Power Rangers: Teamwork
June 9, 2011
366.6 pounds
Change from June 1st = -8.7 pounds
Change from highest = -36.2 pounds
I am now weighing in every day. I may not do this forever, but I’m doing it now for a big reason. I think it is an integral part of the mental health process for me to strip the scale of its power. Weight fluctuates, daily. You can do everything right and see a slight increase on the scale from the day before. Many weight loss experts say you should avoid the scale daily for this very reason, as it can cause undue stress.
Well, I can’t necessarily control temporary water gain and fluctuations of a few pounds. But I can control my stress over it. That’s what I’m doing now. Yesterday, my weight went up a bit over a pound. No worries; I knew it would drop. Today it dropped, almost three pounds. What will it do tomorrow?
It doesn’t even matter, so long as the overall trend for June is downward. I may start using PhysicsDiet again, just to see that downward trend.
Again, do understand that this is a work in progress for me. I’m sure some day my weight will spike, I’ll be confused by it, and I’ll have to struggle not to binge. Ignoring the problem, however, will not make it go away. I can only fix this by addressing it head on, which is what I am currently doing.
After today’s episode of Power Rangers, I’m going to take a brief break from Angel Grove and head to Camp Anawana and Salute Your Shorts! Oh, and in case you don’t know where to find these nostalgic videos, I’m getting the mall from YouTube. It’s like someone took my childhood and put it online!
Teamwork
First aired September 8, 1993
Plot
Kim and Trini are trying to get signatures on a petition to shut down a dumpsite.
Little do they know, the dump is actually a trap created by Rita Repulsa. When they go to the dump site to deliver their petition, they are attacked by Putties. In addition, Rita also sends her newest creation, the Minotaur, to fight the Ranngers.
While the girls finish fighting the putties, the boys attack the Minotaur. Zordon has the team unite, because it is only as a whole team that they can defeat Rita’s monsters. This is the toughest battle the Rangers have had to face yet, so Zordon gives the team their Power Weapons.
Even more impressively, their weapons can combine to make the Power Blaster, and with this weapon, Rita’s Minotaur is history.
At the end of the day, the Rangers have learned they are best and strongest when functioning as a team.
Weight Loss Analogy
Zordon gave the Rangers their Power Weapons, which was just the edge they needed to defeat the monster.
We all should have our own secret weapons in our battle, too.
We all know what to do. We know how to count calories or points, work out, eat properly… all that is a given. So why aren’t we all thin? Things come up. Bad choices are easier to make.
However, if we properly equip ourselves, then it will be easier to make the good choices.
One of my Power Weapons is fruit. Aside from the fact that fruit is a zero point food on Weight Watchers, it tastes good, it is good for me, and it is filling. If I am craving something sweet, then fruit often does the trick. It’s currently summer (or at least close enough), and there are more fruits available than ever before. Right now, I have apples, peaches, cherries, watermelon, and cantaloupe in my fridge, with even more (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries) in my freezer. I’m eating several servings of fruit a day. It makes me feel amazing. I know I am fueling my body with something it needs, and it keeps me from eating things I do not need.
What are your Power Weapons on your weight loss quest?
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You know the truth to this is that so many of us “know” what to do, but like you said, “bad choices are easier to make.” Sad, but true. I am a fan of weighing daily, but like you indicated, you have to not let it affect your determination as the scale does fluctuate.
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Not letting it affect my mood is tough sometimes. We had a dinner last night that was heavy in soy sauce. Not that bad for you… oh except for the massive amounts of sodium. I posted a two pound gain this morning. I know it isn’t real, but I really do have to remind myself of that.
YouTube is a riot ! You can find so many old time things, so many really silly thing and so many very useful things on there . I did weigh daily for a time and found that for no apparent reason my weight would drop consistently on Wednesdays and creep back up on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. No differences in food intake, exercise or anything else. It frustrated me with the weight loss journey but proved to be very useful in finding what foods were inflammation triggers in my body. Sometimes we get so obsessed with seeing that number go down simply to have a lower number attached to ourselves that we blow off other things that we need to learn about our whole self. For that reason it seems wise to include food logs, notes on emotional health, pain index or other such things that may be an issue. Sometimes we discover that what we believed to be a very healthy choice for our body actually does it great harm ( for me dairy turned out to be such a wolf in sheep’s clothing). My personal power weapon is dark, leafy greens of any kind(but easy on the spinach because it is an oxalate which makes my arthritis flair badly). From salads to steamed to sauted, they are my go to food for overall health. If I ignore getting these in, my body never preforms as it should and when I consistently choose them my body rewards me with having the abilities of a Megazord !
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I’m always trying to add more dark leafy greens into my diet. Sometimes I hide them in smoothies. I did recently find a good vinegar and oil salad dressing recipe I like. That’s an amazing thing for me, because as a rule, I tend to hate vinegar. For some reason, this dressing just goes well with kale and spinach. I wasn’t aware of the oxalates in spinach potentially causing arthritis flareups. I may keep an eye on this the next time my knee is giving me fits.