Does anyone here work night shift?? I'm going to be working night shift at walmart and I don't know how this is going to work. I don't want to be eating to keep myself awake.

Lenise

Keeping control on your diet is very very important and also eating proper diet is of much importance. A person should follow a good diet plan which should include some intake of nutrition and fiber that is really good for your health. You can also opt for fruits as well as nuts that are great source of nutrition and fiber.......

Hey, Blue! Good to see you again! I know how frustrating IE can be. The reason why I "quit" IE the last time was because I wasn't losing the way I wanted. It didn't do any good (for me) to quit, because I didn't ever lose doing anything else. I did the You diet for a month, lost 10 pounds and gained it back. I did the South Beach diet for 2 weeks and lost 10 pounds, and so far it is gone. When I did IE the first time, I wished I could lose the weight first, then use IE to maintain, since maintaining is what I do best, but I knew it didn't work that way. I just could never bring myself to diet after doing IE. Those few diets I tried were extremely short-lived. It's really hard to be hungry and not eat for me now.

Lenise, I worked nights many years ago. It's not as bad as you think. I worked at a grocery store as a cashier when I was in college. I ate dinner, went to work, then ate lunch at work, then I went home and had breakfast. Weird, I know, but it was just the same as daytime, only at night.

Kate, I don't know what to say to that.

Well, I am still sick. It's waking me up at night and causing me to have weird dreams. I guess I need to go back to bed in a minute. You are so right, Sidhe! Being sick does really mess up your internal food regulator. I've been trying really hard to listen to listen to what it is telling me, but all I can feel is sick. :lol: You know what I mean? It's just a cold, so I know I will be getting over it soon, but I hate it just the same.

Everyone have a great day! :)

I overate at supper. Why do I do that? I still have a little bit of that clean your plate thinking in me. I hate that too full feeling. Lessoned learned....I hope.

I've realized recently that I find it a lot easier to attentive to hunger and satiety with salad type foods (not just greens; rice/bean/veggie salads too), than with sandwich type foods. The salads I find easier to eat slowly, and stop before I'm full and put the leftovers away. With sandwich type foods, I eat faster and "finish" the thing.

Thanks for the tip, Julie.

I don't know, but I do it, too. Like today, I ate a nice lunch and more than my normal lunch, but I was really hungry. Then, I went home and I ate a donut just because it was there! Why?! I was not hungry. It just was there and it looked so good. Maybe what I should do is put them away so I can't see them, then if I want one it is there, but I am not eating it just because it is there, you know?

Yesterday wasn't too bad. I wasn't really hungry at work last night. About 5 o'clock my stomach started growling so I had some crackers. I was hungry when I woke up @2 pm and I had an apple and cheese. This is going to take some time to get used to!

Lenise

Yes, it really does take time. I did get to the point, though, where I was staying up later in the morning, kinda the way you used to at night. I would come home from work, eat breakfast, watch TV, then I would go to bed around 10am. I suppose it is the same difference as staying up until 10pm and then going to bed. I wouldn't be awake in the evening, and that was sometimes bad because I wouldn't see my family or my favorite TV shows because I was sleeping until 7 or 8 pm and then going to work. Do you have shades that black out the light? It really does help.

I was just going through some of my old posts and I noticed that I hardly ever post anywhere but here. Guess I just don't want to get sidetracked. ha!

Haha! I know what you mean Carol! I've bounced around a bit since being here, but IE just seems like the place to hang my hat. I thought I could participate in a challenge this summer on another thread, but soon realized that it was just counter productive to what I was trying to do with IE.

What's with the new "cookie diet" ads?! SHEESH!

I know! "Eat cookies that don't taste like cookies, lose weight!"

Well, I would rather have a real cookie, thank you. :lol: And, I can't seem to post anywhere else, either. I tried the 30-somethings, but I guess they didn't want me. Oh, well. I am starting to feel better. My voice is still really messed up, but my sinuses are not killing me anymore. Anybody notice that with some illnesses you get super hungry? More hungry than usual, I mean? It felt like all I did this week was eat. Now, I'm starting to feel more normal.

Anyway, I have to go. We have some tailgating to do today.

Yes I notice that I get hungry at times when I am sick and other times I'm not. Strange.

