I can’t believe recorded last week. That’s how long it has taken me to get it online! Anyway, I’m a little all over the place and I go LONG, 30 minutes to be exact! Sorry about that! :~)
For all you cat people, Irish makes an appearance at the beginning and end of the video. She’s TOO cute!
Topics in this video include…
- Stop Weight Loss from Taking Over Life
- Losing and replacing a Crutch
- My Exercise Motivation
- What motivates me?
- What did I do to celebrate reaching goal
Links mentioned or that you may be interested in…
- Just an example – My old slump post form 2005 while losing weight
- Trainer wants to workout WITH ME
- BlogToLose
- My progression Photos – below is the dress I bought when I reached goal…
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Finally my first Farro idea! I have to say, I love this stuff! It's chewy and yummy and, well, fun! I tossed it with what I could find in my pantry and it made a wonderfully satisfying lunch. Filling but not heavy, tasty and quite nutrient dense. According to NutritionData.com this [...] -
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I drink water 99.9% of the time but every so often it just doesn't cut it. I want something else. Something more. Something slightly sweet. Today was one of those days. I decided to make a refreshing drink based on the famous Arnold Palmer, half lemonade and half iced [...] -
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I've confessed my inability to follow recipes here on GreenLiteBites many, many times. I don't know why it's so hard for me. I can barely follow some of my own and I wrote the darn things! I think most of my problem stems from not having all the ingredients listed and, [...] -
Leftover brown rice and leftover sauce meet in this quick lunch idea inspired by my favorite food of all time: Pizza. I swear I can turn anything into a pizza concoction. Have you seen all my pizza ideas? I've used everything from pumpkin to zucchini, polenta to wontons. Nothing is off [...] -
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You know that tradition 7 Layer Mexican Dip? The one with the cream cheese, guacamole, salsa, lettuce, cheese, green onion and olives? Yea. That's the one. Well I had a craving for it the other day. Well, not exactly for it as I can never make anything the way it's suppose [...] -
If you go through the archives of GreenLiteBites I have about 5 total beef recipes. Five. Compare that to the 80+ I have tagged with chicken/turkey there's a clear winner in the meat department on my blog and in my home. I don't have a beef with beef (omg The Husband [...] -
I'm a kitchen sink smoothie maker. Whatever I have on hand goes in the blender and viola! A quick breakfast or a healthy snack. Last year I posted an "Elastic Approach" to how I make smoothies but I still like to share specific combinations that worked really well. This was one [...] -
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*sigh* I was really hoping to share an awesome turkey burger idea. I had grand plans for my leftover ground turkey. The results was alright but they could have been so much better. I added diced pineapple, red pepper, green pepper, oats and soy sauce to the meat and formed 2 patties. In hindsight I [...] -
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This is a slight reboot of a recipe I posted last year simply called Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili. Staying true to my use-what-I-have-on-hand roots I, well, used what I had on hand and made a similar dish with a spicy twist. Topping the result with avocado added a cool creaminess that [...] -
Did you hear? The Laughing Cow recently launched Smooth Sensations a line of 5 cream cheese spreads. There's Classic Cream, Classic Cream Light, Strawberries & Cream, Garden Vegetable and my favorite… Cinnamon. It's a sweet wedge of creamy goodness! Today I decided to use my new favorite flavor [...] -
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Yesterday I was dreaming about a salad. Not just any salad, but a chickpea filled, cucumber, and red onion salad with a fun, tangy dressing. Unfortunately, I had no cucumber or red onion. Well, that's a lie. I had a half of cucumber but it was a mushy mess and [...] -
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Re: “celebrate reaching goal”
I remember on one of my many thousand past diets talking to a friend about how when I hit goal I really wanted to go Schlotzky’s and get this one particular sandwich that I really really liked. She said, “I can’t believe after all you’re putting yourself through, your reward is food!” I had to reply, “I’m just trying to get control of the food, not get cured of it.”
