Diet Coaches/Buddies - A ho-hum day. Took a moment to CREDIT moi while eating my lunch at my desk; I really like my white bean salad. And I was gloating a bit that I had served myself the portion I wanted even though that left about a quarter serving in the Glad container I was scooping from. My old self would have just dumped it all in. So CREDIT moi for that.
Robin (RobinW) - Yay for the good workout with your personal trainer; you're on such a roll there.
Just love it that Designated Driver so completely solves the wine issue at your upcoming event. There needs to be a similar Designated Healthy Person for skipping the sugar/lard dessert tables.
Anne (wndranne) - Congrats for having the mind that responds to a bad day at work by not wanting to eat. That's rare. 3FC is inundated with posts about converting a bad day at work into a junk food binge.
Tera (twilit tera) - That's a pretty exciting result from your chiropractor. It seems useful that you're seeing a whole system view of your hip/spine/body and the need to get it all aligned. Hope this continues for you.
Kudos for calling to get to see her earlier.
Chris (angelmomma210) - Yay that the EEO is on the job. Hope they get back to you soon and with good news.
davidette - Yep, BIG Kudos for seeing past that "all or nothing" thinking that if you can't post perfect personals, you can't post at all. Methinks that all or nothing thinking is about the easiest path to the slippery slope.
Ouch that work interferes with real life. BTDT. But Kudos for staying OP with your eating plan and staying away from diet Cokes.
Keep the faith; it's only a few more weeks.
CJ (CJZee) - Re: Would you recommend the first book or the second? hmmmmmm.... not so obvious to me. I truly appreciated the first book because I methodically traveled the 42 Program Days reporting my progress on this thread. This helped me to work the strategies that I would tend to just skip over, such as, eat slowly and mindfully. I discovered that I didn't eat slowly or mindfully, that I ate standing up on my way to the table, and that sometimes I couldn't recall what I had just eaten because I was just shoveling food in. The first two weeks of the 42 days are golden.
However, the five stages of the second book make more sense. It's a good progression. And the key strategies of the first two weeks of the first book are well covered. I especially like the Cheat Sheet idea (pages 103-105); you can get a good feel for how they can be used well by reading some old Anne (wndranne) posts.
So, either one is a good choice. If I had to make the choice for you, I'd suggest the second book. In a year, I'd then suggest getting the original book for a review of strategies that you might be skipping over lightly.
Readers -
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resistance technique 4 Quell your "adolescent rebellion."
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When you think, I'm not going to follow my plan becasue I don't want to, read the following Response Card:
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"I don't want to" is just my adolescent rebellion talking. I'm not going to pay attention to it.
The Complete Beck Diet for Life, pg 98
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It was an uneventful day, apart from the pain levels being low. A little schoolwork, a little housework.
Small insight: If I start out each day with the exclamation: "I'm going to be SO on plan today" what do you bet I'll be on plan more?
And is it weird to say I saw an inspiring South Park ep yesterday? I have a new slogan to keep me on track: "True disceprine comes for rithin." I know, very un-PC to make fun of someone's accent, but I still giggle. And it applies so well to answer that adolescent rebellion in the quote of Bill's post today.
Chris: for some progress in your hubby's case! It's about time for some good news!
Its a gorgeous day here in buffalo!! Ive gotten, signed up permanently with the gym, gotten 2 orders of shirts printed off, & some samples for signs done. Now I can get to the more fun stuff!
Im op all the way, except for the creamer that I put in my coffee last night. It was that coffeemate flavour stuff. Loaded with corn syrup solids. Oh well. I am going to go looking for those flavoured splenda packets for this particular meeting that I will be attending every tuesday night.
Kudos to me for NOT eating the pizza at the meeting last night. It smelled sooooooooooooooooooooooo good!
Anne~ I think you're right....they will most likely all have nuts, and the ones that don't will be next to the ones with nuts!
Tera~ uneventful with little pain and other odds and sods getting done sounds like a great day!
Bill~ Kudos for eating what you wanted instead of what you "thought" you might have wanted.
Ive got about 2 hours freed up this afternoon to work in my blog. My PT has sent my workout for the week to me. I'll be posting that (with her permission)
Ive also been thinking about my food addiction and how Ive hidden it. Lies we tell......something else I want to write about.
Ok, Im off I hope everyone is having a fabulous day!!
First the bad news; those 6lbs lost are back. Back to 266.6 this morning. Oh well & both at the same time.
