Ready To Conquer The Beast

That is such good advice. I do the same thing with chocolate. I have one or two squares and I take little bites off it and let it melt in my mouth. I don't think that I have ever enjoyed chocolate so much. Before I would cram a whole bar or more into my mouth and would barely even taste it. Sometimes my neice makes brownies and brings a peice round for my dad and I do the same with that, just a small corner off it and really savour it.
Stacy said:
Even if I've gone over my daily calories I will still allow myself 1/4 or 1/3 of a brownie - that way I don't feel deprived.



~Stacy
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You guys are all so awesome!
I come home, log in and see all this encouragement and support and just great sound advice :D I've been up all night and I'm super tired but after I get some :sleeping: sleep I'll come back and catch up on my posts. *super big hugz* to all of you! :grouphug:
 
Hey there, so you had a small binge ey? No problem, problem recognized, solution in place, and press play again. This is what I had to tell myself. It has been working for the last two days at least. I bought other things that I could binge on if I feel the urge, like fruit, and 5 calorie jello. Hope you got some good sleep, pass some of that over here would ya!
 
Wow! You really made a big step with not beating yourself up over the brownies...GOOD FOR YOU!!! :) I agree with jjjay, you recognized what happened and you were able to think logically afterwards without eating more! That is a huuuuuge step my friend :) So give yourself a big pat on the back from me! :) It sucks that it's so easy to fall...and picking yourself back up is so hard to do sometimes, so again, good for you! I'm glad you came and saw all the encouragement! I know for myself, it always puts the biggest smile on my face :D

I don't know if this would work for you...but when I am craving something and I know there is even a slight chance that I'll lose control, I slam back a BIG huge glass of water. By the time I am done the craving has usually passed, and if it's still there either have some more water or give yourself permission to have a 'bit' of what it is you want. Everyone works differently though, just thought I would share one of my tricks :)

Have a wonderful day!!
 
Stacy said:
Excellent! I'm definitely doing this! I think you just saved me a lot of grief and a few headaches - not to mention disagreements with the boyfriend! You rock, my friend! :)
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Aww! Glad I was some help. I'll keep posting stuff for ideas and recipes as I have time and think of it. Wish they still had the dang chat room at the top of the forum cuz we could meet up and I could send you some links.


Stacy said:
I think you've touched on something important here - you said that after you had the two brownies that they stopped tormenting you. And in the past you would have eaten MUCH MORE right? I think maybe your feeling of deprivation drove you to dive into the two brownies. Here is what I do when I'm do when in a situation like this - Even if I've gone over my daily calories I will still allow myself 1/4 or 1/3 of a brownie - that way I don't feel deprived.

I get to taste what it is that I'm craving, and that way there is no chance of losing control which so often happens when you try and deprive yourself. Better to deal with the 100 extra calories of having a bite or two of what you're craving, then the risk of your deprivation causing you to loose control then the next thing you know you're not dealing with a mere 100 or 150 calories but 500, 600, 700 or more calories that comes from a binge.

Anyway, that's the way I deal with temptation, but what works for one person may not work for everyone - just thought I'd share my way of dealing. :)

~Stacy
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Yea I totally agree. It didn't bother me that I had them, or went over my calories so much as the dang things were in my mouth before I felt I had consciously made the decision. I went into a weird shut down and bam. Well we'll see if it happens again any time soon....really only happens when I'm exhausted that I've noticed.
 
eyckmans said:
That is such good advice. I do the same thing with chocolate. I have one or two squares and I take little bites off it and let it melt in my mouth. I don't think that I have ever enjoyed chocolate so much. Before I would cram a whole bar or more into my mouth and would barely even taste it. Sometimes my neice makes brownies and brings a peice round for my dad and I do the same with that, just a small corner off it and really savour it.
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Yea I love chocolate. Thank goodness for weight watchers and other dessert substitutes.


njoyabl said:
Hey there, so you had a small binge ey? No problem, problem recognized, solution in place, and press play again. This is what I had to tell myself. It has been working for the last two days at least. I bought other things that I could binge on if I feel the urge, like fruit, and 5 calorie jello. Hope you got some good sleep, pass some of that over here would ya!
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Thanks njoyabl :) We went and put some fruit in the house few days ago. It was at work though but that shouldn't be an issue...not like there's brownies sittin out every day.
 
Sugarplumpfairy said:
Wow! You really made a big step with not beating yourself up over the brownies...GOOD FOR YOU!!! :) I agree with jjjay, you recognized what happened and you were able to think logically afterwards without eating more! That is a huuuuuge step my friend :) So give yourself a big pat on the back from me! :) It sucks that it's so easy to fall...and picking yourself back up is so hard to do sometimes, so again, good for you! I'm glad you came and saw all the encouragement! I know for myself, it always puts the biggest smile on my face :D

I don't know if this would work for you...but when I am craving something and I know there is even a slight chance that I'll lose control, I slam back a BIG huge glass of water. By the time I am done the craving has usually passed, and if it's still there either have some more water or give yourself permission to have a 'bit' of what it is you want. Everyone works differently though, just thought I would share one of my tricks :)

Have a wonderful day!!
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Hey sugar :) Thanks for the encouragement and I'll have to try that. Guess I've had it easy not really having cravings that much so when one hit I got ran over by it, lol. But yea, I figure I'm going to have times like that I give in and I just need to minimize them. I'm just gotta keep plugging along. Good idea on the water.
 
That'll teach me to get behind, lol. I really appreciate having so many caring people take the time to post though, thanks again guys.

