So todays randomness list may be short, it may be long. I'll add for a few days to just cover things I now "have" that I didnt realize, and things that happen that no one tells you about or to prepare for...
THINGS I NOW HAVE/CAN DO:
Ankles
Non wide width feet
A lap
a collar bone
a neck (yes a neck!)
smaller fingers
a jaw line
I can plank
I can fit in a chair without overage
I can crawl UP (pulling body weight up was a huge no no for me)
While on my back my knees can come beside my face (sorry if there was a visual but this was major)
I can touch the left side of my back with my right hand from either direction and vise versa
I have a shape other than round-- I still have round, just adding hourglass
I have more energy- more willingness to try different things
Things I didn't realize, or no one ever told me
Buy new under clothing! Panties in particular!- they do and will fall while walking! Peple fuss about new clothing and you can hang on to old clothing for a while but those undies..... you've got to get new ones
Bra's cups change with sizes (!-- let me elaborate because this confused me, I thought, well if I went down in BAND size, but remained the same in cup size, that would work, so for example I was in a 44F, so I went down to a 40F... well that cup size is NOT the same, I've always thought the cup is what remained the same and only the band changes)
Be careful of rings falling off! :( -- very sad memory! I wont even elaborate
Depression in weight loss is REAL- I want to elaborate but if I did that's a whole new blog, what I will say, is if depression hits you during your journey, understand that its not only natural but very very VERY often in the weight loss world. If you feel depressed, find someone to speak to, work it out, don't allow it to linger if you don't feel it passing. Understand that depression comes from let down and in this journey not everything will be perfect and that let down feeling is real and IT'S OKAY to feel that way, it's NOT okay to allow it to take over your life and your journey
Be mentally prepared for outside people--- PEOPLE, now you probably know "I hate people" but in weight loss it is especially true, do what is best for you and let people do them! I actually had to remind myself of this yesterday when someone told me what they were eating for the day.. I offered unsolicited advice and then I went back and apologized, not because I was wrong but because I EVER want to be the one to discourage anyone from making life changes. And although I didn't think I was being discouraging, that's how it was taken... so yes some people offer good advise-- that doesn't mean you have to take it... DO YOU BOO! People will hate, people will compete, screw people!
Sleeping is NEEDED, as busy individuals, we tend to do great throughout the day. We eat good we exercise, and then we sleep for 4-5 hours... YOU NEED SLEEP. Your body will actually be pleased and the scale will lighten when you sleep enough... if you are doing everything "right" and not losing.. try to sleep for full nights... it actually makes a big difference
Get rid of stress-- LMAO, that sounded easy right? No it's not easy and I dont mean literally, I mean learn to handle it in different ways... I actually was never a stress eater, instead I didnt eat, once I lost weight, I became a stress eater. Food was a comfort, actually in particular sugar.... leads me to my next thing..
Learn WHY you are overweight. Don't always go by charts, every one is different and every bod is shaped different and not all people have the ability genetically to be "chart weight" within a healthy manner... yall can disagree and say what you want and if you know me, my response is kiss my chunky ass... I'll never be 145 pounds nor do I want to be. My body is not made for it, my genetic make up was predetermined that I would be thicker than most. and I am okay with that. But you learn yourself and your body and you take your time. Breakdown your food addiction, what the reasons are behind it. Most "overweight all my life" are due to several different things, we come from large families, we were made to clean our plates, we werent given limitations, or we snuck past those limitations when others werent looking, food became mental comfort, sugar was introduced and our endorphins went wild and we never learned to distract them. We saw "everyone else" eating all this stuff and because they werent overweight we thought they were healthy- healthy people eat crap too, why cant I? (average weight DOES NOT equal healthy). Once you face your why then you have the ability to tackle the changes needed
Your period-- it will make you gain (for women obviously). I used to get irritated, 3 pounds every time my cycle came, and those three pounds wouldnt leave for a good 2-3 days after. CRAVINGS, ugh for a while during my cycle I just said screw it! Have a damn cookie--- some cookies! At the time I figured I was going to gain the 3 pounds anyway right! Now mind you I still will have a cookie-- but I will make them myself and they will be the least amount of calories I can make them in
CRAVINGS-- speaking of, now we all have cravings, sugar is addictive so your body will want it, especially if you snatch something away, and by sugar I don't only mean sweets, I mean anything you have taken or lessened in your diet that your body is used to, can become a craving. Watch them. People say "satisfy a craving"-- I agree, but give that craving some time. You want cookies, cool, one week from today have a cookie/cake/pie. Not as a reward, but as something you plan on having. Food is not reward, do not use your cravings as reward. Remember food is for survival, its a necessity, not a reward. I used to do this, oh I eat good and the weekend I reward myself with a piece fo cake.... I changed that to only fulfilling cravings by scheduling and using it as part of my food for that day and that helped me not look at it as a reward, but instead as just something I ate for the day.
DON'T STOP- we ALL have bad days, we all have slip ups, we all -- sometimes out of habit-- grab a cookie without thinking until you've eaten the first bite. Or we have grabbed a fry out of the bag of food for a kid or a mate or a friend. We've all cooked family one meal and us another and took a bite to test the taste... don't be down on yourself for slip ups but most importantly don't quit just because of one. Don't throw your entire day away and say "oh well I already messed up, I'll start again tomorrow". DON'T DO THAT. Move on to your next meal of the day and make better decisions.
The biggest thing that I really learned is losing weight has a few physical attributions but for the MOST PART its completely MENTAL. You have to be ready to mentally talk yourself out of what your own mind and body think. Are you really hungry? Do you really want to waste calories on that snack? As well as "You DID do a good job", "You are succeeding even if the scale doesn't move" (or inches if you are doing inches-- inches depress me so I only do them here and there not because they dont go down but because my initial inches reading was horrific) Throughout this entire process you have to talk to yourself!!!
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