Diet Coaches/Buddies – On plan eating, CREDIT moi, with the single snack being a California Navel Orange in the evening. Dinner, alone, was the left over half of the 'small' Thai meal from last Friday, a green salad, and a bowl of lentil soup (perhaps it was weak Dahl - I don't know the difference). I left a wad of brown rice - separate CREDIT moi since it's still a challenge for me to leave food.
Walking, CREDIT moi, in the continued bitter cold was invigorating. The game is to remember the few places where the sidewalk was never shoveled that is now solid ice so that I don't get trapped. Of course I can walk over the ice but I have to break my brisk pace and I lose imaginary points in the imaginary game. Or worse, the bad guys with vorpal swords might catch up. (Grown ups are not expected to be sympathetic.) Took a second walk later on a made up errand just because.
onebyone – Terrific story of your friend changing careers from biologist to stunning artist. Kudos for reaching out and bringing her to your group.
Joy (gardenerjoy) – You win the Beck plan ahead award for starting Daylight Savings Time switch a week early. [I'll look for that salmon packed in its own oil - cool idea.]
Cheryl (seadwaters) – Important step,
"I am getting bored and need to rethink." Kudos for being aware. Love the perspective,
"I need to get fit to retire healthy!"
FutureFitChick – Here's a story to make an Indiana academic feel proud enough to cure a headache:
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On January 18, 1897, Indiana state representative Taylor I. Record argued in favor of changing the value of pi. Pi, which can be rounded to 3.14159, is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Tyler believed that the number was inconveniently long; in House Bill 246, he asked that it be rounded up to 3.2 The bill passed the House but was defeated in the Senate when the chairman of Purdue University's math department successfully pleaded that it would make Indiana a national laughingstock. The value of pi in Indiana remains the same as in every other state.
Paul A. Offit, M.D., Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, page 142
ladym0208 – Super Kudos for skipping the pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (not a tradition that came over with the Pilgrims). The generosity of folks who have little always moves me.
Beth (bethFromDayton) – Cheers for
"hunger is not an emergency" when that's what you need.
Tricia (AZtricia) - Yay for no stinks and Kudos for OP.
Readers -
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day 13 Overcome Cravings
Waiting out a craving increases your ability to tolerate cravings and also increases your confidence that you can do so. The more often you wait out your cravings, the less intense and less frequent they'll be in the future. Eventually, you'll experience a craving, and, instead of feeling bad, you'll feel good. You'll spontaneously say to yourself, This is great ... I'm feeling a craving, but I know I can tolerate it and it'll go away ... It's great that I'm tolerating it! Instead of feeling deprived, you'll feel good - proud, strong, confident, in control. Dieting will get so much easier.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 127.