So my food hasn't been well planned but it hasn't been horrible either since I went over the other day. Last several days I've been under my calories. Had to weigh in for another challenge thread though and I'm up a pound and a half. I'm not going to let it bother me though because I KNOW I didn't gain weight. The scale always does this to me around "that time of the month" so we'll see how it turns out. I'll prolly weigh myself again Monday. Honestly the reinforcement from the scale is great but if I find myself starting to get too wrapped up in it then I'm going to stop weighing myself for a while. I think it's more important I'm doing what I know I need to do day by day, it'll all pan out.

I think besides the weight the one thing that is stressing me out just as much is finances. My husband was off work for a year with health issues, a pituitary tumor, and his medicine is expensive. I have to say we went from having a savings and being comfortable and having good credit to a scary scary place. I hate debt, I really do. That and I still have school loans on top of it all and I never finished. School is like the weight loss...it takes long term endurance to get there and life keeps knocking me on my butt.

So to top it all off we've been down to one car for a long time and I found out today my husband's friend can't fix mine. Something to do with the electrical and he said it's beyond his expertise. He's always worked on our cars in the past and we paid him on time and always more than he asked. But we can't really do that now so I wonder if he just doesn't want to deal with it. We can't pay anyone else either.

Then this morning I was supposed to go to a staff meeting and the one running car over heated. It's parked in town so we're down to NO car. I'll probably get written up because I also missed last month's as well when my brakes went out the day before. Now besides these two I've only missed one other time in 3 yrs but that won't matter.

But oh well, so beyond stressed I could care about a write up at this point. Even if we do get the car fixed for the moment, it's on it's last legs so it's just matter of time. Hopefully we can find a solution.
 
Try to stay positive, I know it's hard right now. I will pray for you, hon. Stay positive, a solution will present itself.
Remember - God doesn't give us more than we can handle.
 
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Hi DKJ,

Wish you the best in getting your troubles straightened out. Hopefully theres a light at the end of the tunnel somewhere.

Stay strong and good luck.
 
Sorry about your cars. It makes life so difficult when you haven't got a car. I hope you manage to sort something out soon.
 
Thanks guys. It's been a little bit helpful that I feel like my husband's actually involved this time. With him bein really ill the last year he kinda got in the habit of sticking his head in the sand. But this time his dad helped him get the car towed home and he talked to his friend about looking at the car. Friend said he thinks he knows what it is, cheap part but pain to fix and he'd do it Monday. I have rides for work for this weekend but no clue how I'm gettin to or from work monday night, lol.

Anyway on a positive note Friday it showed me up 2 pounds but I knew I was retaining water....you know how us chicks do. I weighed myself this morning and I was down 2 pounds, proving what already knew because nobody loses 4 real pounds in a day. So I've lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks, not bad. I'll be really excited when I pass the first 20lbs mark.
 
Great news about the weight loss. You are doing so well. I'm really glad that you are getting the car sorted. It's so hard to do without one.
 
douknowjello said:
Thanks guys. It's been a little bit helpful that I feel like my husband's actually involved this time. With him bein really ill the last year he kinda got in the habit of sticking his head in the sand. But this time his dad helped him get the car towed home and he talked to his friend about looking at the car. Friend said he thinks he knows what it is, cheap part but pain to fix and he'd do it Monday. I have rides for work for this weekend but no clue how I'm gettin to or from work monday night, lol.

Anyway on a positive note Friday it showed me up 2 pounds but I knew I was retaining water....you know how us chicks do. I weighed myself this morning and I was down 2 pounds, proving what already knew because nobody loses 4 real pounds in a day. So I've lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks, not bad. I'll be really excited when I pass the first 20lbs mark.
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yay! I'm so glad you're getting the car situation worked out. That's great news. :)

As for the weight loss - congratulations! That first 20 pound mark is such a moral booster. I thought I'd never reach mine! lol

Isn't it crazy the way our bodies work like that? During "that time of the month" or if I eat too much salt or drink too little water, I retain water like mad and the scale will actually not budge for days, even though I KNOW based on my calorie intake and exercise that it should be going down. Sure enough, a couple days later BAM! Weight drops like a rock. lol
 
Ok I thought I'd bring this over here since, you're right, we where hi-jacking Sugar's diary. I hope she's not mad at us. :)

douknowjello said:
Very good point and that's prolly part of my problem. Between work and home not like I'm going to run into anyone...I'm not all that approachable if somebody just comes up to me in public anyway, lol. Too many weirdos in my hubby's town :X. So yea I prolly need to bite the bullet and find a church.



I'll try not to. So far I've kept my calories in line still even bein really stressed and earlier today when I just wanted to stuff my face so I filled up on fruit and then found something else to do. Strategy games help me alot when I'm stressed cuz if I'm thinking I can't dwell on other stuff.
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I think joining a church is a great idea. Most of us could use a little more God in our lives and on top of that you get to meet some, hopefully, like-minded people. :D

Yeah, I know what you mean about the games. They can be a good stress reliever. I tend to go overboard though, personally speaking. I can literally lose myself in video games for hours upon hours. MMOs are my biggest weakness. It's so easy to lose myself in a virtual fantasy world then next thing I know 5 hours has gone by and I'm like - whao! What did I do with my day? lol I kind of had to give up the video games for my own health and well being. heheh I do miss them though. So I envy you that you get to play. I guess that's why me and the Wii get along so well. It's not really my type of video games - but they keep me active and help me to lose weight. I miss my RPG games though. Too bad they can't figure out how to make an MMORPG that lets you be active while playing. I'd be sooooo down for that! lol
 
I find these forums a bit like that :D
Stacy said:
Yeah, I know what you mean about the games. They can be a good stress reliever. I tend to go overboard though, personally speaking. I can literally lose myself in video games for hours upon hours.
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