I may be retaining water for TOM; I may be retaining water from food choices. It may be a little of both. I may be retaining from plain old stress too. Oh but coaches we're really in the final stretch now. I just, about a minute ago, completed the last of my 52 small bus strike-themed linoblock carvings for my linoblock print to be made tomorrow. This is it, my magnum opus for my year at school and my final apprenticeship project. I have to bring all my work to the grad review meeting next Tues so my work can be selected for the grad show. My bus strike print will be pretty big. Rob, my teacher, suggested we may print it full width so it'll be 48" wide by 60" long. This is ENORMOUS for a handprinted print. Crazy. I'll believe it only when it's done and that will be tomorrow afternoon. And yesterday I was on the bus going to the grad meeting and my sister got on the bus at an odd stop. I haven't run into my sister for 1.5 years and then twice in one week. What's that about. So I hopped up and sat beside and we talked like nothing had happened between us. I sure hope that's real. We're getting together on friday afternoon for coffee/lunch and I called her, left a message (haha RobinW! This is really what happened no planning on my part either!) and then she called back and we made plans. At the very end of the conversation she said "I have lots of news." "I'll bet you have," I said. So... my family enters my life again.
And then I found myself harbouring extra stress from the "how do I make money" feelings heaped on me by my DH a few days ago. Once I get to worrying sometimes it just continues before I calm down and find my way again. I can't say I haven't mis-used food these last few days. I have. I haven't gone hog wild but I am not on track. I do have a fresh start every day and I do know I can do it. I'm keeping the faith.
Just a quick check in today,had to get our elderly poodle to vet and decided to schedule her for surgery in the morning,other choice was to put her to sleep.Kids are crying,alot of stress today and I see the doctor Thur to see about physical therapy and when I can return to work.That awful employee health nurse wanted me back in light duty 1 week after my tendon tore,luckily the doctor is taking it slow and wanted another week of rest heat and elevation before starting physical therapy and perhaps light duty.Anyway food plan flew out the window and I didn't eat alot just not what I had planned and I had some real deep fried french fries and steak for dinner,my trigger foods are more sweets though.I will check back in Thursday.
I’ve been hiding. We had a friend over for dinner on Saturday. Not surprisingly, since my major challenge seems to be drinking socially, I drank too much. It’s inexplicable to me that I didn’t even think about making a plan ahead of time. I know drinking socally trips me up. I know I do fairly well when I make a plan. Not perfect, but very well. I have no explanation for my lack of forethought… After much cajoling, I made myself do a mistake analysis (aka cheat sheet) yesterday. The 3 cheat sheets I’ve done for these kinds of evenings are almost identical. So I need to make sure I make a plan every single time I will be drinking socially. Do I need to write this 100 hundred times on a chalk board, a la a 1950s classroom?? (I hope not.)
I’ve been slowly getting back into the Beck routine. Although I drank too much on Sat. my overall calorie intake was only about 300 calories above the typical. Otherwise, I’ve been at or below my usual goals. I’ve started making a daily plan again starting yesterday, but not as thoroughly as I normally do. I’m hoping by getting back into the posting routine, I’ll get myself fully on track for tomorrow.
WI-I have weighed myself everyday. I was up 3.5 lbs on Mon, but have lost all of it by this AM. I’ve been fully op with exercise every day. I had some pretty strong fatigue from starting to use 2 lb weights in my upper body workout 2x/week. Fatigue ranged from 2.0 -3.7 Fri-Tues. Today was a bright spot at 1.5. I think my body is adjusting to the weights.
I’m going to start my personals with davidette’s post yesterday AM.
davidette Sorry work has got you so busy! for no diet cokes. Good luck getting the exercise in, but credit for saying op in calories. I totally hear you on feeling wobbly. I do need this group to keep me on track. No man is an island…
CJZee I’ve only read the 2nd book, but it is great!
angelmomma Great news on dh.
Anne It sounds like you had a great day! You exercise routine always amazes me… Yum fajitas – my top choice for Mexican - reasonable for calories / fat, and naturally gluten free.
Bill leaving white beans in your Glad container! How’s the Sole treating you?
Tera Wow the chiro sounds marvelous! lower pain levels – how great! And your weight is down 1.5 lbs! hooray for swimming!
