Yesterday was binge- free, but a bit of turbulent eating in the evening.
Being in the University wasn´t nice....I wonder what it is with law profs and overweight at the moment...Maybe I take the wrong classes. The topic in my Social security class yesterday was "German Health system". And you know what ruins the German Health system?? Come on, you can guess it! Yes, young overweight people. So much costs because of early diabetis, heart problems...if there would be a way to explain those dumb overweights that they had to eat less and move more, the health system would be ok. My Prof does it that way: moves more than he eats. Otherwise he would be a fat person, and that is a no- go for him- he hasn´t the body to be fat.
I got so angry, I nearly left the room. But I didn´t and I hesitated to give the Prof my opinion after class. I had my mothers voice in my head, saying: "It´s not the way you think. He was nice, don´t worry. Don´t fight for yourself".
But I am angry. It was the second time when the weight topic was discussed- with me being the only overweight person in the room. I am quite feed up with that!
And I talked to several other students. They all told me that I could IMPOSSIBLY take all the exams and that it wouldn´t work. They looked at me quite pityful as I said that I am in the 12 semester (they are mostly in the 6 semester).
Oh, and you know what happens when I am on my way dressed in summer clothes? Yes, thunderstorms and temperature dropping. I got socking wet two times (even with an umbrella).
The temperature was dropping from nearly 90 Fahrenheit to 70.
sweat_pea: I hope your diarrhoe is better today! I still "expierence" that from time to time after crappy eating. And I have a hard time saying "No" when food is offered as well. Ok, I also have a problem with saying "No" and fight for myself as well. I am very good at that "Use your mouth to eat instead of shout, let your fat tell the story and smile"- thing.
Ok, I´ll be back later with more "on the topic"- things.....
The topic in my Social security class yesterday was "German Health system". And you know what ruins the German Health system?? Come on, you can guess it! Yes, young overweight people.
Oh, for God's sake...if that's true, then how about more HELP for overweight people...I mean if it were so easy to be thin, wouldn't we all be skinny already? I am sorry you had to listen to that lecture, Kate!
MyThreeTots: He’s 8 months old. He’s crawling all over the house and deperatly wanting to walk. It’s tons of fun.
Ellis: You poor thing! Sounds like your first birth was pretty terrifying! I’m glad it turned out well though!
Sweet Pea: I sure hope you’re feeling better! Tummy pains are the suxor! Sounds like court was a pain! I'm sorry you had to deal with that.
Kate: You poor dear!!! I think I would have thrown something at him! Once I was in a class where a teacher said to a student, "You'd be so pretty if you just lost some weight." I mean OMG!!!!! And the girl she said it to was a beautiful heavy girl but on the other hand the teacher was an extraordinarily unattractive scrawny old lady!!! I mean what is wrong with these people!! I know what you mean about not being able to say what you mean at the moment. Sometimes my "you must be polite" southern mentality gets the better of me when i should really be telling someone off!
Hi I am new, can I be in? I am a day late, but I didnt binge yesterday so its all good! I just quit smoking! I really need to be able to check in somewhere and say..Hey I didnt binge today!
hi chicks!
my3tots your baby is beautiful!! congrats! i know all about the c-section feeling i am a 3 time veteran myself. take it easy and give yourself lots of time to heal (i know easier said than done)
i haven't talked to you all in a while. i've not been the healthiest example lately so i chose to hide for a bit. today is going to be a binge free day for me. i'm going to do this one day at a time i guess (well for this wek at least)
Oh, for God's sake...if that's true, then how about more HELP for overweight people...I mean if it were so easy to be thin, wouldn't we all be skinny already? I am sorry you had to listen to that lecture, Kate!
most "skinny" people think others are overweight because they lack willpower!!! well that's one component but there's a whole lot more to it
ummm well in my case a detox day is spectacularly unsuccessful. there are lots of versions of it. some people fast or only have water or juice. some have special detox formulations but for me it's an entirely natural day. nothing artificial or processed, as much raw food as possible and lots of water with lemon juice. just a chance for my body to rest after processing all the fizzy drinks, takeaways etc etc. i binged on fruit on the first attempt at a detox day because i had sugar cravings and then later ended up having a chocolate bar so wasn't successful LOL
however i do find if i have an entirely natural diet lifts my energy. well it does when i manage it. i struggle with it. i'd like to live my life with entirely natural food but laziness and comfort and familiarity with junk food tend to win out. i always feel much better physically when i can achieve it and it lowers my cravings
I have been mostly raw foods vegan since June 1st, well let me rephrase that I have been vegan since June 1st, and most of the time I eat raw foods, except for my vegatarian baked beans, I love them, I love them, I love them
I would really really like to do a detox day and do a juice fast, but I dont own a juicer..lol
Imagine that a raw foodist with no juicer..lol
I am going to make a goal to do one day a week completely 100 percent raw foods , just total veggies and fruit day, not gonna freak out if I dont have my dam beans day..lol
and eventually way on down the road I will save up and buy myself that fancy *** juicer I want
but yah that is still down the road!
