Check-In 9/16/2011

Weigh-in was last night and the results are in.....

I lost 3 inches and 11.5 pounds!!

Yeah! I am getting back on track! AND this puts me back UNDER 300 pounds again!
(And just a side note my sister did really well too!)

Now I just need to keep my focus and I will be able to reach my first major goal of 250 before I know it!

“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”

~unknown~ from thinkexist.com

I also need to comment that I think I was wrong about my new coach. This weigh in was better, not just because I had success, but because we really got to talk. She has a heart to help people get healthy not just lose weight. I also got to see her weigh in numbers over time and as I joking said to her "You are human!" We both laughed and strangely enough I felt better knowing she has had ups and downs too. Yes she has done this program with no deviation, but it doesn't mean she hasn't struggled or thinks little of me because I struggle.

I am back on the train of working hard and look forward posting a positive check in next week! 

Update for September

So it is the middle of September and my last post was in August. Needless to say I have a bit to update.

First, I have a new coach with my diet program. She is nice, but I have a feeling the chemistry is going to be a bit of a struggle. Only time will tell.

Second, my weigh ins have not been going well, nor has my full commitment to the diet program. I do want very much to succeed at loosing weight, but I have to find my way back and my personal drive again. I have been working very hard on this and this current week has been one of the best yet. It also has been a huge help that my sister and I have been working together to learn about each other, our strengths, our weaknesses and how to help, encourage and motivate each other effectively. As we help each other we have been helping ourselves.

I also made a personal new discovery. I am not the emotional eater that I thought I was, I am a social eater. I like to eat for social reasons and not being able to fully participate (by eating the food at the event) I feel left out and incomplete to the event, which also leaves me feeling upset and frustrated. I am not sure how I am going to work with this realization, but it is interesting for me either way. Realizing this helped me to understand why I lash out and feel angry when people tell me "it is no big deal to just not eat" at a social gathering or "it's just one ____ there will be another one." I feel as though they are telling me to miss out on life events and the reason, the food and diet, is just not a good enough reason to me.

My next weigh in this Thursday, September 15th. I am hoping it goes well.