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hayes77 
6:49am, March 3, 2010
I was feeling so low today and I just couldn't pull myself up and then I thought about what has worked in the past and about this horrible "what's the point feeling" - what's the point? My goals for improvement are the point and reminding myself about progress not perfection.
I found another DS member who had a similar weight goal and she did it! I looked at her photos of the PROGRESS and the journey she went through and it reminded me that I can do it to!
I reninstated my free membership with calorieking.com.au and I am going to follow the calorie pland and do regular check ups there and just begin to make progress again.
I am reading up on the first information and talks of the importance of managing stress - so this is where I will really need to keep putting my DBT skills into play. I've used food for so long now as comfort, punishment and related to emotions. So if I am going to be making changes here I'll need to really bring my other skills into play!
Okay so now to keep reading up on the week 1 material, will also be eatings some egg whites for protein and taking my fish oil and vitamin B as well as going for a half hour walk with my daughter in her pram.
Wish me progress not perfection!
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Be more stable!
Progress 25%
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Did 25 minutes pushing my daughter as well. Had the egg whites. Progress...
hayes77
I wish you well, and "progress not perfection". And thanks for that electrifying quote, it's something I need to remind myself of constantly (more constantly than I want to admit!): "Progress not perfection!". You've made my day!
In my world, I don't want to start something unless I can finish it (finish indicating "as well as I can" (perfection)); "keep at it until it's done!". This gets me to think of starting the progress instead of starting to finish, if that makes sense. As a matter of fact, it feels like it lowers my anxiety...
How synchronistic of you to post this for me today...accidentally; dontchajustlovit when that happens?
Thanks, for being you today.
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Richeart
thanks for writing this.......and giving me a reminder of how "Good Healh" is holistic. I know when I discipline myself to be mindful of what, when how much I eat I FEEL Good. have done it before = know I CAN DO IT again. Progress not Perfection as Ive heard many many times in meetings and in recent post sent to me by Rich..... All The Best. Keep going. Good Health is a Gift and an assett in dealing with Life and ..being the Best we we can be.
soulman1