ONE SWEET CHICK! YA DID IT!!!! I knew you could!
Well I didn't get to ride yesterday
because of the rain - BUT we do get to ride today
which is great! Jim had gigs Friday and Sat so I've not seen much of him. He's asleep now - didn't get home until 2:00. Since he wasn't home I babysat (which I probably would've done anyway) both nights. My little nephew is SO into Spongebob Squarepants. That is one of the most bizzare yet hilarious cartoons I have ever watched in my life!!
I also had to get hoppin' and do a total clean up job on the house since our landlord is doing an inspection on Tuesday...so have been busy busy busy!
Virginia - DO NOT STOP NOW! Believe me I have had so many moments like yours. It's toughest when Jim is out - like the last couple of nights. I still have that compulsion to open the fridge and see what the Goody Fairy has left (hmm...veggies...cottage cheese...eggs...chicken...Pellegrino...) that's why I can't buy stuff like whole wheat tortillas or bread - why make things tough? I remember Mel said once you're only 2 1/2 hours from being back on program. I've suggested journaling so often - I want to suggest it again. The pen is mightier than the sword, you know? Actually I went through this just last night. While walking home from sister's house, it was around 10:00 and for some reason the idea of McDonald's popped into my head and just would not leave voluntarily. I started giving myself the talk - that McDonald's is not as good as it used to be by a long shot - and it really isn't. THEN after I got the McD's out of my head I started thinking about TACO BELL!! AACK. Finally I told myself "you're tired - almost ready for bed - and you want to go to TACO BELL?!? You won't even enjoy the food! Besides tomorrow is Sunday anyway!" So after I got home, I immediately got into my robe, fed the kitties (who are doing better and better each day!) and had some cottage cheese and an apple (speaking of cottage cheese - it's one of my favorite proteins now - and on sale at Safeway - so what I do is blend down a couple of containers at a time, adding Splenda and vanilla and now a bit of Knox (unflavored gelatin) to give it more of a cheesecake texture - then I'm all set - I can blend it with hot apples, pudding mix or whatever!). Ya see, the hunger is all in your MIND. And I know how tough it is to change your mindset - sometimes I think my mind is a little brat, because it wants everything NOW - gimme gimme gimme!! But you must be FIRM and soon enough things will change.
Oh and one more word of advice - something that helps me a lot - cut out ALL sugar if possible. When eating fruit - stick to stuff like apples and blueberries (i.e. fruit that isn't too sweet). I truly believe that (like Pam says and I've put in the Basic Info sticky) eating sugar (or simple carbs) creates cravings for more sugar. When eating a meal, start with your protein first (unless you make something blended). I find now, that if I eat a carb without protein, I don't become satisfied - in fact, I want more and more. When I was on McDougall, which is a VERY LOW PROTEIN diet - I think my protein intake was about 8-10% of calories per day - I would eat a potful of brown rice or oatmeal and STILL not be satisfied (McDougall does not allow ANY animal products, soy products, or fats/oils of any kind - basically you can eat veggies, whole grains, potatoes and two fruits a day). Subsequently not only was I constantly hungry from all those carbs (even though they were healthy carbs) and no protein, but I was constantly itching from dry skin, my hair was thin, and my energy was pretty low. I am SO GLAD to have heard about BFL on this site!!!
JC I LOVE THOSE PICS! You and Mr. JC make such a cute couple!!! He is a real looker - hubba hubba (as us old folks say). This reminds me of something Jen (my sister) told me yesterday - on Friday she was at lunch with some friends and ran into some gals from high school (I graduated in '81, Jen and Amy in '83 from the same HS) and they asked about me - they remembered me as the fat introverted nerd. Jen proceeded to BRAG ON ME big time - how I was working out, got to travel in my job and had a husband who 'looks like Christopher Reeve'
(I usually hear that Jim favors Steve Young from the SF 49ers) and BEST OF ALL I babysit for her every weekend (that made them pretty envious).
I talk about my sister a lot - here's a link to a photo of her at her business:
http://store2.yimg.com/I/floralfurnishings_1702_2282489 It must be wonderful to do something you LOVE for a living - I'm quite proud of her artistic ability and success!
Adriana - I concur with JC - go with whatever is easiest for you. What you might try doing is count grams with protein - I always go with 1gram per pound of bodyweight, divided by 6 meals a day - then as far as carbs go - eat as clean as possible and use fist measurements. With BFL, if you're mixing up your carbs you will get a NATURAL zig-zag effect calorically. I've seen too many people try to stick to a certain calorie level each day - say 1200 calories a day - or eat the same thing each day - and they end up getting stuck, which causes them to get discouraged and (eventually) binge eat. IMO you keep the protein level constant day after day and vary the carbs... JC - is that what you're doing now? I need to read that book too - our library system doesn't carry it though so I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and order it from Draper's site!
Lana - good on you for those 9 days - that's the key as Funky Diva would say - string those clean days together and this gets easier and easier - one day at a time, one meal at a time!
Well, Mr. Jim just got up - so I probably have to let him have some PC time now - more later (I have some 'new' recipes to post on our lonely little recipe thread anyway - and I am going to put that T-mag article link in the sticky as well as at the L&S Links page).
) and am starting to notice a change using the pants-o-meter. You know how when your pants are a little tighter than they should be, the button starts to dig into your gut by the end of the day? Well, on Friday afternoon I realized I wasn't constantly adjusting the button on my pants to keep from getting a permanent dent. 
Happy Sunday y'all!
... I think I will post it in the recipe section....
Hi Ledom, Adriane, Moxie....
i do them hard and intense. i'm planning a nice swim after that. haven't been in the pool in a few weeks already.
