"This is not a race" - Page 2

oropendola · 03-19-2012, 10:13 PM

Thank you all! I learned long ago I'm a better walker than runner. I've walked 5k races, 10k races and I was almost last coming in on the Bay to Breakers but I didn't care because I was so happy to finish. I'll just keep strolling along JUDDD Lane. I don't need to win, just to finish. I'm glad you're all here to share your journeys.

sterlinggirl · 03-20-2012, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by oropendola

Thank you all! I learned long ago I'm a better walker than runner. I've walked 5k races, 10k races and I was almost last coming in on the Bay to Breakers but I didn't care because I was so happy to finish. I'll just keep strolling along JUDDD Lane. I don't need to win, just to finish. I'm glad you're all here to share your journeys.

i am thrilled to walk this journey with you my JUDDD sista!

Gweebles · 03-20-2012, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

you got that girl.. its goin to be my new motto from this day forward.. its not a race.. i think i thought i saw an expiration date stamped on my thigh the other day.... i was wrong... just spider veins

Oh, I thought mine was my USDA grading.

sterlinggirl · 03-20-2012, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gweebles

Oh, I thought mine was my USDA grading.

we are all just full of it today aint we

Kissa · 03-20-2012, 11:20 AM

Stop it please, I am aching now.

Yam-Yam · 03-20-2012, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gweebles

Oh, I thought mine was my USDA grading.

Who has more fun than we do????

That's the funniest thing I've heard all day, Gweebs! You totally cracked me up!!

oropendola · 03-20-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gweebles

Oh, I thought mine was my USDA grading.

Too funny! Thanks for the laughs today!

gotitnow · 03-21-2012, 12:56 AM

Oh, my gosh, how fun is this???

Phyl

adillenal · 03-21-2012, 04:19 AM

With all of our rains, I see a lot of turtles crossing the roads (or trying to) on my way to work and back home. Now everyone I see reminds me that I am not in a weight loss race. Slow and steady gets the best results. (in my opinion of course)

synger · 03-21-2012, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SoHappy

And another way to view it is... you're really not on a diet. You're just eating the way you eat. And as a consequence of how you eat, you are returning your body to a normal size for your height and build. It is just the reverse of the consequence of our previous lives, when our body put on weight as a result of what and how we chose to eat.

So you're not really *dieting*. You're just following the normal rhythm of how you eat now, higher days, lower days, one following the other around the days and weeks of the year. And while you're doing your thing on the outside by how you eat now, your body is doing its thing on the inside and returning to normal.

Easy Peasy!

I think the thing that really helped me see this as just fluctuations in a normal eating plan, rather than a diet, somebody's post about how our UDs are our days for eating normally. It's not feasting and then fasting... rather it's eating normally, and then eating less. That really helped me get out of the "I can eat as much as I want; it's an UD!" mindset that had me binging in my second month of JUDDD.

I also remember reading about change management that if you said things like "On Mondays and Wednesdays I work out" it would have more impact than saying "I want to work out twice a week". I've tried to incorporate that into JUDDD: "On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, I eat a normal amount. On Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays, I restrict calories. On Friday, I can have a couple drinks." It's been very helpful.

gotitnow · 03-21-2012, 08:33 PM

This is a wonderful thread well worth reading again....and again!

Phyl

gotsomeold · 03-22-2012, 01:52 AM

Considering how quickly the health improvements often appear - the way sometimes weight loss seems to stand in the wings waiting for healing to happen first - I would say this is a race we each win when we begin.

And we win again every day thereafter.

Yam-Yam · 03-22-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by gotsomeold

Considering how quickly the health improvements often appear - the way sometimes weight loss seems to stand in the wings waiting for healing to happen first - I would say this is a race we each win when we begin.

And we win again every day thereafter.

What a great way of looking at it!!

Yam-Yam · 07-05-2012, 09:05 AM

I was re-reading this for my own encouragement and thought someone else might also benefit so am bumping.

Joyjoy · 07-07-2012, 05:56 AM

Thanks YamYam,
Beautiful to read.

Carly · 07-07-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KeirasMom

I have to say, though, I wear my high heels a lot more often now that I don't have as much weight to carry around on them.

Me too, my feet have lost weight and they fit better now!

catwhite · 11-16-2012, 01:09 AM

I love this thread, a linked was posted to it in a current thread and I thought this needs bumping!
Its very inspiring and the jokes well....

jacci48 · 11-16-2012, 01:39 AM

Loving this thread...its so true !!

mom23kids · 11-16-2012, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Yam-Yam

Someone, Pat or Cindy maybe? Said one time that "This is not a race. We are getting healthy."

Whoever said it: Thank you!! Thank you!!!

