In my last post on the subject, I explained that I have been unable to move past a set-point weight. I have been at the same weight for almost two years, giver or take a few pounds
No one can continue to deprive themselves and do things they don’t want to do for two years in pursuit of an unattainable goal. it’s just not human nature. I confess there were weeks in which I decided that being fat wasn’t the worst fate in the world. Chocolate and red wine played a large factor in those weeks.
As I detailed earlier, I tried everything in the book to try to break past that stubborn set-point. I couldn’t believe that nothing was working. (I am still unwilling to do the 10-day vegetable cleanse.) So I decided to increase my cardio again and skip lunch, having a protein drink instead (I add a medium-sized banana to the smoothie for texture and ballast). I started doing six miles a day on the recumbent bike, with the intention of working up to ten.
Last week, I weighed myself, and I was five pounds over the set point. Today, I weighed myself, and I am five pounds UNDER the set point for the first time in who knows how long. I almost woke my husband up to tell him, but he was up late last night so I took pity on him.
Totally made my day. I am still grinning. Now I have to keep it going. My personal trainer (“Lord Taskmaster”) is pushing for weight training prior to doing the cardio because he swears it gets the weight off faster (and he is the personal trainer, so he probably knows more than me). So I’ve started doing that as well. He is also pushing for seven miles. All in good time, your Taskmastership.
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Yay, Kathy! I was in a study/art group this morning preparing for the Jewish holidays and we were looking at the word Return and the idea of changing our viewpoint and Transformation, as changing form. The piece I was working on was a very small quilt, log cabin, where I turned it and added a piece, turned it and added another piece….They were all different sizes and even the smallest piece made a difference. And then my machine jammed and I was stuck, frustrated to be running out of time and wanting to add another piece. Eventually realized I had set the stitch length to zero to make a knot and had a huge tangle which needed to be removed and the stitch length reset to move on. Why am I telling you this? I was reminded of a few things thatI think will stick with me and might be relevant.
First, change isn’t easy, be kind to yourself and appreciate small steps. Even a small step in a different direction takes us somewhere else in the long run.
We are always changing. Celebrate the small stuff, each step. That’s how we see progress. If we wait to celebrate until we reach the ultimate goal, it can be a very long time between celerabrations.
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