See Sara Shrink: October update
October 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under Inside You, See Sara Shrink
Women’s Magazine is following Sara Sullivan, of Boulder, as she aims to healthily lose 100 pounds. Here’s her latest progress.
September weight update: 240 pounds
Total weight lost to date: 35 pounds
September’s lesson: After steadily losing two to four pounds a week for the first few months of my weight loss journey, I hit a plateau at 250 pounds. Getting “stuck” was incredibly discouraging because I was trying so hard to do everything right — exercise, healthy diet, calorie monitoring — and yet the scale would not budge!
In the past I would have probably given up, but thanks to the unending encouragement of Nicole Irlbeck, my personal trainer, and her ruthless focus on the mental battle of weight loss, I was able to persevere through a very tough time and again enjoy seeing the pounds melt away. Even better, I’m winning the internal war against my food demons and ending my life-long cycle of emotional eating and self-criticism.
October’s obstacle: One of the big things I’m working on now is learning to be kinder to myself when I succumb to the allure of a treat. The old Sara would allow one small failure to spiral out of control into a guilt-fest and several days of splurging — because, what the heck, I’d already messed up. Now I understand that having a treat is OK as long as it doesn’t lead to a guilt trip or an extended period of emotional eating.
Reader’s challenge: See yourself in a new positive light. No matter how your body looks today, you can move toward a brighter future and a more confident self-image by embracing your struggles and challenges, relishing your strengths and accepting your body. The next time someone pays you a compliment, don’t negate it with self-deprecating humor. Let the admiration sink in and take it to heart.
For more information about Sullivan’s journey, visit www.seesarashrink.com for blog posts, giveaways and more.
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