Yay! I'm under 180....179 it was, on the scale today :) Love the little celebrations, it definitely encourages me to go on. I am quite a head case to be honest. I have to trick myself or be my own "mental coach" constantly on this journey. If I am wanting to have a big candy bar I have to say to myself "do I want that candy bar more than I want to fit into my "skinny" jeans?" Answer is almost always, NO! If the answer isn't no than I eat the candy bar guilt free and just tell myself, I've delayed reaching my goal by a day or two. I also look at food and exercise as an equation...if I eat that piece of pizza then the 30 minutes I busted my bum on the treadmill were all for that....a piece of pizza, uh, pizza's not THAT good. My mental tricks go on to the treadmill as well. If I feel like quitting early (almost always) I just say to myself "you have 3 minutes left, what is 3 minutes really? In the grand scheme of things 3 minutes is nothing but it may make the difference between going down a pant size now or a week from now". By the time I'm done with all that reconciling in my head the three minutes is usually up...lol. I also push myself farther by using similar tactics; "just run until the display shows an even number on the mileage" "now your only a minute, 20 seconds away from being at an even 20 minutes, just run until then" I can successfully play these games with myself and often get an extra mile or more sometimes because I talk myself right on by my threshold into the "runners high" (although not yet :)). Now you have a glimpse into what's going on in that crazy brain of mine.
Sorry to say I still haven't gotten a tape measure thus no measurements either but I will....eventually. Pushing on, must get workout in today.
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