Glad to hear you're feeling better, CandEs. Usually when I'm sick I want NOTHING in my stomach, but then I have a touchy stomach, anyway. I'd say your hunger means your body is really fighting whatever's gotten into it right now! :lol:

Carol and Blue, I know just what you mean. The more time I spend here and the more time I spend reading and thinking about IE, the less I can tolerate the other forums. I worry that this might be a bit elitist of me, but then I figure if it works for me, I'm not hurting anyone, so...I mean, it's not like I'm posting elsewhere and ranting about how they're all wrong and misinformed and doomed to failure! (I, uh, seem to only do that here...;) )

But then...I dunno. I've been spending a lot of time reading "fat acceptance" blogs lately, and they seem to be just as off-the-mark, really. For example, I was reading one this morning and the blogger was worried that she was "letting down the movement" by eating a frozen veggie medley that was labelled "weight smart" or something like that. She talked about how she tried to eat around it, but she kept coming back to really wanting that frozen medley. Then she talked about the guilt she felt for eating something that was "marketted for weight loss" and how she had vowed to not do any eating with the goal of weight loss ever again...:blah: :blah: :blah: I found myself wanting to seriously write a scathing response ("Woman! It's just food! FOOD! If that's what you want, eat it! Who <ugly word here> CARES what label some random company has slapped on it?? Don't you see that by only eating food that is NOT labelled for weight loss you're doing the exact same thing as someone who only eats foods that ARE labelled for weight loss???") but it was an old post, so I left it. Besides, that wouldn't have exactly been constructive...or polite. :^:

Lately I have been in a serious "foods that make me feel good" mood, and I've been eating a lot of fruits and veggies and "food that grows that way". Which means avoiding processed carbs like breads and cakes and such. The difference is, though, that I regularly tell myself that I can have them if I want them, "but think about how that will make you feel first." I've been naturally veering away. Everything is still on my list, but I'm getting better at accepting that my body just doesn't feel good when I eat certain things. When I go to the grocery store I still visit the cakes ("hi guys!"), but I'm becoming more and more steady in my conviction that my body doesn't feel good when I eat them. Never let it be said that I'm a quick learner--this is taking so much effort! ;)

Speaking of grocery stores, I went to the store and spent $78.78 (weird) on mostly fresh stuff. The only things I bought that weren't completely unpackaged were 2 12-packs of Fresca and a box of Anna's ginger thins (Swedish cookies, with one preservative but otherwise all recognizable ingredients). I'm so excited! Turkey with salad? Fresh pineapple? How about an apple with some peanut butter (my breakfast this morning)? Tonight for dinner I'm planning turkey meatloaf, a freshly sliced tomato with salt & pepper, and mashed sweet potatoes. Now if only I'd get hungry!! :lol:

This is getting long again. My goodness, I just don't know when to stop typing! ;)

Oh, Sidhe, your food sounds so good. Well, I went tailgating yesterday and seriously, the only really good stuff was what I brought. Of course, I know that is a matter of opinion. I took a bite of one of their brownies and one of the cookies, but they were so bad, I had to (discreetly) throw them in the trash. I didn't want to offend anyone, but yuck! So I settled on some cut-up apples that I brought. They were good.

I think, at least for now, I'm super-saturated on the sugar-laden foods. I don't want to look at another donut or cake at the moment. I hope this feeling will last and my sugar kick is finally broken. lol

I haven't been tempted much by sweets lately either and it has actually felt a bit weird! But good weird.

I'm sure it's just a phase

Haha, CandEs and Julie, I'm off sugar right now too! I'd say maybe it's the time of year but good GRIEF, it's been hot lately! ;)

Sidhe, that is funny you should talk about that woman talking about not eating diet food anymore. lol I had a moment tonight where I kinda felt that way. I have some leftover unsweetened Almond Breeze from my South Beach faze, and I was thinking of making a SBD drink from it. They were really good. It made me think of your earlier post.

Julie, I hope this is a phase I keep for awhile! ;)

Hey, if you like it and you're hungry/thirsty, go for it! :)

(Secret: I quite like Smart Ones chicken enchiladas suiza and Santa Fe style rice&beans. Which I eat with tortilla chips. But I LIKE THEM, so I really don't care that they're marketted/manufactured as "weight loss" foods.)

Good evening or morning! I'm confused!! This is the first night I've had off and I don't have to go back in till Wednesday night!! It does stay pretty dark in our bedroom with heavy curtains and dark blinds. Actually I've been sleeping better on this shift. Weird. I'm going to enjoy the next few days off!

Catch ya later!
Lenise

I think that would be difficult to switch from working nights to being off and up in the day. But my daughter is an RN and she does it all the time. She seems to be tired quite often, however.

Ugh, I'm pretty sure I had my first gallbladder attack yesterday. Miserable! And long! Nonstop pain for over 6 hours, several hours surrounding that of "just" plain pain, and several more hours surrounding that of uncomfortable. Close to 12 hours in all. It probably didn't help that I mistook the beginning of it for severe hunger from waiting too long to eat, and had a big, satisfying dinner. We'll see how far I get on 3 or so hours of sleep today. I'm afraid to eat but nibbling on some lowfat granola and fruit.

I wonder if this has something to do with having been so ambivalent about sweets lately. Well, I'm going to try not to borrower trouble and hopefully won't have another attack.

Doesn't gallbladder attack have something to do with fat in your diet? Just wondering.

