Your diet is...

Bad day?

Suck It Up

Liar!

Quote

"Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and exercise is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant."

From Let's Do This Together

ALWAYS A REASON

JANUARY
My diet's decided, I just wont be beaten,
As soon as the Christmas leftovers are eaten!
The Weight Watchers programme, it sounds just the thing.
IN FEBRUARY I'LL START, AFTER JUST ONE LAST FLING!!

FEBRUARY
In March I'll stick to the programme, no fear,
Just let me get February over my dear.
There are Valentine's chocolates and pancakes galore.
YES IN MARCH THEN I'LL LOSE MAYBE 7LBS OR MORE!!

MARCH
I'll just get the visitors out of the way.
Then I promise I’ll stick to my diet each day.
But next week it's Mothering Sunday you know!
STILL APRIL IS COMING THEN I'LL GIVE IT A REAL GOOD GO!!

APRIL
I'm finding it tricky; the kids are off school.
Their snacks and their treats are making me drool.
The Easter Egg chocolate will soon be quite done.
IN MAY I'LL HAVE A FRESH START WHEN IT’S ALL GONE!!

MAY
Last month's hot cross buns, the leftovers won't end.
And there's no more room in the freezer my friend.
OH NO! - BANK HOLIDAY'S with trips and with treats.
BUT JUNE WILL BE EASIER WITH FRESH CRISP SALADS TO EAT!!

JUNE
A wedding in June on a bright sunny day!
But when you're a slimmer it gets in the way!
It's knocked me right off; and my diet's got the boot!
WELL JULY WILL BE EASIER WITH NICE SUMMER FRUIT!!

JULY
Well the middle two weeks I spent them in Spain.
The four pounds I've lost have turned into a gain!!
Oh Well, I enjoyed it, I won’t be too glum.
I'LL RESTART THE PROGRAMME WHEN AUGUST HAS COME!!

AUGUST
It's so hard to get back in the right frame of mind!
The kids are off school again, oh it’s not very kind.
The Weight Watchers programme I fail to remember!
OH WELL - NEVER MIND. THEY’RE BACK TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER!!

SEPTEMBER
AT LAST I AM BACK ON THE PROGRAMME....YIPPEE!!
I have managed to lose two whole pounds....Clever Me!!
But here comes my Birthday, with drinks and cake to scoff!
I'LL RESUME IN OCTOBER FROM WHERE I LEFT OFF!!

OCTOBER
I'll be back on the programme, yes, come what may.
Just as soon as I'm back from my weekend away!
And then of course – Sunday Lunch round my Mum’s
I KNOW - I'LL START IN NOVEMBER - BEFORE CHRISTMAS COMES!!

NOVEMBER
OH DEAR...Bonfire toffee has caused another hitch.
Potatoes and Hot Dogs all made my lips twitch!
It’s nearly December! Right…….Not a word of a lie.
I'LL STICK TO THE PROGAMME FOR ONE BIG LAST TRY!!

DECEMBER
This month there's no reason in slimming I muse.
Come Christmas I'll only put back on what I lose!
New Year's resolutions will again soon be here!
I'M DETERMINED TO LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT COME NEXT YEAR!!

JANUARY
My diet's decided I just won't be beaten.
As soon as the Christmas leftover's are eaten!!
HANG ON! THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR!
FULL CIRCLE'S COME AROUND!
IT'S NEW YEAR AGAIN AND
I'VE STILL NOT LOST A POUND!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant

Good perspective

All my lovely followers out there... all 9 of you (probably less who read regularily) xD

Check out this blog post by Tali.

Great perspective and well spoken Tali. You're an inspiration.

Once I get to goal...

I'm totally turning this blog into a book!

http://blogspot.sharedbook.com/blog2print/googleblogger/index.html

It will be nice to see my entire journey in a book!

TV Show Quote

So I've been watching this show called Sister Wives. Don't judge me. I started watching it because I was curious. But anyways, the four wives had been working out for a month and got weighed in, three of them expected to lose 10lbs each. They had dropped about 3lbs each and were disappointed. Their trainer tells them,

"You don't want to just drop 10 pounds 'boom' (drops clipboard). 'kay, I just dropped that, that easy right? Well, I can pick it up that easy."

Pretty interesting way of looking at it. I never thought of it like that, like dropping something and picking it up. He went on to talk about someone bragging about losing 10lbs in a week and someone mentioning it and he said that he'd gained 15lbs back.

Inspirational Weight Loss Quotes

Eleanor Roosevelt
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

George S. Patton
You're never beaten until you admit it.

Unknown Author
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Marvin Phillips
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

Unknown Author
Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can.

Vince Lombardi
It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.

Eleanor Roosevelt.
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.

Horace
Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Quote

“Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.” -Unknown

from the WW facebook page

Radio QOTD

A radio station here posted this as their question of the day on their facebook page and also opened it for callers on the air this morning:

Nicole Sherzinger admits she's been dieting since she 

was 14 years old. Is it ok for a 14 year old to diet?

The cohost of the morning show, named Robin, shared her story this morning. She said that she was a chubby kid at age 9 and her mom took her to a nutritionist. She slimmed down and from the sounds of it, didn't have a problem with weight after that. She considers herself average sized now and goes by the fit of her clothes rather than her weight. I believe she said that she struggled with thinking about her weight and food a lot, but seems to be okay now.

My opinion on the question is: I don't think dieting is the right mindset for anyone. If you change your eating habits for life and look at it as a permanent change rather than the temporary one of a diet, if you actually are overweight, then you'll be able to keep the weight off.

I tried to call in and share my story as well this morning but couldn't get through and needed to get to work.

When I was 16, my family decided to start on the Atkins diet. I have always been overweight, probably since about age 9/10. I am a TOTAL pasta person and it was torture to me to have meat forced on me and pasta taken away. I'm sure you all know, but Atkins is a diet where (at least in the first two weeks), you try eat fewer than 20g of carbs each day. Fiber knocks off carbs and fat is good for you. 

Well, to have the diet forced on me and my favourite foods taken away from me just made me cheat where I could (which wasn't very many places) and made me rebel against diets and healthy eating until I made that choice for myself and became self-motivated.

The moral of the story is: force a kid/teen/whoever to diet, they may rebel against it and defeat the purpose of the diet to begin with. This is why we will teach our children healthy eating right from the beginning of their lives.

Maybe, just maybe...

If I've lost at least 1lb this week, I hit my 20 lbs...

Atm I am only...

• 1 lb away from another STICKER!
• 3 lbs away from my 10%
• 6 lbs away from my 25 lb charm!

If that's not PERSONAL thin-spiration, I don't know what is :)

Why I can't lose weight...

I'm kidding about the why I can't lose weight part obviously but this pic made me laugh!

You are what you eat...

L-O-L

Quote

Nothing ever tastes as good as the first bite.

So true...
My chocolate peanut butter pie on Sunday was AMAZING at first. By the end, it was too sweet.
My pasta was great the first bite. Closer to the end, not so much.

Quote

Muffin tops: great as food, NOT great on women.

    from Mama Laughlin.

LOL