http://thrive.buddyslim.com Diet, weight loss, fitness blog from BuddysSlim.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:22:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en but i just remembered how hard it is to lose weight. you got your "No Duh" happening yet? Well, it finally dawned on me this morning that this is difficult and last year i worked hard to lose weight. You know what reminded me? My dutch oven - that heavy ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/12/02/you-may-think-im-stupid/ My hubby and I were talking this morning about whether we should cancel our gym memberships and ust the money towards a piece of equipment for the house. Between the two of us our memberships cost over 1000 a year. With that we could buy an elliptical or exercise bike ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/30/gym-membership-or-equipment/ the it being the mindset necessary to lose the weight i gained back when i got pregnant. i just can't get over myself and my screw it attitude. can't should say won't - let me stay honest. i did read this really interesting article in this months issue of Health Magazine. ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/29/so-out-of-it/ I did it!!! I went to the gym and did the elliptical for 20 minutes today! Doesn't seem like much but I actually left both of my kids with a sitter and ran to the gym and back. That is HUGE for me! Felt really good. Took me forever to leave ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/26/20-minutes/ i almost wrote that i can't, but that would be lying. I just won't commit to what i need to do to make the weight come off. it's no mystery for me what i need to do. i haven't tried everything and failed, i'm just not trying consistently, and i'm ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/24/i-wont-do-it/ am having tea. a friend gave me some white bean dip this morning - it was so garlicky that i have wanted nothing but chocolate ever since. had a bite of a brownie from a friend but gave the rest away. am tired, too, that time of day. want cookie dough, ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/21/want-sweet-or-chocolate-but/ led me to success this week. i had a loss on the scale and most importantly a feeling of success. i chose not to snack last night, to walk for miles yesterday morning, and not to buy a hot drink/scone/cookie while i was out yesterday morning. i had the just ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/21/a-few-good-choices/ but not in the good i'm losing way. in the oh no i'm not losing way. i'm letting my cat team down. i'm not focused right now, i'm not making the time for Bslim and i'm nopt eating within good limits. adjusting to life with two kids isn't so hard ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/11/14/feeling-like-a-loser/ so that's how i feel. even now as i write this i am feeling that sense of HURRY!!! Must rush before baby wakes up, before i need to go back to school, because i need to be paying bills or running errands, or just because. My state of being ever ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/10/30/always-in-a-hurryalways-waiting/ is to go to sleep. we all know it, right? if you stay up late you have more time to eat, it's bad to eat too close to bedtime, if you are tired you will eat more the next day. i just want to say that it is sooooooo true! the nights that ... http://thrive.buddyslim.com/2008/10/29/the-easiest-way-to-lose-weight/