Glad you're back, Carri! I just got back on the wagon on Saturday, after a 2 week free-for-all. I'm having a "job" problem, too, and now we're in the middle of a bad family crisis, but suddenly I know that truffles and pizza will not make any of it better. I don't mean to sound enlightened, or anything, cause who knows when I'll revert back - LOL! But for now, I'm on, and I'm about to head out for a walk with my sister, who has also climbed aboard the wagon recently. That's what I know for now. Good luck to you, and hang in there! Somehow things have just got to work out, and the economy has got to improve. We have to keep the hope alive!
Arabella, I hope you're hanging in there, too! I'm crossing my fingers for your SIL's problem to be curable! Now, are you still going to go to WW if you're going to the nutritionist? Or maybe the nutritionist visits would be less frequent than weekly? I'm just pondering out loud - sort of... Well, good luck either way, and keep us posted!
Let's all just do the best we can, and here's hoping for a good week!
Because I'm having a colonoscopy on Tuesday. Two days fasting (only "clear" foods, like broth and juice, tea) combined with nasty stuff to make sure I'm clean, followed by an enema or two. Yup, I reckon I'll have a loss. But let me tell you, I would not otherwise. I've been having some rough afternoons.
However, I'm thinking while I'm not eating, I'll start planning how to have the control not to eat in the afternoons. I mean, if I can manage to not eat for two days, I should be able to make it through my afternoons, between lunch and dinner, wouldn't ya think. Maybe I'll consider that I'm fasting between lunch and dinner every day. Eat only clear foods (except no juice! Only no or low-cal stuff). That's beginning to sound like a bit of a plan.
No news on the SIL front. We're just hanging in there.
Auntie g, I'm not going to go to the nutritionist. After the consultation she told me she charges $150 to draw up a program for you and then $30 a week for consultations. And, TBH, I probably know about as much as she does. I could draw up my own program and maybe a better one. It's mostly just the accountability. One on one would have been good but that's just way too expensive. So. I'll be heading back to WW this week.
Carri, try not to worry! You know it doesn't help anything. I know what you mean about the comfort of food but the comfort only lasts while you're eating. I don't know if you're as bad as I am but when I binge, within a few hours I'm hating on myself. And twice as stressed out, twice as depressed. Aw, I'm crazy!
Anyway, Goilies, onward and upward (except for on the scale where we're seeking that downward direction. Have a good night!
Yay! I was getting worried about this thread. Well, I had a great weigh-in yesterday. I sadly had gained 8 lbs on my 2 week splurge, but I lost 7½ of them last week, and now my ticker is correct and I'm solidly on the wagon. So, don't you girls give up over some bad behavior! It is fixable!
Aside from that, things are pretty messed up here. The previously mentioned crisis is still in limbo, and now my grandmother is in the hospital. She's 92 and has pneumonia on top of other existing problems. I'm off to see her as soon as I'm done posting, so I'd better get moving.
Arabella, yeah, I wouldn't pay that kind of money for the nutritionist either! I'm sure you're right that you could make up your own program. Hmmmm, maybe that's an idea for a new career angle... Anyway, WW will work just fine for accountability. Good luck with the test prep... Maybe after that, you won't want to eat bad. You know, like when you get a new car and want to keep it nice and clean - LOL!
I'm home, post-colonoscopy. It was so not a big deal -- AND -- not even a polyp. I'm happy.
Now taking that 2-day break from food to help me formulate a new relationship with food. I CAN get through my afternoons without binging. If I can control myself to not eat at all for two days, I can control myself to not eat things I shouldn't in the afternoon.
Auntie g, congrats on losing all of that again and being under the Big 2 again. I'm on my way there, I am. Good for you being on track through crisis. Sending good energy to your grandmother. :
Hi Girls, I am still here off and on, trying to get myself fully back on track and on the right path again.
Auntie G - congrats on getting those gained pounds off and getting back on again, you are doing a great job.
Arabella - glad things turned out okay with the test...sometimes a few days off food really helps you get things going in the right direction so good luck!!
