Diet Coaches/Buddies – The cast on my left leg is gone. Goodbye cast. That's a milestone that's easy to measure. Now I want one of those magic tools that cuts through a fiberglass cast but can't harm the skin. As well as a neat reverse-pliers that forces the parts of the cast apart. (If I'm ever depressed, just give me tools to lift my spirits.) I did leave with an ankle support/brace to wear for two weeks and a directive to go to physical therapy for six weeks. But immediate exercise - ever so minimally CREDIT moi - was walking about, very slowly, teaching myself to put my left foot forward, pointing straight ahead, and bending my ankle as I walked. Seems I've learned how to walk with a cast and need to unlearn that. No, I don't have
osteoporosis which the doctor so patiently explained would be a disease with my bones most common in post-menopausal women, and, more reasonably, I don't seem to have
osteopenia which is when the normal degeneration of the bones happens faster than in others. So at least I learned a new word for my visit.
It was an onplan eating day, CREDIT moi. I didn't celebrate with food - even when two-byte brownies appeared once again. Broiled salmon at dinner made me feel like I was on the Super Foods Diet. Unfortunately, dinner conversation turned to telling our future great-grandchildren that the oceans used to contain fish since DW is reading a pessimistic book about the environment. Think I'll give her
Sound of Music for Christmas, LOL.
onebyone – Congrats on another painting sold - with Kudos for making it such a fun thing for the recipient and for yourself. (Did you wear your happy green hat that's in your avatar?) Yep,
"Breathe again" - you can pull yourself forward.
Joy (gardenerjoy) – Monster Kudos for
No Choice to good chocolate. The
"Halo Effect" of chocolate's benefits is a siren call.
Beverlyjoy – Congrats on those two pounds - you can't beat the slow and steady ones.
maryann - Yay for
"No Choice" as your mantra. This eating season so requires a strong response.
BigchiefDavid – LOL that it would be an impostor who could push aside Popeye's Fried Chicken - addictive stuff that is. Kudos for recognizing and enjoying your
"dieting high."
nationalparker – Ouch for your DH having the flu - what a pain. Double Ouch for living with someone with the flu - a double pain. Kudos for a planned, accountable response to the office popcorn. Occasionally someone posts that popcorn is a vegetable, but doesn't get very much positive support, LOL. Good luck with the big Italian Christmas meal - pasta style Italian is difficult for me to eat in moderation.
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 1
The Key to Success
the solution at a glance
- Cognitive Therapy is a psychological treatment that will help you successfully lose excess weight and keep it off.
- The way you think about food, eating, and dieting affects your behavior and how you feel emotionally.
- Certain ways of thinking make it difficult to follow a diet and to maintain weight loss.
- The Beck Diet Solution takes you through a six-week process to change sabotaging thoughts (that cause you to stray from your diet) to helpful thinking (that will lead to success).
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 25.