laceymarie, Welcome! Don't get down about today, just pick yourself up and do better tomorrow - that's all you can do! YUM at chocolate covered coffee beans!

krampus Glad you're feeling at peace with yourself today, regardless of the chocolate. It's always nice to have some validation of your efforts through well-fitting clothes (especially if the scale is being difficult.)

lackadaisy I'm sorry you had a hard time at your uncomfortable dinner - I'm glad you can step back from what happened, analyze it, and pinpoint what triggered your excess eating. You've been doing a great job and I hope it doesn't discourage you!

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I weighed 131.0lbs this morning. I've been right on track with eating and jogging and whatnot. Hoping that it pays off by Saturday, because that stupid swimsuit is in the back of my mind all the time.

I bought one of those mi0 things (little bottle of flavored liquid to put in water) - I love it, I have peach mango and I've been drinking MUCH more water because of it! I don't like the entire packet of Crystal Light in my water so it's nice that I can make it not so heavily flavored.

I ate the ears off of my chocolate rabbit last night, and I ate the bottom of it tonight -- calculated the calories into my daily allotment. (The entire thing is only 280 calories) I'm proud for only having a little tiny bit of it each day -- less that 100 calories worth.

Have a wonderful night/day everyone! :)

I have a weird attitude toward Easter chocolate - I prefer to eat it as quickly as I can, then it's gone and I can get back on track. Your way is probably far more logical Dorian!!

Anyway, I only got one egg, although it was a big one with some yummy Baileys liqueur choccies. But it is gone and I can get back to my diet. I didn't weigh myself this morning - I will have a day of being good, then weigh myself.

DH and I are decorating our bedroom all this week so we have packed the kiddies off to my parents', moved all our stuff into their room so our bedroom is empty and we are sleeping on the sofabed downstairs - which is surprisingly comfortable although a little small. It is a full double (4'6") whereas most sofabeds are only 4' - but ours is a king size bed so we are feeling a little cramped.

We have stripped the walls, had the ceiling plastered, had new blinds fitted and sanded all the paintwork - my job for today is to paint the door, the skirting boards and the door frame.

Dorian wow, ironwill! I could never do that. Even as a kid I used to wolf down my Easter eggs to 'get them out of the way'. My brother used to eat them if I didn't eat them quick enough! No wonder I feel the need to eat everything as soon as I get it! I'm slowly training myself out of it now, and have told my boyfriend what he can eat, and how much of it, so I don't feel the need to eat it before he does. hehe

Robsia I'm doing a MFL primary (German) PGCE at Kingston. I seriously considered Anglia because my family lives in Chelmsford but they got a crap OFSTED report and all the NQT jobs are in London / Surrey at the moment, I heard. That and I thought running along the Thames would be nice :-)

PS: good luck with the decorating!

Laceymarie I love chocolate covered coffee beans. My boyfriend still doesn;t believe you're meant to eat them (?!) but I love them!

Krampus Wow size 34, that is mini! Well done! I am a 36 on top but my hips / massive thighs won't allow anything below a 38 on the bottom!

Lacksadaisy Don't be too hard on yourself, we all have off days :)

I had an off day yesterday and have got one word to explain it... PMS. NIGHTMARE! Chocolate was not safe in our flat. I read in my mum's copy of Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal (great book!) that PMS chocolate cravings can be a sign of magnesium deficiency, so I hope I can get it under control with magnesium powder! I did go swimming though, and I'm doing interval training (prep for my 5k) today.

Marks for yesterday : 7/10 could do better!

Have a nice day :)

Claire When I'm PMSing I would probably sell anybody for half of a brownie -- I crave chocolate so, so hard. VERY interesting about the magnesium, I will have to try that the next time I'm struggling!

Robsia I think the only thing that made it possible to eat a little bit of that rabbit at a time was the fact that it's cheap chocolate - I break my piece off and set it aside, then wrap the rest back up and put it away (in the kitchen) -- then I take my piece of chocolate and go into my bedroom or the living room to eat it. Once I eat it, I realize it wasn't as good as I thought it would be in my brain and don't really want anymore. (This would not happen with Lindt or Godiva or Ghirardelli. I would proceed to eat the entire chocolate rabbit, regardless of where I left the rest of it. :lol:)

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I guess that weekend weight is gone, because I weighed 129.0lbs this morning. I cried a little out of joy - haha. I drank lots of water yesterday, but definitely ate under my calories, which I'm a little worried about. I hope that's not why I weighed so little, because I'm pretty hungry today and I will surely eat all of them today. Dinner yesterday was only a bowl of cheerios with sliced strawberries and almond milk because I was feeling a little nauseous.

