LA Weight Loss - Beck Diet For Life/Solution – September 2009 – Support, Discussion, Buddy/Coach

:wave: Still hanging in and not much more.

Anne

Hi everyone,

Sorry I'm rolling in kind of late tonight and don't have time to do personals but I did pretty well today I think. Had a few cases of the nibbles but nothing too bad. I think I was 100 calories over target.

Read cards - op, Eating - op, Exercise - op, Credit - op, Unplanned Eating - off plan (a few nibbles)

Thanks for letting me account my day.

Be back tomorrow when I have more time and don't have to run off to bed.

Kara

I’ve been really tired the last couple of days. I’m guessing the weeks of insomnia followed by an active day on Saturday just caught up with me. But my new allergy med seems to be helping with sleep – although I am up doing this in the middle of the night. Hopefully I won’t repeat this often. But work does seem to be calming down a bit – hopefully it sticks. I took a break after lunch yesterday for a half hour walk, it was nice. In the summer I usually do my walks in the morning when it is cool. In the fall and winter I often move it later in the day to walk when it is warm and sunny. I enjoyed doing that yesterday. :)

:df: WI-up 1.1 lbs. Made a plan, read my cards. Food – op, Exercise – op (Sun 48m, Mon 57m).

Kim (in NH) It’s really cool how you’ve been rethinking your diet from top to bottom. Kudos!

Maryblu I just wanted to say, again, how cool it is you’ve surpassed your goal. :D

Kara (Walking Princess) We all slip up, oh well… In the second book there’s something called a cheat sheet. You answer a few questions about your mistake and make a mini-plan to help keeing such mistakes from happening again. I think you are reading the first book though and not sure if exactly the same thing is in there. I would recommend taking the time to analyze your mistakes. I’ve found it’s helped me to stop making the same mistake over and over. Well, at least I make them less frequently now. ;)

Re Monday – what a lovely op day – credit!

I’ve been doing beck since the 2nd week of January, this year.

Margaret Great job exercising your resistance muscle against the chocolate bar! I've found another benefit about writing everything down – I can’t lie to myself. I can see when I’m op for calories and when I’m not. Like you said, it does give one a feeling of control…

Robin :yay: you are finally feeling better! And :crossed: that your personal chef shows up for duty.

Salsa chip :welcome3: I think it’s great you are using beck as part of your life overhaul. The skills she teaches are very effective in changing how you approach food and exercise.

Bill Lost Weekend – lol. Did you hallucinate a bat coming out of the wall?

Carla I hope you feel better today. Kudos for working on the eating only when sitting down skill. Seems to be an important one for a lot of folks.

gardenerjoy It’s amazing how important it is to no longer eat standing up. I’ve seen it over and over on this thread. Kudos for recognizing that it’s a good change for you. – I really can’t imagine where I put that neti pot, hmmmm….

Ouch for not feeling full anymore. :(

Kuhljeanie everything suffers when i don't put my health and weightloss efforts first This was a really tough one for me too. And whenever it stops being #1, everything does suffer. Beck has something in her book about how important it is to be selfish about health/weight loss. Kudos for recognizing all that!

one by one it's so obvious to me I need to plan and write things down and I need to say a Big NO to several food items I've been having – great insights!

Anne Tomorrow is a new day! :wave:

:welcome: salsa chip :welcome:

And in case you didn't get one of these back in July, :wel3fc:


How did you learn about the Beck books?

And how did you find this thread in 3FC?

Diet Coaches/Buddies - This weekend I stood before a basket of corn at the farmer's market and decided to pass. Five ears for my week of lunches is just 500 calories of starch. I declared the season over; CREDIT moi. I clearly remember making that decision. Then walked to the next booth and saw the best looking, plump, fresh corn and promptly bought five ears. Oh Well - but not a big deal.

However, later in the supermarket, I saw good looking corn and, remembering my decision not to buy some earlier, bought five ears. Didn't even notice the duplicated purchase until trying to stuff all ten ears into the fridge. So this week has to find a way to consume 1000 calories of extra starch. Yay for the benefits of declining short term memory.


maryblu - Tap... tap ... tap. Waiting for the story of losing past goal.

Jean (kuhljeanie) - Kudos for using your car time for useful thinking; and Monster Kudos for winning the round with "planning has to be a non-negotiable." It seems so central to Beck's strategies that "it's so much easier when it's all written down in stone and packed the night before." Yay for rediscovering the path you've been on before.

onebyone - Kudos for having the concept that you want some rituals when visiting your mother. That should work well for her as her thinking fuzzes. I do love the notion of a professional artist with a degree doing paint by numbers, LOL.

