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It’s the Weekend. Hang in there!

by Heather on August 12th, 2006

Weekends are TOUGH when you’re trying to lose weight. We gotta help each other out here, OK? Even though it’s Saturday, you can still stick to your fitness goals.

Do you find yourself making excuses on the weekend? I do. Here are a few:

  1. It’s Friday night. I’ve had a long week.
  2. We’re eating out, and this makes it OK to go off my diet.
  3. I deserve a break!
  4. I have to deal with ___ (so and so) on the weekend, so I need some chocolate/carbs/ice-cream.
  5. It’s Saturday. I need a day off.
  6. It’s Sunday. My day of rest.
    Then you head back into Monday, trying to play catch-up, wondering how in the world your scale went up three pounds over a weekend! Here’s some motivation for you:Barbara Curtis, mom of 12 (some adopted), has been dieting in a healthy way and has lost over 60 pounds. To keep herself going, she posts pictures of FAT people on her refrigerator door. Check this picture out.

    Barbara writes:

    I’m sorry, but there just is nothing sexy about fat.

    I think I’m going to make a collage of pictures like this and put them on my refrigerator door to remind me that no matter how hungry or bored or restless I get during the day, no detours from my diet are worth the results which are sure to follow down the line if I don’t continue to exercise self-control.

    Not that my goal is to be sexy. But I am hoping to be more the woman God intended me to be, using food for sustenance and not misusing it for other purposes. Why is gluttony the only sin we pretend is not a sin?

    Way to go, Barbara! You rock! Keep up your diet — and we’ll be coming along right with you. (Hats off to Amazing Shrinking Mom for leading me to Barbara. “We link; therefore we love.” Yeah baby.)

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    POSTED IN: Diet/Nutrition, Exercise/Fitness, Weight Loss

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