Onederland

Posted by lee3fc on August 25th, 2011 |Filed Under Glory | Leave a Comment

I’ve been in Overeaters Anonymous not quite 22 months and I’ve lost 38 pounds. I’m now in Onederland. Eight pounds in Onederland to be exact.

I’m very happy about the weight loss, of course, but I’m even happier about how much better my life is overall. And I’m more grateful than I can say.

Consistency, commitment, and gratitude

Posted by lee3fc on March 18th, 2011 |Filed Under Glory | Leave a Comment

I’m still getting emails telling me I have comments to approve on this blog (all spam at this point) and being in the neighborhood again got me thinking about some stuff. I realized a few days ago that one thing I have since I joined Overeaters Anonymous is consistency. Coming back to this blog reminded me how different that consistency is from the patterns of all those years before OA.

I would start a diet and then abandon it. I would start a diet, succeed for a while, fall off the wagon, then come back to it, succeed for a while, fail, and give up. I would think about why I ate, believe I had it figured out, think that meant I would lose weight, succeed for a while, fail, and give up. I would find a new diet I was sure was the right one, start it, succeed for a while, fail, and give up. I would find another new diet I was sure was the right one, start it, succeed for a while, fail, and give up. I did this for almost forty years - interspersed with periods when I had given up entirely on doing anything about my weight and simply watched the numbers on the scale climb. And periods when I banished the scale but still had to watch the numbers on my clothes size climb.

I have so many reasons to be grateful to Overeaters Anonymous. Some of those reasons have to do with food and weight: I don’t binge; I don’t hate myself for not having any willpower; I’ve lost weight; if I eat the way I’m eating now for the rest of my life, I’ll be a happy camper; I have hope. Some of those reasons have to do with much bigger issues and one of those bigger issues is consistency. Except for a brief period when I tried to go it alone (big mistake), I have checked in with a sponsor virtually every single day since January 1, 2010 - well over a year. I can count on my ten fingers the times when I failed to do so. Good, bad, miserable, discouraged, hopeful, frustrated, convinced it was pointless, terrified of eating, terrified of not eating - I always touched base.

With OA I was able to commit and stick with it. I’m so very grateful.

I was in the neighborhood

Posted by lee3fc on August 26th, 2010 |Filed Under Glory | 1 Comment

Someone commented on one of my old posts and I got notified by email to come approve it. I figured since I was in the neighborhood anyhow, I’d post an update.

In the eight months since my last post, I’ve stuck with Overeaters Anonymous. I’ve struggled to establish a Plan of Eating and think I have now done so successfully - time will tell. I’ve worked all the Steps and they’ve been a miracle for me. And I am losing weight. It’s happening slowly - between 1 and 2 pounds a month - but I’m delighted. Especially considering that pre-OA I was gaining weight steadily. So it’s all good.

Moving on

Posted by lee3fc on December 28th, 2009 |Filed Under Philosophy | Leave a Comment

As I’ve said, I’ve joined Overeaters Anonymous. I’m working through the Steps and I’ve come to the question: Am I still looking for a solution outside OA? Uh-oh. Time to commit once and for all. So I’ve dumped all my behavior mod tracking sheets and deleted them from my hard drive. Very scary. Sadly, it’s also time for me to leave 3 Fat Chicks. I can’t keep one foot here and one foot in OA.

I want to thank everyone here for their support, especially SuzeeeQ, DietBuddyDaily, and Michelle. I learned a lot about myself and my relationship to food and weight here and your comments and encouragement have been invaluable. Thank you - and I wish you all the best on your weight loss journeys.

I won’t be around after today so I’ve disabled comments on this post. However I would be delighted to hear from anyone here via email. You can reach me at: firefly508 at verizon dot net

Again, thank you and all the best.

Pasta and kitty litter

Posted by lee3fc on December 18th, 2009 |Filed Under Philosophy | 1 Comment

An efriend from OA recommend Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda. I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fulda kept a blog along her journey called “Pasta Queen”. I started reading it at the beginning and it’s fascinating to watch her fits and starts, especially when you know she’ll eventually succeed. So far my favorite blog entry is “Concept of Weight” in which she talks about how much she weighs in relation to how hard it is to lug a 25-pound container of kitty litter up the stairs. I was thinking just the other day about the fact that if I were confronted with an object that weighed as much as I’d like to lose, I couldn’t lift it if my life depended on it - yet I carry it around with me everywhere. Man, I feel tired.

Gorgeous Blogger

Posted by lee3fc on November 17th, 2009 |Filed Under Glory | 3 Comments

SuzeeeQ at the Committed 3fc blog was kind enough to nominate me as a Gorgeous Blogger. Thanks, SQ!

I’m supposed to share six interesting facts about myself so here goes:

1) I have some form of tone-deafness. I can tell when a note is wrong in a song but I can’t tell you whether it’s too low or too high. Even when someone plays just two notes on a piano, unless they’re very far apart I can’t tell which is higher.

