BizzyBee 2017 - no quitting!
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 2:17 pm
So, I registered this account in 2007 - it's been a decade of more starts and failures than I want to admit. I have tried every diet under the sun and I keep coming back here because I do want to be freed from food obsession and diet obsession and this is the only system that gives me that.
New Years Day is often where resolutions begin and end in quick succession. There is a magic to the New year, a chance to start again, a chance to press the reset button.... but I have been here before and I need to do this with a different mind-set than I have in the past. I will not be returning to Weight Watchers by March or checking my pee for Ketones by summer-time. My goal for this year is not to lose a specific number of pounds or even to have a specific percentage of green days, my goal is just to not give up, to not try something else. I am accepting that there will be red days and my resolution is to wake up and try again. The thing I read over and over in my journals is that I am frustrated because I'm not losing weight with No-S. But I also admit I am not following it for more than a week or two at a time.
Welcome to 2017, a year of patience.
About me, I'm 45 year old, 5'8", 240 pounds. I am actually 20 pounds less than I was last year around this time and that was my highest weight ever.
I have been married for 19 years to a truly good human being who is naturally slim and eats non-stop. I work at home along side my husband. We started a company 15 years ago and are still doing our own thing. The constant proximity to the kitchen is a drawback however.
My children are now young adults. My daughter is 19 and in school to be a personal trainer, athletic director. She is in fantastic shape of course, her hobby is rowing and she hopes to one day be a rowing coach. She's a really lovely person, very driven and intense but also silly and kind.
My son is 16, suddenly very tall, he also rows, made it into the fast boat this year and has to work hard to stay there. He's funny and nerdy and he doles out hugs generously to all of us.
Through some stroke of luck, I have kids who do not break rules or party or feel the need for rebellion. They are both happy to just hang out with their family and a few close friends.
So that's my short bio - life is stressful right now for a variety of reasons but waiting for it to be a "better" time to start No-S is silly.
New Years Day is often where resolutions begin and end in quick succession. There is a magic to the New year, a chance to start again, a chance to press the reset button.... but I have been here before and I need to do this with a different mind-set than I have in the past. I will not be returning to Weight Watchers by March or checking my pee for Ketones by summer-time. My goal for this year is not to lose a specific number of pounds or even to have a specific percentage of green days, my goal is just to not give up, to not try something else. I am accepting that there will be red days and my resolution is to wake up and try again. The thing I read over and over in my journals is that I am frustrated because I'm not losing weight with No-S. But I also admit I am not following it for more than a week or two at a time.
Welcome to 2017, a year of patience.
About me, I'm 45 year old, 5'8", 240 pounds. I am actually 20 pounds less than I was last year around this time and that was my highest weight ever.
I have been married for 19 years to a truly good human being who is naturally slim and eats non-stop. I work at home along side my husband. We started a company 15 years ago and are still doing our own thing. The constant proximity to the kitchen is a drawback however.
My children are now young adults. My daughter is 19 and in school to be a personal trainer, athletic director. She is in fantastic shape of course, her hobby is rowing and she hopes to one day be a rowing coach. She's a really lovely person, very driven and intense but also silly and kind.
My son is 16, suddenly very tall, he also rows, made it into the fast boat this year and has to work hard to stay there. He's funny and nerdy and he doles out hugs generously to all of us.
Through some stroke of luck, I have kids who do not break rules or party or feel the need for rebellion. They are both happy to just hang out with their family and a few close friends.
So that's my short bio - life is stressful right now for a variety of reasons but waiting for it to be a "better" time to start No-S is silly.