I wanna...... but I won't
 

Hey Ladies...

have you ever had a muffin stop you in your tracks?:fr: have you ever been petrified to enter the staff kitchen because you know you'll be harassed by sights and sounds of tempting food:shrug:. Have you ever had to talk your self away from the table.

Well..... WELCOME!

After having to literally have a conversation with myself out loud in the shower about why I shouldn't inhale a box of muffins. I developed my " I wanna...but I won't" statements.:nono: I think just accepting that you're tempted but telling yourself why you won't give in, helps remind you of your goals with weight loss. I would love for you guys to join me; I'll go first.

I wanna eat the birthday cake in the staff room, but I won't because the pleasure doesn't even come close to the pleasure of dropping to the next dress size. Bad, bad cake :devil:; you're not welcome here!!!!!:bravo:


There you go...JOIN ME!!! lol:hug:

I always have conversations with myself, especially when I know I'm about to binge! I'll get up and start moving around keeping myself productive and tell myself not to do it, and figure out why I'm about to do it...usually it helps...

I find I have the best throughts when I'm in the shower sometimes I'm completely in my mind I don't want to leave it lol...

I had an "I wanna....but I won't" moment a couple of hours ago!! Fries were involved.

Work is the worst place for that, too. Donuts and pizza and brownies, oh my! I work with mostly men who eat out lunch everyday, unless we have a vendor bring food in. I have to talk myself down off the ledge regularly. 15 seconds later, that donut will not have been worth it!!!

Great job resisting!

I started working in a restaurant last fall. There is always incredibly tempting food and I never know when donuts or homemade goodies are going to show up. Although I am comp'ed a meal everyday I know I wouldn't make good choices. Instead I bring my own Ezekial bread and almond butter and order a side of fruit for lunch. It has really helped me resist any other offerings. I've been doing this for 3 months now and it gets easier everyday.

Be strong!

what perfect timing, I had to talk myself straight this afternoon! My winter job is in a deli/bakery. After 3 p.m. I am the only employee. I am surrounded by...platters of huge homemade cookies, squares of cake, pieces of cheesecake, chips, chocolate...everything. To fight this, I bring my own approved food to stuff myself so I do not have hunger pangs at all to be tempted. But the 'bored' hunger and the "I wanna" can be strong. But I pushed through it!

thanks for the new mantra! I wanna...but I won't! :D

I am doing this now..I would love to eat my daughters candy...I guess I should just go to bed before I eat the house...blah

Speaking of muffins....recently had an intense craving for corn muffin from a particular diner in town and fit it into my program....not the best thing for dinner, but at a whopping 450 calories, add 50 for whipped butter.....I went for it. Had it for dinner a couple of nights. Had it for breakfast (1/2) and lunch 5 hours later after running errands and shopping (other half in my car!!) on Saturday. That about did it for me and the craving is gone.

While I know a corn muffin isn't the most balanced "meal", the calorie content necessitated it to be so. I'm glad the craving is gone and I'm glad I was able to have it while counting calories. I have returned to making more balanced choices since Saturday. I guess I just had to get a little weird.

Kudos to you for being able to resist. I think had I resisted it would have made the crave worse--even tho it was the strangest dinner I've had in a long time.

Ahh, this is going to be my new motto!

I'm so glad I'm not at work these days, we had a HUGE collective sweet tooth. Now the biggest temptation to resist is finishing the kiddo's homemade meals that I slave over to cook and she seems to enjoy flinging around more than eating!

The work place is HARD. I held out the other day until the donuts were pretty much gone, but gave into about half of a left-over donut. Much better than when I used to take a half, then go get another half, and then another, and then another, all the while telling myself that I really hadn't had much at all.

Really, really hard to resist all the baking my kids do -- cookie dough, chocolate chips, but I think I'm getting stronger.

that is so hard, when it is in your own house, isn't it. Something that helps me, when it's right under my nose, is thinking "I want that, but I can resist now..but I can have it when there is a time that I just can't resist. But now I can resist." It kinda gives me the feeling that I do have control.

Good thread, my mindset is yes, I could eat anything I want, but I find I really think about what it is and is it worth it. Almost always I chose to hold off till something better comes along that I can justify. And most times I forget about the whole needing thing.

Donuts just don't do it for me anymore.

I walked into the staff kitchen today and there were 4 types of chocolate cookes... birthday cake, 2 types of pie and some chocolate and this was all before 9 am....what!

Of course I wanna inhale 10 of each but I won't because my healthy protein ball kicked that craving right out of me! YUM

It really does help to have sort-of sweet snacks available to crush that craving for sugar that is right in front of you. Nuts and dried fruit (for Phase 2) are great. And so is protein of any kind - actually does quiet the hunger pangs.

Getting past the first few weeks and putting on loose clothing has been a great motivation to resist. I'm so close to one size down I can taste it. Another week or two and I'll go clothes shopping and maybe actually enjoy myself!

Ugh. right now there is a delicious food truck with amazing short rib tacos parked outside my office. parked next to a gourmet ice cream truck. No fair!

But, I had my lunch, I'm chewing some gum, and surprisingly, my inner 4 year old is relatively tantrum free today. One more day, one more choice closer to goal.

:hug:...I love that part!!!! We can do this!!!

