This Trucker Fights Back

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I'm glad you think so. If you really knew my day behind this monitor, you would have your doubts.

It's been so long since things have gone this wrong and I've been reaching in all the wrong places for a cure. I'm just going to forum my way through it and think about getting back to where I need to be.

At least I'm still fast food free and I'm going to work off of that positive and trudge on.

I did my first slow cooker meal today - stewing meat in ragu for 8 hours with fresh mushrooms. Very low in fat probably a tad high in calories but nothing to panic about.

The funny thing is there is so very little here to hurt me but I noticed these grey cold rainy days are making pull out an extra nutra-bar or 3 and even though I been eating good stuff, I'm alarmed how many times I've eaten today - it just doesn't feel right. I guess stress will do that to a person. This and the s.l.i.e. episode is bending me over right now. I feel another night ride soon.

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I've been using these forums to curb my evening urge to munch, especially these diaries. I start reading and get more motivated and somehow manage to convince myself that I can do it. I don't know how I'm going to fare this winter, our internet is in and out with blizzards, severe winds and just plain nastiness. But just so you know, when I pop into your thread T2 I know I do what I need to do (which is avoid the kitchen at all costs). Thanks for that it really does mean the world to me that you put this all out there for the world to see and learn.
 
Hmmm...maybe that's my problem - my computer is IN my kitchen ;)

T2 - I don't know what it is either, I've been munching today too - and I haven't been keeping an eye on the calories - all in all, it's been fairly light, and it's been healthy food, but it's more then I'm used to. Especially being inactive as I am :::grumble:::

It's time to put up or shut up and move on!
:D
 
I didn't weigh myself for the first two months of my diet
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Wow, that’s some willpower. I’m down to once a week, and that took some concentration. I think I’m afraid that if I turn my back on it for to long, I’ll have gained huge amounts of weight next time I get on.
It doesn’t make any sense, I know.:rolleyes:

Scales don't make you lose weight so why bother worrying about it on a daily basis ?
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I’ll quote you to myself in my head.:)

Part of my weight loss drive is to avoid becoming a diabetic. My father is type 2. I’m glad to hear you’re making leaps and bounds.

Then I happened across the diary that raised my eyebrow.
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:confused: Which diary was it? It sounds like everyone should read it, and maybe lend a little support.
 
Crebbs said:
I’m down to once a week, and that took some concentration. I think I’m afraid that if I turn my back on it for to long, I’ll have gained huge amounts of weight next time I get on.
It doesn’t make any sense, I know.:rolleyes:
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OK - I know this isn't a popular opinion in this diary, but....
being the devil's advocate that I can be...

I posted this within the last month or so...remember, your mileage may vary...

New Scale Strategy
Weighing yourself daily may help you lose weight.

People who are trying to either lose weight or avoid gaining do better by weighing themselves daily, according to a new study in the December 2005 issue of Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

The research team evaluated self-weighing practices of more than 3,000 people participating in either a weight loss program or a weight gain prevention program. The study's key finding: Higher weighing frequency was associated with greater 24-month weight loss or less weight gain.

Says lead researcher Jennifer Linde, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota: "If people see that their number has gone up, they may realize it's time to do something. It's probably easier to make that small correction than to try to compensate after gaining a lot of weight."

The first study group consisted of 1,800 obese or overweight adults enrolled in a weight loss program. Participants all had a body mass index (BMI) of at least 27. They were randomly divided into three groups: a telephone-based weight loss intervention, a mail-based weight loss intervention, or a usual-care control condition. The researchers weighed them every 6 months for 2 years.

The other group consisted of 1,226 overweight adults--BMI above 25--enrolled in a weight gain prevention program. They were randomly divided into three groups: an educational weight control intervention, the same educational intervention plus a reward for returning self-monitoring postcards, or a minimal-contact control condition. The researchers weighed the participants at the study's outset and every year for 3 years.

For the weight gain prevention group, the researchers found that "the control group decreased weighing over time, and both intervention groups increased weighing over time." Even though weight maintenance was the goal for this group, daily weighing led to weight loss at the 12- and 24-month time points.

Well-known behavioral programs such as Weight Watchers have not widely recommended that followers weigh themselves daily; instead, many programs recommend weekly self-weighing. Public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control do not include self-weighing at all.

The researchers say their results suggest that "clinical as well as public health recommendations for regular weighing should be considered."

"It is not surprising that daily weighing correlates with success--people who do well like the feedback," says Kelly D. Brownell, director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. "I suspect it helps people who are succeeding and is a problem for people who are not losing or losing slowly, but the only way to tell is with a randomized trial that assigns people to different weighing schedules."
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i can not weigh all the time or else i start to weigh all the time like a hundred times a day!!! so i agree with Trucker........ but to each his own, some like it some don't, i say know thy self and run with it, the once friday club is workin for me, so i'll stick with it:D Trucker your diary is like a stompin ground for all the regulars, whats up with that Mr. populartity?:D 70 pages? wholy crap thats a lot!!!!! keep it up you totaly inspire me and keep me focused when i need it most, and way to go on the 3am bike ride, ha ha that is awsome, even if you do get up at 11:30pm!!! I am dead tothe world at that time:eek: Keep on keepin on brother.....STAR
 
reach4Astar said:
i can not weigh all the time or else i start to weigh all the time like a hundred times a day!!! so i agree with Trucker........ but to each his own, some like it some don't,
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Absolutely, people have to find what works for themselves! If the ups and down fluctuations were demotivational for me, I'd stop in a heart beat!