Maybe I should have just bought a dress instead.
Check out Charlie Hillss last blog post..A New Problem
Congratulations on your weight loss! You look great! It’s refreshing to see someone not promoting fad diets. I lost 40 pounds the right way as well…proper diet, exercise, and an appetite suppressant, Appetite Down. It really worked well for me. Good luck to everyone! ou help keep me motivated.
http://appetitedown.com/
wohoo! My question got answered!?!
Thanks for the answer. I don’t think I will make it to Hot Halloween costume this year…but I am going to do something other than my old granny costume.
Thanks Roni
Check out Alexs last blog post..Going Baby-One more time
I know what it feels like when your weight loss is taking over your life. When I started out losing weight after the first month or so I started feeling depressed, and I became kind of alienated…I just had no desire to go out and no interest in doing anything. I would sleep a lot too, especially during the day. All of this lasted for about a week and half and then kind off started going away on its own. It might have to do with changing of hormonal levels, because fat cells produce hormones. With time, though, my body adjusted to the new situation (and my brain realised there’s no way to fool me out of changing my lifestyle :)) so now I feel more energetic and I’m gradually feeling better and better.
Check out Innys last blog post..To exercise or not to exercise?
long video, but good inspiration. i think a great motivator is having a friend or trainer push you along, or at least have someone you can compete with.
-jack
Thanks for linking to your old entries (while you were losing weight). Its nice to read the old you struggling with some of these issues…and getting excited about weight loss.
WOW! First of all I have been reading your blog for two years now and LOVE it. Second I look forward to your video posts each week, they’re great! Something you said in todays post struck me like a mack truck. . .when you said that you took it one day at a time to keep yourself motivated. You said that you knew you could stay on your points for that day, that’s all you worried about! It’s so simple and beautiful.
I will give you the Cliffs Notes version of where I am: same height as you, just about the same age, have put on FIVE pounds this summer that I am currently working on getting off. (I currently weigh 158) My problem is I binge eat, I don’t know how to just have one cookie, or piece of chocolate etc. . .that’s how my mom ate, it was all or nothing. Anyway I set aside these binge days where I would go crazy and eat whatever I wanted, no accountability. It has caught up with me even though I work out all the time. I LOVE to exercise that’s not the problem, it’s not binge eating every three days that I have to deal with. I have eaten clean and healthy for one week today and this is a huge milestone for me, and I was in a panic thinking about how I’m going to keep this up. Well, you just answered it for me. . .day to day!! You’re so honest and real and I truly appreciate that, thanks so much.
I really liked what you said about not thinking of weight loss as separate from your life, and not thinking in terms of “dieting.” After going on and off weight watchers so many times over the past 6-7 years, this time I have to look at things differently. It has to be a lifestyle change for me, or I will always be dissatisfied. I want to live a healthy life. I want my family to live a healthy life. This is it. We (my family) are all in this together.
Check out Jens last blog post..Rubio’s Health Mex
<<>> Now that is outta the way. Anyways I am glad to hear someone else say what I have been trying to explain to my mom for a while. We are both doing WW’s and live 1000′s of miles apart. I keep saying that this is NOT a diet. I might be following a WW’s plan, but my husband and I will continue to eat like this regardless of if I am on WW’s or not. Even though I am losing my weight slowly I feel that I am making a healthy change for good. My mom on the other hand completely feels like this is a diet. She has lost at least 20 pounds but I feel like the minute she goes back to eating normal she will gain it back. She has more to lose so I hope she sticks with it. She also follows your site so I am glad to hear you talk about this.
**If we seriously want to be healthier (i.e. for most of us that means thinner) we need to be able to commit for life not just for the time being.** I have stressed and stressed this to her. I just hope she hears it.
Irish was super cute, btw. I love showing off my two cats on my site. Mostly in pictures though. Although my male cat did make an appearance in a quick “happy birthday” video for my mom. lol…her grandkitty wanted to wish her a happy birthday too.