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Friday, April 10, 2015

Long Term Weight Maintenance 3 years, 2 months - Lots of opportunties to own it like a boss

3 year 2 month check in

Highest weight 187.4
Current weight 117.8
Pounds lost 70-ish
Goal range 113-118
Time at goal weight +/- 5 pounds:  3 years, 2 months
Time yo-yo dieting 40 years
Age 49
Menopause : 2 years
Food template : Paleo-ish, modified AIP

Another month in weight maintenance. I celebrate everyday. Really. 40 years of trying and not accepting or learning what I needed to do. Every meal, day, month , year is a total victory.


 Stress was higher this month. But I kept repeating what is working.


Every day I choose this.

Meals and to screw it up and start binge eating per day = 3
Between meal slippery slope opportunities per day = 3

That's 6 opportunities per day to eat like I used to eat and think like I used to think.

Per week 42
Per year 2,184
For the last 3 years 6,552

Not to say I haven't started to binge eat  or thought about it. In the first, second, and occasionally the thrid year of weight maintenance. In the first year: I ate a lot of Lara Bars, nuts, and other things that were problematic before I dealt with my food and my thoughts. Second and third years were easier. Every day is an opportunity to stick with my food template or return to stinking thinking.

There's a lot of day-to-day, meal-to-meal decisions.
I'm just glad for clear thinking, a great food template, and a lot of wisdom and good sleep.

Onward.  Weight Graphs. You know the drill.

What works now:
1. Paleo-ish food template.
2. Daily weighing
3. Stopping stinking thinking in its tracks. 6 Times a day.

What didn't work for me in the past
1. Counting WW points- Skinny Cow ice-cream, loads of Easter Candy
2. Scale avoidance. Because. Loads of Easter Candy. And Skinny Cow Ice Cream is on sale a lot.
3. Telling myself eating all the sugar and grains would make me well and that I could drop a few pounds, "no problem". I can any time I want to by counting points.

I'm less likely to manage what I don't measure or track. Owning it like a boss for another 6 opportunities.  The magic fairy isn't going to descend and do the work. That's my job.










2 comments:

  1. Karen you are so right "The magic fairy isn't going to descend and do the work. That's my job."

    It is OUR job to look after our health and well-being. We have one body to last a lifetime ..... happily and heathily lived as we possibly can.

    All the best Jan

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  2. Thank you, Jan. Sometimes when I am in the kitchen cleaning up, I wish for a magic fairy ( oh, wait, sometimes I put my daughter to work.. ). But most of the time the awesomeness of the food and remembering how I used to live... well, it's all good.

    One body, one lifetime. Ability to think for ones self. Thanks for stopping by the blog.

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