Sidhe - Good luck with the GwF gadget. I hope it works out for you. We all have to do what we think will help us. So I hope this will be. You Vermont girls and others up north getting all that snow stay warm. And I wish y'all could send me some of it. DH Grands are here from FL and have never seen any of the white stuff. It would be such a treat for them.
Well, I am finding myself dealing with the "diet thinking" right now. We are so used to thinking we have to start a "New" diet on January 1st that I got up this morning thinking I needed to decide what "diet plan" I need to start Sunday when my company leaves. Yet, I know I'm doing so well with IE right now eating only when hungry, eating only what it takes to satisfy me and probably eating a lot less than I used to. I don't know why I would do this. I suppose it is 44 yrs of dieting that is causing me to have this struggle.
We are going out to eat today. And I don't want a gain tomorrow and the "mind games" are kicking in. I know how I usually eat and do very well at Ryan's, but soooo scared of having a gain on January 1st. Carolr you are my inspiration here. Help!!! Is this a "normal" process of IE?
Well, I guess I will see you girls in 2010. Have a great New Year's eve and stay safe.
Sidhe - Good luck with the GwF gadget. I hope it works out for you. We all have to do what we think will help us. So I hope this will be. You Vermont girls and others up north getting all that snow stay warm. And I wish y'all could send me some of it. DH Grands are here from FL and have never seen any of the white stuff. It would be such a treat for them.
Well, I am finding myself dealing with the "diet thinking" right now. We are so used to thinking we have to start a "New" diet on January 1st that I got up this morning thinking I needed to decide what "diet plan" I need to start Sunday when my company leaves. Yet, I know I'm doing so well with IE right now eating only when hungry, eating only what it takes to satisfy me and probably eating a lot less than I used to. I don't know why I would do this. I suppose it is 44 yrs of dieting that is causing me to have this struggle.
We are going out to eat today. And I don't want a gain tomorrow and the "mind games" are kicking in. I know how I usually eat and do very well at Ryan's, but soooo scared of having a gain on January 1st. Carolr you are my inspiration here. Help!!! Is this a "normal" process of IE?
Well, I guess I will see you girls in 2010. Have a great New Year's eve and stay safe.
Till tomorrow.
Patty, I sure wish I could send you some of our snow for the grandchildren to see. My daughter and her family moved to Florida a year and a half ago, and they tease us now about how they only "shovel sunshine". I'll be sure to send them some snow photos as a reminder once this storm goes through, hee hee.
You are not alone in the diet thinking, that's for sure. I stayed up late last night, reading on my favorite low carb discussion board. I was really toying with the thought of trying to LC again.
I did my end of year weigh in this morning, and found that instead of losing anything, I ended this year UP by nearly three pounds. How discouraging is that? And my poor husband--he weighed himself too, and found out that he's at his biggest ever, so we really want to improve our health and shape this year.
In case I don't get a chance to get back here again today, Happy New Year to all of you!
Snow? What's that? It was 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky today! About 63 now, some marine layer is rolling in off the ocean. Brr, might have to get a jacket if I go out again!
Today I discovered a cheese shop downtown, and I'm sitting here with a bit of blueberry stilton, cotswold (smooth and soft cheese with herbs and chives), and dry English cheddar. I have half an apple, some water crackers, a slice of non-wheat bread, and some grapes. I feel so...cosmopolitan. Cheese and a bit of bread is lovely, really, and the fruit is a great refresher. Yum yum yum! It's amazing how much I DON'T eat when I get really good quality stuff that is exactly what I want. This is maybe 1.5 ounces of cheese total, and I'm about done. I haven't eaten all of it, but I'm content. It feels very...peaceful.
Have a wonderful New Years, everyone, and best wishes for making the coming year your best one ever.
A quick one here. Went to Ryan's and ate. My stomach must have shrunk. I ate the amount of food I always eat there... maybe less since I didn't eat all of the food I got and I was stuffed. Isn't this great?
Sidhe You are doing great.
Heard from my babysister tonight which was a treat. I don't hear from her very often.
As I type this email on New Year's Eve, my husband is cooking dinner, my baby girl is practicing pre-crawling maneuvers on her play-mat and I am happily settling into a new home office we created for me this week. I don't have a profound message to type tonight, nor do I have an inspiring story to tell. I just want to reach out to you during a time that can be a struggle for those committing to a non-dieting way of life.
