Trish, I love casseroles and I can't remember sleeping all night....ten kids, you know. Now I always need to use the restroom in the night and hear any noises and on the farm and their are plenty of those. I usually take a nap. This week the grandkids have been here so I am especially tired. They are really cute. Don't even think much about eating right now. Leah, I love leftovers, too. Missing CC and Becky.
Last edited by carolr3639; 06-16-2011 at 11:22 AM.
Hello Ladies! Been busy at work and no days off, hubby tends to hog my lap top at night, so no customers in store at the moment. Doing good with my eating, blood sugar getting a little better, will be learning more on how to eat when I go to my seminars next week. Will check in later. Have a blessed day. Tammy
One of the things that I find interesting after reading this book is that the problem probably isn't the foods any way, It is the additives etc added to foods when they are processed. So many foods out there claiming to be healthy... to have fiber and it isn't. She suggests reading ingredients on the lable is most important thing to read. If it reads like a science project, it probably is NOT healthy. Makes sense that we need to shop mostly the outer perimeter of the store and even then we still have to watch ingredients. I'm throwing out, putting down disposal a lot of things that are not healthy.
I've decided that some of the highly processed foods that have bad or dangerous additives, could still be eaten if we want to take the time to make them from scratch without all those chemicals and additives. It comes down to how bad you want the food.
One statement she made in the book I liked was , "Don't set a goal by saying 'I want to exercise to lose 10 lbs'". Instead say "I'm willing to do _____ to lose 10 lbs". She says that just because we want to do something doesn't mean that we are willing to do what it takes to make it happen. Good point.
O, I talked to my Daddy this morning and he said that he feels great. He is taking the episode with his heart as a "wake up call" and getting back to healthy eating and exercising. Amazing man. My sister and I have a lot of his attitude when it comes to our health and I told her that if Daddy can do this and have this attitude at almost 88 yrs of age (he turns 88 the 25th of this month) then surely this almost 68 yr old woman can do the same thing. I turn 68 in August. What a heritage and example I have. That generation of people are such fighters.
Good to hear the good news about your Dad, Trish. It's hot and humid here again but not too bad. Good for squelching the appetite. Except for cereal and juice this morning, I've just been grazing but not much. The grandkids are gone home so it's much quieter. You'd think after raising 10 kids I could take anything but I guess I'm just getting old.
Thought this was interesting. Saw it on Yahoo news.
If you’re a woman between the ages of 18 and 35, you’re a slave to your cravings. Food psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania singled out that particular female demographic as having the biggest problem reining in their edible whims. They also found that 90 percent of the time, those whims are for chocolate.
In fact, the most popularly craved foods are 30 percent higher in fat than healthy grub and 50 percent lower in protein. But they feel so good going down. That’s because commonly craved foods, like chocolate, release dopamine, activating your brain’s pleasure center.
In simple terms, cravings are the saboteurs of your perfectly planned diet. They strike when you’re at your most relaxed and they can drive you crazy unless you know how to curb them.
The good news is that they can be conquered in six simple steps. And no, attaching an alarm to your fridge isn’t one of them.
Step 1: Spread your calories throughout the day. Cravings aren’t always born out of hunger but if your stomach is slightly growling, it can make for a convenient excuse to indulge. If you graze lightly throughout the day instead of heaping on the massive portions during mealtime, you’re less likely to rationalize that mid-day bag of chips.
Step 2: Stay distracted. Cravings come, on average, in 15-minute intervals, so if you’re hankering for a hunk of cheese, get busy. Send out that email you’ve been meaning to tackle or spend some time getting lost in a blog. Studies show visual distractions are highly effective in fighting thoughts of food, so use the time to cater to some eye-candy.
Step 3: Give your tongue a treat, not your stomach. Keep breath mints or dissolving strips handy in case of emergencies. They’ll activate your sense of taste and smell, without adding unneeded calories.
Step 4: Create a mantra. If a plate of cookies is beckoning, tell it who’s boss. State your intention: “I will not eat this plate of cookies.” Repeat it at least three times until it becomes a fact. Research shows that declarations of intention increase will power. And that’s exactly what you need to call in for backup when cravings get the best of you.
Step 5: Go ahead and indulge, lightly. We never fully outgrow our inner child, and parents know the cardinal rule with kids is when you say they can’t have something, they want it more. Same goes for your own cravings. The more you deny yourself sweets, the more you’ll want them. Sweets shouldn’t be completely taboo, but they should be considered the occasional reward, enjoyed in bites not boxes.
