I actually had this written down in my paper journal, but since I can now add to it, I figured I would transfer it here also.
August 2005 - quit smoking
July 2006 - quit the abusive ex
December 2008 - 95% quit eating sweets w/ refined sugar
September 2009 - started taking AM walks
January 2010 - counting calories, diet, added vitamins and green tea
January 2010 - quit drinking coffee
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Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Sheer Force of Will
Current Stats:
5'4"
332 lbs as of 12/18/09
BMI 57 = morbidly obese (sounds sexy... not)
size 26/28
to maintain this weight, I need to consume 2757 calories every day.
Goal Stats
5'10" (just kidding)
140 pounds (normal range for my height = 122-157 pounds)
1500 calories to maintain
FYI: 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories
I'm naming my diet "The Sheer Force of Will" diet.
My personal motto "If it takes two years, it takes two years!"
5'4"
332 lbs as of 12/18/09
BMI 57 = morbidly obese (sounds sexy... not)
size 26/28
to maintain this weight, I need to consume 2757 calories every day.
Goal Stats
5'10" (just kidding)
140 pounds (normal range for my height = 122-157 pounds)
1500 calories to maintain
FYI: 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories
I'm naming my diet "The Sheer Force of Will" diet.
My personal motto "If it takes two years, it takes two years!"
Monday, January 4, 2010
Inspiring quotes
Amanda from 3Fc:
"It's not about motivation, it's about commitment"
"We use the number on the scale not because it is the most accurate, but because it is the most convenient"
"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't.
It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."
- James Gordon
"If you focus on results, you will never change.
If you focus on change, you will get results."
- Jack Dixon
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes."
- A Chinese Proverb
"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed
was not strong enough."
- John C. Bovee
"If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things
are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not
by strength, but perseverance."
- Samuel Johnson
"Willpower is the art of replacing one habit for another."
- Michael Garofalo
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
- Beverly Sills
"We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances
that we face."
- Roger Crawford
Unknown Author:
Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can.
Winston Churchill:
Never, never, never, never give up.
Henry Ford has some great quotes about work ethic, but he was a well known biggoted nasty anti- Semite and I refuse to give him any props.
"It's not about motivation, it's about commitment"
"We use the number on the scale not because it is the most accurate, but because it is the most convenient"
"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't.
It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."
- James Gordon
"If you focus on results, you will never change.
If you focus on change, you will get results."
- Jack Dixon
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes."
- A Chinese Proverb
"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed
was not strong enough."
- John C. Bovee
"If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things
are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not
by strength, but perseverance."
- Samuel Johnson
"Willpower is the art of replacing one habit for another."
- Michael Garofalo
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
- Beverly Sills
"We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances
that we face."
- Roger Crawford
Unknown Author:
Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can.
Winston Churchill:
Never, never, never, never give up.
Henry Ford has some great quotes about work ethic, but he was a well known biggoted nasty anti- Semite and I refuse to give him any props.
Gaining Abilities
The other side of the motivation coin, instead of getting rid of things like co-morbidities and a tummy that hangs over, is what I hope to gain by losing fat. I will add to this list as I think of them.
Things that I can't do at 332 pounds, and hope to be able to do soon!
Things that I can't do at 332 pounds, and hope to be able to do soon!
- Touch my knees to my chest
- Yoga
- Take my pups for a run
- Tie my shoes easily
- Fit in an airplane seat without an extender
- Wear tighter fitting clothes comfortably
- Get a proper gyno exam (oh yes, this is an issue)
- Stay alive longer with my hot-as-balls husband
- Wear a cute wrap shirt actually wrapped tight across my stomach area
- See how my face changes (one day when I get braver, I'll post face change pics)
- Wear baby doll t-shirts comfortably
- Cross my legs
- Not be smooshed in theatre seats
My Comorbidities
Getting rid of the comorbidities I have is the best motivation I can possibly think of.
I aim to banish:
I aim to banish:
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleeping hands / carpal business
- Morning stiffness
- Knee pain on stairs
- Acid reflux
- Fatty liver
Pre-diabetesDiabetes - according to my doc on a visit on Feb 11, 2010, the definition of diabetes changed. I am officially diabetic according to the updated standards.
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