Old to New: The Weight Loss DiaBLOG – Week 8

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Old to New: The Weight Loss DiaBLOG – Week 8

August 27, 2012 by itsawonderfilledlife

Eight weeks in, nine pounds lost. Some goals achieved, and some not so much.

As I look at the image to the right, I feel a bit disappointed. Although at four weeks I was seeing my body changing, I really stagnated at that point, as my weight made a climb up and then back down to where it was again.

But I am not giving up!

In the months to come I will return to the Weight Loss DiaBLOG, but not every week. I will update about every four weeks. Doing this will give me the accountability of a month at a time, and will, hopefully, provide greater changes to report.

I am also planning on sharing pictures of changes, and starting to take measurements, with the hopes that I will be encouraged by changes other than numbers on the scales of doom.

I truly love all of your input. The things that work for you can work for others, and the things that frustrate you also frustrate others. With each email, comment, or note I have gotten I have been encouraged that I am not in this alone, but I am part of a larger group of people who are trying to live differently, healthier.

This week, as I was interacting with another blogger about a topic vastly different from weight loss and exercise, I had a bit of an ‘ah-ha’ moment. We were discussing the things in our lives that we have put ahead of God, or in the place of God, and how we are learning about the rightful place of God above all else. For days now, since that conversation, I have pondered food as an idol in my life.

Food is a need for living. Food is pleasureful. Food requires time planning what to have, preparing it, serving it, eating it (suffering heartburn after eating it, followed by poor sleep). Food is very much a part of our every day. Do I spend too much time thinking about it? Do I finish one meal, and start thinking about, longing for the next? Do I live for it? Is it an idol in my heart, my life?

I may have had a eureka moment with this one. I think I need to keep questioning what height of priority I am giving to this beast, and start eating to meet my needs, and not my wants. This will be a work in progress!

For this first four weeks to come my goals are simply to get back on track with recording my foods eaten, and to get walking on a daily basis. Hold me accountable! If you think of me, send me a note and ask how I’m doing. If you see me, ask me if I walked yet today.

4 Responses

on August 30, 2012 at 6:01 pm | Reply nodroppedstitches

Although I’m not on any specific diet, with my Kidney disease and other digestive health issues, I have to think a lot about what I eat and don’t eat. I like your aha moment and I really think I need to think about food in terms of a need and not a want as well. It certainly would save me a lot of pain and agony.
- on September 3, 2012 at 8:17 am | Reply itsawonderfilledlife
  
  Winnie, it is amazing to me just how often I think about food! Since my aha moment, when I realize that I am thinking about food, I try to replace that thought with another. Hopefully it will work long term!
  Carole
on August 30, 2012 at 6:03 pm | Reply nodroppedstitches

By the way, kudoes to working hard on your goal. I am impressed by your determination and don’t give up!
- on September 3, 2012 at 8:14 am | Reply itsawonderfilledlife
  
  Thanks Winnie … I think I can, I think I can …
  Carole