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Quote from: Lone_woLf on February 07, 2010, 11:02:19 PMWeight: 169.6lb (76.93kg)Fat: 41.8%Water: 37.1%Muscle: 32.7%How are you measuring this?
Weight: 169.6lb (76.93kg)Fat: 41.8%Water: 37.1%Muscle: 32.7%
Quote from: samjohn on February 03, 2010, 05:27:24 PMThat is a slippery slope in my opinion. Firstly the telling yourself cheating isn't a big deal with regards to your goals, and secondly the paying off bad eating with exercise.If you cheat you shouldn't just go 'oh well, these things happen', you should look at the situation and find out why it happened and take steps to prevent it happening again. Beating yourself up about it is counter productive, but so is just accepting cheating as something that will happen regardless of any other factors.Different strokes for different folks. Some people respond better to positive reinforcement and some to negative.Here's a question that is a good indicator of which side you're on: Do you think the universe, as a whole, is a friendly place?
That is a slippery slope in my opinion. Firstly the telling yourself cheating isn't a big deal with regards to your goals, and secondly the paying off bad eating with exercise.If you cheat you shouldn't just go 'oh well, these things happen', you should look at the situation and find out why it happened and take steps to prevent it happening again. Beating yourself up about it is counter productive, but so is just accepting cheating as something that will happen regardless of any other factors.
So yeah, negative reinfocement works for me. Positive lets me cheat too readily. The thinking that "Oh, that's ok. It happens, I'll move on" gives me an EXCUSE to do it in the future. I begin thinking "I can cheat because then I'll tell myself that 'it happens' and just move on!"
Quote from: samjohn on February 03, 2010, 05:27:24 PMThat is a slippery slope in my opinion. Firstly the telling yourself cheating isn't a big deal with regards to your goals, and secondly the paying off bad eating with exercise.If you cheat you shouldn't just go 'oh well, these things happen', you should look at the situation and find out why it happened and take steps to prevent it happening again. Beating yourself up about it is counter productive, but so is just accepting cheating as something that will happen regardless of any other factors.Different strokes for different folks. Some people respond better to positive reinforcement and some to negative.Here's a question that is a good indicator of which side you're on: Do you think the universe, as a whole, is a friendly place?Me? I think not. We're one tiny spec of "the universe". Everywhere else is exploding, burning at thousands of degrees C, and hurtling through space at hundreds of miles per hour. Even here people get stabbed, shot, wars are going on all the time, bears kill things, car accidents happen, cats eat mice, etc etcSo yeah, negative reinfocement works for me. Positive lets me cheat too readily. The thinking that "Oh, that's ok. It happens, I'll move on" gives me an EXCUSE to do it in the future. I begin thinking "I can cheat because then I'll tell myself that 'it happens' and just move on!"
I haven't figured out a way to effectively deal with the ones attached to emotions. Sometimes I'm really stressed out, and then I get fixated on a certain food. And I'll give in because I know it will give me immediate relief. That is just a matter of having other ready options.Sometimes, I'll play this game called "I'm incompetent. I'll prove it." I get fixated on a certain food, and telling it no is downright painful--like I'm strangling myself. Then after I'm done cheating, I use my failing as a sort of club to beat myself over the head with. In this situation, a cheat without judgment is the quickest, least painful way to defuse the whole thing. During these times I tell myself that I can cheat whenever I need to, but I know that later I won't because I'll be in a better state of mind and will choose weight-loss over whatever is eating me now.
You need to learn some healthy (or even unhealthy) ways to releave stress: go for a walk, do some pushups, take a bath, go for a drive, have sex, etc (unhealthy: punch a wall, smoke a cigarette, yell, etc). This was the hardest and greatest thing I learned while quitting smoking - that there are other ways to get rid of stress without stepping out for a smoke.
I have to post my lack of support for this advice - taking a drive when angry can pose a myriad of obstacles (speeding, road rage etc.), same with sex when angry can hurt your partner. Punching a wall, smoking a cigarette - yes unhealthy, punching a bag no, yelling (righteous anger) is healthy, granted the person on the recieving end deserves it. Bottling in emotions is not a very good habit to get into, if you are mad with someone - let them know, if you are happy, let them know!
Stress and anger are typically not synonymous. You can be stressed AND angry at the same time, but in general that is not the case for me.
I got a new tape measurer, it may be the measurer but everything is an average of a 1/2" (1.27cm) smaller. I think I like this new tape measurer.
2/14/10weight: 166.6lbs (75.57kg)fat: 40.9%water: 38.0%muscle: 32.9%BMI: 29.5What a lovely Valentine's day gift!That's three pounds lost this week. Granted, I usually weigh myself at night. And I'll probably get in the habit of weighing myself first thing in the morning. Three pounds is still significant, though. I got a new tape measurer, it may be the measurer but everything is an average of a 1/2" (1.27cm) smaller. I think I like this new tape measurer.
