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Nighttime snacking is my nemesis. When I'm making lunches for the next day, or cleaning up the kitchen, I find myself hitting the potato chips!!
I think my plan now is to work in the kitchen earlier, and drink a mason jar full of water, so I'm not so snacky!!
Self-sabotage sucks, but I will not let it beat me!!
You can do it! And if the water isn't quite hitting the mental "snack spot," you can try adding something like a vitamin C tablet or no-sugar-added squash (juice concentrate) to it, so you get the taste/treat aspect of it without the calories.
In a general sense, do you have any "willpower tips?" There are a lot of birthdays coming up in my office - today, for instance, the table directly behind my desk is loaded with three flavours of crisps, sausage rolls, cheese'n'onion rolls, quiche lorraine, vegetarian quiche, individual fruit cobblers with whipped cream, and almond-chocolate-covered salted-caramel cookie-dough brownies. I can't get up to do anything without being faced with this lovely spread - and I know the same thing will happen every birthday this summer. (It's compounded by the fact that I spent six years in graduate school, have never had much money, and still don't, so the idea of refusing free food only to have to eat food I pay for instead is a difficult one to comprehend.)
How do you guys manage to convince yourselves not to eat delicious, free, available food?
(Edit: I know I could just save up in my calorie budget for these kinds of treats, but the problem is, I already have to save that budget for stuff that's beyond my control - like weekend events and business trips. I need to learn willpower and self-control when I do have a choice.)1 -
Nighttime snacking is my nemesis. When I'm making lunches for the next day, or cleaning up the kitchen, I find myself hitting the potato chips!!
I think my plan now is to work in the kitchen earlier, and drink a mason jar full of water, so I'm not so snacky!!
Self-sabotage sucks, but I will not let it beat me!!
You can do it! And if the water isn't quite hitting the mental "snack spot," you can try adding something like a vitamin C tablet or no-sugar-added squash (juice concentrate) to it, so you get the taste/treat aspect of it without the calories.
In a general sense, do you have any "willpower tips?" There are a lot of birthdays coming up in my office - today, for instance, the table directly behind my desk is loaded with three flavours of crisps, sausage rolls, cheese'n'onion rolls, quiche lorraine, vegetarian quiche, individual fruit cobblers with whipped cream, and almond-chocolate-covered salted-caramel cookie-dough brownies. I can't get up to do anything without being faced with this lovely spread - and I know the same thing will happen every birthday this summer. (It's compounded by the fact that I spent six years in graduate school, have never had much money, and still don't, so the idea of refusing free food only to have to eat food I pay for instead is a difficult one to comprehend.)
How do you guys manage to convince yourselves not to eat delicious, free, available food?
(Edit: I know I could just save up in my calorie budget for these kinds of treats, but the problem is, I already have to save that budget for stuff that's beyond my control - like weekend events and business trips. I need to learn willpower and self-control when I do have a choice.)
Wow Jey! You are in a tight spot...literally!!!
Is there another space they can move this calorie fest spread? I think the hardest part is to be seeing it.... And having it so close....and smelling it.
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Is there another space they can move this calorie fest spread? I think the hardest part is to be seeing it.... And having it so close....and smelling it.
Jill
Not in our office, unfortunately! But you're right; the hardest part is that it's all right there, especially when they all talk about how good it is and how many they're having. (I shoot myself in the foot there; I do the baking...)
Next time there's a birthday, I'll do the setting up and I'll take your advice and try to put everything at the farthest end of the table from my desk. I think I'll also try to make room in the calorie budget for some kind of treat that isn't horribly indulgent, but also isn't a celery stick - maybe having some kind of indulgent snack of my own will keep me from being tempted by theirs...1 -
It's Friday morning and weigh-in time!
The good: I met my mini-goals for this week, bringing myself into overall deficit and exercising every day.
The bad: Apparently, I'm still on this depressing plateau, because my weight has gone up by 1.2 lbs, putting me right back where I was two weeks ago... and where I have been every weigh-in for two months.
The ugly: I have a calorific weekend coming up. I'm trying to balance it out and make room for it in my calorie budget, but I'm just not feeling motivated at the moment. It seems like, no matter what I do, I can't make a dent in my numbers - so I almost feel like, why try? If I can't lose weight on a limit of 1000 (net) calories per day (doctor-approved), is eating well even worth it?0 -
Jey, don't get discouraged...we're here for you. Because this is a life change, progress is pretty slow sometimes, but you'll get through your plateau. Enjoy the good foods... Track them...and don't over stress. Just dance off some calories... Because dancing also relieves stress.
