Refuse to quit and you'll never fail.

My 4HB success story. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but every day I don't quit is a win. Posting goals, meals, thoughts, motivators, and wins. 40yo/f.

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Your only competition is yourself💪 Speaker: Frank Dick | maxmentality.™️ | max_mentality_ · Original audio

Your only competition is yourself💪 Speaker: Frank Dick. max_mentality_ · Original audio

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No weigh in this week thanks to graboids. But my cold is gone so that's a plus. Not sure how sustainable 4hb is for me right now. I'm just not feeling it. Might try something slower, like replacing bread with lettuce. Idk

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1-21-23 weigh in

252.8

1.4 lb loss

Not sure how though. Been eating like crap since I got sick, but I'll take it!

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And now I'm sick. I just want soup and tea with honey and cough drops... so I'm going to have them. Eff this. At least until I feel better.

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It wouldn't be January in Pennsylvania if I wasn't grilling for meal prep. And then not taking a single picture of it.

Oh well. Grilled up chicken, onions, and green peppers with some spicy citrus seasoning and lime. Also tried sofritos lentils which were amazing. Need to find a recipe for lentils that taste like Spanish rice. I'd be insanely happy if I could.

Had a spoon full of peanut butter for breakfast (I know), and am still hungry so I'm having some grape tomatoes and cottage cheese. Trying to cut out the cottage cheese but I already had it so I'm just going to eat it and not buy it again.

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There was delicious stew with beef and sweet potatoes for dinner, dill pickle chips, and candy... none of which I got pictures of.

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Plus grapefruit juice, Apple juice, and bacon.

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Weigh in

1-14-23

254.2

2.4 lb loss

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Oops.

Apparently I'm not supposed to eat beets.

Oh well. Well 1 is always about getting on track anyway. Other than that I've been eating better than I normally would, so I'm not too worried.

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Food

Had such a craving for tacos I asked my husband for meat and seasonings from the store. I was so very excited I forgot lettuce.

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Cottage cheese and a protein shake for breakfast.

Meal of the Week

Chicken thighs marinated in Chipotle and adobo sauce, broccoli, black beans.

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1-7-23 Weigh In

256.6

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Gotta love scrolling through this mess.

I'm going to be that person and go back on "the diet" after my daughter's birthday. She'll be 10 on the 23rd. That means 10 years since I was at 225lbs which is my first goal. Might buy something to represent the lbs like glass beads in a jar. Or do like @_finallylosingweight on tiktok and do a jeans day. Wearing a 22 in cheap Walmart jeans right now but I don't have any big mirrors to try and track any changes through photos. So I might stick with the scale until I can make that happen.

I have to do something though, I feel like crap and I look like crap. I've given up on the unrealistic dream of being "thin." That is not for me. There will always be jiggle, my thighs are b.f.f.s and forever means forever, but I want to be able to shop for clothes without having an anxiety attack, or wear shorts instead of jeans and risking heat stroke because I'm afraid people will judge my chub.

No, I don't want to be thin anymore. I want to look like @gymselle_ and @buffbarbarianbabe. I want to be proud of my muscular thighs and know how amazing I am like @maribelspiritualjourney.

I always say just keep going and I feel like I failed over and over, but I guess haven't actually quit. As long as I start again then I just stalled, took a break, temporarily disengaged, but did not quit.

Time to read 4hb again and start planning.

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Be like Danneel and do the thing, whatever it is.

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Scale goals

259--pre baby weight December 2011

225--post baby weight July 2012

199--under 200 for the first time in forever

No dates, just goals no matter how long it takes.

Only 1.6 lbs to my first goal.

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Weigh In

2-22-21

260.6

-5.2 lbs

Not bad at all since I did it only by cutting DOWN on sugar drinks and snacks and not cutting OUT.

I didn't fully get into my plan but that's ok. Progress is progress. I'm going to do non-carb breakfast all week and see where that gets me.

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💖 Remember: numbers are used to measure data.

💖 Your bodyweight is just data.

💖 You could do everything "right" and hit all your goals and the scale will still fluctuate up.

💖 Yesterday I ate 2100 calories (of mostly whole foods), I took over 27 thousand steps, I did a workout, I drank 112 oz of water and the scale still went up 0.8 lbs today.

💖 Remember that scale weight isn't fat. You're not just a fat blurb only made of fat. When the scale goes up in a fluctuation it's most likely water weight or your full of 💩. Your body contains your organs, bones, food that you ate.. remember that it's ALL of you on the scale, not just your bodyfat.

💖 If you let the scale depict your mood or how your day is going to go, it's time to stop weighing yourself and start working on your mindset and self love. Don't give it that power over you.

💖 I love you