Robin (RobinW) - You're generous to take your time to help your friend get past the hurdle of starting his own business. It's easy for me to envision that your calling is nudging small businesses into profitable existence. Maybe you were a Venture Capitalist in a previous life.

Yay for the beginning of the deconstruction of your bathroom. Again, Shudder.


Anne (wndranne) - Waving back. May the stress be low and the bicycle chain oiled. Did you survive your DD's fouth birthday party?

ChinaMaine - Ah, the walks have switched to grab the sun. I enjoy observing the seasonal changes in my walks - that I walk on the sunny side of the street in winter and shady side in the summer and that I delight when I notice that I've switched. Congrats for reaping the benefit of the two weeks of hard work that calmed your work life. Yep, hope it continues.

I had forgotten about the bat coming out of the wall in The Lost Weekend, LOL. Now that would be a good sign to get back to exercising.


Kara (Walking Princess) - Yep, 100 calories over is doing "pretty well."

Margaret (Nuxmaga) - Yay for your insight that recording is the first step to change; methinks you're right on with that. Kudos for standing down the pudding parfaits - catchy name that. Again, sending supportive thoughts for getting your surgery date. Seems a bit Catch 22 to be booked in October but not yet accepting bookings for November. Is it like getting tickets to a rock concert where you wait in line all night for the fifteen minute window when tickets are available, LOL.

Joy (gardenerjoy) - Neat insight that losing the feeling of being full is a loss in need of grieving; haven't heard that before and it makes sense. I distinctly remember feeling full after each of my three meals a day and thinking that that was the norm.

I love your goal of 90 books. I found that reading many, many books was a key part of getting my head around a new life style. I must have read about 20 books about walking, LOL. That really helped me to get into my head that walking was a serious activity that deserved my respect. There are some authors out there with myopic vision on every topic.


Carla (carla70) - Yay for approaching the "start of the path." Yep, that old sitting down to eat is a surprise for being difficult. Ouch that your weekend wasn't as you wanted, but Kudos for simply going forward.

salsa chip - Yay for plunging right into Day 1 with your new Beck book. Kudos for the immediately attacking the number one Sabotaging Thought, "Ah, you don't need to do this step." I went through that with every trivial little strategy at the beginning of Beck's program - too trite to be of value to a person like me. But the most trivial were the ones that were hardest for me to conquer, like sitting down to eat. Bon Voyage for a wonderful journey.

Readers - day 1
Benefits of Weight Loss
. . .
It might mean getting back to tennis, golf, dance, or other recreational activities you once liked but now find too physically taxing.
. . .
The Beck Diet Solution, pg 56.

Good Morning Coaches

My ordinary life is starting to re-assert itself after the month dedicated to getting my mother settled in her new home. I can tell as I have something to say about Dr.Oz, which means I was watching daytime tv yesterday = a sign and I find myself fretting over the difficult to please ceramic instructor = another sign and DH suggested movie day today = one more sign.

And so it's movie day and I am going to the school today, or not, and I guess I haven't decided that yet. hmm. Thought I had. Hmmm. Anyway I stepped on the scale and weighed once (credit) and saw the same number as I saw yesterday: 276.8. I wa 276.4 two days ago so that's 3 days of 276. Am I 276 then? Did I really gain 26 pounds since January due to stress eating alone? Yeah. Looks that way. Which brings me to Dr. Oz. I watched his show for the first time yesterday and they had a FAMILY IN CRISIS!!! and they were all very obese and looking for help. A family member who had obesity related problems recently died and they were all in trouble. Dr. Oz analyzed their health and had them stand by a creen that showed the worst of the results. What got me was the woman whose fat was crowding her organs in her body and the xray that showed how the fat takes up the space that the lungs need to fully inflate (hence causing shortness of breath) and the space the heart needs to do its work in, not to mention the fatty deposits in the abdomen itself. I know my fat is crowding my lungs. I know it. I feel it. There is such a change in my capacity to simply breathe at this weight and even at 10lbs less, 260. I don't/can't walk as far, don't feel as srong or sure of myself because of it and it causes a low level worry in me that just isn't there at lower weights. For the 10billionth time in my life I find myself saying "I can't live like this anymore. I have to change." And for the 10billionth time the sabotaging thought "well you've been dealing with this for 37 years and haven't been able to do it yet...so...." and then my mind runs around the hamster wheel = 1) so? Doesn't mean I can't do it 2) so why bother it's hopeless
3) so? Maybe I know more now about what to do and where to start 4) so? I've done harder things and faced down tons of fears I can do this 5) so? i can make a plan and stick to it as best I can 6) so? I was starting to have success and of course I can do this.

