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TIME OUT!

[ 9 ] 08/06/2009 |

So, I’m sitting here trying to think of some wonderful  post about some wonderful topic that will make you all want to shout from the rooftops that Thea is an amazing writer and is an inspiration to all those who have, will, want to, have thought about or know someone who wants to lose those pesky pounds and is the answer to all of your weight loss prayers.

And then I realized, “Holy crap, Thea.  You need to: a) get over yourself  and 2) stop thinking so doggone much!”

Thinking about weight loss and weight maintenance can be all consuming.  A lot of times we so completely immerse ourselves in trying to lose weight that we get completely burned out on trying to lose weight.  Every little thing you do can become about your dropping the pounds…

  1. Clothes Shopping – “Do these pants make me look fat/thin/sausage-like?”
  2. Personal hygiene – “Walking in place while brushing my teeth will put 37 extra steps on my pedometer!” (Not that I’ve done this…ahem)
  3. Getting the mail – “Did my Fitness/Health/Prevention/Shape/Weight Watchers magazine come today?”
  4. Eating – “O.K. I had 4 cups of grapes for breakfast which means that if I have a cup of black beans for lunch than I can have some dessert after my tofu dinner.”
  5. Sleeping – “I need to get exactly 7.45 hours of sleep in order to be at my prime for my workout tomorrow!”

And I’m sure there are countless other things that you do during the day that suddenly become about you losing weight…

Just for today, stop thinking.

Go.  Do something fun that has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss and DON’T MAKE IT ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS!

Run through a sprinkler.  Read a book (NOT a weight loss book).  Write a letter to a friend. Play a game of Uno with the kids. Catch up on your DVR backlog. Complete a scrapbook page. WHATEVER!

And I never know how to end blog posts so I’ll just stop here.

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About thea: 34 year old mother of 2 who is maintaining her healthy weight range, one week at a time! O.K.... Maybe every other week... View author profile.

  • http://www.youravon.com/mdickey Margie D.

    Great idea – I will go out with the kids and just have fun today. After all school starts on Monday here and we need to let off that last bit of steam before it's time to get back into studying.
    BUT FIRST – I got alot of feedback about how trying to burn off an extra 500 calories a day is too much. I thought that my treadmill said that after 30 minutes I had burned off 230 calories so I figured that if I stayed on for an hour it would add up to around 500. Well, I was wrong – its 130 calories for 30 minutes. Hah!!
    I found out that the Couch-to-5K Program burns alot more than that in 30 minutes so check this out – http://couchto5kandbeyond.wordpress.com/ and my blog – http://margiesfitnessquest.blogspot.com/

  • BrookeF

    i went book shopping yesterday. of course they were on sale. so finding a moment that i'm not thinking about weight loss or saving money would be hard. some times i even think about how i can save money on weight loss!

  • http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

    Yes, mom. ;o)

    Great post and so true! I think I spend way too much time thinking about losing weight that my mind just gets burnt out.

  • anng

    Good advice! Sometimes I think our brain needs to have a “refresh” time. Tomorrow I'm going to the waterpark with my boys and my brother's family! I'm sooo looking forward to it and I'm not even going to worry about how I look in my bathing suit!! I'm just going to have fun!!!

  • SJs_April

    I love this post. We all need a break every now and then!

  • Christy_TheSisterhood

    I did a little something like that last week. It was called vacation and it was AWESOME!!!

    Great post, as always, Thea!

  • anng

    Good advice! Sometimes I think our brain needs to have a “refresh” time. Tomorrow I'm going to the waterpark with my boys and my brother's family! I'm sooo looking forward to it and I'm not even going to worry about how I look in my bathing suit!! I'm just going to have fun!!!

  • SJs_April

    I love this post. We all need a break every now and then!

  • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

    I did a little something like that last week. It was called vacation and it was AWESOME!!!

    Great post, as always, Thea!