Step 6: Keep it brief. So you’ve caved into that piece of cake. All is not lost. Try to limit your indulgence to a few bites, savoring the flavor and texture but avoiding the complete annihilation of the objet desir. The satisfaction of tasting your treat will be intense at first but researchers have found that pleasure decreases dramatically after the first few bites. So savor the first few bites slowly and then stop yourself before your start destroying the evidence through your stomach.
Intuitive eating is a nutrition philosophy based on the premise that becoming more attuned to the body's natural hunger signals is a more effective way to attain a healthy weight, rather than keeping track of the amounts of energy and fats in foods. It's a process that is intended to create a healthy relationship with food, mind and body. Intuitive eating, just like many other dieting philosophies, goes by many names, including non-dieting or the non-diet approach, normal eating, wisdom eating, conscious eating and more.
Exactly when the intuitive eating movement is uncertain, but one of the early pioneers was Susie Orbach, whose groundbreaking book Fat is a Feminist Issue, was first published in 1978. Geneen Roth's first book on emotional eating, "Feeding the Hungry Heart", was published in 1982. Both identify conventional weight loss diets as the problem, and recommend intuitive eating (also called "attuned eating" or "the non-diet approach") as the solution. There also have been religious approaches to intuitive eating. Gwen Shamblin founded The Weigh Down Workshop in 1986. Thin Within, another religious approach, goes back to the early 1970s.
Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch coined the name in their 1995 book, Intuitive Eating.[1]
An early promoter in the recent wave of interest in intuitive eating is Lynn Donovan who published a 1971 book called The Anti-Diet: the pleasure power way to lose weight. Nonetheless, intuitive eating is not a recent idea. "Fletcherism" is defined in dictionaries as eating according to hunger, and is named for American nutritionist Horace Fletcher (1849–1919).
In 2005, researcher Linda Bacon published the first two-year long study demonstrating the effectiveness of Intuitive Eating.[2] Later that year, Steven Hawks, a professor of Community Health at Brigham Young University, made headlines when he claimed to have lost 50 pounds following his version of an intuitive eating program. Hawks claims the underlying philosophies of intuitive eating are thousands of years old and exist in most eastern and some western religions. Intuitive eating is designed to be a "common sense, hunger-based approach to eating," where participants are encouraged to eat when and only when their body tells them it is hungry.
In 2006, Ohio State University researcher, Tracy Tylka, published a study[3] which accomplished two key outcomes. First, Tylka developed and validated an assessment scale to define key traits of Intuitive Eaters, which are: unconditional permission to eat, eating for physical rather than emotional reasons, and reliance on internal hunger/satiety cues. Lastly, Tylka used that assessment scale on over 1400 people and determined that intuitive eaters have a higher sense of well being and lower body weights, without internalizing the "thin ideal".
Currently, University of Notre Dame psychology researcher, Lora Smitham, is recruiting people with binge eating disorder to study the effectiveness of the intuitive eating process for treating this problem.[4] Smitham's premise is that dieting triggers binge eating and learning to become an intuitive eater can be therapeutic.
Intuitive eating is the opposite of dieting, the latter of which is externally driven. It is a key component of the Health at Every Size movement. Supporters argue that eating in response to internal cues of hunger and fullness, while allowing all foods to be part of the diet, weight will be maintained to one's "natural" weight. Natural weight is the weight range predetermined by genetics.
When someone is disconnected from his or her internal cues of satiety, it is easier to be trigged by external triggers to eat (which can be emotions, "because it's time", opportunity, and/or perceived rules of eating.)
If someone has rigid rules for so-called healthy eating, he or she is more likely to succumb to overeating, as a consequence of breaking their well-meaning rules. Scientifically, this all-or-none type of eating, built around eating rules rather than internal hunger/satiety cues, is referred to as restraint eating or Restraint Theory.[5]
Last edited by carolr3639; 06-19-2011 at 03:25 PM.
I love this little waving smiley. Count to the wedding has began. First DIL arrived last night and her DH tonight. Then all 10 kids will be here with spouses and kids minus one DH. Great grandpa already here for 2 weeks.
Well, it took like 25 years of trial and error, but I am a happy eater. I follow no rules. I count no calories. I’m completely over nutrient ratios, meal timing and measuring cups. Plus, as an added bonus, I’m not fat. Any time I’ve flirted with this “intuitive eating” stuff before, I’ve quickly become too fat for my little pants. This time I’m gradually losing. I’m 5′8″ and weigh 135-137 most days. I don’t know my percentage of body fat. It’s possible that I’m losing muscle and brains. I’m not concerned enough to get out the calipers. My Tanita scale tells me that I’m between 14% and 24% body fat. Helpful, eh? It’s like asking a Magic 8 Ball. The readout may as well say “Concentrate and ask again.” Or “Signs point to yes.” All I know is that my yoga pants are loose! Woohoo!