So? Mostly I am hopeful. I just needed things to calm down and it looks like that's happening. Good thing too. Credit moi for simply still wanting to do this. I think I am going to make a meal plan for the week and make my food ahead of time for it. I am really susceptible to food cues and to variety. I have to limit my choices for a while and get my neurons to calm down and dissassociate from the food=fun/relaxation equation. I think I will be freezing meals for those days I am frazzled and tempted to order in. I need to start going to the rec centre to swim and to walk there and back before and after swimming. I need to do some wii fit everyday, even 5 min is better than nothing.
I still have a hurdle to get over with traveling to DH's brother's wedding this weekend - a two day affair of picture taking. We'll be back and then there is nothing on the horizon except perhaps a trip to Key West in the winter (ihopeihopeihope).

Anyway that's how things are this morning. I'll check back in later with personals.
Thanks to everyone who posts here. It helps a lot. :hug:

one day on plan (i HAVE a plan, yay), and i’ve dropped 2.5 lbs. funny thing, huh? i guess it was sodium bloat after all. (will take it regardless.) looking forward to another on-plan day. it’s so wonderful to have a gym at work..i’m hoping i can stay with this client for a while, although it looks like the last one is angling to get me back. we’ll see. either way it’s nice to have a job.

very, very tired this morning. last night my plan required me to prep two dishes, and i also completed a project for my interior design class that’s due today. i really enjoyed the project – wish it hadn’t been after 10:00 pm when i got to it. for whatever reason ye olde sensewear has been reporting many night wakings for me even after getting to bed late, with sleep totals coming in at 5 hrs and less. brain hurts. hope it gets better soon.

i’m about halfway through Kessler’s book, and realized that the year i spent consulting for a major flavor company as a portfolio manager for Research & Dev and Marketing i actually saw a lot of what he described in action. whoa, the pieces clicked. can’t discuss specifics (confidentiality) but it was pretty amazing technology they were using and developing. at the time, i didn’t think much about what it meant to our collective (or my specific) health. but realize now how incredibly sophisticated a machine the food industry is. i’m glad my protein bars taste exactly like candy, and my turkey bacon tastes like pork, and that i prefer the taste and mouthfeel of low-fat cheese to full-fat versions. i may never eat at a chain restaurant again, though. the description of “pre-chewed” menu items as “adult baby food” that’s basically the cheapest possible substances (corn and soy and god knows what else) chemically “painted” to smell and taste like real food? yuck. and, yuck. i’m ready for the third section.

onebyone, big, big hug. i’m starting over too. for the 18 billionth time. you know which thought is the truth? the one that says “i can do this. i’m already doing it. everything that’s come before, and that will come after, is part of me DOING IT. yes, you CAN. of course you can. there is NO DIFFERENCE between you and people who are successful at this. none at all. you simply are where you are. let me know if i can do anything to support you. i’m also back to my foodsaver and freezer – had a lovely breakfast at work this morning with a protein bagel, egg, bacon and cheese sandwich, and waffles with blueberry sauce, for about 400 calories. will happily share!! bill, all that corn talk…i’m thinking low-fat corn chowder, with scallops and shrimp and a little kick of cayenne. make 12 servings out of it and flash-freeze half – then, not only do you have half the starch with less starch per serving, you’re combining it with protein and non-starchy veggies, always a happy thing. yum…maybe i should make some!

welcome salsa chip!!! this is a wonderful group!

anne, sending a hug. sounds like things still kind of suck for you, which – aargh! hugs! robin, with you in spirit. i wish we were tearing apart one of our bathrooms…china, i’m exhausted too. waiting for science to develop a sleeping pill that makes your brain put itself to sleep, instead of the medication doing it. sigh. hey kara! you’ve totally reined it in over the last few days…did you realize that? :) hi margaret – i know exactly what you mean about the control thing. it’s all about feeling that you’re in control. carla, isn’t it amazing how hard the sitting down thing is? a LOT of folks on this board (myself included) had the same response. like, “aww, this is easy – i never do that” to realizing i did it ALL THE TIME. crazy, huh? hiya gardnerjoy! did standing up help? what a clever response! mary, i’m with bill. heeeelllllooooo??