Oh no Julie! :hug: Take it easy, dear, from everything I've heard those are the worst. :(

Carol, they can be triggered by a fatty meal. I don't normally worry about fat in my granola, but I'm a-scared ;)

Sidhe, thanks, it was pretty awful :dizzy:

Hi Julie!!! I hope you start feeling better. I feel you on the gallbladder pain. It is excruciating. I had my first attack when I was almost due with my first baby back in 2001. I thought I was in labor and I kept thinking if this is labor I'm never having anymore children. I would just ball up and scream into my pillow. After 2 trips to the E.R., they determined the problem was gallstones and took out my gallbladder after my son was 8 weeks old. I feel great now. Gallbladder pain is worst than childbirth in my opinion cause the pain is constant and severe for hours at a time. You don't get a breather in between. Take care of yourself.

Oh, Julie, hope you feel better! I know it's bad. My DH had gallbladder attacks and we ended up in the emergency room on Christmas day after dinner a couple of years ago. He is not one to go to the doctor, either. They did tests and his gallbladder was functioning at 80%. They wanted to take it out, but he wouldn't let them. He's been attack-free for a couple of years now. His mother had hers out last year. She said she feels a lot better now.

Oh gosh, Natoshial, I can't imagine having it close to term. That's horrid! You're right, there's no breather.

theCandEs, that's the outcome I'm hoping for! I'd rather not lose body parts.

Thanks everyone, I do feel better today, and can eat some. Just sleepy!

No kidding! I hate surgery. I have avoided having my knee repaired where I tore my meniscus just because I can't stand the thought of having surgery. Two c-sections is enough for me!

CandEs, really? Wow. I've had surgery 5 times and it really doesn't phase me. Knock me out, do what you're gonna do, wake me up. Perfect. ;)

But then, I guess being a health professional helps with the...devil-may-care attitude. It's like modesty...I'm not *inappropriately* immodest, of course, but if I'm going to the doctor and I have something like a rash (as I did once, ALL OVER, ow!!) I'm just going to show him and not care. He's a doctor, he see it all the time, right? :shrug:

Julie, glad you're feeling better today. What does the attack feel like, if I may ask? A long time ago when I was maybe 15 I had something happen where I was screaming in pain, and they couldn't figure out what it was. Now I wonder...

At first it was that gnawing out your insides feeling when get you are SO hungry. But then it started to feel downright painful. Right in the upper middle abdomen (and later, a little to right). Constant. I think it's kind of like a toothache. It makes you want to keep shifting to find a comfortable position every couple minutes, but nothing helps. I couldn't lay on that side or stretch the area at all. I couldn't do anything else all night. But strangely, I didn't feel nauseated. It was just pain.

And like you said, it's pretty typical to occur at night. And some people have one and never have another one.

Hmm, that doesn't sound anything at all like what happened to me. Ah, well. It was almost 20 years ago, and really not a concern anymore. ;)

So glad the pain let up for you, though! :hug:

I'm feeling kind of blue about a girl who posted on 3fc until about 6 weeks ago. She had been a regular and lost almost 100 lb while taking prednisone. I always admired her but know she has a lot of health problems. She used to say she would have someone post if anything ever happened to her. But lately, in the last few months she had been posting less and less, sporadically. There is no way to find out anything. Missing her and knowing there is know way to know how she is doing.

I think of a lot of people who disappear :(

Sidhe, well, I wish I could be that way about surgery, but having my first c-section was no picnic, especially after pushing for 3 hours to try to get him out, and it just wasn't happening. Then, I had a horrible recovery. I was still feeling awful even after 6 weeks. It was just terrible. My second section went better because I didn't have all of the initial trauma of labor, but it still wiped me out for a couple of weeks. I'm not eager to go back. To top it off, my doctor had his knee repaired (the same surgery I need), and ended up almost dying from MRSA and a blood clot forming in his leg. They told him he will never regain full use of his leg again, and he was an avid runner. Thanks, but I will pass.

As far as modesty goes, once you have had children, you have experienced the full gamut of incivility with regards to your body. ;) I rarely get embarrassed anymore. lol

Carol, I hope your friend is okay. Maybe you could PM her? I wouldn't think she would mind.

I have written her a pm twice but she hasn't even been here to read in 6 weeks. If you look at a person's profile, you can see when they were lost on.

Glad you're feeling better Julie!

Sorry to hear your friend is missing, Carol. It may be that she has just moved on.

I've been bouncing around between eating sugary/carby stuff to whole grains and natural stuff. I decided to try to eat more "natural" foods because of the same reasons you mentioned, Sidhe. The just make me feel better. But I find that old diet mentality still lingering telling me that I'd really like to eat that cake or whatever.

If I had to sum up IE in one sentence I think it would be this ... "Intuitive Eating: It's not an exact science."

Amen to that!

I'm sorry, Carol. I should have realized you already tried that. I hope she is not having problems. On another site I visit, it sends you an email if someone sends you a message or replies to one of your posts. I like that because then I know someone has sent me a message.

I didn't know that. But I wonder if when it says "Last Activity" if that means posting or includes signing in. I guess I'll have to test with myself.