Robin The world is a better place when your sun is shining. Kudos for joining the gym, and credit for being op, accounting for your extra creamer, and, especially, for not eating the great smelling pizza!
one by one Wow – how cool you saw your sister again so soon. Almost sounds like some movie, rather than real life. But I’m glad it’s happening – it’s a good thing. Credit for Not going wild on food, credit for knowing every day is a fresh start. Keeping the faith is at the core of it all I guess.
Wendylan I’m terribly sorry about your poodle – it’s so hard… I’m glad the doctor is taking it slow with your tendon. I hope tomorrow is a better day.
Did I mention I’m really happy to be among friends again?
Coaches/Buddies On plan today, even with my special lunch event. Feels good. I got in my mountain bike ride. I continue to make progress and am approaching a beginner level, up from the "OMG I'M FREAKING OUT" level I started at. Good to face fears once in a while. Especially the primal ones, like falling on big sharp rocks and pointy cactus.
Things at work are now being handled. I'm having to do a lot of political damage control. I hate that kind of thing, although I'm reasonably competent at it (usually), and I prefer to just do some math. Do good work, build honest relationships and the rest takes care of itself. Except when it doesn't. Sigh. I think it will work out, but probably have to wait months to see. At least I have a plan, and am reasonably confident in it. Still don't feel a drive to eat from this--clearly not my issue, thank goodness.
Tomorrow's plan is a run. 3 miles with a couple pick ups for some speed work. I need to do the usual post-post chores tonight, read RCs, make food plan, update spreadsheets. I got all green on my Beck list a couple days ago. Proud of that. I usually don't get something.
Bill Nice work on leaving a bit of your salad, and for taking the time to give yourself credit. Hurray for ho hum.
Tera Glad your pain levels were low. Do you think it is the chiropractic treatment? Sounds promising to me.
RobinW Since non-dairy creamer isn't real food, do you have to count it, LOL? Nice work on avoiding the pizza!
onebyone You're ALMOST there. Inches. You've got this.
I think your encounter with your sister sounded very healthy. Fingers crossed it continues to go well.
Wendy Hope all goes well with your poodle. Sounds like your doc has you covered on your injury. And I think you did well with all the stresses in your life right now. Take credit for whatever you can. No need to wait for perfection--we'd all still be waiting.
ChinaMaine Drinking is tough. Not so much the drink itself, for me anyway, but the bad food decisions that come along with it. I have to be very careful and controlled, or just prepared for a blow-out, which occasionally is OK. I'm glad you are back on track and back with us.
Diet Coaches/Buddies - Did gym including lunges forward and lunges backward. CREDIT moi. I need to find a way to stay centered when working alone at the gym. The thought keeps popping into my mind, You're a bit tired, you could stop now. When I'm taking a class or with a trainer, I don't have that thought. I then to think, Oh, you're tired, it's working. Seems like the Beck-like solution is to, duh, go with the trainer. But I'm resistant to pay the steep price three times a week. Gotta work this one to be sure that I stay the course.
Eating was on plan. CREDIT moi. It's a bit easy when all food is under my control and nothing appears unexpectedly.
onebyone - That is certainly going to be an ENORMOUS print; can't wait to hear how it turns out.
Yay for the coincidence of bumping into your sister again; sounds like it broke the barrier to allow a natural chat.
Sending supportive thoughts for the final push.
Robin (RobinW) - Yep, BIG Kudos for not eating pizza when you can smell it, see it, and your brain can already taste it. (Not to mention that it's FREE.)
And Kudos for joining your gym; now you're committed.
Anne (wndranne) - Ouch for office politics; Kudos for being aware that you have to work them like it or not. Good news for smooth sailing through the office lunch; Kudos for carefully planning ahead.
Tera (twilit tera) - Yay for getting inspiration wherever it's to be found, including South Park. Gotta love, "True disceprine comes for rithin." That'll go on my Response Cards.
ChinaMaine - Kudos for doing a Cheat Sheet; you're winning when you're aware.
The Sole is serving us well. I do like that it's quiet; I can't hear DW from the adjacent room when she's on it. Not yet part of my regular routine. Maybe that'll change, maybe not; it would replace my walks which I value.
Wendy (Wendylan) - Good luck to both you and your elderly poodle at your respective doctors today.
Yep, beware of that light duty. In your line of work it might be hard to work light when chaos reigns.
Readers -
Quote:
resistance technique 5 Read all of your Response Cards - including these additional cards.
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If I'm not supposed to eat something, I will remind myself, Just because I feel like eating doesn't mean I should ... There's no emergency ... I'll be so glad in a few minutes if I don't give in.