Coaches/Buddies: I survived my trip to NY, but today is another difficult day since it would have been my brother's 43rd birthday. I'm struggling with all areas of my life just trying to keep all the balls up in the air. I just keep reminding myself that I'm doing the best I can and I just keep on trying.

So far today I have:

Went for a run and upped my distance from 1.5 to 2 miles! :broc:
Came here and checked in :broc:
Weighed myself :broc:

Oh and last night I had a mini-binge and contemplated purging many times, but didn't. (I hate writing that because it makes me feel like I'm so "messed up", but I do have to acknowledge that I do struggle with bulimia and it doesn't make me a bad person.) That was huge that I didn't and I really need to give myself credit for that. :broc:

I was tempted to skip reporting this whole thing, but if I know that I will write about it, maybe it will help motivate me to not do it so I can report it here. Does that make any sense?

Hope to get some personals in soon.

I forgot to add something very important...
After my little binge last night, I gave up on logging my calories (I use Gowear Fit to track calories in vs. calories out). But this morning, I decided I should just enter it and do the best I can (I have a very black/white attitude about logging calories and if I can't figure out how to log something than I give up.) So, I faced the music on my mini binge and I'm moving forward. :broc:

This is very helpful because I don't feel as much residual guilt now and it makes it easier to get back on track.

Hi everyone! I can't tell you how happy i was to find a Beck support thread. I stumbled across the diet/book review in the O magazine while getting my hair done. I went immediately to the bookstore after and couldn't believe all the 'truths' about myself i was reading in the program! After reading and rooting through the plan and the workbook, i've started today as my Day 1. I did my Advantages Response Card this morning and have been fine-tuning it all day.

After being on set plans(JC, nutrasystem) and counting plans (WW/Zone/ restriction) and even a short (and embarrassing) go at the hcg protocol-- i finally went to a whole foods nutritionist who gave me a meal plan that is super similar to a diabetes plan with exchanges, three meals, two-three snacks, 1400 c. I have followed this before when i was pregnant and had Gestational Diabetes both times and never felt better. What has been so frustrating for so long is that i *know* this works for me, but i havn't known why i haven't been able to stick on it. Already i can see the Beck plan turning on so many lights for me.

i hope to be an active part of this support thread--i'm really excited to go on this journey and learn to work a diet in a new and skillful way.

...skipped me last night! Yes, dear Beckies, here in the frozen north land, I escaped his "scattered frost", which means I prolly dogged a bullet for at least a week, meaning more raspberries.

My farmer friend called at 6:36 a.m. to see if I had frost; he reported frost on *his pumpkins. Literally. I had told him, I am the last place in this entire county to freeze, but since he is also an engineer, it is impossible to say anything remotely like that without ABSOLUTE PROOF. NEVER, EVER. lol. Even when I reported a balmy 35 degrees, I got grilled with "Is that accurate?" Well, yes....apparently.. lol. It is now. Raspberries for the foreseeable future.

BillBE, not only are you are our Cyber Sheppard, but you are pretty much full time on the Entertainment Committee. I almost fell off my chair at your proudly declaring you had "survived" a Memorial Service...........considering it would have been a decidedly different service had you not, I was overjoyed to hear that news. That was one thing, but the corn debacle was too much. I felt like a total idiot for making a rare pilgrimage to Trader Joe's and forgetting my always- must- have Pine Nuts and doubling up on other must- have staples, but doubling up on corn in the same market? Only you and I could have done such a thing, but then we *are the seniors in this group!

Kulhjeanie, I continue to admire your pluck, courage, and attitude, so I will overlook your working for the dark side..;)

Anne, I don't know how you keep going at such a pace; I marvel at you youngsters. Wish I could be of some help. I know it gets difficult to keep your edge when you get close to where you want to be and are "normal" compared to many of our (sadly) over weight friends and colleagues; I guess I can only say, getting down to where *you want to be is such a joy you can't imagine it. I got called a "little thing" today, and he has no idea from where I came; it is such a trip! Oh, sorry, only BillBE and perhaps ChinaMaine would get that reference. I meant, it is such a joy........;)

Out of respect for our dear Cyber Sheppard, I will recount the anti climax of my drop below goal and my red line. If it is an anti climax for me, I can only imagine how little it enlightens my dear Beckies.

