[CyberTOPS] CHARLOTTE'S ROLL CALL - Positive news on the weight front - and a lesson to learn

[Charlotte W.]

Hello Everyone,



Positive news to report tonight.....after a week of counting calories,
food charting and journaling.....I lost 5.00 tonight.....the best
looser of the week in chapter...moved my marker to the loosing side of
zero on the "2009 5 lbs at a time" contest (this after such a big gain
last week).......and walked in and out of chapter with my head held
high because I knew I had done the right things.



I do want to share with my TOPS email family something that I shared
with my chapter tonight.  One of my chapter members came in tonight
also feeling good about herself because she had food charting and
journaled all week as well.  She is one of us that starts the week out
with good intentions and by saturday is having more and more trouble
finding the food chart/journal paper, and by monday does not even care
where it is.....



As she entered the room after weighing in she made the commit, "I lost,
i know that food charting/jouraling work."  I asked her why she felt
food charting/journaling caused her to loose weight.  She replied,
"because I pay attention to what I am doing and eating when I am doing
both of them."  So anyway we talked about this as a chapter for some
time and then out of one of the ladies that is struggling the most,
come the following, "yes food charting/jounaling work if you do them
every day, but i can't do it more than a couple days.  it is so
negative."  Here is what I shared with her:



Your journal should be there to remind you of the GOOD, the BAD, and
the UGLY.  Don't fill your journal with everything bad and ugly, you
have to put the good stuff in there also.  Use this time to tell
yourself you are doing a good job as well.  Highlight, circle, smiley
faces by those things that worked or when goals are achieved. Some of
the examples that I shared from personal experience with the chapter
follow:



1.  Day 3 and i am still food charting/journaling.....I KNEW I COULD DO
THIS...KEEP GOING!

2.  Tonight weighed in and lost 5.0 lbs GREAT JOB CHARLOTTE KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK......

3.  1500 calories a day is my goal......today i only ate
1489....CONGRATULATIONS.

4.  I have been struggling with the exercise portion of all
this......so when I manage to get 5, 10, or 15 minutes of walking and
moving while watching the tv or park on the far side of the parking lot
whether i have the time or not......I write it done and PAT MYSELF ON
THE BACK.....

5.  the weather outside....we know that effectives how we feel, eat, and
move.

6.  HATS OFF TO ME!!! I had a craving for OREO cookies today....so I
had one serving (3 cookies) and I enjoyed them.  I was able to walk
away from the package and was satisfied.



I know my chapter is there for me during the GOOD, the BAD, and the
UGLY but they can't be with me every minute of the day, every day of
the week, or every week of the year.  So if I can't tell myseslf GREAT
JOB - who will.



So here is the point of this.....your journal should be there to
motivate you along...I don't know anyone that could be motivated by
reading a journal full of negative things about themselves.  Yes you
need to put the BAD and the UGLY in there but make sure you put the
good stuff in there and make it stand out.....as well.



HERE IS TO A HAPPY/HEALTHY NEW YEAR IN 2009



HUGS,


Charlotte Wilson
Chapter Leader - TOPS MN #0414, Park Rapids
Area Captain - Becker, Cass, Hubbard, and Wadena Counties in Minnesota
Park Rapids, MN 56470
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