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Jey, don't get discouraged...we're here for you. Because this is a life change, progress is pretty slow sometimes, but you'll get through your plateau. Enjoy the good foods... Track them...and don't over stress. Just dance off some calories... Because dancing also relieves stress.
Jill
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I'll do my best and see what happens... I've got patience (in general), but the idea of being stuck at 1000 calories for life is pretty scary.
(Also... dancing might relieve my stress, but if you'd ever seen me dance, you'd believe me when I say it might increase everyone else's.)
Mini-goals for this week:
- Eat at a deficit every day except tomorrow (big "event" day).
- Come in at an overall deficit for the week and save a bit of deficit for next week*.
- Identify trouble spots in my eating and call myself out on them publicly so I can fix them.
*International business trip; I won't have much control over what I eat for six whole days! ARGH.0 -
*International business trip; I won't have much control over what I eat for six whole days! ARGH.
I will be travelling to the USA (I live in Europe) leaving on Monday and will be gone for a month. 2 weeks working, and have little control over what I eat, and 2 weeks vacation. Vacation time will be even harder as I'm in hotels and whatever. Plus I (probably like everyone here) love food, and half of the fun of visiting new places is trying all the local food!! It's gonna be hard!!! My aim
For the next month is to gain no more than 7lbs.
Previously I have gained 10lbs in 2 weeks away so 7lbs in a month is ok with me. But oh..... I'm looking forward to it, but also know it will be hard.
I also have a BBQ tomorrow and there will obviously be alcohol2 -
We can get through the challenges of a holiday weekend, business trips, and vacations. We are smart, fabulous, and we can keep our portions under control
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We can get through the challenges of a holiday weekend, business trips, and vacations. We are smart, fabulous, and we can keep our portions under control
I hope you're right!!! I can keep my portion sizes under control. Whenever I travel to the USA, and eat out, I cannot. Seriously USA.....I know everything is bigger there but there are some things that do not need to be as big as they are! I remember my shock the first USA trip of my friend ordering a small pizza for 3 of us. The small pizza was bigger than the biggest pizza I had ever had. A standard bottle of coke or soda is bigger, in restaurants I made the mistake (many times) of ordering a starter with my meal.....no. Just no the starter is a meal in itself haha.
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louisepaul16 wrote: »We can get through the challenges of a holiday weekend, business trips, and vacations. We are smart, fabulous, and we can keep our portions under control
I hope you're right!!! I can keep my portion sizes under control. Whenever I travel to the USA, and eat out, I cannot. Seriously USA.....I know everything is bigger there but there are some things that do not need to be as big as they are! I remember my shock the first USA trip of my friend ordering a small pizza for 3 of us. The small pizza was bigger than the biggest pizza I had ever had. A standard bottle of coke or soda is bigger, in restaurants I made the mistake (many times) of ordering a starter with my meal.....no. Just no the starter is a meal in itself haha.
You are so right! We go overboard on food...
Remember to order the smallest sizes, and get large salads.
Which state are you going to?
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http://youtu.be/gbrbUfYSt0E
Not sure if this link will work. You might have to copy and paste it... But this is may be a contender for our theme song.... "All in this "Together.... Feel free to post your favorite motivational song!
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This is maybe half of the tempting spread I had to deal with on Saturday. Not pictured: deli meat selection, cheese board, pitta and hummus, homemade guacamole, mini savoury eggs, mini beef and vegetable pasties, a slow-cooker filled with pulled pork, bread rolls, baguette slices, home-baked chocolate chip ginger cookies, sriracha popcorn, dill pickle chips, maple cookies, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, refills of almost every platter in the picture, or an entire table of drinks.
I did have a game plan in place for resisting all of this, but... I ran out of time and it didn't work.
The good news is, I made up half of my horrific overage just today - so hopefully, by midweek, I'll have accounted for it completely. Just in time to head off on the business trip of doom!1 -
This is maybe half of the tempting spread I had to deal with on Saturday. Not pictured: deli meat selection, cheese board, pitta and hummus, homemade guacamole, mini savoury eggs, mini beef and vegetable pasties, a slow-cooker filled with pulled pork, bread rolls, baguette slices, home-baked chocolate chip ginger cookies, sriracha popcorn, dill pickle chips, maple cookies, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, refills of almost every platter in the picture, or an entire table of drinks.