The clothes I'm wearing to the office were buried in my closet (no doubt I was "cleaning" before the boyfriend came over at some point and just crammed them in there.) Anyway, I washed and pressed the outfit, excited to wear it since it was missing for a while. They're fitted gray pants and a matching vest. I always thought the outfit was kind of sexy (but not in a vulgar way, in a office-setting kind of way.) But now that I'm wearing it, they don't feel sexy anymore because they don't cling to me, hip-and-thigh. I guess that's probably better that I don't look like I'm poured into them.

Have a great day everyone! :)

Hello feathers, long time since Ive been here...at least thats how it feels, maybe like 2 or 3 weeks! :o

Well here I am in all my 128 glory (for now at least), I was happy to see that on the scale since TOM was upon me last week and I was at 130.2. :/

I would like to be down to 125 by next Tuesday since that was my starting goal (although now its changed). I dont know if that is going to happen, we had a potluck at work, and I was trying to be good but everyone kept pressuring me, so I gave in a little.
Had a tortilla with some meat lettuce tomatos and cheese and some enchalida casserole (which killed my whole diet) and a cookie with a little bit of ice cream afterwards. I couldnt even eat all the ice cream, it was really rich.

All this chocolate talk!! I didnt get anything for easter (which is a good thing). I think I just ate all the sweets I need for like a month, with that cookie and ice cream. I havent had a truely 'off day' since the 26th of March, so I think its ok.

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Anyways,

Dianne--I really do think something is in the air, I was feeling really down last week and it seemed like quite a few people I know were in a bad mood or were upset. :/

Lacey Marie--Welcome! I didn't feel 'at home' here at first either, but I realized that I fit in the best here than anywhere else. :)


Ill try to post a little more often, but Im off for now! :) cheers!

Today sucks so far. Calories were ~1550 yesterday and I "went," but somehow my weight was up a whole kilogram this morning. I had a really hard time getting out of bed and something is wonky; I've already eaten almost 1000 calories and it's not even 9:30 am. Scarfed down a couple pastries and barely remember doing so.

Hey guys!

Back from our vacation. We were in Bhutan ^_^. It was awesome, but as much as the weather back home in India sucks and as crazy as this country is it's very nice to be home.

I'm trying to stay off of 3FC these days. This is only my second post since I arrived back a few days ago. I was spending way too much time on here and my calorie counter and I think removing myself completely from the diet thang for the past week has been tremendously healthy for me. I ate sensibly while on vacation and we got a lot of walking in every day, as well as a 5 hour uphill climb a few days ago which was incredible and exhausting. I probably ate too much yesterday, but I'm not worried about it. I haven't been calorie counting, just watching portion sizes and carbs, continuing IF (one month in and I'm so happy!), and did my usual 30 minute run this morning. I weighed myself on the scale in the gym in our complex today which I tested for accuracy with a 5 KG weight and I was 57.6 kgs with clothes and shoes on. I'm estimating my clothing/tennis shoes to weigh a pound, meaning I'm around 125-126... which is great.

I'm going to try to maintain this WOE/lifestyle for the time being so I may not be around as much for a bit. Hope everyone is doing well, will check back in soon. :)

Oh yeah, and a job interview tomorrow morning and another one next week!

Krampus Oh no! Try not to make yourself feel guilty about it, it'll only make it worse... Are you due on? I'm due to get my period in 2 days and I have been so hungry recently, maybe that is why?

Indiblue Glad you had a nice holiday! Sounds lovely, I am very jealous! Your new WOE sounds like a good idea, sometiimes I think we all stress too much...

I was meant to go swimming today but I have no energy and I think I had strained my sartorius muscle. It would be fine swimming I think but I can't really bothered to go and am hoping a rest day will be good. I can't afford to miss a week or so of 5k training just because my thigh muscle is being weird (it does hurt though!). On the plus side, I did an awesome HIIT training sesh yesterday and am well excited about the 5k.

My intuitive eating thing is not going great, I have to admit but I'll keep soldiering on because the two alternatives suck (gaining or calorie counting I mean).

