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To all of you- I wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter and Happy Spring!0
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Hi just checking in.
Alice, I love your new avatar, you will be doing that in no time!
I am not worrying about my food choices tomorrow. While this is one of my favorite seasons, I will be glad when the Reese Peanut Butter Eggs disappear. They sing the song of my people and I find I must answer and indulge. Mark is on his way to Canada so it will just be me and the girls for supper tomorrow. My oldest Mikala will go to mass with us in the morning, then we will have scallop potatoes and ham with fresh asparagus for out mid-day meal. It is suppose to be nice, so I think we will go to the park and look at the river after our meal.
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Happy Easter All You LOVELY LOST Ladies!!!!
This is my family today...(I am in the pink) notice my BAGGY clothes...I look like a ragamuffin (as my Grandmother would have said) but right now, I'm actually happy about that...it means I am shrinking!!!
This is me...my hubby (Jim)...my daughter (Kyli) and my Mom (Barbara)
Have a FAB_U_LOSS evening my friends!!!!
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Cindy what a beautiful family and you look GREAT!0
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Hi all, I just wanted to check in. I am heading into a long stretch of work travel and conferences where I will not have a lot of control about my food. I've thought about it a lot this weekend and tried to come up with some principles I can follow over the next five weeks. For what it's worth, here's my plan:
1) continue not eating sugar and sweetened foods.
2) When I can prepare my own food, I'll eat the regular meals and snacks I would normally eat.
3) Instead of logging my food, which I have been finding frustrating because I can't control the ingredients, I'm going to use the "my plate" method: 1 plate of food at each meal (no seconds), and serve myself 1/2 vegetables, 1/4 carbs, 1/4 protein on the plate.
4) One of my biggest challenges as a vegetarian is not getting enough protein. I will carry some easy protein with me in my work bag - packs of almonds and Quest bars. If I don't get enough protein in a meal, I will have a protein snack afterwards.
5) I'm going to try to pack my own food as much as I can, but I know that won't always be possible. I've made a short list of healthy foods I can almost always find at convenience stores, gas stations, etc.: low-fat cheese sticks, small packs of almonds or peanuts, apples and oranges, dried fruit, yogurt, whole grain crackers like Triscuit or Wheat Thins, tomato juice or V8 juice. If I need an "emergency" meal or snack, that's my shopping list!
Looking at this list, I realize that my priority for the next few weeks is to not fall back into binge behaviors. I may gain a little weight back over the next five weeks, but I would rather gain a couple of pounds eating a balanced diet than fall back into unhealthy eating.
Thanks everyone for reading! I am sure I will be bouncing back on to this list as I am able, for moral support and encouragement! You guys are all amazing, and I feel so lucky to be on this journey with you.
Happy spring!
Barb
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Beautiful family Cindy!
Great goals you've set for yourself Barb!
My emotions have been all over the place this past week. I need to practice self control. I can be on an emotional roller coaster but that doesn't mean that I can binge!
Today has been binge free and I want to build off of that. Tomorrow I'm going to get food for the week.
It's been an eye opener, I slipped back into old habits quickly. If picked myself up and dusted off, ready to put one foot in front of the other.0 -
Cindy- You are looking fabulous! And you have a great looking family!
Barb- As always you inspire me with your insights and dedication to health!
QT- Just keep going one day at a time. You can be binge free. Be kind and gentle with yourself.0 -
Cindy you have an awesome family. You look amazing and I love your hair
Barb we'll be riding along the journey in your pocket. You've made a whole lot of great choices there.
QT - Do exactly that, "Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and keep moving forwards"
Hope you had a fab Easter Liz
I am so happy to have the moon boot off! Yaaaay! But my son insists on driving me to and from work again this week (I think he is right though).0 -
Cindy you're looking amazing! Lovely family.0
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Cindy - Nice looking family. I think I see some clear ground behind you, is the snow finally melting? It does look like you need to hit the thrift store for some threads
Barb - I like your plan. Having a plan in place is half the battle. You will do great. Do you get to work out while you are on the road?
QT - It is so good to see you! You got this!
Alice - I am glad you are getting rid of the boot! Enjoy having your son drive you.
ZumbaGypsy - Welcome!
Jen, Karen, Noodle, Julia, Ms. S, NE, and anyone I have forgotten - Hi! Have an awesome week!!!0 -
Thanks Liz!
