Normally, I’m not a huge fan of canned sayings, which often strike me as cliched “feel-good” trifles without a lot of substance (and let’s face it: when held up to scrutiny, many of them don’t make any sense at all). But I suppose it’s like anything else, such as TV shows, movies or music: 90% [...]
Posts Tagged ‘attitude’
What’s the mindset?
Successful dieting, I think, requires the right mindset and attitude. I have started several diets before, none of them successfully. There’s a saying: “Diets don’t fail. We abandon them.” I started this diet in September, when I weighed 251 pounds, and I was determined to do it differently than before. The mindset really feels different [...]
Cracked 230!
After almost two weeks of stagnating around 231-233 pounds, I finally cracked 230 a couple of days ago to weigh in at 228.8! I’m very excited about this, because it’s the first time I’ve weighed in the 220s in about 10 years. That is a very big milestone for me, and I now begin the [...]
240 on the dot, and continuing the commitment…
I weighed in this morning at 240 exactly – right on the nose. I was hoping to drop under today, but I will take this. 240 is something of a benchmark for me. When I hit 240 about 2 years ago, I started to take my weight seriously. Before that, I was aware of my [...]