Its midnight and I just had a "moment".... a craving for sweets nearly unravelled my day. Thank God for protein balls. Yum.... The day is saved! and if it rears its ugly head again, I have a SF jello right next to me with which I'll knock it out!!

And nights are HARD. I had to spend this evening grocery shopping and hadn't eaten much today. Bad move, but I made it through -- even in Trader Joe's! Found a little tin of dark chocolate nibs -- just a few took off the edge until I could get home to a salad.

Feeling much better now.

Where is the protein ball recipe??

Donuts and bagels at work today, 2 floors down. The way the news spread, you'd think a celebrity had arrived! The gal next to me, who had just consumed egg, ham, croissant----went and came back with a bagel with cream cheese AND A SUGAR POWDERED CREAM DONUT. She ate the bagel and saved the donut for the afternoon. She asks me around 3pm if I have a plastic knife handy b/c she wants to eat half the donut. I had to laugh. She also ate 1/2 of a sub sandwich for lunch. She isn't huge, but she is overweight and goes to the gym but refuses to eat better. I'll never understand it. I'm so thankful, THANKFUL, that I had the sense enough to not go visit the food and bring some back with me. The idea of all the starchy/greasy food she ate between 9 and 3 is nauseating to me.

Hey Smarkey
I am not allowed to post links yet so I can't post the recipe. If you go to the on the thread link, zeffryn has one posted o the first page. I also you tube'd it and found variations. The great thing is you can make your own to your taste. It's a real crave killer!!:carrot:

WOW! Great for you!!

I was just thinking, and it probably isn't PC to say this, but I almost feel bad for people who won't take control of their eating (and therefore part of their life). DOn't get me wrong, I know how hard it is, but changes are possible. I was esp. thinking of my neighbors...the husband gently pokes fun of me for exercising (running?! You have got to be kidding me!) and eating veggies. The wife especially is probably considered morbidly obese, and can't walk to our house without being winded.

I am so grateful I found this way of eating to let me be a better person.

Sounds like your neighbors are jealous and feeling guilty.

I grew up with a mom who dieted constantly and was ridiculed for every step she took to loosing weight and improving her health. Of course, she failed. When I started on South Beach, I sat down with my family, explained what I was doing, and asked to be left in peace to do what I needed to do. They've been very supportive.

It is difficult to make changes, but it can be done. I really feel sad when I see an overweight person huffing on a bike or a walk or a run and hear my physically fit friends turn to ridicule and superiority. That overweight person is trying, for pete's sake.

Those sorts of attitudes, unfortunately, are what often shut people down. Growing up with that kept me from even trying to improve for way too long a time.

I wanna inhale 2 slices of wheat toast n butter... But I won't cuz just 9 days in SBD n I've lost 6.8lbs!!!!!!!

I want the Cadbury Creme Eggs DW is eating right now...but I don't wanna because it will set me into a downhill spiral that I am not willing to take!

I want my daughter's home-baked chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Settled for a little bit of dark chocolate instead. I still want those cookies, but I won't. My clothes are loose, so I won't. It won't be long before I get to shop for clothes the next size down. So I won't!!

Its hard for me to avoid foods at work. I work with preschoolers and have to feed them breakfast, lunch and a snack. I used to nibble the left-overs, but I've been SOOOOO good last week. Not one animal cracker, not one slice of pizza, not a single nibble of rice and chicken. It isn't easy, but I have to do what I have to do.

Wow, Sactolady, that's a tough one, congrats!! (and congrats to everyone else too!)

I had posted in the daily thread...I was at a work clinic, where there was a TON of bad foods, and I did not touch it!!

A big "you go girl!!!!" to all of us!!!!!!!

I never thought I'd see the day when I would sell my third kidney for a handful of grapes.... Man! 3 days left, don't know if I can do this much longer! ;( ;(

Keep going!! Fruit is going to taste so wildly good - it's become my sweet treat in Phase 1.5 -2 (somewhere in there). Well worth the wait and you gain a whole new appreciation for some of the foods you haven't been able to eat. Keep Going!!

:hug:Thanks smarkey! 2 more days....

You can do it!

I never thought I'd miss fruit so much, and I'm only on Day 3!

I always thought people who took fruit as their sweet treat were lightweights - only the full-fat triple chocolate option with chocolate sprinkles on top would do for me. Now even the smell of banana revs me up!

This is proving a great thread to let the cravings out beat them away!

Ahem.

I have an announcement to make.

I walked around San Francisco all day yesterday without touching a single bite of sourdough. Not even a taste of clam chowder. No mini donuts by the bucket. No delectgrable pastries. No organic red velvet cupcakes. Nothing. I had a burrito bowl with brown rice for lunch, and a lettuce wrapped burger with a side of broccoli for dinner. Take that fat! You're going down!

That is all.

:eek: Yikes Southlake...we were in San Francisco this summer and that is a MAJOR accomplishment. Even the beer in the happy hours was always some expensive (and heavy) boutique beer! I am totally impressed!

hey Southlake

:bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo::bravo:

Today at work...
Walked there was pecan pie on the table... a gift to us. I am not a pecan person but I looked at the calorie content out of curiosity. Can you believe 1/5 of the pie was 560 calories!!!! Disgusting and Barf worthy... No, my greek yorgurt and slim-ish hips are satisfying enough!!!!