Diary of a Loser: Self Psych Outs


Here’s the scorecard for this week:

  • Days where I have resisted extra snacks and sweets: 4 
  • Healthy lunches taken to work: 2
  • Days I have worked out: 0

I need to work out. I need to work out. I need to work out.
(Maybe repeating it over and over and over again will make it actually happen on a regular basis.)

I leave for The Important Business Trip in 18 days. And I need to lose sound serious poundage (in a healthy, sustainable way, of course) before then. So, in the next week I will increase my healthy lunches taken to work to 5. I will resist snacks and sweets everyday. And most importantly, I will work out. As often as possible. Hard.

Right now, I can’t help by thinking that I will fail. That I will try for a few days and no weight will come off. I can’t help but tell myself that I am incapable of losing this weight. And worst of all - that I will be slightly overweight like this forever. Yes, this is a total self psych-out.

It’s times like this where it would be a great time to have a support system for weightloss. Last year at this time I had a great one on SparkPeople but in the past few months my involvement there has dwindled and most recently I have fallen out of touch with my support system there. I don’t know if I could slip right back into the group I was a part of. And I don’t know if I have time to do that either. But this is so important to me. I need to shed these pounds for The Important Business Trip.

Someone tell me I can do this!



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Kate
Posted on:
January 12, 2007 at 5:36 pm

I think you just came to your support system … right here on FitFare.

Yes, you can absolutely do it. Yes, you will do it, because you’ve posted your goal, and your need for support, in a public forum, in an intelligent way.

For instance, you didn’t post “I have to lose 20 lbs in 20 days, Help!” What you DID post was “I need to pack more healthy lunches and work out more often” and those are realistic and attainable goals.

I know this is a trite and overused saying, but it happens to be true in this case: Whether you think you will succeed, or whether you think you will fail, you’re right.

You’ll make it. It’s packing a lunch and working out and it will work, and you will succeed.

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heather
Posted on:
January 12, 2007 at 6:13 pm

You can do it. Of course you need to plan and stick to your plan, but what have you got to lose, except pounds that is.

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Patricia
Posted on:
January 12, 2007 at 10:50 pm

Well, I will tell you that you can make good choices. You can make the choice to work out. You can bring healthy lunches every day. But it sounds like you are being awfully hard on yourself. No one is perfect all the time. No one can make good choices 100% of the time. You are making progress, you have good goals, and you can do this.

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Sarah Caron
Posted on:
January 12, 2007 at 11:19 pm

Kate, thanks. You’re right, positive thinking can go a long way.

Heather, I am going to work out a plan tonight for the upcoming weeks. Hopefully having it on paper will help me stick to it, like you said. Thanks!

Patricia, I’ve been told that before (too hard on myself) :) Thanks for the pep talk and support.