Wow! New thread already!
Hello everybody!
Lemme see if I can remember what I wanted to address from the last thread ...
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CandE said: "Blue, it seems like you have a handle on things. If you like yogurt, I suggest you try Fage 2% with strawberry or cherry or honey. OMG! It is soooo good. It's Greek-style yogurt, so it can be hard to get used to, but it is so much better than the regular yogurts IMO. I can't eat any other kind now, although I still like McDonald's fruit and yogurt parfait.
I have 100% whole wheat pasta and white pasta, too. I like the taste of the white better, but sometimes I can get away with making the wheat. I use the wheat when I make chicken parmesan because the chicken is the main part of the meal, not the noodles. I don't like the whole wheat when it is the main feature of the meal, you know what I mean?"
I think I do FINALLY have a handle on things, or at least a plan. I think that's one of my personality quirks. I can be so spontaneous that I tend not to follow thru with plans I make so this is really challenging for me. But I do have a plan. lol
And speaking of yogurt, I found another brand of Greek yogurt at the store last night (they didn't have the one you suggested). They had it in plain and vanilla. I chose the vanilla and haven't tried it yet. Will probably have it for a snack this evening.
Yes, I agree about the ww pasta not as the main meal.
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Carol said: I can see from recent pictures that I am thinner than last fall.....a whole year to see progress? Well, if that's what it takes, then that's what it takes. I only wish I'd figured this out years ago.
Way to go Carol! That's wonderful progress! I was looking over some old pictures of myself the other day from the last few years and I've got to say the same is not true for me! LOL! My pictures were a major wake up call to get serious about getting this weight off!
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Trish said: Blue I am doing the same thing with the CAD program that you are doing with YOU. I want to do everything Intuitively. It makes it so much easier." ... and ... "Just a quick one for me. Since I decided to do CAD/IE combo, I've only been doing IE so I'm just going to go with it and just eat more low carb and healthy whole foods.
Sounds like you are adapting the "gentle nutrition" part that the IE book talks about. Me too! And it seems to be a natural process to start to gravitate towards the "healthier" choices. We've had plenty of time to play with the "I-can-eat-whatever-I-want" foods and now that has become old news. Maybe that is the sign that we are finally learning to relax around food. (I'm assuming you and I are on the same page, as we usually are.) I mean, hey, the food isn't going anywhere, right? If I want a bag of potato chips, I know right where to find them! And if I don't have them in the house, I certainly know how to get them. No need to scarf them down right now. Right?
OK, I think that takes care of the last thread.
Welcome
ALO22! We're glad to have you here with us. As I'm sure you've noticed as you read thru the last thread that we do still talk about foods in here, just not in an obsessive manner. I think we discuss things along the lines of "the joy of eating" as opposed to "the dread of eating" as we learn to un-diet.
Well, I need to scoot! Have a great one everybody!
Oh, before I go,
Carol, regarding the overeating article, I can think of two reasons I tend to overeat ... 1) it still tastes good to me and/or 2) there's just a couple more bites in there. I can finish that. (I'm so clean-your-plate brainwashed! - but getting better about pushing it aside!)