Purpose…  FIRING BACK UP

Posted byjmarie1974 28 Comments on Purpose…  FIRING BACK UP

Hi all, what a strange few days!

So, first off…  Still a non smoker!  Naughty nicotine monster is still there, still hanging around inside my head, but I’m stronger! 

Weighed myself in Boots the other day, since my last weigh in in March, I’ve lost the grand some of 4lb.

I wasn’t sure if I was disappointed or not, I mean there’s two ways of looking at this, the number is justified, exercise has been all but non existent, healthy eating has been sparodic. I haven’t been brilliant to my body, it’s the correct reward for the effort put in.

However, now I know I do not need to feel disappointed, I did lose weight, I did eat healthily, and here’s the important bit, I ate healthily without thought!  When eating crisps or chocs, takeaways, or drinking alcohol, all those were conscious decisions, the healthy eating just happened!

So now I feel great!  I feel fired up!  All being well, Wales is 7 weeks away, Snowdon is obviously out, but all the other walking will be great!

I like to set myself a challenge, as regular readers will know, I fail more often than not, but occasionally those challenges help me succeed, or at least be better than just plodding along.  So, 7 weeks, 14lbs????  It’s a tall order, and more than I would normally aim to lose (between 1 and 2 lb for sustainable weight loss), but hey!  This might give me the shove I need to lose more than the recent 1lb a month 😆

I’ve started well this week, I’ve rediscovered youtube exercise programmes yesterday and today, and heathy eating is 100% during the weeks, with occasional weekend naughties or treats!

Here’s my last two boots tickets.

Saturday just gone
Mid March

OK, time to prepare lunch!

It feels good to have the right head on!

Published by jmarie1974

Hi, I'm Jo! 44 years old,and on a quest to become my ideal weight! Like many people, I've been lost in the world of dieting, and will be documenting my journey to becoming a healthier me!

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      2. Some people don’t want to lose weight.
        Some people may be recovering from an eating disorder.
        Some people may be trying to gain muscle msss.
        Some people may be trying to regain weight after illness.
        Some people may be growing children.
        Some people may not care about weight at all…

        In all of those cases a loss is not better than a gain…

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      5. Well if you didn’t want argue should’ve just let my comment be. I was referring to no specifically feeling bummed about only a 4 lb loss, I was trying to offer a more positive way of looking at things. I wouldn’t just make that blanket statement to EVERYONE. It was just a means of cheering someone up, sheesh.

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      6. Ok, I didn’t want to get into a long argument on someone else’s blog post. The problem with statements that say things like “always” is that it is impossible to tell that you actually don’t mean “always” and that is why I couldn’t let your comment go.
        I get that you were trying to be positive. However I take issue with your assertion that weight loss is always positive. even for someone attempting to lose weight, there can be negative reasons for a loss.
        I also feel that buying into the societal concept that weight loss is always positive and to be praised whatever happens is a dangerous principle that can have serious negative affect on people’s minds whether they know it or not.
        I feel that a more positive response is to look at other non weight related improvements which there pretty much always are when someone embarks on a journey such as this. The concept of paying attention to what you can now do that you couldn’t before, and how you now feel is often overshadowed by the scale and if you can become positive about other things then the scale ceases to matter.
        Incidentally don’t pull the “it was just… sheesh” think on me it is rude and deliberately designed to make me look stupid.
        If you want to debate this more you can head over to my blog and comment as much as you like as I am happy to argue there.

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      7. I will refrain from offering positive comments in regards to weight loss on Jo’s blog. It was never my intention to elicit a response like this. Nor was I trying to make you look stupid. I am on my own weight loss journey. 30 plus years of exercise with a not the best diet surprisingly kept my body away from obesity related illness, although I did spend a chunk of time being prediabetic. But with weight loss, I feel even better on my joints and stamina. You do make great points in what you’re saying and if this was your blog it would be different, but it looks like Jo at the very least appreciated a positive spin and also a different way of thinking.

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      8. Yes she does and I don’t want you to refrain from giving her weight related complements, which is why I didn’t want to get into that much of an argument here.
        I have a lot of opinions on weight loss and exercise (to me the two are unrelated…) and sometimes I can’t keep them to myself.

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      9. Well for the record, I looked at this a dialogue of differing opinions. Thanks for opening up a different perspective.

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      12. You are both so valued 🥰. It is true I do tend to relate comments purely to my post, and for me comments from both of you have been amazingly wonderful, honest, helpful and inspirational, I do feel very lucky to have such wonderful WordPress friends, especially given my lack of involvement these last few months 😔. I take your point Sam, and will bear this in mind when responding to others posts.
        Thank you both for your honest exchanges, I tend to get very stuck in my own point of view, so to see acceptance if not agreement is good for my soul 😀.

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