Let me preface this account with 3 things:

1. I had read on the Maintainer thread that it made sense to consider your goal your red line; that just seemed right to me. I just saw no sense in fighting your way down to a goal, and then allowing a 5# swing above it.

2. I had identified 133#s as my target weight..some years ago, in fact. I targeted that at the time I was gaining back from my low of 138#s four and a half years ago.

3. And this is the only one I really want to stress for my dear Beckies:

Do as "THEY" say, and not as I do. I mean that sincerely. My method is the only one that works for me, but it is not the recommended route.

I don't own a scale; I never have. The National Wt. Loss Registry has reams of documentation that the maintainers who regularly, even daily weigh in, do better at maintaining their wt. loss. Our own dear BillBE and plenty of the maintainers do exactly that. I have always found bathroom scales to be fickle and easily swayed by the way in which one distributes one's wt. I trust one of two old fashioned balance scales in one of our two health care labs at whichever office I am in for my reality check. I try to wear clothing that is not too heavy, as obviously, I am not going to strip down to my skivvies.

The last time I had weighed was the first week of Aug. after a wild long girls' weekend with eating and drinking, and not much exercise despite the fact we were on an island in a northern MN lake; the weather had just sucked. I was so happy to see a 138# reading for the second time. When I weighed in last Wednesday, I thought I was seeing 137, which was very OK with me, considering I had been doing nothing but eating what I wanted, maybe less, and gardening as required. Granted, I had gotten in a lot of swimming, but I don't swim for the exercise, I swim for the pleasure. I am not sure when it occurred to me as I stood there that I was seeing 132#s. I went and got a work colleague to confirm that it was indeed 132, and that I had the wts. on the beam in the correct positions. By chance, I went to the doctor that day, and the digital scale there read 131.3. That is the same office that has recorded in my medical records an all time high reading of 227#s. That is enough for me to try to go for 127, just to get there, just to say it, just to officially say 100#s. I still have 5 #s of @#$^@%#$%^%$@$%@#$%@% back fat. @#%@#$^@#$^

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

Hey! I met my exercise goal for September! Today's exercise was Brazilian Dance. That DVD is my reward for meeting my exercise goal -- I bought it a couple of days early because I had a coupon and I was pretty sure I was going to make my goal.

WI: +0.05kgs , Exercise: +50, 1241/1200 minutes for September, Food: op, Read my Advantages and Responses: yes

Nuxmaga: Bummer on the surgery schedule; that seems like a lousy way to run things! And yay for all your credits! I also think that the tracking can be a great first step to change -- it helps to know what the baseline is before making a change.

wndranne: sending warm thoughts!

Walking Princess: yay for all the "op"s!

ChinaMaine: glad you enjoyed a mid-day walk -- we're having some beautiful fall days.

BillBlueEyes: oh my! That's a lot of corn. I have to admit that some of mine went into the compost pile late in the season. It just seemed the best way to deal with the excess. Edit: Coming back after seeing kuhljeanie's corn chowder suggestion -- much better than compost!

onebyone: it's nice to "hear" you sounding mostly hopeful. I think mostly hopeful is a good a place to be. The wii fit has a bit of yoga on it, doesn't it? The reason I ask is that one way to reduce worry about breathing is to breathe the way one does with yoga. I'm sure Dr. Oz is right. OTOH, breathing is something that improves with practice at any weight.

kuhljeanie: Yay for having a plan! In fact, that deserves dancing carrots! :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

bennyhannahmama: First, hugs, for the sad anniversary. Yay for all the dancing broccoli, particularly the one acknowledging the bulimia but still reisting the purge. And heck, yeah, on it making sense to write here as a motivation to not do something that I would then feel obligated to report here. That is exactly why I'm posting everyday.

litalo: welcome! And, yay for the roaring start you already have on the Beck program!

maryblu: Wonderful about the surviving raspberries and the absolute proof to the doubting engineer/farmer. Congratulations on reaching goal and thanks for the story!

Hi All,
Tracked food, credit. Walked 8,000+ steps. Unfortunately, I gave in to a lot of impulsive snacking as my stress level goes up. Tomorrow I have an event that involves leaving some of my artwork for a panel to assess, and I am nervous! No word from the surgery scheduler. I suspect I will need to call tomorrow ask when the scheduler expects to receive next month's calendar. Hope to do personals soon. Although I will say to Bill right now that you do not have to work in 1000 calories of corn--it's not required. I'm sure Beck would concur with me on that. . .

