Comments on: What Do You See When You Look In A Mirror?

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:11:53 +0000

I was told by my naturopath that the number he wants me to shoot for is 20 cups (5 liters). However, the calculations he was using set it much higher (1 cup / 10 lbs which is 28 cups for me) but he knows I’ll have trouble with 20 so that’s what I’m to shoot for.

If only it was Coke 8=) 5 liters of Coke used to be a cakewalk for me. Thankfully I’ve cut that down and I’m working on it being a weekly treat.

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:12:16 +0000

Not that I have to tell you! You can start today. Today seems like a good day to start things. =)

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:24:20 +0000

Hi Allison,

You’ve made awesome progress! Kara has a good point in saying that it might be good to keep an old outfit around for those times when you feel like you haven’t done anything. Break out the old dress and remind yourself that you CAN do this.

Keep going. You’ll get there.

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:22:07 +0000

You’re welcome. =)

Get those pants on! You can do it! We both have some running to do.

This is our year if we will it to be so. I’m glad to have you along for the ride!

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:20:35 +0000

Aww, thanks! That means a lot coming from you!

I don’t have any of the pants I used to wear. I threw them out when I moved. (Only brought 3 pairs with me)

I could, however, try on a pair when I’m out shopping. That’d work quite nice! If we’re ever shopping and I complain about being fat, remind me to try on a pair of pants that would have fit me in 2008. That’ll shut me up. =)

So glad you’re doing this challenge. Thought I might have lost you for a bit there.

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:11:50 +0000

I’m happy to help. =)

By: Paige

Paige — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:32:05 +0000

I love your 5 ways to track progress. Not only are you keeping yourself going; you are keeping others going as well! Thanks!!!

By: Kara Schwab

Kara Schwab — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:48:21 +0000

wow. i think this is one of the most profound posts i’ve read from you, seth. your openness and transparency are humbling and beautiful. thank you. i love what you said about the very real struggle to accept ourselves in the midst of the process of self improvement while battling against the tendency to get hung up in this winner-take-all culture. Some days, moving forward on our journeys takes a tough, blood-sweat-n-tears decision of the will. other days seem easier and fueled by feelings of strength, confidence and might. man, i love those days when you FEEL like you can do it. but the days when you feel like you can’t do it, but do it anyway? well, those kind of days uncover a person’s real character and are major victories in and of themselves.

your truth pants rock. i would also like to suggest another pair of truth pants you ought to try on for size from time to time: the pair of pants you wore the day you decided to change. that’s some real truth. some people prefer to forget and never look back. but on those days where you feel down about how much further you have left to go in the process, putting on that old pair of pants and delighting in the sheer breathing room and bagginess of it all frees your mind to embrace the glorious truth of how much you’ve actually accomplished so far.

thanks for inspiring all of us. it’s day four in the challenge and i’ve already used one get out of jail free card and modified my run start time on two days. but … i’m running. and feeling great. and i know i’m not alone.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:53:42 +0000

Loved this post, because it’s so true: We’re told we have to love ourselves exactly the way we are, but that really doesn’t make sense if the way we “are” is making us fat and unhealthy. I’d look in the mirror and TRY to love the fat girl I saw…but couldn’t. Now that I have lost some pounds I realize why I couldn’t love her — that 215-pound woman wasn’t the real me. Instead of loving myself the way I was, I had to love the real me inside, the one who was strong and determined and fully capable of handling stress without the aid of super-sized double cheeseburger meals.

Now when I look in the mirror, I am starting to like what I see — someone who’s about 1/3 of the way to a healthy weight. That makes me feel good, and I find that makes it okay that I’m not yet totally satisfied with the way I look. What’s funny is that before I gained all this weight, I was very self-critical even of my thin self. The thing I am looking forward to most about reaching my goal weight is being able to look in the mirror with the memory of my fat self in mind, and telling myself that I look fabulous!

“Truth pants”…good name for a goal outfit. I have “truth dress,” size 13/14, I’m trying to get into right now, and it gets a little more possible to button it every day. I’m almost there! (I have an 11/12 lined up for the day I reach the 13/14 goal, LOL.)

Thanks for a great post.

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:29:05 +0000

I wasn’t doing any math. Fixed!

I’m about what doing works for me as well. I think a lot of people are truly scared to try new things though. Not me. If eating gingerbread for 3 months might make me fly, I’d try it.