Okay I am laughing my head off thinking about carol on her bike!!! Are you going to wear bike gear when you ride? heee heee. Sabrina, You are too funny!! Everyone stay away from the crazy lady's house!!!!
I'm glad to see that everyone is in good spirits today!!
Can't stay on long- 3 year old is giving me fits.... Think I'll put him up for sale on Ebay... Wonder how much I'll get???? Okay, maybe that's not a good idea.Guess I'll just have to pray for a little extra patience instead.
Have a good night!!!
You all are going to probably think this sounds silly but I took my exercise bike outside and put it under a tree. You see, I love outdoors but I'm not supposed to be in the sun. This way, in the shade of a big tree, I can enjoy the outdoors and get exercise. My hubby is going to really laugh when he sees this one! I am crazy about fresh tomatoes so I have a really big one for lunch with toast. They sure don't last long..... from Aug. until freeze which can be as early as Oct. I am also making tomato juice today.
It does not sound silly. It doesn't matter where you excercise as long as you get some in.
I by no means think that I have all the dieting answers, but I think I have really found a plan that works well for me. The most important thing is that it fits well with my lifestyle. The weight is coming off slowly, but it is coming off which is exciting!
I think that is the key to really find what works for you and your body. I am still experimenting. I hope I can find the right mix soon. I exercise a lot but somedays I still have trouble getting my eating under control
I had one of those "first in a long time" moments last night. I fixed supper and didn't eat. Nobody seemed to mind. There was a lot of cheese in the meal which I don't eat. But the main thing was I was just not hungry. My hubby usually doesn't like it when don't I eat with the family but last night was ok with it. Before I went to bed I had 2ou of orange juice and was fine...not even getting hungry in the night like I sometimes do. Wish I could do that more often. When I was growing up we always ate at 5:30 pm and never ate anything after that. It wasn't a rule or anything that I couldn't have something later......we just never did. I was thin then. Being a veterinarian and a farmer, my dh always wants to eat pretty late......sometimes as late as 10pm....but not often. I think I personally need more of a schedule.
Either the planets were aligned perfectly or Intuitive Eating was starting to kick in - I wasn't hungry for supper yesterday, either. I just picked at the little I had on my plate and realized it was stupid to eat when I wasn't hungry, so I quit. That last sentence is nothing short of amazing for me to say!! I haven't posted on 3FC for a long time because, quite frankly, nothing was working. Then I read the posts about "Intuitive Eating" by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch and I couldn't get to Barnes & Noble fast enough. This is exactly what I want; it's how I grew up. Counting fat grams, calories, points, or food groups makes me crazy and I can almost physically and mentally feel the pressure to stay within their guidelines. I'm in my mid-fifties and if I would have eaten intuitively instead of going on one diet after another, the last 30 years would have been a lot easier on me weight-wise. I sincerely hope 3FC starts a forum for Intuitive Eating. carolr3639: You'd be a great moderator!
2stubborn2giveup, I am 57 and feel the same way. All those years of dieting have taken their toll. There is another great book.....short and simple.....called The Overfed Head. That guy lost 140lb in a year and a half on IE. Do you have a shorter name?
Carol, you are my hero for not eating dinner because you weren't hungry!! *high five* That's so awesome!!
Ok...I really really really could use some encouragement! I was HIT with some threatening diet stuff. LOL!
1. I read some stuff on the internet criticising eating intuitively.
2. I weighed myself the other day and had gained 2 pounds.
3. The juicing/raw foods diet has knocked at my diet door again, telling me that it's the only way to be healthy. (I've dealt with this issue before and it totally set me back and I started dieting again).
BTW I looked up how we'd get our own forum here, here's what it says:
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We've had several requests for more forums recently. At this time, we are not adding anymore forums. In fact, we are downsizing a little. A lot of members have said that our extensive list of forum is somewhat confusing and they would prefer fewer forums to make it easier to use. Therefore, we do not plan to add more forums right now. We may, in the future, add more forums for large groups that have stood the test of time.
Most of our forums support dedicated threads for groups or topics, and that is the best route to take right now.
Hey everyone. I ordered a new scale online last weekend and it arrived yesterday. The old one wasn't a high enough capacity. Anyway I got home last night and tried it out right away. I was up 11 pounds from what I estimated, which was what I weight in April last time I went to my old doctor who had a higher capacity scale. So that was disappointing. But I reweighed this morning first thing and nekkid and it was only up 9 pounds from April. So I'm counting that as a 2 pound loss. LOL
I've been sticking with IE for the most part. It's not always easy. Part of the problem is that food never starts to taste bland. I over did it at lunch and honestly that last bite of hot dog and fries tasted just as delicious as the first! I was also having a bit of the "I paid for it I can't waste it" mentality. It's hard to throw away food, especially tasty food.
Hi everybody. I found this thread just after starting the book. I'm so glad there are others interested in this! When I started the book, I thought, "no way would this work!" But I kept reading, and it made more sense. I never had a weight problem until my late thirties. In the past 7 years, I've gained about 40 pounds. I've gotten on the diet merry-go-round since then. I think I had a major metabolism shift, and am also on meds. which cause one to gain weight, plus I'm marginal for thyroid problems. But this approach seems like it could work. I can't believe the things I've been discovering--that when I take time to assess my fullness, I find I don't need to eat more, or that when I take time to assess my hunger, I find I'm not "really" hungry. Wow. I think this could really make a difference. I'm glad you're all here. If this thread keeps going on, I bet they'll consider making us a forum!
Christy, Have you done the juice fasting/raw foods diet before? Well, I've dieted for 30 yr. and it doesn't work. I did a lot of fasting, too, and as I look back, that's when my weight problem escalated. When you think about it God designed our bodies NOT to lose weight because of famines. We have lost touch with our God given cues of hunger and fullnes because of all the dieting. Fasting is part of the Bible but it was not for weight loss.
Sabrina, that's ok about the forum thing. Did you ever notice that Suzanne
3FC responded on the first or 2nd page here? That was encouraging to me.
Christy, Have you done the juice fasting/raw foods diet before? Well, I've dieted for 30 yr. and it doesn't work. I did a lot of fasting, too, and as I look back, that's when my weight problem escalated. When you think about it God designed our bodies NOT to lose weight because of famines. We have lost touch with our God given cues of hunger and fullnes because of all the dieting. Fasting is part of the Bible but it was not for weight loss.
Sabrina, that's ok about the forum thing. Did you ever notice that Suzanne
3FC responded on the first or 2nd page here? That was encouraging to me.
Christy - I have never done the juice fasting, but years ago I did slimfast when I only had about 35 pounds to loose. I lost weight fast but my body has never been the same since. I think I lost a lot of muscle becasue after the diet I gained weight so quickly your head would spin and my body has been fatter than ever since. I now have about 90 pounds to loose. Oh how I wish for the days when it was only 35 pounds and everything did not jiggle.
I had one of those "first in a long time" moments last night. I fixed supper and didn't eat.
Good job on not eating. I have not been so lucky lately. I think I am still having a lot of head hunger. I ate dinner last night even though I was not very hungry. I think i was just more tired and should of just went to bed.
and it was only up 9 pounds from April. So I'm counting that as a 2 pound loss. LOL 
I was also having a bit of the "I paid for it I can't waste it" mentality. It's hard to throw away food, especially tasty food.