Have a good day :)

Just popping in to say I'm alive but busy this week. I hope everyone is doing great; I haven't had a chance to read backwards today. I'm doing a very regimented training thing right now for my next 5K, which is in June; this time, I want to do it RIGHT and actually get my speed up to snuff and work on my endurance, and even though I'm not training that hard yet, I feel like I'm working out constantly now because I'm doing more work outside and more classes away from home. Haven't weighed in a couple of days, but my food's been crummy this week; hope to get that back on track after the weekend. I think my household grocery planning just randomly got out of whack somehow. Ah well, these things happen! Plus Easter dinner didn't help. ;)

I'm a bit miz right now as our town's annual 10K which I have done for the last two years is on a week on Sunday and I can't do it as I still have tendon damage in my foot from the Marathon.

I know it's silly, but it was the first race I ever did and it kind of means something to me.

We have been decorating all week and the room is starting to look really good. We have almost finished papering, the fan-light is up and outr sliding wardrobe doors were delivered today. So tomorrow's jobs are to finish the papering, install the wardrobe doors and touch up a few spots on the skirting board before the carpet is fitted on Saturday and then I think we're done!

Yesterday was a complete write-off all-day binge fest and today I have the pounding sugar headache and horrible bloated feeling that comes afterward. I thought I was done with all this business. Really don't know what's going on.

indiblue I had been wondering about you lately. It did seem like you were getting too freaked out about not being able to weigh yourself at home and I was worrying a little - I hope you continue to feel saner and enjoy yourself. Best to you at those interviews!

Robsia Sorry your foot is keeping you from the 10k; it really stinks having to miss a race you're excited about. May your tendon heal quickly!

claire I have no idea, I went off the pill and I've never had regular periods so I have no clue when I'm due or what...very nerve-racking to say the least. What is it about intuitive eating that is not going well if you're not gaining or calorie counting?

kat999 What's your training regimen for the 5k like?

Krampus It is not going well because I've grasped the 'eat what you want' part, just not the 'only when you're hungry' part. I'm OK during the day, but when we watch films in the evening, the munchy monster comes out to play!

Robsia Gah how annoying! I hope your foot is better soon... I think every runner has one race that means something to them, so I understand. Mine is the Vienna City Marathon because I feel like I became a runner there, and not just an on-off jogger

Kat Good luck with the 5k training! I'm training for one too, but have got less time than you (eek!).

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All is well this end. I'm trying to avoid coverage of the stupid royal wedding but it is hard! I did intermittent fasting today to see what it was like. I managed from 9pm last night to 13:30 today (lunch). It was surprisingly easy, me likey. It helped me experience what real hunger is, so now I know what to look out for with intuitive eating. I will probably do it most days, because I don't even like breakfast really and if I'm not hungry until 11:30am, I don't need it anyway.

Weigh in day today -- 127.8lbs. I'm more embarrassed about it than happy, I didn't even want to post it.

I lost so much because I haven't been eating this week. I average maybe 900 calories a day, at most. I can feel myself slipping back into the mentality that I can eat very little and lose a lot of weight very fast. I think this swimsuit thing on Saturday triggered it, I really thought that I had until June or something until I had to worry about that.

I feel fatter than I did at 133lbs. It's weird how that works.

I hope I can reset after this stupid pool party and get back to normal.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday.

Good morning!

Well I'd have to say that I think eating at work was good for me...I managed to actually lose about another pound or two. I wasnt hungry at all after I ate lunch the other day. I weighed at 126.4 :D ! Which was the push I needed. I think I will be able to make it to 125 by Tuesday, I got 2 hours of cardio in yesterday in the form of an extreme circuit class and a zumba class (I got complimented on my 'moves' lol)

I am going to try to get a run in today but I work at one job all day then I have to work my other job this evening :/

I also have to go buy work clothes tomorrow, since nothing fits anymore!

Have a wonderful day you guys :)

So I can only afford a quick post, ive been boggled down with schoolwork...yesterday and Wednesday were really well, no binges! i did eat some crap, though, but I think it actually helps to eat a little rather than torturing myself ;) I had thought I jad eaten to much, but I ended up calculating todays calories--only 500 by lunch!!! :( afraid ill wnd up eating too little, Ill have to go over my meals before the day starts. On the bright side, ive lost 2 lbs! and this is AFTER eating and drinking my lunch. :) Ill have to changes my stats as soon as I can use my actual computer rather than phone... Well, im going to go sit out in the sun now. Its so nice out! hope ypu all have a good day tomorrow my lovelies!

