Oh, the issues abound!

So we're going with hours because we can operate a clock.
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You are so funny!!!!! Is it a digital clock? Or one of those old timey ones with hands! LOL!!!!

And you know what....smaller clothes = success!!!! That must feel REALLY REALLY good!!!!! Congratulations!!!
 
sillygirl said:
OK, we gave up on the pedometer. You must all be thinking we're idiots - first the scale and now the pedometer. We don't do well with mechanical items! :) So we're going with hours because we can operate a clock.
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what are you girls doing to these items? :confused: throwing them against the wall? ;) just kidding! just kidding! it's actually best to avoid those if u can in my opinion. people get hooked up on the scale and then the scale becomes the almighty number. I know. I'm enslaved. :rolleyes: And pedometers don't really work in my opinion. Judging by distance and the time it took you to cross is a better indicator of the intensity of the workout. And both are way cheaper.

The best way to see how u're doing is actually exactly what you said. By your clothes. When you notice how loose your clothes is getting. Or alternatively body measurements. So it's better that you guys don't use those instruments anyways. :)
 
Great news on dropping a size Sillygirl!! You don't need scales when the progress you have made is so obvious to see. Keep up the great work ;)
 
I feel so awful right now. I ate really well all day but then I came home and I was really hungry so I ate too much hummus and had 2 small Tofurky wraps. I eat too quickly when I'm hungry. I know I have to tackle the issue of portion size, but it is definitely my hardest hurdle. Even admitting that is incredibly hard. I guess because the whole thing with an eating disordered mind is that it craves control over food. To say that I eat really large portions makes me feel like a failure because I am admitting to a lack of control.

This whole process is about a total overhaul of the way my mind works and that is the hardest part of all. I am realizing things about my thought processes, things that are harmful to say the least, that I never had a clue about. And as Emmcookie will tell you, I hate to feel or appear weak. Sometimes this process makes me feel that way and that can be hard.

Sorry for ranting. I need to get control over myself because I keep slipping up.
 
You rant all you need to!

I have found that my portion control can umm...lack control, when I get hungry. I don't know if I really considering it lack of control issues, but rather, if we get so hungry that we keep eating because we haven't had time for the food that's in our stomachs to register that a normal portion would be enough.

I don't know if what I just wrote made sense, but I definitely see the problem as one of letting ourselves get too hungry in the first place as opposed to just not having control.

So the key is to eat, and eat often!
That should be a GOOD solution, right? ;)

Then we can have better control over the portions!

And look at you dropping a size! Very, very cool!
 
That made sense to me M2M ;) I have to remind myself sometimes to eat throughout my working day, because I know that if I get home and I am hungry, I will start eating and find it difficult to stop (just see my diary today :eek: )

Definitely eat little and often, thats the key .... now if only I could find the door .... ;)
 
what M2M wrote is true. I've read many times the reason why eating slowly is encouraged because it takes time for our tummies to know that we're full. and by the time it tells our brain, we've already overstuffed ourselves. plus I know that when we're ravenous, it's hard to be logical and think, "Okay, how much of this food should I have?" We just end up thinking, "Gimme food. Me hungry." I know... Cause I do it all the time. :rolleyes: :p :D don't be too hard on urself. We all have off-days right? the main thing is to keep ur goal in sight and to keep at it. And pat yourself on the back for your accomplishments like going down a size. Yay you! :D
 
I don't want to talk about this weekend. Shhhhhhh! Ok, maybe I should mention a little. There were baked chips and chocolate involved. If truth be told I wasn't nearly as bad as I would have been before I began this process. But still ...ugh! So ixnay on the weekend-ay talk-ay! Shhhhh!

But starting tomorrow Emmcookie and I are going to challenge ourselves to a week without soy cheese or soy sour cream, two things we eat too much of. They are not nearly as fattening as the dairy variety but sre definitely weaknesses. It will force us to come up with yummy meals and not fall back on our staples. So everybody think positive thoughts 'cause hopefully this is
what I need to kick start the motivation again!

On a funny note, Emm's mom came to town this weekend. She said, "I got something for a gift but am not using it and I thought you girls might like it." And then she pulled out of her pocket A PEDOMETER!!! And no she had no I idea about our current mechanical challenges... :)
 
Came back from a brisk hour long walk and we did free weights today. I hate weights but I know it's good for me. Now I feel ready to start our challenge tomorrow, and we've decided to give ourselves a new challenge every week to make it fun. Here goes!
 
Hi Sillygirl. I posted in my diary, but I will tell you here too that i will let you know the name of the belly dancing dvd tomorrow. Paul is sleeping and it is in the player in the bedroom and I don't want to wake him up

I'm glad you are feeling better. M2M is so right. Eat often. I am like you, I can throw down a good load of food when I am hungry. The days that I wait to long to eat are the days I blow it and binge out. I have also taken to do what other's here have suggested. Put portion sizes of snacks etc...in baggies so you know what you are eating. Hang in there. The mental part is the hardest for sure, but you will get there.
 
lol. uh oh. another pedometer. heheh. you guys better treat this one with care. it's a gift afterall. ;) glad to see everything is going well and u're motivated again. :)
 
Wow, the Pedometer Fairy works in mysterious way!!!! I'm anxious to hear how the cheese and sour cream free week go. Keep us posted.
 
Hey Silly! How's the No SC/No Cheese going?

The name of that bellydance dvd is BellyDance Fitness for Beginnners "Slim Down with Veena & Neena"---It is put out by a company called Natural Journeys. They have some Yoga DVD's etc...as well.

Hope you are having a great day and racking up the steps on you new pedometer!!
 
Thanks for all the support guys! It helps so much.

I'm sure by now you've read about our kitty's near electrocution (see emmcookie's diary). When he got into the fight with the electronics we knew he was part of the family! He walked around smelling like burned fur for hours after.

We are doing really well with our challenge. We've been taking turns coming up with meals. I made cuban black beans and rice on Monday, emm made hummus on Tuesday, and I just made curry. I think because we cut out two of my favorite thing this week I've had more cravings than usual. I've managed them pretty well. I had a small bag of baked chips when I wanted salt and 3 sesame snaps when I wanted sweet.

I have a hard time seeing that I'm doing well. I think I'm conditioned to believe that unless I'm starving myself than I'm failing. Even though my clothes are getting looser I convince myself that because I ate those 3 sesame snaps that I'll have gained 10 pounds.

I've been bringing healthy snacks to work and it has helped a lot. We've been walking to and from work and will be going for a walk tonight. Need that handbag!
 
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