Week 6
March 18, 2014
Thoughts for the Week…
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2.8 more pounds
down for a grand total of 19.4 pounds so far! I’m hoping to clear the 20 pound
mark next week!
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Well, I
didn’t listen very well to Marty last week. L I decided to drink again
on Saturday. We went out to eat and I drank margaritas, which was preceded by
beer at home. I made good choices on the food I ate. I asked for a chicken soft
corn shell taco, even though it wasn’t on the menu. One of the people that was
with us asked me what I was going to do if they wouldn’t get that for me since
it wasn’t on the menu. I didn’t have an answer because I didn’t know the
answer. I thought I was being prepared, which I was to an extent, but not
prepared enough to know what to do if the waitress said no. So, yes, it was a
“big fat drunken pig face” night! And just like last weekend, my body felt like
crap the next day. My goal for now is NO alcohol. I need to keep reminding
myself that the alcohol is not going to get me to where I want my body to go.
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This week in
Train your Brain part of the discussion got off topic and Marty was sharing
some of his experience of being on the Biggest Loser. He mentioned that the
doctor had told some of the contestants at the end of the contest that if they
were to maintain their current weight they’d have to work out x number of hours
a week. Marty said one contestant was like, “What? I have to continue to do
this?” That’s where I previously failed. I lost weight before and that was the
end of it. I didn’t continue to plan my food or to workout and all of that damn
weight came back on. It’s not rocket science to figure out that I am going to
have to continue to eat well, keep a food journal, and work out several nights
a week to keep this weight off, but some days my brain starts going backwards
thinking that once I get to my long term weight loss goal, this journey has
ended. So not true! This journey can never end.
Wednesday Workout
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I work out
with a group of teachers on Wednesdays and Fridays after school. Below is one
of the workouts we did this week…simple, but effective!
o 20 minute AMRAP
§ 10 push press
§ 10 kettle bell swings
§ 10 box jumps
Ponder this…
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We also discussed emotional eating today
in Train your Brain. Eating because you are stressed. Or eating because you are
lonely. Or eating because someone makes you mad. When we talked about this I
remembered a quote I saw while driving with my husband. “He who angers you,
controls you.” I remember saying to him, “I am never going to let you make me
mad again because that means I am letting you
control me. That’s not going to
happen!!” We need to remember that when we are emotional, turning to food is
not an option. Emotionally eating makes the problem worse because not only are
we avoiding feelings, after we shove our faces with crap food we always feel
bad about ourselves because we’ve strayed from our diet, which in turn makes us
disappointed in ourselves. One Solution?? Label our feelings - I’m (upset,
stressed, lonely, angry, etc), NOT hungry.
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