The Honeymoon is OVER!!! - ThinnerTimes

Danniboi · 01-22-2007, 04:04 PM

Friends...

One year has passed and I wanted to take this oppotunity to thank all of you for your continued thoughts and prayers and emails. I have lost as much as 125 and am currently 100 lbs lighter than I once was. I know, what you must be thinking... Danny is slipping. You'd be right. I am slipping or at least I have been until the last few weeks. The hardest thing about GBS is that it's so effective in the first 12 months that we take it for granted that we are metabolic superhumans and that we are infallible...my friends, sadly we are not. I did great through the spring and summer and fall. The onset of the holidays really were my downfall. GRAZING BAD!!! Sure, you can have a mini slice of cake and not get sick after 10 months, and after all...it's only a sliver right. While were on the subject, you're eating plenty of good things for your body anyway, why keep up with those suppliments? After all, everybody says you look fantastic. "You look too skinny", they all say... go ahead and have a second cocktail, why not a third and forth? Why bother with all that running and swimming and weight lifting?

I've only now in the last three weeks been able to turn the scale around in the right direction and it's been very hard. I had to remind myself how important staying fit was to me, how far I had come on this journey. After all the hardship, it's just not worth it to throw it all away.

Remember noobies, this is a tool not a magic bullet. You will always have to work as hard as you are right now to be fit and healthy. Most of us ended up here because we somehow, someway associate food with love, or pleasure, or comfort (insert your personal need for validation here).

Once we remove one addicition, we tend to substitute another addiciton in it's place. I don't know about you guys (I mean ladies of course) but for me it hass been booze. Wine to be exact. I have been drinking like a fish over the holidays and finally just decided to go cold turkey to turn the scale around 22 days ago. UGH! I miss booze! I don't know what happened but I was just unhinged but I am better now. I had to travel over the holiday to some not so nice places and dealt with the stress of being away from home during the holidays by sitting in the hotel bar at the end of the day.

Stay away from the booze in your first year. I just think it's too easy to fall into an alcoholic pattern when you miss the eating so much.

All of you, take care of each other and be kind to one another.

PEACE

newlife4me · 01-22-2007, 04:13 PM

Thanks for the heartfelt reminder......I have found myself saying "just have one handful, you will do better tomorrow"....the famous last words from my past comming to haunt me. Rationalization is our nemisis, reminders, reality is our only true friend.

Thanks and god bless....

LisaBoston · 01-22-2007, 04:19 PM

Hey my swimming buddy...missed ya. So good to hear from you and your update. I too approach my one year soon.

Glad to hear you are back on track and can recognize that you needed to make changes. I am with ya!

Grazing....the biggest danger for me too! I have to keep to my 3 meals, or I can easily loose it! Wish we were closer and could swim together...I need a swimming buddy who would kick my butt!

Danniboi · 01-22-2007, 04:26 PM

Lisa...

You look awesome, congratulations! Keep swimming. I have been running lately because my pool is just too damn crowded unless you get there at 5 am. You're doing great... keep it up lady!

Dyann · 01-22-2007, 05:18 PM

I am glad you are looking the devil in the eye and attacking right at the source. You lost the weight so fast, your head didn't keep up. I understand the drinking. Where I drank once or twice a year before, now I drink a bloody mary twice a week. Doesn't sound like much, but I like that tipsy feeling after 4 or 5 sips. I am happy. Sounds like wine did the same for you. Keeping it all in check is what its about. Stay close to the forum and you will be back where you want to be.

chilmoe · 01-22-2007, 06:25 PM

thank you for posting your experience and warning, its posts like these that give me a reality check and i thank you for sharing!

coptergirl · 01-22-2007, 06:36 PM

Good to see you Danni - and thanks for the great reminder!!

LisaBoston · 01-22-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Danniboi

Lisa...

You look awesome, congratulations! Keep swimming. I have been running lately because my pool is just too damn crowded unless you get there at 5 am. You're doing great... keep it up lady!

Thanks buddy. miss you around here! Running is good...I like to do more of this as soon as the snow, ice and muck disappear.

LyndasRoom · 01-22-2007, 07:45 PM

Danny,
I always appreciate and enjoy your take and perspective. Thanks for the reminders. It's nice to see you.

Cinerbelle · 01-22-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LisaBoston

Grazing....the biggest danger for me too!

I feel ya on the gazing thing...I never did it...graze that is. Then, yesterday I hit 199 and I all of a sudden was like..."yeah, I can eat these oreos"...what the hell was I thinking??? Am I sabotaging myself??