2) Despite this I’ve learned to play three musical instruments in my life - including the mellophone.

3) I lived in Singapore for a few months when I was in m 20s.

4) I’m learning Italian.

5) Out of five first cousins in my family, I’m the only girl. And, yes, my grandparents did spoil me.

6) My very favorite math course ever was high school geometry - I love doing proofs.

I’m supposed to nominate other bloggers but the two individual ones I would nominate - Committed and DietBuddyDaily - have already been nominated. So I’ll simply say that I appreciate everyone at 3FatChicks who has given me help as I struggle with my weight and diet issues.

Thanks, y’all.

Lost in space

Posted by lee3fc on November 11th, 2009 |Filed Under Philosophy | Leave a Comment

I’m kind of in wander-around mode with Overeaters Anonymous. I’ve got a bunch of homework - since I started the Newcomers program late I’m behind. I don’t know how much I’ll be posting here but I’ll check in from time to time to say how it’s going and I’ll definitely keep up with the blogs on my blogroll.

I’m here

Posted by lee3fc on November 9th, 2009 |Filed Under Philosophy | 1 Comment

I fell off the wagon badly a few weeks ago and I’ve been struggling with doing what I said I’d do. Last night I “went to” an online Overeaters Anonymous meeting. I’m hopeful.

Final Score for Day 25

Posted by lee3fc on October 22nd, 2009 |Filed Under Final Score | 1 Comment

Every day. One rule, six goals.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, is Day 25 of my 100-day plan. Here’s how I did.

Rule: No Internet until after 4:30pm (except for 3 Fat Chicks) and then only if I’ve done my exercises and taken my walks.

I didn’t stick with this.

Goals

1) Get as low a score as possible on Behavior Modification.

My score was 33 (a perfect score is 0). This score is Fair. I missed one meal and two snacks and recorded three meals/snacks late.

2) Specific food goals:

Drink only one 12-ounce Coca-Cola. - Goal not met - I had two 12-ounce cokes on Wednesday.
No wine with dinner. - Goal met - I did not have wine with dinner on Wednesday.
Have a piece of fruit with breakfast. - Goal met - I had fruit with breakfast on Wednesday.
If I have tea with my mid-morning snack or before bed, have only a small (5-6 ounce) cup rather than a large mug. - I didn’t have a mid-morning snack and didn’t have tea at all with my before bed snack on Wednesday.

3) Every day except Sunday do a set of exercises.

Goal not met - I did not exercise on Wednesday.

4) Two 6-minutes walks every day.

Goal not met - I did not walk on Wednesday.

5) Read “The Lists” every day.

Goal met - I read “The Lists” on Wednesday.

Focused on this one: Not be afraid to walk on the beach - a fall won’t be a crisis because I’ll be able to get up without help.

This is not only a reason to lose weight but also a reason to exercise and walk.

6) Check in with 3 Fat Chicks.

Goal met - I checked in on Wednesday.

Final Score for Day 24

Posted by lee3fc on October 21st, 2009 |Filed Under Final Score | Leave a Comment

Every day. One rule, six goals.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, was Day 23 of my 100-day plan. Here’s how I did.

Rule: No Internet until after 4:30pm and then only if I’ve done my exercises and taken my walks.

I failed miserably at this. Still on a writing jag, still ignoring exercise and walking.

Goals

1) Get as low a score as possible on Behavior Modification.

My score was 21 (a perfect score is 0). This score is Good. I missed breakfast, mid-morning snack, and afternoon snack and recorded one meal/snack late.

2) Specific food goals:

Drink only one 12-ounce Coca-Cola. - Goal met - I had only one 12-ounce coke on Tuesday.
No wine with dinner. - Goal met - I did not have wine with dinner on Tuesday.
Have a piece of fruit with breakfast. - Goal not met - I did not have fruit with breakfast on Tuesday.
If I have tea with my mid-morning snack or before bed, have only a small (5-6 ounce) cup rather than a large mug. - I didn’t have a mid-morning snack and didn’t have tea at all with my evening snack on Tuesday.

3) Every day except Sunday do a set of exercises.

Goal not met - I did not exercise on Tuesday.

4) Two 6-minutes walks every day.

Goal not met - I did not walk on Tuesday.

5) Read “The Lists” every day.

Goal met - I read “The Lists” on Tuesday.

Focused on this one: I can’t have wine at the end of a bad day BUT there’s no rule against a short nap or just lying down for 15 minutes with a book.

Not so much because of the wine - although, hey - but because it’s important for me to find ways to unwind, amuse myself, get past the blues, reward myself that don’t involve food - or drink.

6) Check in with 3 Fat Chicks. After 4:30pm of course.

Goal met - I checked in on Tuesday.


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