Posts by ygodley

Original Post by spfspark:

Boy did I mess up last night.  Went to go visit with my wife's maid of honor from our wedding and her husband.  Haven't seen thim in almost 15 years.  We had a great time...but I ate things that I shouldn't have.  I had three pieces of pizza, along with 2 cocktails.  I did use Diet Coke in my drink vs the great tasting regular Coke.  But when I got home, I stept on my scale before I got into bed, like I usually do, and found that I went UP 2 pounds.  I was very discouraged.  But I had such a good time.  And...OMG did that pizza taste good!!!!!!!!

I'm getting back on track today.  Gonna watch what I eat today and definately get down to the station to work out tonight.  Maybe I can get that two pounds, and then some, off again.

UGH!!!!!

 No worries. It's a learning process and we're human. Treat yourself from time to time. Just be mindful and/or work off your excess calories.  As long as you continue to get up when you fall...you're going to do just fine. I love your motivation and your enthusiasm. Just remember it's a journey and not a race.

the city landfill.

Sitting at work today thinking.....

Original Post by flonklar:

Original Post by ygodley:

The next to come along will need to complete the sentance and begin a new sentance.

Can we just start by spelling the word "sentence" correctly? 

 

 Thanks for pointing that out. I think I'll leave it since it bothers you so much.  Thanks for stopping ........

Crooked

Castaway

(Did I get it?)

X-Men

 (I get it now. Only movie titles)

Thanks gi-jane. I was hoping that you were on today. You give such sound informative advice. I'm actually going to use what you've said here as my little template until I get a hang of this. Thanks again.

cat and mouse

Russ Limbaugh.

How do you feel about commitment?

Picking the right color for your kitchen.

I could have went but I decided......

A. The Mothman Prophecies.

Q. How do you determine whether or not your identity has been compromised?

card board

My vow for the next two weeks is to do my sets on my thighclimber and continue to stay consistent with everything I do. And....to buy a scale.

Original Post by tomdavie:

gang

i know there are all kinds of tricks to getting to the gym. I love how creative you all have been in your stories.

however, this is just like anything else. We cant lose weight just because we wanna look good. We cant go work out cause we wanna look good. We can do mental gymnastics to try to propell us there. But it will not last.

Even if we muster up the will to goto the gym, sooner or later we will stop going. Its like anything else. Most of us do what we ENJOY.

we all enjoyed eating -lol.  We need to find  a joy in a new lifestyle that has to be permanent or it will not last. If we have to 'con' ourselves to goto the gym, we find no pleasure in it at all except the CHORE of losing the weight and this SUPER BOD dancing around in our heads.

There are 100 other ways to get active and keep fit. Which ones do we remember doing? Do that. Do it for the love of it -not the CHORE of losing the blub.

Sadly, i know from personal experience the agony of losing all the weight, all to gain 25 of it back. There is very little point of going thru all this hassle if we are just gonna wait till we look good then revert back to our old habits.

In fact, its better for me just to concentrate how much better i feel from my new diet and lifestyle. Regardless of the other fringe benefits of losing weight are. I want to permanently change so i can live longer and be heathy. I NEVER ever want to carry around this huge 'bag o blub' on my body ever again.

The great bod and the other obvious fringe benefits that go along with this lifestyle will tag along, dont worry.

Well done, tomdavie. This understanding and some other factors was what I was missing and ultimately it has kept me from losing weight. It has to be about a healthier you FIRST...then a great looking you AFTERWARDS. You just have to put the hard work in and it doesn't have to be done in a gym. Gym's are not for everyone anyway. Gym's are for prospectors anyway in my opinion. You have to get in shape just to go to the gym. LOL. There's plenty that you can do on your own and most of all....it's free and you're not so stationary (in so many words) like you would be on the stair stepper at the gym. Mellyjohn, you don't sound all that convinced about the gym anyway. Save your money. Besides...you either want to go to the gym or you don't.

I know....what a journey. But in the end...I can't wait.