Good Morning,
I just read a short article about the three reasons for weight gain...Friday, Saturday & Sunday. For me, this is so true!! I eat well all week long and then slack off on the weekends, especially Saturday night & Sunday. Does this happen to anyone else?? There is probably already a thread out there about this issue.
Anyhoo, this weekend I am going to make a meal plan and STICK TO IT!!! Tomorrow night is dinner out, and so I'm going to eat healthy during the day, have a reasonable entree and skip dessert. And as for Sunday, there will be no breakfast out this weekend. Thats a killer -- I have a recurring Sat. night dream about pancakes and I practically sleep walk to the local breakfast joint every Sunday morning (with hubby in tow).
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! Its snowing again in NH. I love it - tomorrow is the first day of spring !!
Hi Melissa, Yes, I live in the Portsmouth area, but grew up in the southwestern part of NH, near Peterborough. I love my New England, couldn't leave. Wow, NYC is a big change from little 'ole NH.
Anne,
I can totally understand the weekend gain thing. In my pre-BFL days, I would hit the grocery store every Friday night after work, and stock up on snacks for the weekend. I've always had a thing about variety, so I'd end up with a bunch of different stuff that I just wanted "tastes" of. Well, needless to say, I'd always end up finishing off everything, with the plan of "being good" in the new week.
It was in doing this weekend after weekend, that I ate my way up to nearly 250#!
Cindy
PS - you can still have breakfast out, just make it an egg-white omelet, or stay home and make yourself protein pancakes (shanny cakes).
Anne - I grew up in the Hanover area and then when I was 16 moved across the river to Vermont. Love New England and would love to go back there! But gotta go where the job is Oh well, someday...and at least I have parents I can go visit on long weekends
Yes FSS.... I'm getting better at handling them.... Fridays here is pizza.... Saturday is wine.... Sunday I now go to the gym and eat clean... So I've eliminated one out of the 3 days... I also only have ONE cheat meal/day instead of the WHOLE day this makes a very big difference on the scale Monday morning and I drink a ton of water!...
I can honestly say that in my entire life, I've never forgotten to eat. I may have not eaten because I couldn't stop something else I was doing, but I was always aware that I hadn't eaten. Dh and I almost got divorced rehabbing our first house because we'd start working after work, and not eat until whatever the current projects was got done. Blood sugar dropped, tempers rose...but I didn't forget to eat LOL!
Ah, last Saturday I was outside working in the yard for hours, and forgot to eat. I wasn't necessarily hungry, but forced myself to have something. It made me stop to think that this was *not* my program (5-6), and was an invitation for a stuff-arama. I was just so in to what I was doing that time got away from me. Perahps, just an early season reminder not to let it happen again.
Here's another 22 reasons someone posted up at the Dr. Phil forum some time back-
22 Reasons You Might Be Fat Forever.
1. You are still looking for a quick and easy solution to weight loss.
2. You think that diet and exercise are the only essential factors involved in weight loss.
3. You have not identified the psychological reasons that drive your eating patterns.
4. You have not learned to manage or heal the psychological reasons that drive your eating patterns.
5. You have a fear of or resistance to growing up and becoming a full adult.
6. You use food as a reward or a treat after any or all stressful events.
7. You think you can lose weight without making exercise a regular part of your day, every day.
8. You think you can lose weight by doing it “your way.”
9. You expect to lose weight without making significant lifestyle changes.
10. You refuse to learn to become a good receiver as well as a good giver.
11. You have never learned to be effectively and appropriately assertive.
12. You have not learned to express your anger in a healthy, honest fashion.
13. You have not learned to be self-nurturing except with food.
14. You are excessively self-critical.
15. You refuse to take responsibility for your life.
16. You resist learning to love yourself.
17. You resist learning to love your body before it is thin.
18. You have not faced your inner fears of being thin.
19. You are certain that spirituality (a connection to a force greater than you) is irrelevant to weight loss.
20. You think you can lose significant weight without the support of others.
21. You have deep emotional wounds that you refuse to explore and heal.
22. You are not prepared to have weight be an issue that you will have to face each and every day for the rest of your life.
OK, now you have some incredibly important information about yourself and the things that are blocking your weight loss. You now have a choice. You can get depressed and go into avoidance or denial, or you can choose to make a renewed and informed commitment to your growth and well-being. The decision you make could change your life and your body for good!
Matthew Anderson, D. Min., is a counselor, organizational consultant, seminar leader and the author of books and tapes that can help you overcome your obstacles to well-being.
Isn't that great? When I read that the first time, I copied and pasted it and sent it to myself in an e-mail. I have since printed it out, and it's now with my goals, and substitute behaviors that I will look at several times a day.
When I saw the topic of this thread, it was the first thing I thought of. There are some real gems and keepers on the forums, and I wish I could take the time like I used to reading them all. I agree, Karen that Buyer Beware is a great place for it. Buyer Beware is one of my favorites.
wow I just had another read of that list and I can see a few of those which I hadn't resolved with myself the first time I lost all of my weight! ESPECIALLY Number 22.!
Three Reasons for Weight Gain
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Oh well, someday...and at least I have parents I can go visit on long weekends 
