Diet Coaches/Buddies - Dinner. On the patio. With gazpacho. CREDIT moi. I haven't a Clue why it's so much fun to write that. Obviously a play on the guesses of the board game, Clue, but methinks I also revel in my childhood memories of playing that game for hours. And I really like gazpacho. After a spell of being too cold to sit outside, last night was almost too warm. Part of doing the Beck stuff is that I'm spending more time just appreciating the moment. Dinner on the patio chatting with DW is one fine moment.
After gym (CREDIT moi) we climbed a tall structure to watch for migrating Nighthawks (CREDIT moi again just for the activity). The name is odd because they aren't hawks and they don't fly at night but rather at dusk when the insects are buzzing. They're almost as agile as bats catching bugs in the air as they fly.
onebyone - Yep, it takes time to know if a food plan is working. I do sympathize with the desire to see results
NOW! Hope your
"$chq" gets signed ASAP.
Joy (gardenerjoy) - Meeting a month long goal - particularly a tough one (
"800/1800 minutes for August") is a big deal. Yep, worthy of a reward and your Sculpt DVD seems ideal; Kudos.
Shepherdess - Gotta steal,
"my cravings are like cockroaches and scatter when I turn on the light of reason." That said, now I'm real-bad-like craving some peach ice cream pie. And wondering if you'd supply the YouTube link to the
"peach ice cream pie dance," LOL. (Is that peach ice cream make into a pie, or a peach pie with ice cream, or what?)
Cheryl (Seadwaters) - Hoping your weigh in settles the anxious feelings. It struck my funny bone reading that you were waiting
"until September hit the States."
Debbie (Lexxiss) - Monster Kudos for having a talk with your DH instead of letting the hurt fester until you found yourself eating about it. Perhaps Beck should have a chapter titled,
Talk It Out.
Donna (new2me2) - Yay for shopping in your own closet - that's a neat NSV. Hope your doctor's visit went well yesterday afternoon.
Woodland - Methinks you've fingered the key to all of Beck with,
"naming my emotion" - thanks for that. Once named, the power just dissipates.
Houston2Command - LOL at
"there is no such thing as a free cookie" - I'll remember that one next time we come face-to-face. I just love it that you've making your Diet Coach work out for both of you.
Amber (AmberPr) - I shudder at the thought of going shopping with my DD, but take your
"Fun Fun!!!" as positive. Hope it went well. Re my 1000 calories: I did mean a 1000 calorie deficit. For me that was about 1800 calories total at my high weight. As I lost, the deficit declined since I kept my eating plan constant and let the rate of weight loss decline to zero. I declared I was done when my body hadn't lost any weight for a month.
Alma (Alma4343) - Kudos for outing those Sabotaging Thoughts; they need to remain unnamed to do their dirty deeds.
Marci (madrikh) - And you beat out your
"nasty battle" to post here - what a good step, Kudos.
MaryContrary - Yay for getting measured and weighed - good to have a concrete baseline so you can't avoid acknowledging your successes. Kudos for bringing your bogged down up to the light so you can get on track - yep, does sound like Beck. Can't imagine a more supportive thought than your DGD's
"Mary, you're not fat, you're just soft."
Carol (Starling) - Bon Voyage to you and your DS. LOL at
"the surlies" - hope they withered in the light.
maryann - First, my thanks for remaining on the front lines as an 8th grade teacher; I know the system is making it harder and harder so I appreciate those who stay on the job. And Kudos for a stellar response,
"I acted as if I had a shining sword I could hold into the cave of ignorance."
Nature Girl - Yay for your
"September challenge" - so good to have clear goals that you can follow on a daily basis. Neat that you have a real life Diet Coach; let us know how that is working out. Kudos for giving yourself credit for all you're accomplishing right now. I'm glad that you've joined us.
Readers -
Quote:
day 36
Build More Confidence
It's important to continually take stock of what you've learned and the progress you've made. You need to recognize that you've lost weight because of your own efforts. You can continue to make this happen. Reinforce this idea by writing in your diet notebook exactly how you're different, as Brenda did.
The Beck Diet Solution, pg 241.