Way to go Trish!!!!

Well today was my BSF morning so I ate a couple of pieces of toast before I left only because I wasn't sure how I would do away from home. I wasn't really hungry but knew I wouldn't be around food when I was. Curious, how do you handle those situations? What I don't like about doing that is that it seemed to set me to where I was hungry when I came home and had a bite. Now it is time to cook dinner for DH. I am making my favorite and I have to tell you because it isn't usually on any diet, I know I'm going to feel guilty eating it since I'm feeling that a little bit thinking about eating it. However, I'm going to do my best to slow down and really enjoy it.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Hi guys Me again,

Hows everyone doing? Hello everybody I am so stuffed today eek! I ate lunch at McDonalds and then abotu an hour later ate the massive pasta box i bought in for my lunch. The perils of working in town so near to so much temptation. I also had a massive piece of Baklava.

And now i remember how bad it feels to be stuffed, yuck. That pasta was so yum though! Wholegrain pasta with pesto, chopped up grilled bacon, cheese and broccolli. But it would ahve probably been even tastier if i was actually hungry!

Too full ouch.

I did get weighed today though and ive managed (somehow) to again maintain my 4.5lbs weight loss. Just need now to really focus on what IE is all about, and not boredom eat. I think its good to write on here as well, because its reminding me how crappy being stuffed feels. McDonalds makes me feel rotten too yeuch.

So, goals for this week are to try and eat when hungry and only until satisfied and get another little exercise session in as well

xxx

PipstarThis really is a learning experience. I ate my favorite that I fixed at lunch... fried chicken and you know what, it just didn't taste as good as I remember. I ended up eating some other things and they just made me feel miserable as well.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do next Wednesday, but will have to plan differently. I get up around 6 am on Wednesday and I'm not hungry that early. I think I shouldn't have eaten this morning. Funny I remember Daddy saying when I was young that he did okay if he didn't eat. He said that he would have done better not eating breakfast becaue once he ate breakfast he wanted to eat. I think I'm like my Daddy. When I'm at home, I don't eat breakfast; don't even have a desire for it. I will definitely have to figure something else out next week. I think I must be afraid of getting hungry before I get back home. I don't think it would bother me if I didn't have diabetes. I think I'm just afraid of getting the jitters etc. Any way, I'll work on it and think about it.

Cooking dinner for DH can be a problem. By night, I'm ususally not that hungry but he is. So I make a good dinner and then try to eat just a little bit. I can always have more if I'm hungry. Even when I'm having company they never notice that I'm eating just a little. At least they never say anything. My biggest problem is that I love sweets, especially chocolate. But I've lost 30lb and kept it off and think all this will even out. Yesterday I had a half a can of asparagus for the first time in a long time. I forget about some of the foods I really like because I don't think DH will care for them.

Recently I was thinking about the night we went to the church Christmas party. I ate very little that night. I ate a bite or 2 of some of the foods I wanted and I even had a bite or 2 of a couple of sweets that friends had made. As I thought back to that night, we all seemed to just enjoy each others company so much that no one really noticed what anyone ate.

I think that I also have to forget about my old favorites too because they never taste the way I think they will. I have to learn to eat what I want at the moment and forget about things of the past.

Thanks for sharing. Appreciate it as it hit where I am.

Thanks guys i know its only a learning experience and to expect blips in the road.

Mmmm canned asparagus. I like my asparagus steamed but forgot about canned. Maybe its hard to come by in the UK? I lived in Saudi Arabia as a child and im sure most of our food came from the US. The canned goods did anyway.

So its a fresh new day today. Not even had breakfast yet as been looking at what you two said... i do think it starts off the hunger cycle. But i am a little hungry now.

I've realised something else too which makes this difficult: I am afraid of hunger. I really dont like how hungry feels. And as soon as i feel that shakey low-blood sugar feeling i panic and grab the first piece of food i can find, which is inevitably convenient high fat rubbish. Also, i go from full to empty quickly with no warning and usually have very few reliable body cues in between.