This has really stuck with me. I smiled when I got on the scale today. After an UD and MD it's not up too much from my new low. I'm really losing weight and keeping it off. Long term. I'm really doing this! Not fast. But, "this is not a race."

Wouldn't it be horrible to be in a group like the Biggest Loser show and have to constantly compare yourself to others??

I would hate that.

I'm getting healthy. Since yesterday was a MD, I was tempted to make this a DD to try and "speed things up." Then I remembered the last time I tried it. I didn't have enough nourishment to get me through a DD and I failed miserably and went way over.

And, why would I want to "speed things up?"

This is not a race! I'm doing this for me. I'm getting healthy and thinner for me. Because I want to. I don't have an ominous "get skinny by...." date on the calendar. At the end of each month, I just would like to weigh less than I did the month before.

Without suffering.

Yes, I'm too old to suffer. That's why I no longer wear high, high heels.

So glad I finally got a brain and abandoned the quick fix mentality. I read on another forum a while back where someone said her mom told her that in her 20's she went on this fad diet that was popular and she lost 20 pounds in one day.

Uh, duh, I'm not sure I believe that?

Anyway, gone are the days when I long for a quick fix. I want to be healthy. I want to lose weight without suffering.

And, thank the good Lord, this is not a race.

Any other happy Turtles out there?

Great post! I'm excited about the weight I've lost so far, but not stressing over the weight I still have to lose. I had a personal goal at the start to be at my goal weight by the day we put our sailboat in the water for the next season, which is Memorial Day 2013

That's 6.5 months to lose around 24 lbs-plenty of time to figure out JUDDD and get comfortable with it. And I'm feeling great! I love the JUDDD rotation and the freedom that comes with it

Saxy1971 · 11-16-2012, 05:38 AM

Good post bump!! I needed to read this today!!

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03-19-2012, 10:13 PM	#31
oropendola Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sunny CA Posts: 1,688 Gallery: oropendola Stats: 221.4/186.6/160 WOE: Belly Fat Cure -> JUDDD -> JUDDD + DrK Start Date: January 2, 2012 -> March 8 -> July 6	Thank you all! I learned long ago I'm a better walker than runner. I've walked 5k races, 10k races and I was almost last coming in on the Bay to Breakers but I didn't care because I was so happy to finish. I'll just keep strolling along JUDDD Lane. I don't need to win, just to finish. I'm glad you're all here to share your journeys.

03-20-2012, 11:20 AM	#35
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Stop it please, I am aching now.

03-21-2012, 12:56 AM	#38
gotitnow Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 819 Gallery: gotitnow WOE: JUDDD	Oh, my gosh, how fun is this??? Phyl

03-21-2012, 04:19 AM	#39
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,095 Gallery: adillenal	With all of our rains, I see a lot of turtles crossing the roads (or trying to) on my way to work and back home. Now everyone I see reminds me that I am not in a weight loss race. Slow and steady gets the best results. (in my opinion of course)

03-21-2012, 08:33 PM	#41
gotitnow Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 819 Gallery: gotitnow WOE: JUDDD	This is a wonderful thread well worth reading again....and again! Phyl

03-22-2012, 01:52 AM	#42
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Considering how quickly the health improvements often appear - the way sometimes weight loss seems to stand in the wings waiting for healing to happen first - I would say this is a race we each win when we begin. And we win again every day thereafter.

07-05-2012, 09:05 AM	#44
Yam-Yam Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,047 Gallery: Yam-Yam Stats: 230/191/183 @5'9"tall and 58 yrs. alive WOE: Dukan 8/1/11 and now JUDD (12/22/11) Start Date: 8/1/11	I was re-reading this for my own encouragement and thought someone else might also benefit so am bumping.

07-07-2012, 05:56 AM	#45
Joyjoy Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 1,690 Gallery: Joyjoy Stats: 150?/134/136 5'8" 50 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 4-19-12	Thanks YamYam, Beautiful to read.

11-16-2012, 01:09 AM	#47
catwhite Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Wales Posts: 69 Gallery: catwhite Stats: 212/199.4/140 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 4 October 2012	I love this thread, a linked was posted to it in a current thread and I thought this needs bumping! Its very inspiring and the jokes well....

11-16-2012, 01:39 AM	#48
jacci48 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Sussex, England Age 52 yrs Posts: 282 Gallery: jacci48 Stats: 242/220/140 WOE: Judd Start Date: August 23rd 2012	Loving this thread...its so true !!

11-16-2012, 05:38 AM	#50
Saxy1971 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 681 Gallery: Saxy1971 Stats: 225/203/170 WOE: JUDDD/Fast-5 Start Date: Fast-5 2/27/13	Good post bump!! I needed to read this today!!