Airwaves are abuzz with dieting offers and "slim-down" "tips and tricks" at this time of year, and as you know by now, supportive non-dieting messages are too few and far between. So before you get tempted to buy into the multi-billion dollar diet industry, I'd like to gently remind you that diets don't work. They're not good for you, they've been proven to correlate with weight gain in the long run, and the yo-yo cycles created by diets have been proven time and time again to be unhealthy.
So as you ring in the new year I offer you a virtual hand. You can hold my hand for as long as you want on your journey to make peace with food and with yourself. I'll be here to cheer you on, offer a shoulder to cry on and remind you as many times as I need to that you are perfect just the way you are. I'll also be here to remind you that changing a number on a scale won't make you any happier. Changing your perception of and love for your body, though, just might.
My message is as simple today as it was when I launched my business two years ago: Eat When You're Hungry. Stop When You're Full. And Love Yourself.
And have a happy, healthy, joyful new year filled with laughter, lattes if you like them, and all the things that make life so delicious.
Trish, I'm sorry I addressed you as "Patty" yesterday. For some reason, I missed seeing your name at the bottom of your post.
Sidhe, hee hee on needing your jacket when it's in the sixties. Around here, when it hits sixty, we're all out in shorts and summer clothes because it feels so warm. I guess we dodged the bullet on the blizzard. New Hampshire, Maine, and Canada look like they're going to bear the brunt of it. We're just getting a tiny bit of snow right now.
Carol, thanks for posting that article. It's a good reminder, especially for right now, when the "diet fever" is at its pitch.
I did my traditional first-of-the-year weigh in this morning: 278. Since I've been such a scale addict for a long time, I've decided to taper off gradually, just weighing myself once a week. I figure that way at least I won't get any nasty surprises, like gaining another 20 pounds without realizing it.
Since I lose so incredibly slowly, I decided to work towards, and be happy with, 249 on the scale by the end of this year.
My husband wants to lose weight too, so we're going to work on eating smaller portions together, instead of carelessly heaping our plates every night like we've been doing.
Becky - No problem. My name is Patricia and all the nicknames are okay. Didn't use to like Patsy because I knew 2 Patsy's I could not stand. I use to say never met a Patsy I liked, then I realized that my cousin's wife's name is Patsy and she is a sweetheart. To my Daddy who says he is the only one who counts since he named me, I am Patricia. To my 2 sisters who are younger, I am Trisha, to a lot of friends back home in TX an to nieces an nephews, I am Pat or Aunt Pat. To my DH and our friends an family in FL an SC, I am Trish. I go by Patty on some websites because they see the Pattygirl. So as you can see, you can call me Patty if you like.
I was up 2 lbs today so I guess I got something with a whole lot of salt when we ate out yesterday. It surely couldn't be the ice cream I had yesteray.
OP today and being extra good. I need to think about weighing only once a week myself. Guess I will do it one of these day. Decided not to wait until company leaves to get on my low carb/IE plan. We had spahetti today so I got a spaghetti squash and use that for the pasta. What was so cute is my 7year old GD kept trying to cut her spaghetti with a knife like I was doing. Of course spaghetti squash is very thin, she finally said, "Nannie, I can't get mine thin like yours". We had to explain that I wasn't eating spaghetti pasta, but a spaghetti veggie. It seemed to please her. She is so cute.
Good morning. Just checking in...I guess we're going to get a bunch of snow from the blizzard after all. It's already cold and blowing, and has been snowing for awhile, so today will be a good day to stay in and do some decluttering and organizing.
I also want to start cutting some fabric to make some "Snuggles" for the homeless animals for the Snuggles Project.
I'm up vvvveeeerrrryyyy early for me. Got up at 5:45 am for company to leave at 6 am. I decided to stay up and start cleaning, washing bed clothes, etc used by company so things will be ready for the next visit. Told DH that I wanted to start getting up early and getting more done so hopefully this will get me started with a new, but old habit. I want to start exercising in the mornings like I used to do so I need to get up earlier to get that done. However, today's exercise will be cleaning and going up and down stairs.
Today is my official WI of one a week and I am back down where I was before company came. So I was able to keep my 4 lb loss of the 19 I gained when I got on IE. So I made my goal of showing a loss and keeping it as I came through to the New Year. Would have liked more, but I'm thankful for the 4 lbs I lost.
