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I am getting to the point where weekends around here are hard. Lots of folks don't even visit here on the weekends - some do...and for that I am grateful. Then there's the onslaught of Monday Regrets - and after nearly two years... that gets old. It often takes til Tues or Wed to really get back in the swing of things...only to get two more days down the road and all attention reverts back to the wonderful 'weekend'.
What a vicious cycle.
I didn't live this way before FS - and I still don't. My weeks are made up of 7 days, like everyone else's - and I have never just 'allowed' myself to view any given day as a lesser version of my BEST choices than another.
I have written more journal entries than I can count - often probably more than I should - with often the goal in mind of inspiring or motivating others. GET WITH THE PROGRAM. DO IT NOW. MAKE YOUR GOALS YOUR REALITY. BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BE!
I'm not perfect. And God knows, I have had my challenges. My moments. My imperfections. But He also knows for every Monday Morning Entry that starts out with... I ate too much... I chose the wrong thing.. I fell hard this past weekend... is someone who needs to hear the truth.
Change will come - when YOU are willing to change. Some things I have NOT been willing to change, and you know what... nothing in those areas have changed yet for me. It's a truth you cannot get around.
Anyway - off to go enjoy my day w/ my hubby. Hope you have a wonderful, BEST CHOICES kinda day! Much Love.
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Thanks for your honest truth Jsfantome. I also feel like I am in a vicious cycle. Mine starts on Friday, my splurge day. I will say that I look at it more and more as part if my journey and am fine with it. As long as I balance out the rest of the week I don't beat myself up about it. I still want to live and enjoy life. I am starting to look at the day after the splurge like I do Mondays, they may not be my favorite day of the week but they come each week so might as well smile and make it as bright as a day as I can.
06 Nov 11 by member: M.Trublu
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The reality of the holiday season, too, is that for some folks it becomes one long weekend. We have lots of social events during the next two months. If I plan well, I think I will be ok but life happens. I do want to enjoy the holiday season and not focus on food all the time. I think that is the key for me; be prepared so that I don't go to a holiday party overly hungry, then focus on the relationships, the conversations, laughing with friends and having a good time.
06 Nov 11 by member: MissVicki2224
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If you haven't set a time limit to reach a small goal it is difficult to stay focused. I find having an outfit that I need to get into by a specific date does the trick for me. My next outfit needs to fit by 24th Nov, then 10th Dec, 25th Dec. So I'm motivated upto the holidays...then I need to plan for Valentines Day/ Brother-in-laws 30th Birthday...after that I think I need to invent some reasons to 'get dressed up'. It works for me, if I didn't NEED to stay on track, I would have just a little treat here and there and they all add up to stopping weightloss in it's tracks. You are still here and still trying, so you are still winning!!!!! XXX
06 Nov 11 by member: Di Happy
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It has always been this way, one time I was on a few years back on a weekend and no one was on really; it was similar to the middle of the night, there are more people on here now - but I do think some people just need to take a break from the constant journaling that is easier to do when one has a few minutes break from work. Just get on here when you need to, but you'll happen to find less people on here during the weekends...
06 Nov 11 by member: GlennM
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I am 24 hours a day, 7 days a week too. I have put too much effort into this to let it slip for any reason, let along the fact that it is a weekend. No treats for me! Yes it is hard but the results will be worth it. We can do this!
06 Nov 11 by member: squigglywiggly
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Hey guys - thanks for your input! Hope you're having a good day - regardless! I had a fantastic day. Did some hiking today ;) Beautiful out! Making chicken for dinner... and cuddling up w/ some TV and down time after that. Be good to yourself! Much Love.
06 Nov 11 by member: jsfantome
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I love to see how others deal with this, I made a decision at the beginning of the year that I had to change how I was doing things, so I just did it and have stuck to it for the most part, I have dealt with mine as seven days a week, it is what it is. It has really helped me knowing that I am not on this trip on my own, which is really how I felt in the past. I seem to be stronger when I go out, my family and friends have been so impressed that I can stick with it like I do. It is maybe a little easier for me as I have always thought when going out that it is for the company and not the food. I did used to like a drink, but really got used to having coffee, water and the odd red wine, I don't feel deprived at all. But everyone walks a different road I suppose.
06 Nov 11 by member: Yvonne19
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I can sympathize with your weekend feelings. There've been times when I've been on and it seems like hours go by with almost no activity. As for the other issue...well, those Monday Regrets would have been me a few years back. That was probably the hardest habit for me to break....the habit of rewarding myself on the weekends for being good during the week. Had to change my mindset from dieting to WOE. If this WOE is my new "normal," then there's no deprivation; no need for a weekend reward for getting through any dieting drudgery during the week. It's an entirely different concept!
07 Nov 11 by member: Sandy701
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