This is attempt #3 to post!!! Pushing the wrong button on this keyboard will cause me to lose a page I'm on! Sorry folks, but this is going to have to be quick now. I may come back to do personals after I've gotten some work done.
WI: +1
Pain: 0/3/7
Activity: 4
Credits: counted calories ; vitamins (been doing it all along, just forgot to give myself credit); sold off old bikes for therapy money
Some other accomplishments I forgot to mention yesterday - I got B & me a state sales tax ID#, and a business account on USPS.com. I'm going to build the "personal healthcare crisis" website (linking the national issue with a personal story) this summer. After completing my degree, B & I are going to launch the online comic production!
Hopefully I'll be back in a few hours to address everyone else's posts.
Last edited by twilit tera; 05-08-2009 at 09:51 AM.
What a good girl I am...I was up at the crack-of-stupid working out in the gym! Dont you think everyone there should turn when you walk in and yell "ROBIN" like they used to greet Norm on cheers? Might make having to go not quite so bad
Bill~ "when you can smell it, see it, and your brain can already taste it. (Not to mention that it's FREE.)" Oh yes!! I agree!!! My brain certainly could taste it! Strange eh?! Do you have an mp3 player? Listening to music might help. I cant listen to music when Im doing weights, because I loose count when I sing along in my head But it might work for you. Another idea, have the trainer print out the workout you are doing for the week, then focus on each step on the paper? Just a thought.
Anne~ creamer not being real food might work I just wish it wasnt so full of sugar. I dont get why they dont make that stuff with a sweetener.
Good luck getting thru the political stuff at work. Its good that you are good at it.....Im not. I hate that stuff!
ChinaMaine~ Kudos for making your cheat sheet and recognizing that social drinking is an issue for you. The social stuff isnt my issue, its when Im home watching desperate housewives The bottle usually empties before the show is over!
wendylan~ I hope your poodle makes it thru the surgery ok, and its what he needs. Sick pets are just so hard to deal with arent they
onebyone~ yah for you!! She called you back! Im glad, I hope things have settled down with what ever issues "she" was having.
Im op all the way. My weight has been fluctuating a little bit 1/2 lb up 1/2 lb down etc. Its been doing that all week. Im glad I started getting on the scale a while ago....seeing the changes doesnt hurt so bad.
I have noticed tho, when I dont drink my water the scale goes up or stays still. Note to self: Drink you water!
Im off to get a new haircut! Have a great day everyone!
WI-unchanged. Beck – Read my cards, made a plan. It was a much more complete than it has been lately. Although I didn’t verify that my sat fat and fiber levels were okay, the calories are. Food – op, Exercise – op (today I used handweights). Fatigue: 3.2 (1=Feels great, 5=Extreme Fatigue) I have real brain fog today – my least favorite symptom of fatigue. It’s like having marshmallows for brains…
Anne Yes, political damage control gets in the way of doing 'real' work doesn't it? Kudos for doing it anyway -- too bad you'll need to wait months to see if it works out. Credit for all the green smilies, being op, etc.
Bill Credit for being op and for fighting those sabotaging thoughts about being tired. It is hard to figure out how to add in new exercise isn’t it? Time is finite. Oh well...
Tera Just a thought, but I write all my posts in a word doc, and then paste them into the reply box. That way, I still have the message even if the 3fc site barfs… Sorry the pain level is higher – but congrats on the higher activity level! Kudos on counting calories and selling the bikes.
Robin I absolutely think everyone should turn and yell ‘Robin’ when you arrive at the gym. Credit for taking the typical ups and downs on the scale in stride!
Last edited by ChinaMaine; 05-07-2009 at 09:30 PM.
I did it. My final print is done. It's not perfect, in a couple of places it ripped but it can be repaired. It took 4 hours from start to finish. And I want to do another one! Now that we did the one I know how to go about it and I hope the second print turns out better=no rips.
So. A few more things to do before I am "free" but technically I have now satisfied all the criteria for my 3 year program and I am done and art school diploma bound to me for seeing this through.
I've seen a lot of sabotage going on around me in these last few weeks. Either spouses or students themselves but everyone seems to have had a struggle so I am in good company.
Anyway I've attached a jpg of my print. This is the fruit of my labour for this past semester. I'll be trimming the edges of my print a bit but the width will stay the same. In this image the print measures 96" wide x 48" tall. It's big and I love it.
