a yet thing" is it more likely something we expect and there for our expectations lead us right towards it...
That's it, DO OUR EXPECTATIONS LEAD US RIGHT TOWARD WHAT WE EXPECT TO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN????
Korelis, your comment struck a cord of something in my life. I have shared your words "I've not cheated yet"...thank you for saying them, they have led me to another truth I need to ask myself. For me this journey, at this time is all about getting it right...Korelis, you have triggered a big moment for me...I mean nothing personal or challenging to you in my responce, I only mean to question my own intentions.

[TammyJo348]

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Man, paying off that credit card...that did feel good. Almost as good as losing another 2 pounds! Yes, I know, I got on the scale this morning and thought I would regret it. But I lost another 2 pounds since my regular Tuesday weigh-in yesterday!!! Woohoo!!! I started sucking in putting on my pants and I was like, whoa I totally don't need to do that!

Drove to work without my A/C on, which is a big deal in Texas, it felt so nice! 64 degrees, high of 88, low humidity, can't get better than that!!!

Going for my first bottle of water now...

[Profitweb]

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Way to say it Jess!!! I think you are completely right. It just needs to be what you're going to do, not what you hope you can do.

Congrats on the weight loss Wednesday, Tammy! That's awesome. Almost as awesome as Korelis paying off her highest credit card. That rocks!!!

I'm uber happy because the roofing guys unexpectedly showed up JUST NOW. I'm getting my new red roof put on today! Woopie!!!

[Outback Jess]

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Hey Profit thanks for the words of encouragement...Tammy and Korelis, (Richard) are an awesome couple, now more debt free!!!!

[knicknack]

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Happy wednesday everyone!

I'm on day three and going strong! Day one was more of a ramp up (I ate about 60 carbs) but yesterday was perfect. Hope everyone has a good day!

[Outback Jess]

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yeah knickknack you are getting into the grooove......

[RachelnLa]

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Cheating yet and where will I be. Very thought provoking.

Cheating - I don't plan to cheat.. say bread, sugary stuff, etc. Like on a particular date or an event. I have gone over carbs.. or tasted something here and there. I do not consider that a cheat. I do not want a planned cheat. Why would I want to sabotage myself? Obviously, those foods are not good for me. Why would I want them now after all my hard work? I also look at this as a way of eating for life and not a diet. Diet, to me, is only temporary. So to have a taste here and there of the forbidden in my lifetime is okay to me. Doing it every day or every week is not. I guess that it why I try to be really strict and watch what I eat. That way if something somes up "Mom, taste this.. is it good??" Then I don't have to say no knowing that a sample is not going to cause me much harm. Usually when I sample .. I end up thinking "Nope, not missing much!" Last night was brownies. Daughter had me taste them since she is only 11 and made them She knows I cannot have them.. but she's 11 and wants moms approval. She gave me just a pinch and was beaming with the praise she received. Inside, I was thinking "Egads! That is pure sugar! I'm sooo glad I don't eat that anymore!" LOL Only thing I'm missing is 22 pounds!

Where will I be... - Good question. Envisioning yourself doing something, or being a certain way really helps achieve that goal. I need to start doing that more. I'll start with seeing myself at the Birthday party. Bending, sitting, talking, having a good time and looking/feeling good about myself. It will be easy to skip the cake. I'll eat a wonderful salad from the salad bar. I'll leaving walking on air and feeling very proud of myself.

Then it will be time to start working on October! We love halloween and all that goes with it. The kids have already started in on getting the candy. I have avoided that by saying it's not even October 1st yet! I don't want them to have all that stuff sitting around. They will eat it and want more. I dont' have a problem with it. Poor hubby hid his M&Ms until he finished them. I found them each time on accident. He would get all sad and say he wasn't hiding them very well. LOL They were not a problem for me. THAT was a weird feeling. I'm more apt to eat too many carbs in cheese LOL

[Outback Jess]

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Me too, cheese breads, beer, pastas...somethign sweet now and then, but Halloween is no biggie to me...thank goodness.

[Elsie150]

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Great posts everyone! Very thought provoking! Korelis..congrats on paying off that credit card. Now cut it up. Tammy...Yippee...you go girl!

Busy day yesterday. Did make $150 selling some of my used rubber stamps so that was a nice trade off to not getting my bedroom done. LOL! Or I could just be using that as an excuse to get out of housework...LOL! Anyhow, more of the same old same old from me. Gonna tackle that room, drink my water and stay on plan. Now that is a good day!

Later Dudes....

[Nanarama]

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First off, let me say woohoo to those of you who have been cheat free. I think that's an amazing feat.

This really is some thought-provoking stuff. I think I'm right with Rachel in that if I take a bite here or there only once in a while I'm not considering that a cheat. It's a taste. I know it can be a slippery slope and there's nobody more afraid than me to go down that road never to come back up.

For many, many years I kept thinking one day I will be successful at weight loss. I would have a few attempts and then fail, of course. Well, this time I really do think is the time. It's a whole different mental experience.

I am not planning on cheating. If I want to taste something, I'll take a tiny little taste and that's it. And I don't do that often. I know how very dangerous those tastes can be and start triggering cravings. But one nice thing happened ... I actually did falter over the weekend with some candy and found myself eating too much of it more out of the old habits than anything else. But lo and behold, once it was over, it was over!! That's huge for me. On Monday I did have some of the mental demons telling me, well, look what you did, you can have more now.

Nope. I drank my water. I exercised. I had my nice high protein/high fat foods. And the demons went away. Go figure ....

[DragonflyMoon]

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Morning, STACers! Happy Wednesday to all of you... interesting conversations going on this morning!

Just got back from dropping Luna off at school & now i have some nice "me" time. I am going to do the treadmill today & do some beading. Later on today we are going over to my friend Joy's house. Should be fun...

Enjoy the day!

PS ~ bought size 16 jeans yesterday at Lane Bryant and i'm wearing them today...

[Outback Jess]

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Oh don't they feel goooood! I love it when I get new clothes...But I still have a ways to go on that venture.