tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671975008329156334.post963014463662497985..comments2010-07-18T12:15:19.036-07:00Comments on Diary of a Shrinking Tubba Bubba: Mea CulpaShrinkingTubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18012224728497212124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671975008329156334.post-86417128969026676492010-05-29T04:28:14.206-07:002010-05-29T04:28:14.206-07:00Wow, you have done an amazing job! You have lost s...Wow, you have done an amazing job! You have lost so much weight and done so much exercise and forgive me for saying this but, you are being way too hard on yourself! I read your post and I see myself in your words. I have been beating myself up all my life but to see it from an outside perspective really makes it seem rather shocking. <br /><br />It's normal to feel bad that you gained some weight back but you corrected yourself so quickly and promptly lost it again. Try to forgive yourself quickly too. You're a thinking, feeling, loving, flawed human being. You can't be perfect. In fact you never will be perfect. There is a quote by Anna Quindlen that I try to live by, “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” <br /><br />Please allow yourself the time that it takes to get to where you want to go and enjoy the journey. Take time every day to be proud of yourself and your amazing accomplishments. You inspire many people and showing us that it is ok to falter or deviate from the path a little bit along the way is the greatest lesson you can teach. Just stick with what you are doing and don't set such massive goals. What happens if you don't lose 113 pounds in a year? What if it takes 18 months or two years? You won't let yourself wait any longer than a year? Because the years will pass anyway. I have 51 pounds to lose and I can't lose more than 2 pounds a week no matter what I do! Maybe once every couple of months I see a 3-pound weight loss but then that is followed by a week of staying the same or losing half a pound. The lower the percentage of weight that you need to lose, the smaller the weekly losses. I am perfectly content with taking a year or so to reach my goal. Just keep doing what you're doing and be kind to yourself along the way. I think you are doing amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671975008329156334.post-1064449312316267342010-05-27T08:17:16.437-07:002010-05-27T08:17:16.437-07:00Everyone hits downturns sweetie and you're rig...Everyone hits downturns sweetie and you're right you can't be positive all the time. You are allowed your whinny sessions. Lord knows I whine all the time about my health. Difference is you ARE doing something about it. You're not one of those people who bitches while they sit back and wait for the world to change around them. So whine all you want love. Get out that frustration and resentment. The only way to get past a feeling is to really live IN it. <br /><br />If you look at your 113 pounds to go and split it out over a year that's less than 3 pounds a week! You will have your 13 pound weeks again and sometimes you'll break even. BUT an average of under 3 pounds a week makes it seem much more realistic. Just three pounds. Try to look at it in smaller goals and make it something manageable. Even this week, when you felt like you fell backwards so much, you lost over 3 pounds. You can do this!!!! I have so much faith in you love it's unreal. And as soon as I can get my ass to California I'm working out with you. At least three days a week. Not sure I can do your ass-crack-of-the-morning exercise but I'll meet you after work for sure! It'll be good for me and hopefully having a steady buddy will give you that extra umph you may need sometimes. <br /><br />I love you SO much you really have no idea. You are my inspiration and one of my pulling desires to be home. I miss your damn face too much!Sara Tanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491723485793464186noreply@blogger.com