Eating Accountability Thread

[ladypeartree]

Billie have you kept a diary of what you have eaten and looked at it with regard to the time of the month? You may find that your craving for some foods especially chocolate/sugar/high fat are worse at certain times ( days change according to people ) if that is so then at least you have an option of either going with the mood and not beating yourself up about it or working out an alternative food knowing what you are going to crave ?

[billie]

Lynn, how did you know!?

I've been having such a strong craving for chocolate today, and I couldn't figure out why. That's it. That's why.

You're a genius!

[billie]

Okay, on another note. I had another Balance bar. They're chocolate. I was wondering why they seemed to be so irresistable.

Darrin and I are going out to eat. We're fighting. I keep thinking that I'll feel so much better if I just have something really good to eat. Has anyone else had this emotional eating problem? How should I combat this?

[ladypeartree]

dont combat it , go with the flow ...just have smaller portions than you would normally have . If you try to stop yourself eating something nine times out of ten you crave it all the more and this is about a lifestyle change NOT about needing to cut out certain foods because of something like diabetes. You need to just learn moderation and NOT starvation ....and it is starvation when you deny yourself something that your body craves in this way, it is only hormones talking ,listen to them and then get them to be reasonable about the amount

[billie]

Thanks, Lynn. What awesome advice.

Darrin and I went eat Mexican. I had:

2 enchiladas

maybe 3 biteach of my rice and beans

1 chimipoquito(bout the size of an egg roll)

2 beef and cheese nachos(chips, not orders )

1/4 cheese quesedilla(bout the size of a piece of bread)

1 glass coke

Then we went to Starbucks(my downfall). I got:

1 big chocolate chip cookie

1 tall toffeenut mocha

Today, as you'd imagine, I'm not very hungry. It's almost 3PM, and I've had:

1 Balance bar

1/4 leftover quesedilla

1 cup coffee with skim milk

2 tsp sugar

Weigh in's tommorrow, and I'm hoping this time of the month(sorry guys)hasn't ruined my progress.

[ladypeartree]

Billie it can affect you by up to half a stone ( 7 pounds ) so dont worry be happy about all the progress you have made, and continue to improve your lifestyle NOT become a slave to food

[billie]

Supper:

16 oz split pea soup

1 piece whole wheat toast

2 tsp olive oil

16 oz hot chocolate

32 oz water

[ladypeartree]

so have you weighed yet ? or have you got so skinny that you have disappeared ?

Billie you are doing so well keep it up

[billie]

I just weighed. I gained 2 lbs.

I'm not too discouraged because the water retention alone at this time of the month could've been much worse. That combined with uncontrollable food cravings brought on by hormones...........It could've been worse. I'm not really that dissappointed.

This was today so far:

1 cup cereal(again, the sugary kind, but this was before I weighed)

3/4 cup nonfat milk

1 cup raisins/almonds

1 cup coffee with nonfat milk

2 tsp sugar

I want to lose at least 3 lbs this week, just 1 more than what I gained. This hasn't really made me want to quit like I thought it would. I actually want it more. I want to try to do better, instead of give up. I know it's God, because I'm such a quitter. He's spurring me on. I know it, because I don't have it in me to keep anything like this up for as long as I have. He's working through all you guys reading this too. Especially you, Lynn, my cheerleader. Without your encouraging words, I think I would've quit already. Thank you all so much.

[ladypeartree]

Hey dont look down in the mouth ( unless you are eating a raw duck ) ...you could have gained soooo much more and in a few days you will have lost all that ..YOU KNOW THE REASONS so dont make it an excuse to quit. Just how long did it take to put the extra weight on ? so did you really think it would be easy coming off? I say this as I sit here eating a large bowl of ice cream ..using the excuse that all I have had to eat today has been a couple of pieces of toast so you see you are doing sooooo much better than I am