Coley – I was pretty amazed with myself too for staying away from the food table
. Next time I’m faced with it, I will remember that I was able to conquer it before!
Tarot is a bit strange, but I like it and am always intrigued by it!
Your post about eating to communicate that you were angry REALLY struck me. That is SO me! Anger is one of the MAIN reasons I pretty much expanded quickly to get where I am now. I still feel like a walking time bomb at times, because I am angry and I’m also very sad and I just don’t always know how to say it. It’s a long story, but it has a lot to do with my parents and growing up. I tend to keep everything inside. People who really know me, KNOW that I’m like this because I’ve had such a hard time, because it shows in my weight, my skin (I have pretty bad excema on my hands) and my hair (I have alopaecia so I get bald spots!!).
Now the question is – how do we deal with the anger instead of eating to show it?
Butterfly – WOW lots of exercise this weekend! Glad you liked your yoga class too! I have been thinking about yoga for a while now… but I too did a class AGES ago and really didn’t like it… it was just a drop in class so I felt really lost with the moves and, on top of that, they wanted us to breathe in one nostril and out the other and I thought “That’s it! I’m outta here!”
Definitely don’t worry about your slip-up. Think about it… before you were busy with losing weight you would have “slipped up” even worse possibly!! Crackers and hummous is surely a MUCH better choice than cookies, ice cream, chocolate, pizza, etc… I think you made an excellent choice for a 1am snack attack!
Beginme – I definitely normally have problems on the weekends. It has everything to do with structure and control. During the week I can be in much better control. Preparing my food, eating at certain times, etc. Weekends can just be too crazy. It’s something I want to really learn how to deal with better.
Glad you had a good food day AND exercise!! Woot!!
I’m crossing everything for you for your w/i as well!!!
NY Rabbit – Where are you originally from? I have a very good friend, from high school actually, who moved to NYC also, but now several years ago. She lives in Brooklyn. It was also hard for her in the beginning, but I guess as with any place it gets easier with time! I personally didn’t have ANY friends or social life for my first 3 years in this country, so I can relate!
Your weight loss so far is EXCELLENT!
Congratulations! Do you like WW so far?
I guess there are several of us now who eat during rougher times. I just don’t know how to break the pattern, but I wish I did.
I, too, like my caloric beverages!
Last weekend I made sure to drink at least a litre of water while I was drinking my vodka/Cassis Light. Of course it’s easy at home, going out is another story… and I have discovered a place in town that makes mojitos… luckily for my body we don’t have a lot of cash to go out much, but when we do…
FishWoman – I did the same when I was vegetarian; I would go on and off of a few select animals just so that I was getting some sort of decent nutrients in my body. I remember a LONG time ago, I worked a night shift and LIVED off of pasta and espresso. Then I wondered why I would pass out occasionally, when I had almost NO iron in my blood… silly, silly, girl!
Do you know how much extra time it would take you do eat the way you really want to? Is there anything you could skim some time off of? I know that changing out lifestyles CAN be timeconsuming when we are not used to incorporating it in our daily lives.
Tayja -
you know my name, you can call me by it! I have my name in my sig but it only shows up on the first post of a new page I post on
MJ – “only” a pound is STILL a pound and STILL a loss!! Way to go!!
Another adult beverage indulger in the group!! Seems to be a theme here!
MsCrockett –
to the group!
I am doing Weight Watchers at the moment and I only just started exercising. You should be able to lose with any plan w/no or limited exercise in the beginning anyway. You must do some type of movement for work, don’t you?
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Today is my w/i day! Actually tonight! I’m nervous!!
) is to celebrate the positive each and every day, make sure you pat yourself on the back for all the good that you did, rather than just one or two "bad" things. There's also the words "bad" and "good" which I think are way too vague for everyday life and situations. You can only do what is best for you at the time. We are faced constantly with choices... and like I said earlier... you had hummous and crackers... how many people do you know who do something "bad" or slip up eat something as healthy as that? Usually it's fast food, or pizza, ice cream, chocolate... something we end up feeling very guilty about, because we are programmed (or rather, somewhere along the line we or someone else programmed us to feel that way) to feel that way. Be good to yourself and you really will acheive what you want 
