we should all be accepting of ourselves just the way we are....
this self love includes all of our body warts and all...
For me I became unhappy when I had to go out and buy all new scrubs.
I have been 50 pounds heavier than I am right now....when I weighed at my pdoc office, I weigh in every time and we looked back and you could see the weight coming on over the past few years... and I weighed then more than I have weighed in a very long time...I got scared.
I was eating too much and drinking alot really fattening beer.
I was out of control.
If I kept gaining weight every year... than before long I would be at that heavy weight again....then I got the cholesterol scare, then the shoulder scare with muscle loss...all of those issues motivated me to start an exercise program and diet. I am lifting weights, I can lift more now then before so I know that I am getting stronger. have been walking on the tred mill 2-3 times a week, eating more healthy foods, smaller portions, I have cheated many days but hey I am human! Not drinking beer as much. That has been the hardest thing to give up. (I still have an occasional beer or two).
It has been only 8 weeks since I started this life style change.
And I already feel better.
bizi
ate dinner, am going to the gym and then come home and have a couple of beers and watch reruns of LOST!!!!!:)

yah, but if one isn't... how does one get there? therein lies the problem.

know what you mean. when i first gained this weight, via zyprexa (since been up and down like a yoyo for several years), i had to go out and buy some new clothes. i bought very little because i did not want to stay this size. that was 7 years ago, and i am still functioning on a bare-minimum wardrobe. the most i ever lost during that time was 22lbs (half of what i gained) before having to take zyprexa again, or getting depressed (hyperphagia).

and now, i really don't get what is happening, because despite a decrease in food and increase in activity level, weight is stationary. the only small drops i have seen, unfortunately, correlate directly to two brief spells of extreeeeeme agitation. :(

this is excellent! :yahoo: :) something to be proud of! :Tip-Hat:

~ waves ~

I think self love is a life long process...
Think that it is a learned behavior....I think we can teach ourselves to love ourselves.
pull out one of your sark books if you still have them or order one if you can, I am sure there are used ones from amazon.com that are inexpensive.
bizi
:grouphug:

I just looked at my note cards of my weights over the years....
it is amazing what I have put this body thru.
124 at my lowest when I came back from the service 10 years ago...up to almost 200 pounds a couple of years later...then down 50 in a year then back up 50....it is crazy..:eek:
Do you guys yo yo like that?
bizi

I am still over 200 lbs. But I'm working to get under again.

I am at the point that I need to get back to a gym. But the thing is
my husband got laid off again on Friday. Ugh, I have to decide
if I can afford the one I want now.

Donna:grouphug:

Dear Donna,
 

I'm sorry to hear about your husband's job loss.

M.

I am sorry too donna, that puts all of the financial stress on you.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Just life again for us.

I'll live.

Donna

Dear Donna

i hope your husband is able to find work again soon. the economy is miserable where i am, also. they "said" it was getting better but... not that much. :rolleyes:

Dear Beth
i yoyo, yes, and generally with moods. down i gain, up i lose. but not by 50 lbs - i used to yoyo about 20 lbs. range 115-135, generally speaking, before meds, for many years.

this is before zyprexa which slapped 40 lbs on me in a couple of months - at which point my pdoc took me OFF it, because of the weight gain. thank goodness in a way that i was underweight (105) due to a long mixed mood when i started.

~ waves ~

Thank you to all. We are probably in for a long haul. There is no idea
how long till the union electrician's go back to work.

Donna