Hope everyone is having a great week! I am flirting with the idea of IF as of 9pm last night. Currently within my eating window :0). It hasn't been too bad so far and I must admit my lunch was 10X more enjoyable being basically ravenous by the open of my window at 1pm.

Im also down 1.6 lbs as of this morning from last night. I did a spin class, began IF, and ate about 1275 calories yesterday. Im sure the loss can be attributed to a combination of all of those factors. Either way Im happy!

You should definitely do IF!

I've been all over the place this week... after I overate at the beginning of TOM, I had a good Wednesday and then a horrible sleep-deprived off-plan Thursday. I think I ate so many irresponsible carbs (muffin, chips, cake -- refined carbs that I don't even like) because I usually get more than an hour of activity and more than five hours of sleep daily... and I'd gone without both for more than three days because of a last-minute group project. My self-control completely disappears under those conditions.

After sleeping a fair amount last night, I still felt ill today. I made a weak attempt to run, and it was awful; I could hardly go two miles. But I made an attempt, at least -- that should make it easier to get back in the groove tomorrow. Avoiding weigh-ins for now... I'd rather focus on resting and getting my eating back in control.

Im giving it a try! I remember reading that you had as well. How was/ is it?

Good luck with getting back on track you can do it!

skinnyelle I've been doing IF for almost 2 months and now I really don't want to eat any other way. I've never wanted to eat breakfast so consuming more of my calories later in the day works very well. It's not for everyone, but if it makes sense to you then definitely try it and let us know how it goes.

I did a couple of longer ~24hr fasts earlier this week -- not the standard eating window method that a lot of IF-ers use. The first went well and the second drove me crazy, but I was also sleep-deprived and PMSing.

I'm actually doing another long fast today -- not to diet, but because of a hunger-awareness charity fast of 36 hours (dinner Friday to breakfast Sunday). I found out about it after I posted (and ate some hummus / mango sorbet) last night, so it will only be a slightly shorter 32-hour fast for me, but going that long without food OR COFFEE will be brutal.

At least this puts me at a solid calorie deficit for the week despite my earlier irresponsibility, right? Along with a day of nearly-raw eating yesterday, a solid ten hours of sleep, and the spontaneous hour-long run I went on last night, I'm feeling much better than I did yesterday morning. Whew.

Hey,
Would anyone care to explain what this IF you speak of is? Something to do with fasting and windows? >SPOT THE IDOT<

Anyways, I had a lacrosse practice today, and it was early. Yay (not). I get sick when I eat right when I get up, so I passed on breakfast. I got a 6" turkey (4 slices) sub on wheat bread, 1 slice of American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and no dressing/sauce/whatever you wanna call it. And that's all I really had today, I'm probably dehydrated, too, since all I drank was during practice, and I sweat it off....especially in this heat, I really should drink something. Getting to my point, I weighed myself just for the heck of it and found that I was at 138lbs. WTF? I was at 141 yesterday.... I'm afraid that if I drink, it'll just mess up my teeth 'cuz I just brushed with flouride toothpaste. I think I'll go take a nap now because I'm EXHAUSTED. Keep up the good work feathers! Don't get discouraged by the little things....

Its going great so far. Today makes the second day. Ive been doing 16 hr fasts with 5-6 hour eating windows. Ive weighed myself over the past few days and Im pleased with the results in even such a short time. I feel great, I have a new found appreciation for meals, workouts have been awesome! I cant speak for the long term but I have truly been enjoying it all. Certainly feels more natural and Ive been sleeping like a baby. :smug:

indiblueWhat have your weight loss results been like since starting IF?

You are not an idiot! lol I just learned about it myself about a week ago. With that being said, a simple (novice) answer on Intermittent Fasting is you fast (only consume water, black coffee and/ or tea) for 12-24 hours and then eat again during a "window" of time usually 5-8 hours but its all really up to you. From what Ive read there are many reasons people do IF. From a weight loss standpoint, its been said that eating within a certain window of a few hours allows your body to concentrate on fat burning during the 12-24 non-eating hours. You also arent constantly spiking your blood sugar as you are on a 6 meals a day, every 3-4 hours type plan ( thus not constantly battling cravings). It also REALLY helps lowering body fat percentage if coupled with a workout plan. www.leangains.com outlines this very well. There may be more benefits but these were all my reasons for jumping in :D

Ive also read that IF gives you freedom to enjoy foods you may not necessarily eat while "dieting" like excess carbs and junk foods with little to no consequence. For example, Ive seen McDonalds chicken nuggets and cookies on some IFers meal plans... and they are still losing! I really enjoy eating healthy so I probably will stick to my low-carb, fairly low cal, high protein way of eating even while doing IF. Coupled with exercise (but not particularly needed from what Ive read) IF seems to be yielding great results for many people.