I almost slipped into the "start the New Year with a diet". I was seriously thinking of doing the Metabolism Miracle diet because I liked the idea of giving the liver and pancreas a rest and retrain the metabolism. But I thought about "having to" eat every 5 hours even during the night when you wake up. I decided that is training me to eat when I am not hungry. I know the priniciple behind it, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. What got me through the 5 days with the family here is the fact that I just didn't get hungry. We had spahetti one night and I made mine with spaghetti squash. I'm past the cravings. So hopefully, I am past the "diet" craze today. Back on my variation of Atkins lc/IE combo. It is obviously beginning to work for me so if it isn't broke why do something else.
Becky Are you in the midst of all those terrible snow storms north of us? I see it is really bad for some people. Hope you didn't get as bad as a lot of them did.
Hello everyone, my name is Amy. I just turned 40 December 17. I am finally understanding what all those 'older' ladies were talking about years ago when I was a slim young whipper snapper lol. "It only gets harder to lose as you age" yeah yeah, whatever i thought, I will never be more than 10 pounds overweight like these 'older' ladies. HA, the jokes on me. I am now 40 pounds above my preferred weight, and it is just not coming off. I mean I lost 5 pounds after two months of sticking religiously to my plan (weight watchers at the time) and regular exercise. I used to lose that in a week a few short years ago. I really hate to pull the thyroid card, but its true both my mother and grandmother suffered hypothyroidism, so I will have it tested to be sure.
I have an old injury which makes exercise challenging for me so for my b-day my husband is treating me to 6 months with a personal trainer. He also agreed to meal delivery, but we were having issues with fed ex getting to our house in the middle of no where, so that i on hold. I think I am going to stick to eating only when I am hungry and stopping when just satisfied (Intuitive) I am actually working my way through Paul Mckennas cd's journaling exercises..
We run a small 14 acre family homestead in the Blue Ridge mountains of NC. My husband and I have 4 kids ages 12, 15, 16, and 22. I really love my life here, although it is currently -14 (with wind chill) no fun feeding animals in weather like this!
Anyway looking forward to getting to know you guys! Hoping to find some motivation.
Blessings
Amy
Trish, yes, we're getting a LOT of snow from this storm--at least two feet already, and we're not even in the area that's getting the worst of it. Roads are terrible though, and things are being cancelled. Even our church services were cancelled this morning.
Good for you on your weight loss! I think that the more we can relax about it, the better we do, don't you?
Well, time to go out and see if I can shovel out our car. Have a great day, everyone.
Welcome, Amy! Feeding animals in -14 weather...I imagine it's no fun BEING an animal in -14 weather either! They don't have coats nor can they come inside...and forget about hot chocolate...
Ladies, I am doing BRILLIANTLY. I'm sure it's the Honeymoon phase, but seriously. I've had my GWF 'gadget' for three days, with two days' worth of data, and it's brilliant. The first day I only got 5 hours 17 minutes of sleep (I have insomnia) and it really showed in my calorie burn the next day. A body burns calories all night, even when you're sleeping, and almost all the way through the entire next day you couldn't even tell I was awake! Until I had a nap...then I got 1:46 of sleep, and I was puttering about, doing chores, running errands, etc for the evening. Such a difference in my numbers before the nap and after the nap!
Then the second day, I crashed hard the night before (I tend to, after a few days not sleeping) and slept 9:17!! I 'woke up' 17 times (the device measures changes in body temperature and heartrate, so it can tell when you switch from awake to asleep even if you're still lying down) but I still slept. Aaaaahhhh. And the difference was amazing. The first day (no sleep) I burned about 2700 calories. The second day (good sleep) I burned nearly 1,000 more!!
I've been paying close attention to when I'm hungry and what I'm hungry for, and not letting this device dictate my hunger. I woke up this morning and heated up some leftovers from last night, but halfway through I wasn't interested anymore. Decided I was done eating for right now. I'll save it for when I'm home from the gym, if I want anything then. The device seems to be getting me to move more, and my work with IE is helping me with eating choices.
I hesitate to name it, but it seems like this is really helping everything I know and everything I've studied come together into a livable, doable process.
It was 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky today! 
About 63 now, some marine layer is rolling in off the ocean. Brr, might have to get a jacket if I go out again! 
I guess we dodged the bullet on the blizzard. New Hampshire, Maine, and Canada look like they're going to bear the brunt of it. We're just getting a tiny bit of snow right now.
So I made my goal of showing a loss and keeping it as I came through to the New Year. Would have liked more, but I'm thankful for the 4 lbs I lost.
Until I had a nap...then I got 1:46 of sleep, and I was puttering about, doing chores, running errands, etc for the evening. Such a difference in my numbers before the nap and after the nap! 