STRUGGLES WITH WEIGHT LOSS!

STRUGGLES WITH WEIGHT LOSS!

Even with Skinny Fiber, the past few months have been tough for me on this last weight loss journey.  My weight fluctuates always so I don’t pay much attention to the scales.  I pay attention to my clothes.   They seem to fit about the same but I don’t feel the same.

I feel bloated.  I feel unhealthy.  I feel fat.  I feel tired.  Nothing I am currently feeling is a good feeling. 

This weekend I decided to take stock of what was going on in my life and what I was and wasn’t doing to reach my goals.

Here are my reasons, which we all know are just excuses.   My ex died in August and it has really affected me much more than I thought it would.  I was in a car wreck in October.  I was restricted from jogging for almost 2 months.  I’ve been sick for the past 3 weeks.  It’s Thanksgiving.  It’s the holidays.  I’m busy.  I changed my schedule at work.  I guess I could add that we had rain some days.  Some days it was cold.  Some days it was hot.   There is always an excuse isn’t there?

So Sunday after the football game (Go Texans!), I decided to really think about what was going on.  Where had I gotten off track?  Here is what I realized.

1.      I wasn’t limiting my carbs like I had been.  Might explain why my blood sugar has increased.

2.      I wasn’t drinking 10 bottles of water a day.   Some days I was only getting in 4 bottles.  Not nearly enough for a big girl like me.

3.      I wasn’t eating enough protein.  I need protein 3 times a day, minimum!

4.      Some days I had forgotten to take my evening Skinny Fiber.  If you only take it half the dosage, it’s only going to work half as well.

5.      I was comforting myself with food again.  When you are eating and not paying attention to what or how much you are eating, that is for comfort.  No different than a baby with a pacifier.

6.      I stopped moving much at all.

7.      I stopped preparing my weekly meals on the weekend.

8.      I stopped portioning my food.

9.      I started drinking diet sodas again.  Not a lot but more than 2-3 a week.  Nothing wrong with a soda every now and then but let’s face it, folks, they are really bad for you.  And they are full of sodium which bloats you!

I had my answer.  When I was losing, the magic was ME.  When I stopped losing, the problem was ME.  Oh, the magic is still there.  I just chose to ignore it.  For awhile.

Sunday after the game, I cooked my breakfasts, lunch and dinners for the upcoming week.  No thought or preparation needed when thinking about eating.  Everything is portion controlled.

Monday I drank my protein shake when I woke up.  Two hours later I ate my egg muffins.  5 hours later I ate my meat muffin.   For dinner I had a bowl of chili.  And for a snack, another protein shake.  And it was all under 1500 and very few carbs.   I also pushed my water intake back up to 8 bottles. 

I slept so well last night.  I don’t think I woke up even once.  When I did wake up, I felt great.  I was ready to get up, get dressed and get moving.  I have felt energized all day!  I know by the end of the week, I won’t feel bloated anymore.  My system will be corrected.  I’ll be back moving come Thursday.  My body will be happy and so will I.

I could have given up.  In the past I would have.  Not this time.  I have come too far to turn back now.  If you are struggling and feeling like you have failed in your weight loss journey, you haven’t.  It’s just a set-back unless you decide to quit.  Re-commit.  Re-focus.  Remind yourself why you started this journey.

Come get back on your program with me.  Order your Skinny Fiber and commit to making 2015 your year of reaching your weight loss goals!  I have!

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caryn cannatella

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IMPERFECT PROGRESS

IMPERFECT PROGRESS

How many times have you resisted change because you knew you wouldn’t or couldn’t do it perfectly?  I know I have, especially when it came to weight loss.   My thought was “I’ve tried before and I always failed.”  I always failed because I always quit!  I always quit because I wasn’t perfect. 

This morning I heard someone say “imperfect progress”.  It immediately resonated with me.  I have never used that term but I certainly know that is what I have been doing for the last 15 months.  When I started my last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber I decided I would be doing it differently this time.

I realized that I couldn’t be perfect.  I knew that I would “cheat”.  I changed the way I approached this journey.  No food was off limits.  If I wanted it, I would eat it but in moderation.  I admit, there have been a few times that I wanted it, I ate it and it wasn’t in moderation.  BUT HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE!  I didn’t beat myself up over it.  I tried to figure out what made me overeat when I wasn’t hungry.  And the most important thing I did was I didn’t quit!  Nope, the next morning I was back on my program.  This has kept me sane and on track for these past 15 months.  I have never stayed on any weight loss plan more than 6 months.  EVER.  And I’ve been doing this weight loss thing for 53 years.

There is no perfect change because we aren’t perfect.  What we can have is imperfect progress.  Sure we fall.  But all we have to do is get back up and start anew.  That is the difference in failure and success.  As long as you get back up, you have progress.  It might be imperfect progress but it is progress just the same.  If you stick with it, you will reach your goal.  How I wish I had learned this decades ago.  But I’m learning it now and it has brought me freedom in this journey and this journey is bringing me freedom in my life.

This works no matter what the change you are trying to make.  It doesn’t matter if it is weight loss, finances, a career, school, etc.  Try it and see!  Reach your goal with imperfect progress.  You will definitely get there.

Why don’t you join me in my imperfect progress of my last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber?  It could be your last weight loss journey too.  And if you don’t need to lose weight, then join me in my imperfect progress of building my own business with Skinny Fiber.  Just click the link below for either.

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caryn cannatella

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Email:  caryncann@gmail.com

EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING NOWHERE?

EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING NOWHERE?

We all feel this way!  We set our goals; we work our plans and we just feel stuck!

I compare it to being on a treadmill or exercycle.  You are moving but you aren’t going anywhere.  Does that mean you aren’t progressing?  No!  It just means that the progress is slower and less evident.

This has been proven to me over and over on this last weight loss journey of mine.  Looking at myself daily it often seems that I’m still almost 300 pounds.   This is one of the reasons I take a new picture every month or so and join it together with my before picture.  That is when you can really see the difference in all of you.  Your body, muscles, smile, eyes and face.

When I started jogging I thought, well this will certainly help me lose some extra pounds.  It hasn’t.  And I’m burning  an extra 300-400 calories a day.    But my body is definitely changing.  My calves are leaner.  My abdomen is still shrinking.  My thighs are tightening up.  My torso is decreasing.  My face is becoming smaller. 

Here’s my point.  Many days I feel like I’m on that piece of exercise equipment that allows me to move without really being aware of how far I’ve gone.  That’s why I love running my neighborhood.  I can show myself and others, “this is how far I traveled on my own power!”  Even at that, there are still times I feel like I’m moving and going nowhere.

You have to remind yourself that everything you do is helping you change your direction towards your goal, whatever your goal is.  It might just be your endurance and stamina.  It might be your attitude.  Even though you feel like you are at a standstill, any movement is progression.  When you look at it as just a picture in time, you can convince yourself that your work is for naught.  Those are the days when comparing yourself to where you started becomes very important.  You have to be able to see the comparison!  It will uplift you and encourage you to keep going.

I think that is what commitment is all about.   You keep doing what you are doing.  Even if you don’t see your goals materialize as quickly as you hope.  No matter what your goal is.  All the work you put in to reaching your goals will pay off.  You just have to be consistent, keep going and NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

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caryn cannatella

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