Hopefully some more experienced IFers will chime in too to cover anything Ive missed :)

lacey IF was brought to my attention with this thread, hopefully it will be of use to you: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/gene...t-fasting.html. Skinnyelle gave a good summary of its effects: restrict your "feeding" metabolic hormones to only a specific window of time during the day to allow fatburning and other hormones to increase during your "fasting" window. It rests on the premise that the feeding hormones should not be elevated for most of the time, as they are with the standard American diet of 6 small meals throughout the day.

The important thing to remember is that if is not intended to make you lose weight. It's not a magic way to get around eating more or losing weight faster. The calories you intake should remain the same, even for a 24 hour fast. In those you eat one dinner, wait 24 hours, and eat dinner that day, such that you're eating each day. You are only restricting your calories to an even smaller "feeding window" each day. IF does not mean starving yourself or eating only nibbles. It means eating the same nutrients you would normally eat in a smaller period of time.

skinnyelle I don't think it's affected my weight loss directly, for the above reasons. I'm still consuming the calories and nutrients I normally would so I don't think I can attribute any loss directly to IF. It's contributing indirectly by making it easier for me to eat my allotted caloric intake though. If I start eating early in the morning with breakfast I end up having a hard time staying under my cals. Waiting until 3 or 4 PM to have a huge lunch and then a modest dinner has been very helpful in staying at 1200 cals.

Theoretically IF would help me burn a greater percentage of my calories from fat rather than lead muscle tissue or glycogen. I think I've noticed a difference in that regard- some body recomposition stuff taking place. I'm also strength training so ideally this is contributing as well.

Lastly, I admittedly haven't heard of the claim that IFers have more freedom to eat what they want without gaining (McDonalds chicken nuggets, etc). That's true of calorie counters- as long as the chicken nuggets are within the caloric limit you shouldn't expect to gain. Of course it applies to people who are counting and practicing IF, but I don't think it's specific to IF. Further, LeanGains' readers are mostly bodybuilders and people seeking to gain large amounts of muscles and reduce their already low bodyfat, so they wouldn't be eating many carbs and processed foods anyway. As a calorie counter, I do incorporate treat foods (pizza, ice cream) into my diet, they just comprise a very small portion of the calories I'm allowed each day. I don't think it has to do with any unique property of the IF way of eating.

Thank you very much skinnyelle39 and indiblue!!!

I literally spent over an hour on the website about IF. I'm intrigued by it, and I think that it would be perfect for me due to my past history of eating (all or nothing). I would very easily be able to pull this off, as soon as I figure out my meals (and the proper amount of calories/carbs/protein/fat). Of course, this isn't a binge/fast, and that everything is spaced out a bit, but I really like the idea of cramming everything into a smaller window of time... something to ponder about doing... Thank you for the idea! I'm really considering it!

Broke my long fast with half a banana + 1/2 tbsp pb, an apple, an oatmeal cookie, a small bit of hummus on three crackers, and a 1/4 cup mango sorbet. Yum. Huge, diverse meals of little bites are probably my favorite.

Weighed in at 118.0 today, so I'm still plateaued... but I guess I'm okay with that. I was so bad at staying on my plan mid-week (especially with exercise) that I deserve to not really see a loss.

Hi feathers - I am back after a horribly unhealthy 2 weeks. :(

Something snapped inside of me ~4/21 or 4/22 and I had a 5000 calorie binge. I wasnt acutely stressed. I actually was feeling pretty good (fundraising for my non-profit is keeping my spirits very high). I tried to snap out of it, but the addiction aspect was so hard.

One day turned into one weekend, the weekend turned into a week, and then two full weeks of eating like I had lost all control (3-5000 cal a day for 2 full weeks, ugh!!). Im not sure Ive ever binged so badly or for so long. My body was painfully bloated (skin stretched from weight gain and extreme water retention) and my digestive tract was just all out of whack...I looked 6mo pregnant.

