So last week I was feeling sorry for myself because I've been binge eating and gaining weight. I was trying to encourage myself to start over using Thomas Edison as my mentor. It took 10,000 tries before Mr. E. invented the light bulb. If he could fail that many times and not give up, I decided that I could keep going in spite of my failures. Then I received this wonderful comment from Don of Health Essentials Blog.
Stick it out. Don't give up. It's just feedback so you know it aint working and you need to do something different.
Go back to basics ... gradual changes, natural food choices, water, consistent exercise ... and a healthy mindset.
Don't fixate about weight. Your goal should be related to fat loss and healthy, sustainable habits.
That's when you win.
Good Luck
Sadly, I'm still dealing with the binge eating and I've gained 0.8 # this week.
But I really was encouraged by Don's comment. And, Don, you have me thinking. I just have to figure out how to take the thinking and turn it into action. Here are a couple of things I've already done.
- I'm back to training for 100 pushups. I had let that slip to the point that I could only do 31 knee pushups instead of 41. But I'm back at it. I've done an endurance test and 2 scheduled workouts.
- I'm trying to change my thinking. Instead of beating myself up, I'm trying to say positive, encouraging things to myself.
- The binge eating is tapering off. With only a gain of 0.8 I must be eating less.
I'm doing something radical. As you know if you've read my Monday Fitness Goals posts over the last month or so, I've been trying to switch my days and nights back to normal. I've been staying up until 3AM and then sleeping until nearly noon. I tried to take control of this behavior by setting an alarm to get up earlier so I would be tired enough to go to bed earlier. That one (#137 or so) didn't work. I ended up staying up until 4AM!
Since I received Don's comment I've really been thinking about the line "...you need to do something different." I'm arguing with myself that this has always worked before. But it isn't working this time! In the middle of the night between Saturday and Sunday an idea finally popped into my head.
Here's the deal. Last night I stayed up all night. Today I've been a little bit in la-la land, but I've been staying awake OK. There is no doubt in my mind I'll be able to go to bed between 10PM and 11PM. Maybe even earlier. And I should be able to get up with a 7AM alarm. I'll let you know if this drastic measure is able to re-boot me to a normal schedule.
And I'm hoping a normal day/night schedule will help me to eat more normally instead of snacking most of the night.
Head on over to see how my friends are doing with their weight loss goals at One Weigh at a Time. And don't forget to check out Ron's blog!
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I believe in you Mom! Do you want me to start calling you every day at 6:45 when I get out of the shower? :)
Love you!
(Remember - together we are stronger! A cord og 3 and whatnot.)
My husband is the night eater too. I'm hungry in the afternoon and if I can stay out of the food till dinner I'm okay until the next afternoon. Hubby decided to replace all the unhealthy foods he would snack on with healthy choices. One example, he would buy peanut butter and then just eat it out of the container. Wow, that's a lot of calories. I'm not even going to start on the potato chips, cookies and other things. Now he's eating raw veggies and low fat yogurt.
I've got my fingers crossed that you get over this hump. I know how hard it is to stay on course.
Have a terrific day. Big hug honey. :)
I have that same problem. Staying up late at night. I only allow myself to do that on Saturday nights now. I am not a morning person, I am a night person, so it is hard to get the internal clock reset for a morning world. If I didn't work, I would probably have a bigger problem getting it right. GOOD LUCK!
I stay awake until midnight and always wake up around 8 am. Except on Sunday when Jim wakes me at 7 to get ready for church. I don't always "feel" tired at midnight, but once my head hits that pillow I'm out. I end up getting the 7 to 8 hours sleep I need and I am usually pretty good during the day. If I need a little nap, I lay on the sofa and cat nap. I don't go to bed where I could sleep for an hour or more.
i stay up late at night as well if my thyroid is a little off. there was a time when i would go to bed at 3am or 4am almost every night. i've actually been getting to bed a lot earlier. i wonder if my exercising a little more regularly has anything to do w it :) right now i have pms. too bad when i had the surgery to stop they cycles, it didn't get rid of the pms or the cravings for soda & chocolate one week a month. :-/
i know you can do it, clara...you'll get back into the swing of things. :)
oh Clara, I'm sorry you've been struggling. i know just how you feel, if that's any consolation. i've hit my plateau and instead of going full steam ahead, switching things up and going for it, i've just stayed where i'm at, pretty much for the last 12 weeks. the good part is, i still exercised, so my fitness has improved. but my weight hasn't moved. i'm running that half-marathon on sunday and i think i can do it, although i won't be crossing the finish line any skinnier. i'm a little disappointed about that, but i'm going to focus on the bigger goal of just finishing. i know you can do it too! hang in there and just keep moving! and come by today and leave me a comment because there is a prize up for grabs this week!!! xoxox
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