tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post1369339148391819008..comments2023-10-26T07:08:46.466-04:00Comments on Strong Mama K - Striving for 200: It comes down to trustKelliannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03585883189621171791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-49935166610985132092013-02-14T09:39:36.672-05:002013-02-14T09:39:36.672-05:00I echo Norma and Rae Rae Js posts. They said what ...I echo Norma and Rae Rae Js posts. They said what I feel. <br /><br />I felt I supported you better with my silence because nothing I say would be encouraging to your decision. You must have your own experiences to know if this will work for you. <br /><br />I hope you find peace in these next 2+ weeks before your surgery. I am so happy you have this opportunity. Jane Cartellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655507125048588634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-40253825051405619442013-02-13T19:50:00.318-05:002013-02-13T19:50:00.318-05:00I do hope it goes well for you.
I feel like hidin...I do hope it goes well for you. <br />I feel like hiding the scale or weighing frequently every day is just another control issue we have to take back. <br />I need my scale to keep on track. However I have to work on my self control to not overweigh as well as underweigh. If I took mine away I'd feel like the scale had control over me. Rae Rae Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429458377690562709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-46292928836746815392013-02-13T16:30:32.481-05:002013-02-13T16:30:32.481-05:00I was one of those that read your post and agreed ...I was one of those that read your post and agreed and wished you well in my head. But, I understand needing some encouragement when you are making a big move. I have felt the same way you do. The scale becomes so important that it can sabotage your healthy thinking depending on what it says. So, it sounds like putting it away and doing the best you can with eating and exercising may be the best course for you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09214953895480267311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-28233647326619006082013-02-13T16:21:56.747-05:002013-02-13T16:21:56.747-05:00I *had* the book...let my friend borrow it & n...I *had* the book...let my friend borrow it & never got it back. ;) It's good from what I remember; definitely will give you the structure to make a strength training program for yourself. The Female Body Breakthrough by Rachel Cosgrove is another good one, similar in theme.<br /><br />I hesitated before commenting on your previous post. I need a scale. I think anyone who is actively losing weight, gaining fitness, and changing her life and body needs a scale. I think anyone who's ever been overweight, has gotten to normal/fit/whatever, and is in maintenance needs a scale. <br /><br />Based only my own experience, I know that it's still way too easy to push the tighter jeans to the back of the closet and reach for the sweatshirt instead of the tank top. <br /><br />I will never fully trust myself around certain foods any more than a recovering alcoholic would trust herself to start tending bar;e.g., there will NEVER be a container of ice cream or a bowl of pasta in my house. Never. I will never fully trust myself to maintain and be honest with myself without some measurable, visible cue to alert me to what's going on with my body. Even after nearly five years of maintenance (it'll be five years in May), I would never ever ever stop weighing myself regularly, and never would have considered abandoning the scale during active loss.<br /><br />But you're not me. And you explained the rationale for the decision well, so I assume you've thought it through and have a plan in place to make sure that the lack of feedback from a device doesn't send you into a mindfuck situation as it would for me (in my Fat Years, it didn't matter what I ate or how much of it, because it wasn't like I was going to weigh myself and see the numeric consequences...but you're not me; maybe your brain won't sabotage you as mine would).<br /><br /> Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949876371473945014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-29090664360577416462013-02-13T12:40:56.939-05:002013-02-13T12:40:56.939-05:00Sorry about the comments, but don't feel bad.....Sorry about the comments, but don't feel bad... I know *I* didn't comment because I had nothing helpful at all to say -- I, at this point, cannot imagine how my weight would spiral out of control if I didn't weigh myself. But you seemed so comfortable with the decision and doing it for good reasons, I didn't want to bring you down!Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932197714895328100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441455993498957475.post-81982744140815460382013-02-13T12:35:11.575-05:002013-02-13T12:35:11.575-05:00Don't feel bad about the comments.....people r...Don't feel bad about the comments.....people read but sometimes don't know what to say so they just wish you well in their head. lol♥ Drazil ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/10177140029694038645noreply@blogger.com