Its been almost 3 days of regained control. I havent weighed myself at all since the binges started....but I went from wearing size 2 pant to size 10. Must have gained 20lbs. Going to give myself another week of good eating and workouts before I venture on the scale to avoid freaking.

I guess the good news is I havent been berating myself so much about the binges and weight gain. Hate having such disordered eating and not knowing how to help myself.

I do all I can - which is to pick myself up from these intimidating periods of horribly unhealthy eating and try again.

So here I am, trying!

Still catching up on everyone by reading old thread, hope you are all doing well. Missed ya :)

xty

Xty Hello! I'm sorry to hear about what happened! But like you already said, it's all you can do to pick yourself back up and try again.... :)

Today I went for a 25 mile bike ride. I'm training for a ride in 2 months, and it's 150 miles in two days, each day 75 miles. I really need to get going, and get used to the heat! I am so exhausted now, all I want to do is sleep, and I still have homework to do...I'm really considering IF....I have a few questions though...

Indiblue, skinnyelle39, and/or lackadaisy
These questions may seem a bit silly, but I just don't wanna screw anything up!
If I do IF, would it be okay if took one hour away from the fasting time? And would I be able to not do it on weekends? I know that's not really the healthiest way of doing IF, but it's the only way I would be able to do it due to my working out at around 7 to 9, and my parents and friends...they'd probably get all paranoid that my eating disorder is relapsing. Of course, I'd be eating plenty, so I don't think that there'd be an issue, but maybe they're right....I'll have to make sure I eat enough before continuing. I just don't want to start something if it's not going to help me achieve my weight loss goal.

lackadaisy Don't get discouraged by your plateau! In my past attempts, I always gave up at 128, when I plateaued. I SO wish I hadn't :(

Keep up the great work feathers! It's never too late to get back on track ;)

lacey "Feeding windows" tend to be anywhere from 5-8 hours. I think 8 hours is the longest time that is generally recommended. From what I've read the fasting period should be somewhere between 14-16 hours in order to reach the desired hormone levels. I wouldn't worry if you are one hour off either way. Taking off on the weekends is not a problem, you just won't get some of the benefits of IF on 2 out of 7 days. From my understanding it's not like that would undo the benefits of the other 5 days each week. IF doesn't need to be rigorous, we all have lives and things which come up which may require us to change our WOE some days.

We are all IF noobs though- to get better info I'd recommend posing specific questions on the IF thread I mentioned in my last post on here- those folks have much more info and experience on IF than us :D

Glad you are intrigued I had the same feeling! If you do decide to jump in keep us posted!;)

xty I am glad to see you're back, I had been thinking about you a lot and wondering if you were doing okay. It's a never ending struggle but at least you caught yourself after 2 weeks. You can wrestle control back.

I have had some binge relapsing too, also without strong negative/stressed emotions. I don't think my binges are necessarily emotional. Sometimes they are something to "look forward to." Either way, my weight is down after a 2500+ calorie day yesterday (61.0 kg/134.5 lb today, and I have a laxative kicking in soon), which is odd but pleasing to see. I'm off work for a week and there are so many social dinners and things. My goal is simply to not binge, and to keep exercise consistent.

xty, I am so sorry to hear that's what happened while you were gone, and SO happy that you're back. :hug: I'm proud of you for facing that you can regain control, and you WILL regain control.

I ate intuitively today -- meaning I didn't count/plan my meals beforehand -- which was a little daunting but necessary for a "refresh" of recognizing my hunger properly. I think being overplanned makes me resentful and sets of overeating. Anyway, I ended up at 1350, so right on plan... but that meant steamed veggies at every meal plus about 600 calories of dry cereal. Really?! I have a terrible cereal addiction. I keep saying I'll kick that habit and I never do.

I guess I'm in a sad/resigned mood for no good reason. A bad body image day? Yoga classes make me aware of my body in both the best and the worst way. I watch my body to make sure I'm doing the poses correctly, but I also try to see how it is changing... today I just just saw myself as so wide and square and not-slender in the mirror I just wanted to give up. But then I remembered: no, body image is a lie, your clothes fit better, the scale shows you are doing better, just maintain at 118 for now and things will improve. But it's hard. There are so many opportunities for sabotage. I'm so tired of saying no to ice cream and brownies. It's hard.

May thread here ladies!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/feat...ml#post3832089