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I didn't cheat. I had my 8 (ish) ounces of turkey breast, forgot my puree so I added some FF/low sodium chicken broth, and ate my roasted broccoli and cauliflower. I even packaged up all the leftover stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, creamed onions, broccoli casserole, etc., and didn't even try a bite.
Today is my birthday and my hubs and I are going up to Boston for a concert and dinner tonight. Cleaning house before. I need a new hairdryer and I am really NOT wanting to go out to Target for one. Maybe CVS?
Congrats to a who stayed OP yesterday! I'm in my 3rd week of phase 4 and trying to find balance. My husband says I'm obsessed and he's right - but I don't want to gain this weight back. The daily weighing does make me a bit crazy and worried all the time. Where's the line between obsessive and proactive? Anyone else struggle with this?
Instead of regretting stuffing myself on Turkey Day, I woke up to a 2 lb loss. Take that Ms. One-day-won't-kill you aka Mom
Mom:
There will always be an excuse to cheat. A holiday, birthday, wedding, funeral, weekend, special event, special occasion, a boring nite at home, etc.
I listed many upcoming ones for me recently.
It takes much more strength, persistence, resilience, determination to stick with a plan despite all the temptations. THAT is how we win the war over obesity. Not by making excuses to cheat.
This is why your daughter stuck with the plan!
The food will be there another time. We are making a path that diminishes the importance of food.
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Originally Posted by drakegirl
Congrats to a who stayed OP yesterday! I'm in my 3rd week of phase 4 and trying to find balance. My husband says I'm obsessed and he's right - but I don't want to gain this weight back. The daily weighing does make me a bit crazy and worried all the time. Where's the line between obsessive and proactive? Anyone else struggle with this?
I wonder if he knows maintenance is MORE work than losing the weight?
Has he seen statistics for success rates in maintenance? They are pretty low. (Weight loss in general, not IP specifically) Lifestyle changes require determination. Ask for his love and support while you find the new normal. It could take as long as it did to lose the weight. People only see our outsides and think we are "fixed". We know the journey we are on doesn't stop when we hit goal.
Congrats to a who stayed OP yesterday! I'm in my 3rd week of phase 4 and trying to find balance. My husband says I'm obsessed and he's right - but I don't want to gain this weight back. The daily weighing does make me a bit crazy and worried all the time. Where's the line between obsessive and proactive? Anyone else struggle with this?
Drakegirl-
I am about 15 from goal and that is my biggest worry.
i used to be a daily weigher, my coach encouraged me to weigh once a week till I get to goal, but once I hit goal, I will have to find out what works for me.
I am worried about maintaining. But confident we will do good as long we track calories and our weight routinely. Add workouts as a lifestyle.
alittlelessme - Congrats on losing 20 in the first month that is huge!
Isn't it a wonderful feeling?! I too have a loss since yesterday. Mine is just
1 lb though but as everyone has told me "just" and "only" are four letter words!
I stayed 100% OP but got pretty sick toward the end of the day. I think it might've been from too much artificial sweetener with the mock apples (zucchini). Ugh. I suppose it's a little disturbed of me to think this way, but after 20 years of eating processed foods, I'm pretty darned psyched that my body is now revolting after just 3 months on IP! Granted, the packets aren't 'real' food, but everything else I now eat is now clean/unprocessed... except for those mock apples, which I won't be making again any time soon!
Woo hoo!!! Congrats to everyone for surviving yesterday! I stayed OP all day - brought my roasted rutabaga and snagged the oven at my MIL's house for a few minutes to roast some asaparagus before dinner. Loaded my plate with veggies and turkey, and "pigged out". But I was feeling MUCH better a few hours later than everyone else who carb loaded! While they were eating pies and cakes, I ate my Heath Wise choco chip cookie, and sipped my coffee with caramel DaVinci syrup. Later that night I had my cheesecake packet topped with WF strawberry spread. And I am NOT afraid of weigh in next week!!!
Congrats to a who stayed OP yesterday! I'm in my 3rd week of phase 4 and trying to find balance. My husband says I'm obsessed and he's right - but I don't want to gain this weight back. The daily weighing does make me a bit crazy and worried all the time. Where's the line between obsessive and proactive? Anyone else struggle with this?
This is a very common reaction from significant others. They miss the person who would kick back and enjoy the wine etc. My hubby has no weight issues at all so had to adjust to me snapping at him each time he poured me a glass or asked me if I wanted one. So he learned there is just more for him.
The daily weighing is absolutely necessary or things get out of hand very quickly.
But the good thing about maintenance is that you can have the special days such as Thanksgiving and then have a phase 1 day the day after. The difference is we can't have "special" weeks or months.
Pat
IP Daily Chat Friday 11/23/2011
