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Perceptions are funny things. I've been hearing for a few days now on here that I'm an inspiration to others, but internally I don't feel like I'm successful enough to be an inspiration to anyone. I've not stayed on plan 100% during this 6-7 month saga. I've slacked off on exercise at times, I've scarfed down cookies and ice cream and breads in moments of weakness. I have had many failures on this road to better health. I've had days where I fear the scale. I'm not the pollyanna type who sugar coats anything, I tend to lean more towards the "tough love" approach to newer people on here, I can be downright rude or abrasive, yet I get buddy requests over and over, and people telling me I've inspired them. Maybe it's just me, but when I look at myself (mental and physical) I know I'm harsher on myself than anyone else. I know I expect more out of me than other people. I feel like an imposter with multiple people telling me I'm an inspiration do to the fact that I've made mistakes along the path of this journey.
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Ontbijt: strawberry banana shake, half and half, coffee. Lunch: smokey cheese blend trader joes, Sept chicken veggie soup. Diner: petite sirloin, extra virgin olive oil, butter. Snacks/Andere: macadamia nuts, french cut green beans del monte, mushrooms, strawberries. meer...
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Icy, its the came over in my corner. You have had a lot more success than me (partially because I didn't want to face the complete truth). But I follow the same "tough love" rule. IF I feel someone needs to hear it they hear it the way I think it. If someone (usually my buddies) are having a bad day and do not ask for advice, I give em a pep talk and thats it. Over the last little while I have heard the word "insperation" and my name and I often look inward and go "wth are these ppl talking about, I am by far less inspiring than most pople on her. I think we are harder on ourselves because we know that we could do better, be stronger willed etc. than we are but we are human. I personally think you and the information I have gotten from you is and has been very helpful. So thank you for that, and you are human there are going to be mistakes but perhaps your mistakes (and mine and everyone elses) is what makes us so inspiring - dispite the fact we make them we always try to correct and learn from them.
15 sep 11 door lid: pixidaisy
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We're all human...but I know what you mean! Through it all, you have applied that same tough love to yourself...and you're still here! Kudo's to you for not giving up! You inspire people because you are so much closer, failings and all... to where they want to be, than they are. And they can see the honest hard work it takes to overcome it all, and keep going! You're doing great, Icy... really you are!
15 sep 11 door lid: jsfantome
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Came is supposed to be same... fat fingers and multitasking are never a good combo.
15 sep 11 door lid: pixidaisy
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Don't be so hard on yourself...you have inspired some of with your humaness and yes, your little adventures off the Atkins' path. You are honest and open about everything. In that, you open the door for many of us to feel safe to share our own foibles...I admire you for being just you. I appreciate your "tough love" approach to life...you aren't rude...you are just honest. You are the girlfriend whose opinion I would cherish....if I asked, "does this make me look fat?" You'd give me a real answer...God love you.
15 sep 11 door lid: 2227Gwen
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I'm not used to people who want to hear the real truth. Most people in my life wanna just here what makes them feel good about themselves, even if they are half truths. "don't me so hard on myself" Gwen I don't know how to do that. In 39 years, if I haven't figured that out, I doubt I ever will. I'm my own worst critic and enemy. The traits that you all seem to admire on here are the very same traits that drive everyone else around me crazy. Thank to all for reading and giving other perspectives.
15 sep 11 door lid: icymaiden
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Just out of curiosity are you a perfectionist in everything you do? I find that my perfectionism is what causes me to be so friggen hard on myself.
15 sep 11 door lid: pixidaisy
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15 sep 11 door lid: icymaiden
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Here's an example...I started a cross stitch, 8 months into the darn thing I noticed I had put the pattern on sideways....Fast forward 3 years later and I haven't finished it (even though I can make it fit the wrong way maybe) cause I was so discouraged that I screwed it up in the first place.
15 sep 11 door lid: icymaiden
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Yup, that sounds like me, I have a scarf I started 4 years ago, made a mistake - easy to fix got discouraged and quit lol
15 sep 11 door lid: pixidaisy
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If you were a hypocrite it would be different... but you're not. You give sound advice and tough love, but you also are very open with your approach and how you backslide sometimes, or simply make choices that have consequences. I think you do a fine job of making this journey "real" to others. Not pie-in-the sky, high ideals, set yourself up for failure style but down to earth, reality check style. What you've shown is that you know the right way to approach weight loss, the right way to handle a "failure" or gain, and how to realistically look at a muffin-top and realize that you're going not NEVER going to eat one so you plan accordingly.
That's the kind of encouragement that most of us are looking for. If you were an imposter - you'd wear a disguise - instead it seems that every comment I read from you screams that it's 100% genuine. That's why you're so valuable. You're real. :)
15 sep 11 door lid: HeidiG
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Wow, thanks HeidiG, that's a pretty glowing review! I'm a bit choked up reading that. What an ego booster. Thanks alot!
15 sep 11 door lid: icymaiden
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You are human - that is why people identify with you. Plus, you are helpful. I still use a recipe you took the time to send me. Not everybody on here will do that.
15 sep 11 door lid: BuffyBear
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As Buffy said. If you didn't do all those things you mentioned and just flew through this journey I wouldn't consider you an inspiration at all. I want my buddies to do the same silly things I do like giving into temptation for a day or two and then whining that I did it for a day or two :) Not exercising for a week and then wondering why I didn't lose at weigh in :) You know - being human.
15 sep 11 door lid: karenagain
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I couldn't have said it better than HeidiG...and it's every bit deserved Icy!
15 sep 11 door lid: PMcmil5450
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