Credit moi for seeing this through.
Thanks for being here coaches.
Coaches/Buddies On plan again today. Now if only my weight would get with the program. Geeze. Kind of a lousy run this morning, but I was feeling lousy, tired and sore, so I'll call it a victory and move on. Sore. Ah, that's it. Swollen muscles retain water. Duh. Other than that, ho hum. Yes!
Tomorrow is nonstop. Riding with a friend at 6 a.m. Back by 8 to shower, then off to take DD for her haircut, then to daycare for a "Mommy spa" thing where she puts cucumbers on my eyes , maybe a coffee, off to the doc for my physical, meeting another friend for lunch, shopping for teacher appreciation gifts, back to daycare to pick up, and then home for toddler fun. I'm already tired. I've got to figure out some kind of food plan that fits this.
Bill I'm willing to harass you (virtually of course) if you slack on your gym workouts. A bit tired?! Wa ha ha ha ha!
Tera Sorry bout the post monster. Glad to hear about the business accounts and the website.
RobinW Welcome to the crack-of-stupid! Did you know that Bill's posts show up for me at about 2-3 am, and I'm often awake to read them. Sigh. Crack-of-stupid indeed. (This means you are doing an awesome job with your commitment, BTW. I'm impressed!)
ChinaMaine Ouch for the fatigue and brain fog. Sounds like you are getting back on track just fine. Steps in the right direction.
onebyone WONDERFUL! onebywonderful! A big congrats for getting from there to here!
Diet Coaches/Buddies - Iffy weather made my after work walk seem less appealing. No problem, I took Gerbilina for a walk instead. Nice. CREDIT moi. There is the advantage that I'm not tempted to walk past Whole Foods and their FREE samples. Put Neil Diamond in the old boom box sitting right there. Wondered if Cherry Cherry was about food. Had never had that thought in the zillion years since I first heard that song, LOL.
Eating was on plan, ho-hum, CREDIT moi.
onebyone - Kudos for finishing the work of the three year program. And you're still standing, LOL.
Love the SIZE of your print; would be fun to walk down it seeing the story of the transportation strike unfold.
Robin (RobinW) - Big Kudos for gym at "crack-of-stupid", LOL.
You're right, it would be a great motivator to be greeted by everyone when entering the gym. It continues to amaze me that, after three and a half years at the gym, there's only a handful of people I exchange greetings with. And most of those I know from outside gym. My gym is not a people kind of place.
Anne (wndranne) - That "Mommy Spa" might require extra effort to keep a straight face. You need to bring your camera to the teacher to get pictures with cucumber eyes, LOL.
Thanks for the offer to harass me if I succumb to the vapors instead of doing my gym. Your total non-sympathy is just what I need. I'll think of you at 9am my time, me at the office starting a two hour tele-conference, you out for a two hour bike ride. You win, LOL.
Tera (twilit tera) - Kudos for moving forward with your business plan; an online comic production sounds like a gas.
My response to the old post monster is to paste my post into a dot txt file before I hit [Submit Reply]. This also protects me against a Firefox crash or a MS Windows crash. But I also lost one earlier this year when I was in a hurry and didn't take that precaution.
ChinaMaine - Ouch for the increased fatigue. And Kudos for ho-hum OP and OP despite it.
Great motivator for me to remember when I'm entertaining the Sabotaging Thought, "I'm tired" when I'm really not; just suffering from the vapors, LOL.
Readers -
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resistance technique 5 Read all of your Response Cards - including these additional cards.
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Successful dieters and maintainers stay successful becasuse they don't eat whatever they want, whenever they want it. They stick to their plans.
Wednesday
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A little schoolwork, a little housework.
everyone! 
Closing in
& 
both at the same time. 
I know drinking socally trips me up. I know I do fairly well when I make a plan. Not perfect, but very well. I have no explanation for my lack of forethought… 
After much cajoling, I made myself do a mistake analysis (aka cheat sheet) yesterday. The 3 cheat sheets I’ve done for these kinds of evenings are almost identical. So I need to make sure I make a plan every single time I will be drinking socially. Do I need to write this 100 hundred times on a chalk board, a la a 1950s classroom?? (I hope not.) 
I’ve only read the 2nd book, but it is great!
leaving white beans in your Glad container! How’s the Sole treating you?
You're ALMOST there. Inches. You've got this. 
Might make having to go not quite so bad 
Thursday
to me for seeing this through.