:welcome: litalo :welcome:

And, in case you didn't get this a year ago, :wel3fc:

Neat that Oprah's O Magazine pointed you to Beck - several other posters have mentioned that.

How did you find this thread here on 3FC?

Diet Coaches/Buddies - Facing a work event this evening with VAST quantities of mediocre food including a big commercial sheet cake with icky icing - a great opportunity to practice moderation. I've done this before, I can do it again.

Eating and walking both OP; CREDIT moi.


maryblu - Yay for another week of raspberries for the dawgs; hope they leave you a bowl or two.

LMAO at your story telling. Love the shock of seeing the low number and seeking another person to confirm it. Don't be too anxious to reach for that artificially low 100# number if you then have to make it your new red line. Remember that the last five pounds won't necessarily come from your back, but could come from your toes forcing you to buy all new shoes, LOL.

Thanks for acknowledging forgetting on a trip to Trader Joe's; does seem to be happening of late.


Jean (kuhljeanie) - Thanks for the first hand reminder of "how incredibly sophisticated a machine the food industry is." That reinforces my feeling that we have to fight this stuff. Kudos for one day on plan - you're on your way. It's neat to hear what a chef thinks when faced with an abundance of corn - not just ordinary chowder, but scallops, shrimp, and a kick of cayenne. Drooling.

onebyone - Yay for "ordinary life" after too much of the alternative. Thanks for the vivid description of body fat interfering with the working organs. Does that ever go right onto my Advantage Response Cards.

Kudos for recognizing that you are "still wanting to do this."


Kim (bennyhannamama) - Thinking of you remembering your brother on his birthday.

Kudos for coming back here, writing what's difficult to write, and getting back on your path. Neat that recording what's been eaten helps to get past it.


Margaret (Nuxmaga) - Ouch for the stress of having your artwork evaluated - I suppose that goes with the artistic lifestyle, but shudder. Yep, methinks Beck would concur with you that eating 1000 calories of corn just because I've purchased it is not required, LOL.

Joy (gardenerjoy) - Kudos for rewarding yourself with a Brazilian Dance DVD - that's a stellar Beck-like reward. Thanks for the reminder that the worms in our compost bin can have some of the corn; my DW thinks like that but it just doesn't occur to me.

litalo - Yay for getting your new Beck book and Kudos for starting right in on Day 1. Would you care to share some of your Advantage Response Cards with us?

I think you'll find company around here with folks who have tried a variety of the types of plans you mentioned.


BillBlueEyes - You wrote, "Yay for the benefits of declining short term memory." Do I ever know about that one.

Readers - day 1
Benefits of Weight Loss
. . .
It might mean enjoying outings to the beach or to social functions without worrying about how others think you look.

The Beck Diet Solution, pg 56.

I was tired enough yesterday that I decided to forgo my usual 1 mile walk. So, I only did my upper body workout. I slept better last night – I was only awake for an hour or so. Food was good though… Work was busy, but not especially stressful. I did force myself to take a couple of short breaks yesterday, even though I was having sabotaging thoughts against it.

:df: WI-down 1.4 lbs. Made a plan, read my cards. Food – op, Exercise – off-plan (30m).

Bill ‘ VAST quantities of mediocre food including a big commercial sheet cake with icky icing – at least they are making it easier for you. It would be so much harder if there was lots of delicious food available. It would certainly be harder for me anyway… ;)

Margaret ‘ gave in to a lot of impulsive snacking as my stress level goes up’ – ouch! Today is a new day…

gardenerjoy :dancer: for meeting your September exercise goal!

Maryblu good luck for hitting the 100 lbs lost goal. That would be totally amazing!

litaro :welcome3: We’re glad to have you here!

Kim (bennyhannamama) Ouch for the binge… But kudos for bringing it here and for logging the calories. I too find that logging my ‘mistakes’ helps to reduce guilt and gets me back on track. It’s counter-intuitive but so true.

Kuhljeanie :woohoo: back on plan, :yay: 2.5 lbs lost! Let’s hope they make that miracle pill soon!

one by one I started DVRing Dr Oz last week, and saw the episode you mentioned yesterday. It really was stunning to see what the fat was doing to her body. What a cautionary tale! Good luck getting back on track, you can do it!

Wow, I have a bit of catching up to do.

