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Note XXX.0 Give yourself a break 1 reply
SMAUG::MICOZZI 33 lines 7-JUN-1988 10:16
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Boy does this sound familiar. I had lost 80 pounds on WW, twenty
pounds short of my goal. It took two years of constant dieting and
weight monitoring. About a year ago I fell off the wagon.
For the past year, I have been moderately careful about the
food I eat but I excerise faithfully three or four times a week.
I put 10 of the original 80 back on. I tried 4 times and
two different diets in that year but I just couldn't stick to
them. I found myself cheating after two weeks. My husband
came up with a great solution. The month of April was a
free month. For that month I ate whatever I wanted, I didn't
weigh myself, I didn't care. However, when the first of May
came around, it was back on the diet. We had a cermonial purge
of the food cabinets and we discussed which of my clothes had
started getting tighter etc. I started the diet again in May.
So far I have lost the 10 pounds and am now aiming for the last
twenty.
You may just need a break. Dieting takes alot of effort and
concentration, sometimes we need to be a little lazy. Another
motivating factor for me was that I want to have a baby soon. I
knew that I would have a healthier and happier pregancy if
I lost the last 20 pounds. I also needed to re-gain my
good eating habits for the pregancy. I don't want to wake
up after having the baby and realize that I need to loose
40 pounds.
For some of us weight monitoring and careful eating will be
a way of life. Give yourself a little break but set a
date when the dieting starts again. Good luck!
Donna Micozzi
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Note XXX.1 Give yourself a break 1 of 1
SETH::NAUTILUS 12 lines 7-JUN-1988 10:22
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Hopefully that will get me on track once again....
I have set my mind to trying once again starting on Monday...
I have a trip planned the beginning of July so I would like to
at least get back in the swing before that... again thanks alot!
Best of luck to you also!!
Patty
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| Note: this reply is similar to one posted this morning in
EATING_DISORDERS, but I've added some stuff.
As I mentioned in the Progress topic, I seem to have made the
breakthrough. I think I know what's been going on, and it amazes me
that I never saw it before.
Having been stalled since mid-March, I was getting a bit frustrated. I
did keep going to WW meetings, and managed not to gain it back. Well,
yesterday I woke up and discovered that the mindset was back. I was
on-program. The ice cream in the caf was just there - it had stopped
calling out to me.
This bugged me a lot - I couldn't figure out what had triggered the
change, and I hate feeling like I can't control things. I *really*
want to be able to get back on track faster next time it fades, but
the timing seemed random. Then my husband made a comment which made me
realize what may have caused the change: in November, I was very "up"
about the job change, and I was ready to "get my life in order". That
carried me for a few months, but my kitchen was so disorganized that
cooking was a drag. It was hard to be serious about eating properly
in that environment. The thing that has changed is that we've just
moved to a bright, sunny apartment (the old place was on the north
side; glooooomy!). The new kitchen is laid out much better than the
old one was, so I'm optimistic that I'll be able to keep it organized
(and have resolved to do so). Of course, as I'm deciding where things
belong, that's where they're going. Thinking about spending time in
the kitchen, doing the food prep necessary for the food plan, is no
longer depressing.
So, next time I seem to be losing control, I'm going to clean and
organize the kitchen! We'll see if it works! Meanwhile, instead of
hoping to lose weight, I *know* I will. That's what was missing.
Now, I certainly don't think that everyone's problems will be solved
by cleaning the kitchen! However, try to look objectively at what was
happening in your life at the times when your inner feelings seemed
to change. Is there a common factor? Is there some aspect of your
life where you seem to be losing control? It may not be obvious, and
it may be next to impossible to find on your own. I had been thinking
about it all day and gotten nowhere; it was my husband's analogy with
cleaning his desk to get back in gear that clicked. So, if you have
someone you feel comfortable bouncing things off of, try talking to
them. I was set to go to the EAP to talk to someone, if I hadn't
figured it out.
Beverly
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