And another day passed by....I was binge free yesterday and the first half of this day.
I did very good yesterday, but I still feel like a balloon! Maybe PMS, maybe insanity, maybe whatever....So I am still not weighing myself.
Ahh, detox....I am planning to go on a sugar detox someday. But not at the moment, I fear that this fasting- whatever would set my on a diet mood and lead me back to binging.
NirvanaGurl: Oho, eating raw vegan sounds good- but whatīs with your food choices? Donīt you have problems with eating enough proteine?
I am asking because I was close to vegetarian all my life, I decided to completely give up eating dead animals in April. And I donīt like most of the diary stuff, that means that I am close to vegan sometimes. But I still eat sugary junk....what explains my weight.
My mother still thinks that I would fall down and die tomorrow because I am vegetarian- she keeps on telling me that I am lacking some essentials things while eating the way I eat. Anyway....
I am doing awful with exercises, but I managed to hurt my hip yesterday. Donīt know how I did it or what is going on. It just hurts from time to time...Oh my god, I really should throw the right the of my body away: nearly blind on the right eye, right ellbow and hand are always aching because of the writing and typing, right hip is aching (THATS NEW!!) and my right knee hurts like **** when I start walking. Ah, good start for 25 year old....And if I tell it to someone, I always get the same answer: Itīs because you are overweight. Yeah, right. That explains the eyes and ellbow.
I am invited this afternoon, so I have to get a few things done now.
I hope everybody is having a nice day with some binge free time!
I feel like WOOHOO! Finally, I had a "good" day where my eating was reasonable! Granted, I did have some major dental work and was unable to eat for several hours in the afternoon, which is a bad time for me. I didn't even think of food during my 2 hours of dental torture! HA! Actually, it wasn't too bad. The dentist is a real hottie! Oops, if dh sees this he'll make me change dentists!
So, I am gonna start making sure I am fully occupied, busy, or strapped into a dental chair during my peak binge times of 1pm-6pm. Maybe I could just get a muzzle and let dh keep the key!?!?!
Kate~WTG on staying binge free!
I hope your hip is feeling better! Sorry to hear you have so many aches and pains. You are really young to have to deal with all of that, plus you are NOT that heavy! Have you been checked by a doctor? Some forms of arthritis are NOT related to age and/or weight---such as rheumatoid arthritis. If your problems are persistent and are not related to a specific injury please consider getting yourself checked. Sorry for the unsolicitied advice, I guess the nurse in me is popping out!
Nirvanagurl~ your baked beans sounds yummy! I don't eat much meat, usually just fish and I eat a TON of veggies and fruits daily. But, I'd have a hard time doing the totally raw thing. I love cooked beans. Are there any that are good raw that you know of? I know fava beans are quite tasty! As Kate questioned you, I'd worry about getting enough protein. Good luck with your detox!
Sweetpea~I hope you're feeling better!
That's tough---to have someone bringing you foods with fats and sugars and INSISTING that you eat them. That reminds me of a post by Glory87 who has successfully lost and maintained her weight. She wrote an EXCELLENT post under "success stories"http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84601. One of her "rules" for her success is:
"Rule 13 I gave myself permission to be a pain in the ***. I'm the coworker that doesn't want to go out for Mexican. I'm the girlfriend that doesn't want to order pizza. If coworkers and friends want to eat crap, I tell them to go have a nice time and I do my own thing. I say no to coworker's birthday cake, I am firm when I remind coworkers NO I do not want a piece of their chocolates they got in Ireland. I am the unfriendly food girl around my office and I have lost over 60 lbs and I am OKAY with that!"
I often think of that when I make unpopular decisions. It is difficult to do, but it is also empowering in a way. I wish I could say I was super strong and always did that---turned down food offerings. But I am getting better!
justjodi~HI! Sorry to hear you're struggling. Glad to see your post! Keep up the fight!
I hope everyone is winning the battle of the binge!!!