So, why did intuitive eating work this time when it’s destroyed my abs so many times before? I’ve been trying to figure that out. I know that in the past I’ve used intuitive eating as an excuse to binge. I’d turn to it after a bout of really restrictive dieting, or when I couldn’t face my nutrition software, or when I wasn’t accountable to a trainer. My “intuition” would tell me to eat boxes of glazed donuts and sheets of cookies. I’d gain weight, scoff at the total lameness of this “embrace your inner cow” intuitive hoody-hoo, and go right back to obsessive dieting, tracking and measuring. I wrote down every single thing I ate or drank for TWO YEARS. That was not fun, and actually not helpful.
I’m more relaxed now. I don’t make food decisions from a place of frustration and panic. My intuition really likes strawberries. I eat chocolate every day. I like bagels. I like to eat out. I’m not limiting myself to dieter food but I’m very aware of portions. I eat one Cadbury Egg, not six. I eat mini-bagels, not those bakery bagels the size of my head. I understand that a typical restaurant serving is enough to feed four people.
Last time I tried intuitive eating, portion control was my downfall. I believed those books that said to eat as many cookies as I wanted and that eventually I wouldn’t want as many. Right!! Weeks later, I still wanted every cookie that had ever been baked. I was reeling out of control on a blood sugar rollercoaster. The more junk I ate, the more junk I wanted. I was never able to pull it together enough to even maintain my weight, much less lose.
Some things that really helped me this time:
- I weigh myself every day. If you’re not going to count calories or measure your food, you’d better be keeping an eye on something. It could be weight, waist measurement, a caliper pinch, a pair of jeans, but you need some kind of objective feedback. If you choose not to track your food and not to look at any of your measurements, then you’d better go buy some fat pants.
- I eat what I want but I always control portions. Generally, the more I want something, the more I need to watch out. I can play fast and loose with spinach but I’d better take my ice cream in a single-serving container.
- I share. I never used to share before. Sharing is the greatest thing ever! You get to eat whatever you want and make everyone around you fat. Try it! Order the double-fudge super cookie dough caramel delight. Eat three bites and watch your dining companions devour the rest of it like hungry hyenas. Share your French fries. Split the sandwich. Order three tacos and only eat one of them. It’s exhilarating! Plus, I always have great leftovers.
- I strike a nice balance of healthy food and treats. You can’t eat an all-treat diet and look or feel very good. I eat loads of fresh fruits and vegetables every day. I love whole grains. I eat nuts and seeds like I’m a squirrel. I’m a sucker for a big salad. I enjoy lean protein as long as it’s not forced upon me every 2-3 hours. I eat a lot of healthy whole foods but I like to add a Pop Tart or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup for good measure.
- I don’t eat six times per day, or three times per day, or three meals and two snacks. I don’t follow anybody else’s rules because how does the book or the calculator know what I’m doing or when I’m going to be hungry? It doesn’t. So, I eat when I feel like it. On an active, hungry day I might eat 5-6 times. On a lazy day with restaurant food, I might eat 2-3 times. I’m no longer dumb enough try to force three more meals after lunch at The Cheesecake Factory.
- I grasp the importance of good nutrition. I’m not knocking diet plans or nutrition programs, especially if you’re trying to achieve a sports performance or body comp goal. A little bit of structure can be good. I base my eating on the healthy principles I’ve learned but I don’t allow myself to become a slave to the details. And don’t believe that I can eat as many cookies as I want and still lose weight. Big derrrr there!
- I flow. That’s significant because I used to battle. I battled my weight. I struggled with willpower. I waged a war against fat. I fought with the numbers. I kicked myself when I slipped. My mindset was one big bloody massacre. My fitness goals were always at odds with what I really wanted, which was to relax and eat Cheetos. Now, if I want to relax and eat Cheetos, I do so immediately. No struggle. No stress. No guilt. I know that for my next meal I’ll choose something a little more ab-friendly.
Hello ladies. We are leaving early Friday mornng for Dallas for Market, will be there until Tuesday when we dive back, I will be bringing my lap top, hope to be able to post there. Have a blessed evening. Tammy
290 cupcakes for wedding done ........frosting later.