I'm playing hooky from work today.0 -
My post keeps getting lopped off! I'm relaxing and enjoying the nice weather.0
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Hello everyone. Happy to see lovely faces posting.
Yesterday I did very well for Easter. Today my calories are high but I didn't binge. As many of you know I have a binge eating disorder.
One of my friends I'm MFP suggested that I out a sticker on my calendar for each binge free day. Once I have a week total of stickers then I get to treat myself to a reward (non-food). So I went out and bought cute ocean sealife stickers to go with our lighthouse calendar and I have five days now.
Going a full week without a binge is very hard for me. Keeping fingers crossed that I get a full week in.0 -
Hello My Lovely LOST Ladies~
Thank you all for the kind words about my family...even with me looking like a ragamuffin lol! We had a very niceEaster day...quieter than usual...there were only 9 of us for dinner this year...we usually have between 17 and 23!
Barb~ you have a GREAT game plan in place for travel ...I may have to borrow a few of those ideas for the end of the month when I go out to Oklahoma for my work travels...thanks for sharing! I hope you have a very safe and productive trip!
MdwstQT~ I hope you enjoyed your day off immensely...I am waiting for that nice weather to reach us and melt the rest of titis snow lol! You were very right I the new challenge...YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
Jen~ how are things coming for you? Has it settled down a bit? I remember you saying how crazy busy you were getting for a while.
Aaliceinw~ I'm so happy for you that you got your moon boot off! What a good son you have that he is still watching out for you!!! I see you are ROCKIN the challenges in BL!!
Julia~ how are your baby steps coming along?
Liz~ you are correct... We have a few patches of bare ground....I actually saw some grass the other day! Some of my flowers that are close to the house are actually popping through!! WOO HOO winter is NOT going to stay forever!!! How goes the move? Are you taking a lot of deep breathes?
Karen~ I love your friends idea about the calendar! I used to do that with my kids when they were little but I would not have thought of it for myself! I am a very visual person so it is something I can appreciate very much! I actually just made one of those jars we were talking about a while back with the marbles...one for pounds lost...one with how many I still need to lose! It's on the table next to my bed...so I see it when I first get up as a reminder to do well for the day!
Have a FAB_U_LOSS evening my friends!!!
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Cindy - Thank you for asking. The baby steps are going well this week. Not getting the fruit in, but I'm going to the store today.
Karen - I love the stickers. That's such a fun, positive way to track things.
The stickers also reminded me of doing goal posters. I think I may get creative today and do a little goal poster for my next short-term weight goal with encouraging pictures and stickers so that I can look at it every day while I work toward the goal.0 -
Great idea Karen, I too am fighting the binge fight. We can do this!
Hope everyone is doing well. I just logged my lunch. Went to Subway, was close to adding three chocolate chip cookies but I didn't. I have a banana and Kashi bar for snacks. I'm also sipping water.
I'm not energized and honestly I feel sort of blah. I've decided it's ok for me to feel this way. Feelings change! It's not okay for me to binge out. Working on day three being binge free.0 -
Way to go Karen and QT!!!! You can do it!
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I hope everyone is having a great week. I have strained my shoulder again! Booo!!! I really need to go lift some actual weights so I can strengthen these muscles in a very controlled way & stop straining them. Any time I try to swim harder to the point that I'm breathing semi hard I strain my muscles. Son of a!!
Anyway, so my mom got me tickets to go see Neil Diamond this Thursday because she's so proud of how much weight I've lost so far. I love Neil, she doesn't so much, but she's going to go with me because my boyfriend absolutely hates him. C'mon! How can you hate Neil Diamond?! He's one of America's greatest song writers!! Everyone one loves I'm a Believer, Cherry, Cherry, America, Cracklin' Rose, Kentucky Woman & a hundred others. Anyway, I was so surprised that she even noticed! Almost 40 lbs seems like a lot, but when you have to lose 200 to begin with, it doesn't seem like that much. But you know, my mom lost so much years ago so she really knows how hard it is!
Yesterday I had the worst craving to binge. I was home alone and I made my boyfriend take my bank cards so I couldn't go anywhere & buy food to binge on. I just knew being alone was going to trigger it. We only have pretty healthy stuff in the house & I ended up eating a sleeve of crackers with a can of soup & since that took forever to eat because I heat my soup to lava hotness the binge feeling passed. I know binge eating is a real addiction, but boy oh boy I really felt like an addict yesterday pulling everything out of the cupboards. Nearly everything we have in the house has to be prepared now, so there is very little I can grab & eat mindlessly. Uncooked brown rice & pasta isn't something that's easy to binge on! Neither are big bags of frozen veggies! LOL. I'm glad I was able to get through this without too much damage, but I really hope this feeling subsides completely some day.