NirvanaGurl...congrats on quitting smoking!!! I quit a year ago last June...it gets easier w/time.
Telemetry, EXCELLENT words of wisdom. Thank you! I think I'll print that out and tape it to my monitor!
I started a binge last night...but stopped it right in the middle. I'm proud of myself, a little. Binges usually go right out of control for me. But I controlled it. I gained one pound. I'm assuming it's food/water weight. Usually for me, (trigger) a binge means eating so much that I pretty much blank out and can only go to bed/fall asleep & that's it. I got nowhere near there...I just stopped...I am proud.
Yesterday I learned how helpful a food journal could be. I thought that I had overeaten and was quite mad. But as I wrote all the food down in my journal, I rwalized that it wasn´t that much, maybe I was just knocking myself out with my strive for perfection.
telemetryurse: Hey, you are here again!! Good to see you. Äh, read you. Whatever.
Uhhhaah, DENTIST! Good to hear that it wasn´t that bad. Maybe I really should have a look for a better looking dentist.... if that helps.
We seem to have quite the same "vulnerable time": the hardest time for me is between 2- 8 pm.
Thanks for you for your advice. I am really thinking of going to a doctor for a "complete" check. I was bitten by a tick about 10 years ago. I actually had all the signs of an illness- this red circle on the skin where it bit me etc. Then another thing happened and all was messed up, so I didn´t get a lot of treatment for that- just a few pills of antibiotics months after that. But since them me Leucozyten (whatever that is in english) are constantly not ok- a bit too high. And I show several other symptoms. But it´s was so long ago....
PLUS I having PCO- syndrom.....But my "real" doctor says it all psychic (because of my depression) and my Gyn says that most things will go away after loosing 40 pounds.
Ok, I better stop my unnecessary rambling here
I loved that quote from Glory87! I am just trying to learn that "stand up, speak up"- thing...To do what it is good for you instead of trying to please everyone. Not an easy job!
justjodi: Good to have you back!!
MythreeTots: You did great with stopping overeating/ binging!! What an achievement!
So, I hope everyone is having a nice day and today! And your binge beast or their relatives stay away from you!
I am really exhausted. In some ways it’s a good exhausted. I went to my ballroom class today and when we were done she said to come along to the evening class as she thought she had a partner. I went even though my muscles were sore and I was ready for bed. They did old time which is not really what I wanted but it’s still good for the brain to learn new steps. I really prefer the latin dancing but at the moment they seem to be focusing on new vogue and old time. I guess they will mix it up. I will be going to that class regularly now even though there may not always be a partner for me. they were nice people, mainly older. The guys were all retired.
I didn’t go so well on food. Because I had to rush home get food and then rush back to class I grabbed takeaways. I didn’t get any packing done today for the move. I walked the dogs, did some errands, went dancing twice, went to the lawyers office and sat in the sun for a bit. I guess I could have skipped sitting in the sun but I didn’t want to LOL
kate- hey good on your for the food journal. i'm pretty slack on them.
nirvana - i agree well done on quitting smoking. i was interested in the vegan raw diet. i don't know how you'd get enough variety with that. i'd be bored LOL. good question about the protein. how do you get a balanced diet? i love dairy products, meat, chicken and fish LOL. and of course sugar. i adore sugar hehe
my3tots. very hard to stop a binge part way thru!!! i find once i start i just figure what the heck and go mad hehe
elizabeth - i don't know it's funny dynamics. this guy is my mother's ex and he's in his 60s. totally different generation. just doesn't work saying no. i can be rude to people my own age no trouble. doesn't help that he fancies me. yeah i know it's almost incest but try telling that to a dirty old man. oops did i say that? as for your hottie dentist. i'm jealous! why is it that you married girls get the hottie dentists and us single ones get the unexciting ones?
i did meet a cute guy this week. no idea if he is single or if our paths will cross again. but funny cute intelligent and common interests. a girl can dream right?
nurvana please join us
and was unable to eat for several hours in the afternoon, which is a bad time for me. I didn't even think of food during my 2 hours of dental torture! HA! Actually, it wasn't too bad. The dentist is a real hottie! Oops, if dh sees this he'll make me change dentists!
your baked beans sounds yummy! I don't eat much meat, usually just fish and I eat a TON of veggies and fruits daily. 
But, I'd have a hard time doing the totally raw thing. I love cooked beans. Are there any that are good raw that you know of? I know fava beans are quite tasty! As Kate questioned you, I'd worry about getting enough protein. Good luck with your detox!
