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Sounds like things are going pretty well and you had a victory at Tim Hortons. And good for you to decide on your own when you were hungry and felt like breakfast. Originally Posted by kellycg102
Veggiedaze, thank you so much. You always have great information and advice. I wish I could say the same that I don't really like the junk food, but man I do lol BUT......I had the option of going to get my favourtie Tim Hortons breakfast bagel this morning and didn't even feel like it. I packed my breakfast to take to eat and didn't even eat my oatmea, which I love and haven't had for along time, some yogurt and strawberries. AND..........I DIDNT eat until after 11am because I wasn't overly hungry and kinda lazy about the whole thing. I am taking a friend for her birthday to Farmboy for her lunch lol kinda weird I know, but she has never been and I really am looking forward to having a huge salad with CHEESE and quinoa and whatever else I was forbidding myself to have. It feels so weird and I am just trying to keep a mantra of I am feeding my body and I can have whatever I want and I like the way I feel when I eat healthier stuff, but I can have the carby stuff if I want. Soooooo pretty good 2nd day so far. Last night I had a bit of an eating fest when I got home, but I went up to bed to read this forum and honestly maybe thought only once about going back to the kitchen, but not a huge need that i most often have felt in the past. I am pretty happy so far. I have to decide about working at the weight loss clinic.......if that will affect me at all, I only do Wedensday nights for like 3 hours so not alot, and I will feel HORRIBLE to give it up and leave them hanging but I have to do what I have to do for me. Maybe I will be fine though. I am heading to Myrtle Beach Friday morning so I will be away for a week, not able to check here much, but excited about being able to enjoy my trip, have a hamburger and bun and not frett!!!!!!! Have a great day everyone. Thanks again for all of you support, it has been a huge eye opener!!!!!!!
I do think it puts me at an advantage healthwise in that I really love healthy food, but I don't know if it's the be all end all weightwise. My twin sister doesn't eat as healthy as I do; she loves her pastries and pretty much has that or some other sugary thing for breakfast everyday, and she eats less veggies and alot more things like pasta and rice than I do. AND she's about 5-10 pounds lighter than me at any given time. She's also a quarter of an inch taller. So weight doesn't neccessarily correlate with healthy food (BUT, I am leaner).
Also in josies book she talks about the words should/shouldn't and want/don't want (or won't). She says once you get a handle on bingeing, it is important to pay attention to how foods and exercise make you feel afterwards. She says then you will start noticing that you feel much different after eating something healthy than something like a burger. She says that in the beginning you say things to yourself like "I shouldn't have that burger because it will make me fat" and will transform slowing into saying more things like "I don't want that burger because it will make me feel sluggish and give me indigestion afterwards". So you basically take away all should/shouldn'ts and replace them with want/don't want (won't). This same thing goes with exercise. Instead of saying "I don't feel like going for a walk because I am too lethargic", you will start saying "I want to go for a walk because it will make me feel so energized afterwards". She says she never feels tempted to eat the pastries at work becuase she dreads the sugar crash and lethargy that follows. but she is okay with having that in the evening when she doesn't mind feeling that way. You know I am alot like tha already (when you take away the bingeing part of the cycle). Like I really don't like a heavy lunch becuase it makes me feel so sick afterwards at work having to rush around everywhere on a full stomach. Also, I don't like to stuff myself at night because it makes me sleep bad. And actually for awhile now my running/walking is motivated by it's antidepressant effects, not by what it does to my body. Thinking about things differently makes things enjoyable and you don't feel like you are forcing yourself as though it is punishment.
Anyways, I kind of got distracted going on and on like i usually do. So kelly, have a wonderful time at farmboy and you know that salad sounds delicious and healthy. And have fun at myrtle beach too and enjoy that burger if you want and don't feel guilty. One burger doesn't make or break anything.
Just a side story since you brought up Tim Hortons. For the last week or so the security guards at work have been hasseling me to bring them a box of donuts in the morning since I drive by the Tim Hortons and they don't on the way to work. So today i got them the donuts and got our department 2 big boxes of Timbits (donut holes for people who are not canadian). Anyways, I put them in the lunch room and was really looking forward to one on my first break with coffee. Well by the time my break came I went to the boxes and they were both EMPTY!!! I was a little disapointed. I may have to bring some in again tomorrow . Also, just want to mention there is an interesting thread started by freelance on naturally thin people. Worth a read. There are a couple links to some good articles. If you are a scientist like me I think you will find it interesting. Or maybe everyone would find it interesting.