The mind is the enemy

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It was so much fun! I had a tiny portion of everything, all on one plate, but no seconds of anything. Also had small portions of a couple desserts, but nothing outrageous. The best part is that I didn't feel obligated to bring any leftovers home! Real Thanksgiving always results in copious amounts of food in my kitchen for days.
 
That's awesome! I hope for my turkey day to go this way too. Try each dish so no one gets feelings hurt (and get to eat everything). I doubt I'll escape without leftovers, but I can dole those out and stay under calories.

Each of us here are on our own path. Unlike me you are at a healthy weight, but you struggle with your relationship with food as I do. It's very helpful to me to know that this isn't a "fat people problem". 1. It means there isn't something fundamentally different with my food issues and the food issues for healthy sized people. 2. It means that I will always be working on my relationship with food no matter my weight.

You have shown very big improvements with your relationship with food lately and you should be proud of yourself. Multiple social outing where you didn't deny yourself pleasure from food and drink, but you moderated and you were in control making conscious responsible decisions. It's a very good thing that you can never have a "I lost 50 pounds!" moment, but I hope you recognize the achievements that you do make and that they serve as good examples and inspiration for those of use planning for that healthier future. Well done!
 
Gosh, Q, I read your post earlier and have been thinking about it all day! I do at times feel weird that I'm here writing a weight loss diary when for all intents and purposes I'm not actively trying to "lose weight." But I am trying to develop better habits, coping methods, and routines. I think about food and exercise constantly. And while it doesn't feel like I've made great strides I am going to choose to believe you when you say I've shown big improvements!

I'd love to get to a point where I'm not always analyzing decisions, because the "right" ones come naturally. But is that a realistic goal? Who knows. Maybe I'll always have an internal struggle before buying a carton of ice cream, wondering if I'm going to go overboard as soon as it gets home. But maybe someday I won't.

In 2010, I did join this forum with the goal of losing weight. I lost somewhere close to 25 pounds, but have managed to find each and every one of those in the four years since then. But I am a stronger person than I was back then, both mentally and physically. What I know right now is that I'm incredibly happy that I made the decision to jump back on the forum, because somewhere there is a solid balance of having fun and having a healthy lifestyle and I'm enjoying this journey to get as close to that solid balance as possible.
 
I´m on the same road, not sure I´m enjoying it yet but I guess the scenery gets better when you´re further up the mountain :)
Good words, thanks.
 
Good job behaving at Friendsgiving. I have one of those coming up - my wife's friends and their husbands, primarily. And since I'm terrible at conversation with people I don't know, but really good at comfort-eating, I'm a little worried about my behavior.
 
LJ, I usually rely on one or two people to chat with because anything more than that is SCARY. At one point and time on Saturday I realized that I had totally cornered a girl I had just met and then immediately got so uncomfortable because what if she was trying to get away and my physical presence was literally blocking her?? But the moment passed and dinner was served and I never talked to her again.
 
Weekend recap:

Friday was rough. Not sure what caused it but I hit the office snacks hard. Popcorners, fig newtons, a kind bar, two chocolate chip cookies... And the lunch they brought in was gross so I didn't eat a proper meal until nearly 7 pm. Whatever I ate for breakfast didn't cut it.

Saturday you already heard about (Friendsgiving). I had a few glasses of wine but I was the driver for the night which obviously kept me in check. Earlier in the day we ate out, as we were in the middle of running errands and had a couple of grumbling tummies to contend with. I had spinach lasagna and a side salad. It was delicious.

Sunday was weird. I felt so full even before dinner, but I ate anyway because we had planned for fish tacos. We typically have just a late breakfast and then dinner on the weekends, but we had a sushi snack and suddenly I was crazy full. I had two fish tacos and wanted nothing else the rest of the night. Except drinks... One beer with dinner, one glass of wine later.
 
I need something to focus on this week. Right now I'm thinking I should focus on fruits and veggies. Bananas are a staple in my diet, but that's about it. I've been munching on my dehydrated fruit when I think of it, but mostly I've just been forgetting.
 
Focusing on fruits and veggies is a great plan! Many people (yes, even skinny ones) don't eat enough of either.
 
Thanks for the extra motivation, Cory and Jen! I was just thinking about how I never buy those cups of pre-cut fruit from the grocery store because they are way too expensive. But ask me to go to Starbucks and get a coffee when I could brew one for free in the office kitchen and I wouldn't hesitate. Silly, silly.
 
Fruit and veg are a bit of a focus for me right now, too. Not yet "forcing" myself to get at the five, just counting and observing for now. Come december I´m going to make it a real priority, that should help keep the calories down in dangerous times.
 
I need to try and get more fruit and veggies in my diet :( On my Slimming World diet they are called "superfrees" because you can have unlimited and some are supposed to speed up weight loss as well. I would always rather have toast and cheeeeeese though. Stupid bananas.
 
More fruits and veggies for all! I like a good salad but can never seem to eat up veggies if I buy them myself. We tried to buy lots of lovely produce recently and the end result was that a couple of weeks later we found FOUR mushy cucumbers in the drawer, in three different bags. Perhaps I should take money from my booze budget and turn it into fresh salad budget.
 
I'm not a huge fan of fruit, but I do like vegetables. I've had better luck eating them regularly if they're convenient - so I try to cut them up in a big butchering session. Broc and cauliflower can be put in a big bowl, etc. Celery and carrots can go in a bowl with water to stay fresh for quite a while.

That being said, I need to get more into my diet, too. Maybe that's my next CHaTAM Challenge - more fresh veggies.
 
If it were up to me, all veggies would be mush in the bottom of the fridge. haha! We do have some with dinner, but it's not nearly enough. I really should work on that. lol!
 
I actually like both fruit and veg but they aren´t quite as convenient as some other things... But I know they do me good and help keep me filled up longer so I try to be good.
 
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