Still on track with the new diet, but still adjusting to the multi-meal schedule. Have been on a new exercise schedule that seems to be working – shorter (20 min) but higher intensity cardio 3-4 days and now doing weights routinely. On the off days I try to get in a walk or bike ride.

My experiment with alcohol denial is going well – surprising myself that I held onto this habit so long thinking I couldn’t do it. I’m starting to wonder what other things in my life I have avoided with this thinking. Since this has been cut down I am coming in under calories on many days…and am now trying to make sure I am getting enough (gosh am I worried I might not be getting enough calories? – who am I???)

I was at the school yesterday, and one of the staff came to tell me there was chocolate cake in the teachers’ room. My response was “Thanks, I’ll be sure to stay out of there”. I felt the way she announced it could be taken as an invitation or a warning – I took the latter. Kudos to Bill for facing this kind of thing everyday, and lucky for you to only remember it long enough to report it here.

BillBlueEyes; Enjoy your hoard of corn! You took a very short path from denial to indulgance I think.

Kuhljeanie; Glad to hear things are starting to come together. The scale is a big motivator to keep doing what your doing.

ChinaMaine; Great that work is calming down, hopefully sleep patterns will follow.

WndrAnne; yay, for hanging in!

WalkingPrincess; Glad to see you back and doing well.

OnebyOne; Yay for ordinary life coming back for you. Saw that Dr. Oz episode as well, and was quite amazed. The body struggles to adapt and function despite what we do to it.

Nuxmaga; Sympathic thoughts to you over the stress of “waiting”.

Gardenerjoy; Yay for meeting your exercise goal and nice choice on the reward!

Maryblu; Loved you story, it is what it is. We are all here now, cheering for you, making it a big deal :cheer3:

Bennyhannahmama; Good for you facing the binge and logging it in as hard as it was.

RobinW; Wow to the prospect of a personal chef – and kudos for building his confidence so he might do it.

Carla70; Sitting down and eating is still a tough one for me too. Like anything else, repetition will make it a habit.

Litalo; Welcome! Sounds like you are off to a great start!

Salsa Chip; Welcome! Good for you for realizing skipping steps is not the quicker path. I am at a snail’s pace through the book trying to follow the steps.


And against my own advice I have stalled long enough and jumped past DAY 12, skipping meals (she calls it tolerating hunger & cravings). I know it is important, but I am not ready to throw my new eating plan out the window even for a few hours (which is why she does not have you diet until after, I know). I will have to revisit this step at another time. Moving on.

Have a great day,
Kim

:wave:

Food stinks! Do I have an excuse...of course I do. Should I use it? Probably not.

I dont have a bathroom! :eek: They gutted it all out yesterday and we are thanking the powers that be, that they didnt find any "surprises" :cb: They even gave us a quote to have all the living room and dining room walls skim coated (because we live in a house pushing 100yrs old) Another happy dance over the pricing for that one!! :cb:

Lack of sleep, excess of food and wine...but there isnt a lack of movement. So why are my jeans getting tighter?!?!

Im going to have a new soaker tub :cb: :cb: <~~~ more happy dancers! My fav stress reliever is to soak in a tub with a book, some candles and a lovely glass of wine :D

Ok....I have days and days of work that need to be done by 4pm today!

Have a great day everyone!

hey everyone,

Sorry I've been absent for a few days. Life pushed me down and then started kicking me for a while there and I've had a hard time (emotionally and physically) committing to continue on with the skills Im learning as well as posting in here. The good news is,

I've managed to keep from overeating, and eating when I'm not hungry or not supposed to eat.

I've maintained or lost weight every day since I started the program.

I've done some things right, like filling out my food chart and recording my thoughts and feelings on paper, but its time to buckle down and start putting even more effort in.

Thank you all for your continued support :)

Hi All,
Tracked food, credit. 10,000 steps, credit. Leaving some pasta on my plate, credit. Bright spots in a hard day, including an offer of a donut that I didn't want, but still accepted and ate, and dinner at an Italian restaurant because I'm sad my artwork session didn't go well. . .I'm exhausted. I know I'll keep making art, and many people like my work, but it still stings to be rejected. And all that anticipatory anxious eating was such a waste--didn't soften the blow at all. When I bounce back a bit, I'll be sure to do personals.

flyby my beckies, both old and new...

finishing up the last few chapters of Kessler's overeating book. beck, anyone? ;) totally different approach to the material, but the content itself is almost exactly the same. makes sense no matter how you say it.

work is stressful and frustrating, and all i wanted to do today was get away and pound it out on a treadmill. while i'm not happy about the stress, i'm thrilled that exercise seemed to be what i really wanted. and i do feel better now, for real better.

shouting out to all...i know i haven't posted to everyone, and i'm sorry! hopefully the universe will bring the right buyer to my house, it'll sell, and i won't be so dependent on the corporate teat.

also just discovered www.stumptuous.com ...am i the last person to discover this amazing blog/site?

love to all...particularly to bill for referrring to me as a chef. that just made my day, man.

