With the discussions this week being very lively and entertaining, let's keep RULE #2 in mind.
EAT ONLY WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY*. Food is fuel for your body.
With vacations coming and visits from families (careful here!) one need remember; your body NEEDS around 1200 calories. If you are eating more... you have found out thru your journal that your body NEEDS more than that. OR you are not losing the weight you want and cutting calories is your decision. Your body NEEDS certain things daily i.e. vitamins, nutrients, vegetables, protein, fat etc.
What are you putting in? Put in only what you need. It is simple, it can be frustrating, or anxiety making or hard but it is not complicated.
What got you to THE PLAN?, be honest and if that is out of the way, keep going because there is NOT ONE PERSON who is unsuccessful in The Plan so far, not one!
THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS
*the "You-Know-Who, I'm down 21 pounds" approach works too, 6 small meals a day keeping metabolism hot, calories burning through digestion and preempting hunger.
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Okay--so, I started writing down how I "feel" when eating...and so far, it's because I'm hungry:) No lie--I only ate to fuel my body. And, I didn't knock anyone down to get to the food! (for my 6pm classmates!)
I enjoyed the discussions at our class last night--and it is nice to know that we can talk about EVERYTHING and feel safe...What brought me to the plan? Well, to be perfectly honest--I saw it as my last resort--and I decided that for 12 weeks I would do exactly what I was told and if "it didn't work"...there was always surgery. What I am finding out along the way--is that "it" does work...And, it is something that I can understand and live with...Knowledge has definately been "power" for me.
So, thanks for the laughs and for letting us tell the secrets we have kept inside for so long..Tammi
Thanks for blogging Tammi and being so honest. I came to the plan on a whim and when Shamonica asked me too. I was curious about this "testing" that I heard they did before you started. I was talking with J and D yesterday and the "I'm going to eat this______ because I like being fat" and said I should substitute "I'm going to eat this _________because I like being sad, depressed, miserable." Because I was that. So, I'm feeling great now and I know it is in my power to fix it. BUT Donna, here's where I need your wisdom. I'm still going to struggle with eating when I'm not hungry, I want the emotional stuff to go away, but I know it will take time and effort before it does. In the mean time what to say to oneself when you mindlessly eat something that you didn't need and at least on paper it messes up your day. I think the reason people disappear from the effort is they messed up, beat the hell out of themselves over it and feel hopeless. My friend says it's not what you do 10% of the time, it's what you do 90% of the time. Maybe I just need to say to myself "so what, I'm human, now go to the friggin gym"...this is a hot topic for me. I wish it wasn't!!! Anne
I'm am definatley an emotional eater..I try so hard to stop and say, "You don't NEED this, you're only eating this crap because your angry, sad, frustrated, or stressed, etc." However, I still eat it and the sad part is it makes feel better-at least I think so, maybe???
OK. OK. FIRST, one bad choice will not spoil an entire day. One bad day will not spoil and entire week.
Get back on The Plan asap.
Count and recount your successes. Have you lost weight in The Plan? yes or no? if you have, then sing to the tune of Happy Birthday To You
I lost WEIGHT in the plan
I lost WEIGHT in THE plan
I lost weeeeight innn the plannn
IIIII lost weight in the plannnnnn
hey and sing loud too, you probably have a good voice too
there is a saying in AA that says to "think through the drink." what happens at the end is the point.
for annonymous..when you eat and the dopamine and endorphins give you a happy feeling it is real. HOWEVER it does not last. Then as I said at 4:00, the belly starts puching against the pants and those happy feelings turn to what????
Think through your struggles. These changes will come, they may come slowly. What will you do now when you are angry, sad, frustrated or stressed? Call a friend? take a walk? pet your dog? read? paint your fingernails?
hmmmmmm
Donna you are hilarious. I read what you wrote about the birthday song and thought "she's crazy"...then I realized I was trying to put the words to the melody in my head (try it, it takes a couple tries to get it) and then I realized, "wait, no, I'm crazy." But you know my philosophy all along has been to do exactly what Donna and Jennifer say to do. Please don't take advantage of my blind following and ask me to do anything that would be embarassing or dangerous. Do not abuse your power :)...thanks as always. I am absorbing it all, some parts will just take longer to absorb and put in practice. I am afraid of this topic, it is KEY for me to get this part. Anne
Anne--you are no crazier than anyone else reading the song! I started singing it too!! So--for Anonymous...I don't think that any of us would be spending time with Jennifer and Donna if we weren't people who eat to the beat of our emotions...(keeping the song them going)...Yesterday, I was experiencing some "extreme" frustration...and had a small piece of chocolate....Realized what I'd done...and went to the Fitness Center. I felt so much better after doing my interval--and, when I am moving down a size in my clothes...That's better than that dumb piece of candy I had yesterday! I don't feel bad about having it--I feel good that I recognized what happened and made the choice to do something different--instead of having two (or 10) more. And, I am not going to lie to myself and say it won't happen again...I just have to keep singing and laughing and reminding myself that I do have a choice. Happy Thursday! Tammi
It's a new day every day! I went to bed irritable last night because midlife hormones for me are being harsh. Of course because of that I wanted to eat. I didn't (but was mad about it), and I survived through the night after all. If you're having a bad night, just go to bed. On a light note my plan book was lying open and my daughters said "what does this sad face mean?"......i think i said 'it means don't look at my book' ha ha anne
Thanks to all for the emotional support! I love realizing that I'm not the only one who struggles with the "Am I eating this because I'm hungry?"
By the way, I saw a quote while reading a article about balanced daily meals. This goes along with Donna's analogy of some of us storing up calories during the day and then eating an abundance at night. The quote read:
Eat like a King at breakfast
Eat like a Prince at lunch
Eat like a Pauper at dinner
Kinda of a cool way to look at it....
Thought you guys might enjoy this quote....
If hunger is not the problem... then eating is not the solution.
JEN
Jen,
I LOVE the quote. I used it on my daughter last night when she was wanting Chocolate ice cream as a "bed-night" snack at 10pm! She looked at me with this puzzled, mom has lost her mind look. I went further to say, "Are you hungry or tired?" Right after I said it I thought, "Wow, I should practice what I preach!"
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