Accountability and Motivation

Posted on August 28th, 2007 by lilbitgabby.
Categories: fatblogging.

Alrighty then… all my RL friends and family know I’m fat. When did that happen? My goodness… I look in the mirror one day and think to myself, I’m fat. No, I mean it. I’m really fat. Seriously, when did that happen? Ha. It’s been awhile. So the question now, how did that happen?

I’ll tell ya, I’m a stress eater. I know it. I’ve talked about it for awhile. I stress… I eat. I eat… and I stress… then I eat more.  A little weight gain? No stress there. *note the sarcasm*

A couple of weeks ago I decided to do something about it. Not that anyone around me can tell… but I’m telling ya! lol I’m doing something about it and I’m happy with my results. However, please, please, please don’t judge me or say anything about it when you see me. Oh and if ya happen to see me sitting around the campfire eating a dozen cookies all by myself. I’m okay. Really. I’m just stressed. You might say a prayer… but keep that to yourself.

Okay, so about 10 days ago Andrea invited me to join sparkpeople.com. I thought, okay,  I’m doing something about losing the excess weight, so why not check this out. Well… I’m glad I did.

I’m finding all sorts of goodies on the website, and it’s all free! I like free…

  • food journal
  • weight loss ticker
  • calorie counter
  • exercise calories burned calculator
  • support forums
  • blog - although I’m not blogging much on the site, since I have already started fatblogging elsewhere
  • spark pages - share as much or as little info as you like. Post goals, share favorites, link to friends, post before and after photos, etc…
  • articles about weight loss, motivation, exercise, health, etc…
  • a complete exercise program - with videos!

I’m finding it to be a useful tool in my weight loss. At first I thought it was hard to navigate, but now I’m getting use to the layout. I’m glad for the invite. I’m glad to be connected with Andrea… and see she’s losing a few of her baby fat pounds too.

So what have I been doing about my weight?

  • First of all I’m a fatblogger… I’m writing about it. I’m writing about it so that I’m accountable to someone… in this case, several someones lol  
  • I’m getting up and moving. Well the first week of that and I saw a 7 lb drop in weight. Seven pounds! I was like… wow. Just from getting up and getting some exercise? Imagine if I watched what I ate.
  • Saturday I purchased The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution by Dr. Phil McGraw. I just made time to sit down and start reading it this morning. I’m excited to get going on this! I have the tools… the book, my five minutes for me plan, and the sparkpeople.com website, I’m excited!

If you want to know my sparkpeople name, you can send me an email or leave me a comment with your email address… then look for the email from me. BTW, I get points if you sign up under me. What do the points do? I’m not sure… maybe it’s just motivation.

I’m not sure how this upcoming weekend is going to be. I have no doubt I’ll get the exercise in, but as far as dieting? Hmmm…. I have serious doubts. 

Anyway, I’m posting here… basically so I’m not only accountable to my fellow fat bloggers and family, but to my friends. Let’s just let you be part of my motivation, along with my family.

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