Lori

Good Morning Buddies

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!!
Don’t ya just love Saturdays?

Well I’m off to a great start.
Had a healthy breakfast and went 30 mins. on the treadmill.
I’ll get a workout in this afternoon.
Closing in on my 100 pound loss so gotta keep working hard.

Now shower time then I’m off to the dentist - ugh. Not focusing on that part of my day right now.

Just wanted to wish you all a happy weekend.
Take care and thanks for all your support
Hugs
Lori

So many of us, myself included, have been disappointed by ONLY losing one pound.

Even though we didn’t gain and we didn’t just stay the same we are still disappointed, frustrated and even mad about ONLY one pound.

I came across this poem and HAD to share it here.

ONLY ONE POUND

Hello, do you know me?
If you don’t, you should.  I’m a pound of fat.
And I’m the HAPPIEST pound of fat that you would ever meet.
Want to know why?
It’s because no one ever wants to lose me.
I’m ONLY ONE POUND, just a pound.
Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds, or fifteen pounds, but never only one.
So I just stick around and happily keep you fat.
Then I add to myself, ever so slyly, so that you never seem to notice it.
That is, until I’ve grown to ten, twenty, thirty or ever more pounds in weight.
Yes, it’s fun being ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT, left to do as I please.
So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying, “oh, I only lost one pound.”
For you see, if you do this, you’ll encourage others to keep me around because they’ll think I’m not worth losing.
And, I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin , your hips and every other part of you.
Happy Days!!!
After all, I’m ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT!!!

 So lets all lose that one pound of fat and another one and another one and another one.
It really does only take one pound at a time.
Something we all need to remember I think.

Have a great night buddy slimmers
Lori 

Ok buddies I know I don’t usually blog this often, twice yesterday and now again today, but it’s helping me so here I am.

I am up another dang pound today.
I don’t even really know how it’s possible.
I can’t dwell on it though.

I just know I gotta keep motivated to carry on.  The way I look at it is that there really is no other choice.
It sure isn’t easy though.

So this morning right after breakfast and before work I got on the mini tramp. and did my 25 min. workout (DVD).  A really good workout.
So that’s a good start to the day at least.

I have my meals planned, I have my workouts planned for this afternoon and for this evening.
All a formula for success.  Sounds so simple.

It wasn’t long ago that I wrote a blog talking about how sticking with it is the key to losing weight.  I still do believe that and now I guess I’ m really being tested.

Thanks for all your support buddies.
I know soon I’ll be back to losing and then I’ll have this to look back on and to learn from and also to be proud of myself for not giving up.

WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!
STAY STRONG BUDDIES
Lori

Thank you my wonderful buddies for all your support.

It’s been a bit of a tough day but the afternoon got better thanks to the kind and thoughtful words from my buddies.

I’ve eaten well and stayed on plan and went on the treadmill for  half an hour in the morning then did my workout DVD for an hour in the afternoon even though I really didn’t feel like it.
I do feel better now though.

Tonight the plan is to have a healthy dinner with my family and watch the Biggest Loser and use my treadmill.

Thank you again
I am very blessed to have you all
Hugs
Lori

Good Morning Buddies,

I am trying really hard to stay motivated.

TOM’S lurking and making me emotional and just down.

I know these feelings will pass but they are so hard when they are here.

I’ve managed to stay on plan, eating really well and getting lots of exercise in but my scale doesn’t seem to want to budge.  Maybe water gain right now I really don’t know but it’s not easy not letting it get me depressed.
Didn’t really want to blog but hoping it helps just to get my feelings out.

I’m trying to do what I can to get through this little rough patch without doing any damage.
I have my meals for the day all planned out as well as my workout routine.
This usually makes me feel motivated and ready to go but right now it’s not helping that much.

I will stick with my plan though.  It’s not like I am having any of the cravings I get sometimes at this time of the month (not yet anyway) so I should be grateful for that.
I guess I just feel a little defeated after working so hard the last couple of days to eat right and work my butt off to not see a difference.

Oh well no one said this was gonna be easy.

I know things will get better.

Thanks for listening buddies
Hugs
Lori

Good Morning Buddies,

One year ago today is when I found Buddy Slim and began my weight loss journey, my new lifestyle.

In the last while as this date was nearing I was hoping that I’d reach 100 pounds lost by the one year anniversary and I am so close at 94 lbs.
That’s been a bit disappointing I must admit.

I will reach that 100 pound weight loss goal but for now I am just going to really be proud of how far I’ve come. 
Proud of the fact that I didn’t give up even though there have been some really difficult times. 
Proud of the changes that I have made, ones that I plan to keep for life. 
Proud that I’ve kept going even though at times it can be so overwhelming. 
I know I still have a long way to go but I also know now that I can do it.
That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy, not by any means.

Getting started was the biggest step. 
Realizing and accepting that this is something that’s going to take time has been one of the most important things for me and one thing that makes it possible for me to keep going.

Otherwise it’s just too easy to feel defeated.

 I have people ask me now how I lost this much weight. 
Sticking with it.  That’s what it takes.
Yup I have down times, yup I have times when I don’t want to exercise and times when I eat badly. 
But even when I fall or slip I get back up and carry on.  You have to.  There really is no other option. 