I am going to try this weekend and just sort of detox and get back on and start heading down instead of up
Auntie G - how sad is this? last night I was watching Biggest Loser while working on a sleeve of girl scout cookies? I laugh about it but it isnt funny I guess, ha ha
Hi girls, glad to see you both. Carri, years ago (many years ago!) I used to get a kick out of eating an entire giant sized candy bar DURING a WW meeting! Crazy!
Anyway, I probably will be off the grid for a little while, as we've had family tragedy. But I'll be back, and I trust you guys will keep the thread going. Right now none of this diet stuff seems important, but when things start getting back to normal, I'll need this. I'm still reading, just mostly not in a frame of mind to write. I just wanted you to know...
Oh, Auntie g! I'm so sorry for your trouble. Sending you thoughts of peace and comfort. Thanks for letting us know.
Carri, I've done similar -- it's almost like our inner child takes over sometimes, I think. Stupid reality? I won't let it get me! We're defying our inner adult, I think.
(Gosh, AG - a giant candy bar DURING a WW meeting? I'd love to hear more about that some time when you're up to telling us. Well, at least you weren't sneak-eating!)
Here it is, Girls: Maybe the diet stuff doesn't seem important at some difficult times in our lives but looking after ourselves, making sure our real needs are met -- that's more important the worse things get. You've got to hang on to your self. Get enough rest, take deep breaths (they're very nourishing!). Make sure you eat healthy foods. You can't put yourself on hold. Take good care of yourself -- you belong to you!
So. That said, I'm going to get a little work done and then go for a walk. Another frigid morning here. Supposedly storming this aft. Enough with the winter already!
Lovelies, let's take this day and make it work for us!
Auntie G - I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers, hugs to you ... we will patiently wait for your return...
Arabella - probably is my inner child wanting to rebel...I am ready to get back on track this weekend and stay there...i am pumping myself up for it...speaking of cold weather it is going to be a high here today of 26...so really cold...supposed to snow and be cold this weekend too...I guess Winter cant hang on forever, can it? ha ha
I had a bad day yesterday, trying to be good all day - I think I dropped my calories to drasticly and I ended up with a pretty bad headache last night...could be that I didnt have any caffiene either like I had bee having, might have to have a little bit today to ween myself off...but I did feel good about getting through the day sans cheat, ha ha
Arabella- how you are you doing?
Auntie G - hope to see you back soon, thinking of you.
I guess we dont know whatever happened to Mez, but Mez if you are lurking and reading just want to say Hi and hope everything is going okay...come back in and join us if you can.
Hope you all have a good day, and talk to you soon. Here is to another OP day!!
Carri, good for you getting through a day with good behavior! I'm looking to do the same today. Have not been doing well at all. Winter doldrums, at least in part. But... I. AM. NOT. GOING. TO. BINGE. TODAY.
It makes me so miserable. Seems like a good idea at the time and then I feel like such a loser. Yeah, this is an addiction.
OK, girls, I'm still here. I'm still not exactly ready for this, but I don't want to lose contact. Carri, I messaged you on myspace, but I guess you're not on there that often, so I'm just going to spit it out here. Last Tuesday my brother died. He was 42. I'm a mess. Today we met with my sister's pastor to work on a Memorial service, and I'm hoping that will provide some healing. I know things will get better in time, but for now I'm just trying to keep it together as best as I can.
I don't want to be depressing, so I think I still need to lie low until I find a new normal. I haven't gotten on the scale, but then I haven't exactly been eating normally lately, so I'll have to work back into that, too.
I know I'm going to lose some weight this week...
Yup, I reckon I'll have a loss. But let me tell you, I would not otherwise. I've been having some rough afternoons. 
Maybe I'll consider that I'm fasting between lunch and dinner every day. Eat only clear foods (except no juice! Only no or low-cal stuff). That's beginning to sound like a bit of a plan. 
Glad that's done!
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I'm so sorry for your trouble. Sending you thoughts of peace and comfort. Thanks for letting us know. 