Food and exercise were good today. My DHs cousin is coming tonight for along weekend, so this was a day to tie up all the loose ends on my project. I did a pretty good job, although it took a long day to make it happen. But I’m reveling in the thought of 5 days off in a row. :woohoo:

:df: WI-down .2 lbs. Made a plan, read my cards. Food – op, Exercise – op (48m).

Kim (in NH) Love your new workout schedule. Isn’t doing weights fun??

Robin Food stinks! Do I have an excuse...of course I do. Should I use it? Probably not. -- way to work your Beck. ;)

upallnight116 I’m not sure I welcomed you so, I’m going to do it [again] now, just in case. :welcome3:

Life pushed me down and then started kicking me for a while there :hug:

I've managed to keep from overeating, and eating when I'm not hungry or not supposed to eat. – that’s really impressive. Kudos!

Margaret Ouch for the rejection. Kudos for tracking food and 10K steps.

Kuhljeanie Nice that exercise is becoming your refuge… The link is cool, thanks!

also just discovered www.stumptuous.com ...am i the last person to discover this amazing blog/site?



Ive been a fan of of this site for years and years! But I always go to the same page (cottage cheese page) Thanks for the actual link...I discovered she has a protein bar page! wAy cool!

Today defied planning. My food was okay anyway -- I'm finding that having a plan helps guide my food choices whether or not I follow it to the letter. No exercise. Oh well. That's only the second day I missed in September and, fortunately, I met my goal for the month yesterday. Tomorrow is a new month!

WI: -0.2kgs , Exercise: +0, 1241/1200 minutes for September, Food: off plan, Read my Advantages and Responses: no

Nuxmaga: That artwork session sounds like a very nerve-wracking experience. Sorry it didn't go well. Good for you for finding your own paths through your art.

BillBlueEyes: good job on thinking through the eating event and approaching it with confidence!

ChinaMaine: Yay for 5 days off! That should help with the stress level!

Kim in NH: love your response to taking the chocolate cake announcement as a warning! (Dragons be here). Yay for eating on plan and the exercise and the alcohol denial experiment. It all seems to be working for you!

RobinW: one of the reasons we bought the new house was the big tub in the bathroom! A book and a bath is definitely my favorite stress fighter!

upallnight116: sorry for your stressors and good for you for using your new skills to keep food from being your response to stress.

kuhljeanie: yay for finding exercise to be your stress-reliever of choice!

:wave: Thank You gardenerJoy, BillBlueEyes, ChinaMaine, KiminNH, and everyone else for the warm welcome. It means a lot--it can be intimidating jumping into a new group. I'm sure i'll be doing personals once i get caught up with everyone's story and get a better foothold on what i need to be doing.

Today was a good day! and even though i'm not officially giving my self credit, i have to say i made some good choices. For one, i was running late and didn't pack a good snack for my son when i picked him up from preschool to eat in the car on the way home (we live 30 min, and he's usually starving). He begged, begged, begged to go to Wendy's for chicken nuggets. And while i know i could have ordered a mayo-less chicken sammy (and who would have known if a few fries fell into my mouth?) I said no. Over and over again. :dizzy: And you know what? i did feel stronger each time i did. and i was able to recognize those sabotaging thoughts that were saying 'you're not officially on the diet', or 'enjoy it now before you get strict.' I read my Advantage Response Card and remembered the must be sitting rule (and then argued with myself that i technically was sitting b/c i was driving). But i didn't do it and it felt great.

for now i have to get to bed...i'll post some of my ARC points tomorrow. I think my plan this week is to try to incorporate the days at once and practice the items. I already have my diet plan and exercise figured out, so i might as well move on to giving credit, organizing my environment, slowing down eating, and such. The diet coach i'm guessing is where you all come in? Or do most of you all have a off-line coach you report to?

big day tomorrow--lots of errands in the car with the boys. i better keep that ARC out and handy!

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