I am blessed to have so many incredibly supportive buddies.
I hope that I am able to help you in even the smallest way to reach your goals.
We are in this together and it sure does help knowing we aren’t alone doesn’t it?
I really had no idea when I began this journey just how much it would mean to me to have such support nor did I even know it was possible.

Thank you my buddies
Big Fat Hugs (even though we are getting skinny, lmao)
Lori

Well it’s Sunday morning.  8:30 am here.

Sitting here by myself while hubby, son and dog sleep.

A year ago I would have been up making a big breakfast sitting in front of the tv eating it being lazy.

But today I’ve been up for awhile now.

Had my oatmeal and now going to take advantage of the quiet time and get a workout in.
I love the changes I’ve made not only in what I eat and the exercise that I do but more importantly even is the way I think.
I really am a changed person and that is what makes me the happiest.
Just had to share this with my buddies.

Here’s to new lifestyles my buddies!

HAVE A GREAT ONE, I PLAN TO
Lori

This is a really tough time of year to be trying to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Having the energy, the time and the will power to eat right and to exercise is so difficult right now for so many of us.

For those of you maintaining your current weight right now TERRIFIC
and those of you that have managed to lose during this crazy hectic time SUPER DUPER  AWESOME.

I didn’t notice before just how long the holidays really are and how early they start.

I thought there was Thanksgiving (being a Canadian girl ours is in October), then Christmas Eve (when we usually celebrate Christmas with my hubby’s side) and then Christmas Day (a big breakfast and huge dinner with my side of the family)
.
Well I forgot about all the dinners and parties and goodies there were leading up to Christmas.
The constant treats and special occasions that are there challenging us everytime we turn around it seems.
At least this is how it feels to me.

So I think we really need to stop being so hard on ourselves when we can’t fit that one workout in or we have that buttertart.
Now I’m not saying go nutso and eat the whole dang plate of cookies and throw your exercise routine out the window for a month.  No not at all.
But still remember we are all human and we all deserve to enjoy Christmas too and to not beat ourselves up over a slip up here and there or a little indulgence now and then.

That being said I am happy and proud to say I did so very well yesterday.
We celebrated Christmas early with my hubby’s side of the family last night.
That consisted of a potluck dinner with tons and tons of food.
You know the snacky finger foods that are soooooooooo good especially at this time of year.
I really enjoyed dinner but I did a great job of not eating too much or too many of the wrong things.
I did way better than I expected to or maybe even better than I had planned.

I also went to water aerobics for an hour at noon even though there were so many things I could have been doing at home to get ready for the dinner which I was hosting by the way.
I feel so great about that choice I made.

Have a terrific Christmas buddies.
I hope everyone has family and or friends to spend  special time with.
Remember to be good to yourself not beat yourself up.

Lori

and I am in such a much better place than I was last year at this time.

Last year I was 93 pounds heavier.

That still amazes me to think that I’ve lost that amount of weight.

Every year on my birthday, like a lot of people I think, I promise myself that the following year I will be a lot thinner and healthier.

Well this is the first year that I actually kept my promise to myself and what a wonderful feeling that is.

I know so many people starting out on the weight loss journey feel like they have so far to go and it seems like you will never get there and it will take forever.

But you need to start today or get back on track today and just move forward.

Yup it doesnt happen overnight that is true but it will happen if you work hard at it and stick to it.

A year really isn’t that long a time if you think about it.

It took a lot longer than that to put the weight on.
So what if it took 2 yrs. or 5 yrs. it would still all be worth it right?

I hope all my buddies are well and going to have a wonderful day
I know I am
I am feeling very blessed and very proud today and just wanted to share that with you.

Hugs everyone
Lori

Yes it is.

I had an awesome time at hubby’s Christmas party Saturday night.

I was all prepared for it - exercised during the day, drank lots of water and ate well, didn’t go to the party starving even though it was a late dinner.
I had lots of vegies on my plate from the amazing dinner buffet, stayed away from the dessert table even though everything I saw being eaten all around me looked soooooooooo good.
I was so proud of myself.
I did have a couple glasses of white wine but drank water in between and much more water than wine.
We danced a ton and it felt terrific.  It was so much fun.
We danced and danced and danced.
Then when I got on the scale Sunday morning hoping that the wine and late dinner hadn’t caused me to gain any weight.
Here I was down 2 pounds.
I couldn’t believe it.  Actually 2 1/2 pounds.  I thought I better wait and see what the scale says Monday maybe I was dreaming or my scale was playing tricks on me or something.
But nope this morning same thing.
I am sooooooooooooooo happy and I say dancing is the BEST exercise there is.

When I told my girlfriend that she laughed and said there is one thing thats a better from of exercise.
I said well maybe except if hubby doesn’t feel like dancing or when he’s done his “dance” I can always find someone else to dance with.
Not the case with the exercise she was talking about.  LMAO

So my buddies I hope you are feeling motivated this Monday morning.
I know its difficult with the holidays coming and I know some of us just hope to maintain over the holidays.  Sometimes maintaining is a very good thing.

Take Care my buddies
and thanks for all your advice and support
Happy Monday!
Lori