Also, this whole thing of "eat the things you love rather than the things you think you should be eating" i find difficult as well, because if i only eat when im hungry, i wont always want to eat fruit and veg, and if i eat what i want i wont be hungry for them afterwards, and this means i probably wont be geting all the essential nutrients i need to be well and feel good. This means i will probably be tired and feel crappy, and then crave foods with high sugar, caffeine etc to help perk me up, thus creating an nasty vicious cycle.

I also get incredibly frustrated when it takes a long time to get hungry, especially in the day in the office if i have a treat and i want to eat it but i cant because im not hungry. I get really mad with my stomach then. And other times i wish i could just eat until im stuffed so i can forget about food for the rest of the day as i dont get hungry until the following morning if i do this late afternoon.

Think i need some more inspiration! Maybe i will search out this Overfed Head book you all love

xxx

Pipstar I know this is quite scary. When I first started IE, it seemed that all I wanted was the so called "junk" foods and sometimes I still do. I think this is because we a deprived of those things we really like or maybe I should say "think" we love or like because most "diets" say "you can't eat that". You will find that eventually they will not have the power they have when dieting. Like I said, I always loved fried chicken but it just doesn't taste the same any more. I used to think I couldn't live without mashed potatoes, but they aren't quite as good as they used to be. Now and thing I will get hungry for these things and try them, but usually they don't satisfy me any more. One thing I think that helps is that I moved and we don't have my favorite franchise for the fried chicken I always loved so that helps. However, I'm going home sometime this spring and it will be interesting to see if I think it tastes as good now. My family always plans to have it when I'm home because they know it is my favorite.

So be patient with yourself. I've always heard that we need to be 90% OP and 10% off. However, on IE there is no OP/Off plan.

Hope you have a good day.

slimming world - does anyone know what they base there syns on...i .e aloires,fat,sugar salt??? im trying to make a food diary on my black berry with excel sheets and stuff.,..so need to know how the do there point system...please let me know...also...please check my blog! x

Today I made about 500 ham balls for a Bible conference coming up in 2 weeks. Another girl and I worked together. Funny thing is, all I've wanted to eat today is cereal and orange juice!

DH had a dental appt that took way to long. I took the book Life without Bread and read it. Didn't read the parts that didn't apply to me and DH or the things I had read other place. Afterward, we went to eat at Hardee's and I had Taco salad. I have to tell you that it tasted even better than I expected. The nice thing is that after reading what I did in the book I felt so much more comfortable eating it. I always loved these but never go any place where they serve them. DH had his hamburger and I had what I wanted. Ummm good. Didn't overeat either. At what I wanted and ditched the rest. It has been a great low carb IE style day. Haven't been real hungry today.

Carolr I don't think I've ever had ham balls. Sounds good. I think it is great that you didn't feel like you needed to eat the ham balls, but that you could eat cereal and juice that you wanted.

The taco salad sounds good, Trish. Haven't had that in ages. Just realized that these threads are kind of like a diary of sorts. I've been rereading some of them. Helps me remember where I've been.

Carolr It was good, but I'm paying today with swelling. Must have had loads of salt. Maybe I need to go back and do some reading as well.

Terrible about the earthquake and tsunamies. Hope everyone and theirs are safe. I have relatives in Hawaii and on the west coast. Sure pray they are safe.

I think we "professional" dieters can relate. We spend so many years on the diet mentality that it's hard to get all the stuff out of our heads, I still find myself thinking about fat grams and calories. I liked the OVerfed Head very much, very simple to understand. I truly believe that Diets Don't Work, they may work in the short term, but eventually we just give up on them especially when all you hear yourself say, I can't have this....I can't have that.....I really want this, but...... Man would I give anything to eat that again......,etc. I much prefer I can have "it all" as long as I am hungry and I stop when I am full. Does this make sense?

Hello again! I totally understand about the guilt of eating what you enjoy, it's like being set free from a prison, but you feel guilty for your freedom. Enjoy your food and eat it slowly, take small bites and drink between bites.

Tammy I loved that "Professional dieters". I have definitely been one of those. Oh how I hope I can retire and be free of that stupid guilt.

Y'all have a good weekend.