Accomplishment lists...
Because I gained .4 lbs on the scale this week, I decided to make a list of my accomplishments. Then, I thought it might be fun and inspiring if we would post our accomplishments, small and large, in this thread... So I encourage others to join in and post away!
Etana's ACCOMPLISHMENTS in 7 weeks OPT for Fatloss:
1. Lost 11" total and 3.8 scale pounds, with average weekly deficit of 5765 cal
2. Summer capris and shorts fit comfortably
3. Don't mind looking in the mirror or wearing clothing that touches my body
4. My midriff is leaner
5. I'm eating really really healthy and it's summer with corn on cob and fresh fruit
6. Reminded of the concept of 1-ingredient food
7. I'm coachable, treating diet as science experiment with theories and trials and adjustments, rather than as an emotional struggle, guilt, deprivation, failure.
8. Strong perseverence, no real cheating, everything weighed, measured, written
9. I have seen my body get stronger, I have great clean high energy, I'm happy and in action
10. I am grateful to have the coaching/mentoring of everyone here and of Leigh; makes me feel safer, more grounded
11. I am grateful for all the knowledge I learned from FLTS and MRM. I am now re-reading FLTS (actually listening to the mp3 files)
12. I'm being careful not to injure my body, realizing that I don't have to exercise with intensity
13. I have learned so much about NEAT and it's easy to get up to get something, etc, when I would have been a laze before
14. I see housework as a way to burn calories instead of a "chore/ugh"
15. I am not trying to do intervals which I hate, when I love dancing in Jazzercise, and I have been just loving every class
16. I appreciate my foot surgery recovery; my foot does not hurt!!! And I can dance!!!
17. I am fine-tuning what I need to make fat loss happen
18. I am not dawdling and dragging a deficit out forever; I am no nonsense "get in and get out" to the best of my ability
19. I'm mostly not complaining when I don't get the results I want/expect
20. I'm glad I am taking measurements, so I don't judge my progress or lack of progress with the scale alone
21. my intuition is getting trained around food portion and quantity and macros
22. I'm learning how to manage a week if I had a high calorie day, so that the week's calories are still in my target, since I know that the bottom line is calories burned - calories eaten, even when my body is not responding in a linear logical fashion.
23. Using EatStopEat once a week to manage my week's total calories
24. Eating protein to calm my hunger
25. I am done with cheating and self-sabotage
26. I'm feeling VERY positive and in action.
27. I eat chocolate rarely instead of every day. When I do, I eat 1 hershey's kiss instead of 9.
28. I am passing by the free bowls of m&m's at work without taking ANY, and I'm calm instead of "white-knuckling" it!
29. got my eyes opened when I saw the ingredients at Panera Bread salad, a meal I consider A+ choice in restaurant ... still had 11+ ingredients in their diced eggs alone!
30. I'm staying conscious every day, not numbing, rare unconscious eating moments: having a "program" really helps
Improvement needed:
1. More recovery work
2. More sleep
3. Buy lite salt with potassium and try eating more salt+potassium
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