Trucker your diary is like a stompin ground for all the regulars, whats up with that Mr. populartity?:D 70 pages? wholy crap thats a lot!!!!!
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It's probably because the door is always open and he doesn't kick us out!
;)
 
Fresh off a 2.5 mile ride ...

Iwan naloseit said:
I've been using these forums to curb my evening urge to munch, especially these diaries. I start reading and get more motivated and somehow manage to convince myself that I can do it. I don't know how I'm going to fare this winter, our internet is in and out with blizzards, severe winds and just plain nastiness. But just so you know, when I pop into your thread T2 I know I do what I need to do (which is avoid the kitchen at all costs). Thanks for that it really does mean the world to me that you put this all out there for the world to see and learn.
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After reading your opening in your diary, you're a much bigger inspiration than what you may give yourself credit for. I could hardly imagine anything I've done is anywhere near what you've accomplished.

I find inspiration from people in different ways and it's certainly not their waist size. To me, you losing weight should be a piece of cake (with splenda :)) but we know that's just a simplistic view based on your strength of human interest and knocking down barriers put forth through happenstance. The addiction to food sadly isn't a simple one to overcome and I would never downplay the constant work it requires.

You can live without cigarettes, booze, drugs, gambling etc.. but you can't live without food - in my mind this makes it without a doubt the trickiest of all the addictions.

I hope you have success with Herbalife as a launch pad and stay with the forum and use the resources of knowledge for better eating as your true 'secret' for maintaining a slimmer, healthier body.

I applaud you as a person and have mad respect for your strength.



Crebbs said:
Wow, that’s some willpower. I’m down to once a week, and that took some concentration. I think I’m afraid that if I turn my back on it for to long, I’ll have gained huge amounts of weight next time I get on.
It doesn’t make any sense, I know.:rolleyes:

I think a person should use a scale whatever way they see fit. My belief is if weighing every day gives cognizance to go out and diet, then by all means do it.

If the scale becomes your mental enemy, then back off and regroup your menu and exercise routines.

Again, the scale has nothing to do with your actual weight loss, only document it.



I’ll quote you to myself in my head.:)

Part of my weight loss drive is to avoid becoming a diabetic. My father is type 2. I’m glad to hear you’re making leaps and bounds.

It's a great incentive and one I hope you take seriously daily. I don't need to tell you how debilitating this illness is.
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M2M said:
OK - I know this isn't a popular opinion in this diary, but....
being the devil's advocate that I can be...

I posted this within the last month or so...remember, your mileage may vary...
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You and I rarely disagree and when we do it's all in good spirit but I always extend my respect to you.

Let's just say we agree to disagree in both directions on this one. I do believe, like I said above, there probably are people that benefit from daily weigh-in's as long as they don't get stressed out over the results. I mean really, how can people think every morning they should be 1 or 2 pounds lighter. It's just not possible and yet people abandon their attempt to weight loss over the scale because they have this very mentality etched in their brain.

You and I also know scale failures are usually people just doing things wrong be it uneducated, slacking, eating wrong and on and on... and blaming the scale like it's the magic secret to weight loss.
 
T2 Trucker said:
I do believe, like I said above, there probably are people that benefit from daily weigh-in's as long as they don't get stressed out over the results.
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I absolutely agree!

The problem with weighing too often comes when that number effects the overall game plan negatively. What I found enlightening about the article, was that for a vast majority in the study, people used it not as a reason to quit what they're doing, but as a litmus for catching themselves when they start to slip, more quickly.

And if people do get bothered by those ups & downs, then not using the scale as often is a good thing.

You and I also know scale failures are usually people just doing things wrong be it uneducated, slacking, eating wrong and on and on... and blaming the scale like it's the magic secret to weight loss.
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Ahh well, it just goes to show - there is no magic secret, scales included :D
 
Thanks M2M for the article. It's very interesting.
I've cut back to once a week bacause daily was messing with my head. I figure if I stuff up over a week, that's soon enough to take corrective action.
And lets be honest, I know when I've dropped the ball well before the scales tell me :).
 
Well said Debi.

I don't mean to downplay awareness - it is critical to some I suppose. There's certainly nothing bad about having an early warning defense system in place. I just happen to be one of those people who don't really need a number to tell me if I'm doing well but that's just me :)

You know how I am about the 'trust' thing. I think it's just one of those avenues you eventually find after a few trips around the block.
 
I look forward to finding that trust thing ;)

I have just confirmed that you can NOT trust me with a brick of sharp cheddar in the house. Or bagels.

Urgh..Trust... ;)

(fortunately, there's still some left, but it's definitely been nibbled at)
 
M2M said:
I have just confirmed that you can NOT trust me with a brick of sharp cheddar in the house.
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haha, I just Fed Ex'd ya a case of mice. Problem solved ;)

Wanna trade cheese abuse stories ?? I have a few - maybe even a ton... hell, I might get on the Dead Doctor's diet just to get back on the cheesewheel again :)

Cheese = Good Times :p
 
T2 Trucker said:
haha, I just Fed Ex'd ya a case of mice. Problem solved ;)
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THANK GOODNESS!

Granted, I just stepped on the scale and I'm *3* pounds more then I was this morning ;)

So I'm DONE with cheese for awhile!

Wanna trade cheese abuse stories ?? I have a few - maybe even a ton... hell, I might get on the Dead Doctor's diet just to get back on the cheesewheel again :)

Cheese = Good Times :p
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Oh yes. I. Love. Cheese.
 
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