Control! Control! Control!
Good morning slim buddies. Posting a little early today. The health club I use doesn’t open until noon on Sunday so I am posting pre-workout today. Been doing a little reading of recent posts and posts from the past and I have learned that we all basically fight the same battles. We want to loose weight and we want to loose it NOW! But interesting enough the bloogers who seem to have the most success here seem to have the best control of their emotions and control of the things going on around them. I guess we really do let outside influences effect our eating habits. We use it as an excuse to eat, drink, and smoke. Well at least I don’t smoke anymore. I drink very little alcohol anymore but still we use anger and frustration as excuses. But slim buddies you know what? You or anyone else cannot make me angry unless I let you. I control that. It is my choice. So in the long run it is all my responsibility. I control my expectations and acceptance level. If I accept weighing over 300 lbs then I will be happy and comfortable. If I don’t than I need to do something about it. If I accept it will take time to loose the weight then I won’t be angry or upset that I don’t loose it all in three days.
I just thought that I would share that with you all this morning. I haven’t come across a blogger yet who is at or nearing their goal that is upset or not in control of their life. So guess what? Go ahead and pee in my wheaties because I am eating grapefruit and oatmeal for breakfast. I am going to make sure that I maintain control of MY life! It is MY responsibility.
I am sure that I will blog again but I will wish you all a healthy happy Sunday for now.
your slim bud,
john boy
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you forgot one emotion “boredom” and one thing I disagree can anyone really be happy obese or is that person just lying to themselves, because being obese means a host of problems tiredness, irriatbale and many other minor ailments that get in the way of being comfortable and happy.
I didn’t say I was happy being obese. I accept the responsibilty of being this way and as long as I am in control and doing something about it I am content. Also my list of emotions was not suppoosed to be in total.
I agree with you 110 percent. I also weighed in at over 300 lbs a few years ago, and I did lose 110lbs but everything that you mentioned in this blog is almost EXACTLY how I felt. Life happened, div, a few surgeries, then, when got back on track, bam last march i was out of work for 3 months because of a back injury. Yeah, steriods the whole 9 yards. But I used all the excuses in the book, and NOW i am focusing on getting back to healthy, trying not to focus on the numbers all the time. Thank you so much for your support
Good for you John boy! I notice you talk about control. Remember though, don’t stuff those emotions. If you feel it say it. Those who keep it to themselves are the ones who hurt in the long run. Good Luck!!
I totally agree no one else can make us feel the way we do. We do have to maintain our serenity. Good blog!
Hey John Boy,
Thank you for being honest, I appreciate your comment.
As far as your blog is concerned-
I’d like to add that in my opinion our society is soley based on instant gratification. It seems that it has almost been engraved in us that things are only as good as how quickly you can achieve or receive them. A lot of people want a miracle weight loss, they are done being fat- they want it gone right NOW. Honestly, no matter what anyone does, weight loss will never be instant. It’s just like anything else in life (getting an education, getting a promotion, earning more money) All these things take time and persistance. My problem is that I don’t see any results so I give up too quickly. I am flawed in that and I am still struggling with it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could hit the scale after an hour of activity and see a five pound difference? lol
Good luck, keep up the motivation!!
Great blog JohnBoy and boy does it hit home for many of us! Oh, by the way…I didn’t even THINK about peeing in your wheaties but I did lick the top of your grapefruit…hahahahha Have a great day!
John Boy,
I totally get what you mean about taking control over our lives. If you have read my recent blog posts, you will see how hard that has been for me lately. That minor heart attack I had last Thursday really took some control away from me but I am determined to get it back as soon as I can. I am limited right now in my activites but not in my diet. I am making the changes I know I have to in order to survive. I don’t like the word diet either. I am changing my lifestyle because the one I was living with was no longer consistent with life. I want to stick around and see what’s next - keep on blogging!
Very informative, however, has anyone heard of or checked out thedailyskinny.com blog yet? This was an article on losing belly fat that I really liked… just thought I’d share.