Have a great rest of the week ladies if I don't get a chance to get back in here!0 -
Anyway, so my mom got me tickets to go see Neil Diamond this Thursday because she's so proud of how much weight I've lost so far. I love Neil, she doesn't so much, but she's going to go with me because my boyfriend absolutely hates him. C'mon! How can you hate Neil Diamond?!
Yesterday I had the worst craving to binge. Uncooked brown rice & pasta isn't something that's easy to binge on! Neither are big bags of frozen veggies! LOL. I'm glad I was able to get through this without too much damage, but I really hope this feeling subsides completely some day.
I like Neil Diamond. I'm sure you and your mom will have a great time. Your mom may even enjoy it more that she thinks she will. - As for looking for food, I'm not typically a big sweets person, but every now and then, I just want a piece of chocolate or some jelly beans and nothing else will do. When that happens, I have been know to search high and low through out the house hoping for some forgotten piece of candy. I will even go through my husband's bag from work looking for the possibly hidden candy bar. It's almost like being pregnant and having cravings. I've just got to have it! And then the next day, I don't even understand why.0 -
Cindy - I'm glad you had a nice quiet Easter. My busy week culminated with Easter Sunday. It was a beautiful day and fantastic Easter services. I sing with our church choir and I just love the Easter hymns. Singing brings me joy! After church, we went golfing as a family. It was a little muddy but great fun and good exercise. This week looks alot quieter. Yeah!
QT- You can do this!
Alice- No more boot! Yippee! Just take it slow so you can stay out of the boot!
ZumbaGypsy- Welcome to our group!
Karen- I love the sticker idea! You can make the week! I have done the sticker idea in the past. It works well. I think I may do it again too!
Noodle- It is so cool that your Mom bought you the tickets! You deserve it! I hope you have an awesome time at the Neil Diamond concert!
To all my LOST friends- Have a great week!0 -
Congrats on your concert Noodles. As well as making it through without bingeing.
Thanks everyone for all your kind words of encouragement.
Day 3 binge free!0 -
Noodle - Is there some water exercises that you can do to strengthen your shoulder? Maybe a mini routine you can do for a few minutes each day before you do your laps?
QT - Way to go!0 -
Wow...typed out a nice post and when I hit post reply...poof it was gone! GRRRR crazy technology! That doesn't happen too often to me here on MFP!
Julia Glad your baby steps are going so well! Good luck on the fruit! love fruit,,,veggies are my issue lately! I usually love them but lately just been too tired to eat in general so quick and easy have been winning out over planning and prepping!
Noodle~ I love Neil Diamond too! Congrats, you lucky girl! I hope you and your Mom have an AMAZING time! Sorry about your shoulder!
MdwstQT~Way to go on your binge FREE!!!
Jen~ I'm hoping you have a nice quiet week!
Liz~I hope the stress is minimal! Take nice deep breaths my friend!!!
Have a FAB_U_LOSS evening my friends!0 -
I hate when that happens Cindy! It's happened to me like twice back to back the other day.
Hump Day down! 4 days binge free!0 -
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It's raining here in Wisconsin. What is it about rain that makes me feel like curling up with a good book & a pint of ice cream? I can't even seem to focus on work, which is bad because it just means I'll have to come in this weekend. Rain, rain go away!0
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We were notified that we will be closing on the house tomorrow at 2:30. Now the real work will begin 0
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I crashed and burned last night! I had a major binge! So much I wouldn't even know where to begin to track it. I'm so depressed and guilt ridden over it!
My binges always happen at night, alone. I hate it! 0 -
Good Morning My Lovely LOST Ladies~
Julia~ I agree...HUGE WOO HOO for MdwstQT's BINGE FREE!!!!
Noodle~ We got more SNOW yesterday and last night! I want to curl up too! If this keeps up..I won't be opening the pol til Juy
Liz~ CONGRATS on the house! Remember to breathe and the word of the week is still DELEGATE LOL!!!
Jen~ Do NOT beat yourself up! It's over...try making yourself a small list of things to do at night when you are alone! You can always come here and "chat" with us!!! Recognizing that being your trigger is a step towards VICTORY! ((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))
Have a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!! XOXOXOXO0 -
Thank you, Cindy!0
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