I did have a game plan in place for resisting all of this, but... I ran out of time and it didn't work.
The good news is, I made up half of my horrific overage just today - so hopefully, by midweek, I'll have accounted for it completely. Just in time to head off on the business trip of doom!
Wow!
So much food! I can see why you had a hard time.1 -
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This topic is the story of my life, losing and regaining the same 2 stone but never getting to goal weight which is about 3 stone away!!1
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I don't know. I think I disagree with the "lifestyle change" thing for me. At any rate, I know I'm just not ready for it yet. Maybe the yo yo thing is ok for now. I lost 18 lbs, now I've gained nearly 7 back. I think I will be able to get back on track next week. But I need to look forward to a time when I can eat care-free for awhile. I do hope that at some point I will be ready for that lifestyle change.0
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My kids were at a lake party with their theatre friends yesterday and there was a nice spread of food....so I had a plate. Considering I had a burger, pasta salad, chips and a cupcake, I maintained my weight this morning... Woo Hoo!1 -
This just proves that weight loss should be treated as a change of lifestyle, rather than a short-term solution. Welcome back, and you know you can do it, as you have proven that already1
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coughlin382 wrote: »I don't know. I think I disagree with the "lifestyle change" thing for me. At any rate, I know I'm just not ready for it yet. Maybe the yo yo thing is ok for now. I lost 18 lbs, now I've gained nearly 7 back. I think I will be able to get back on track next week. But I need to look forward to a time when I can eat care-free for awhile. I do hope that at some point I will be ready for that lifestyle change.
Welcome Coughlin382,
Don't call it a lifestyle change... Call it keeping the unchecked binging in check. My issue is that I want to eat an entire family bag of potato chips.... and then feel horrible about myself. If I track what I eat I can eat what I want... In reasonable portions.... Most of the time anyway.1 -
My kids were at a lake party with their theatre friends yesterday and there was a nice spread of food....so I had a plate. Considering I had a burger, pasta salad, chips and a cupcake, I maintained my weight this morning... Woo Hoo!
Congratulations! And that sounds lovely - I wish we had the weather over here for a lake party.0 -
This just proves that weight loss should be treated as a change of lifestyle, rather than a short-term solution. Welcome back, and you know you can do it, as you have proven that already
Thanks Iofred!
Love your turtle on the bike logo. Slow and steady....except your turtle looks FAST!0 -
Hi
I have decided to re-join after putting back on 21 of the 37lbs I lost two years ago and need some motivation friends to help me along the way. I am no spring chicken but do like to take part in some exercise classes (not disciplined enough to just go to the gym). Please feel free to befriend me - username rrigibann1 -
Hi
I have decided to re-join after putting back on 21 of the 37lbs I lost two years ago and need some motivation friends to help me along the way. I am no spring chicken but do like to take part in some exercise classes (not disciplined enough to just go to the gym). Please feel free to befriend me - username rrigibann
Welcome Rigibann!
Jump on in! I'm not a gym person either, but I'm a routine dog walker. My dog- Roxie-never says no to a walk.
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louisepaul16 wrote: »Day 9- Still on the wagon...still have to keep an eye on my chip portions. What snack/food do you have a hard time with?
Have a great evening. I wish you all a good night's sleep.
Bread, it's always about bread. Haha. I have not had chips, or chocolate in 2 months, but bread? Nope. Can't stop eating my bread. I also really LOVE hard boiled eggs. I could happily eat a box of 6 given half a chance lol.
I've gotten pretty good with only snacking with fruit and/or nuts, and definitely don't snack as much as I used to!
Ive been starting to snack on nuts but I eat too much and I eat the equivalent of calories as a big mac!!!1 cup of almonds is 870 cal...yikes1 -
I love nuts, too... Pistachio and cashews are my favorites...0
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Nuts would be my undoing - that's why we never have any in the house. I just can't afford the calories!
That said, there were a few treats at this weekend's party that involved perfectly ordinary peanut butter and I had no idea how much I liked peanut butter until I tried one and couldn't stop. I ended up eating six (thank goodness they were small)... guess I've found my first "trigger food."0 -
Weekends and vacations are wonderful....we need them to unwind and relax and spend time with friends and family....but it gets hard to stay on track with all of the goodies and treats around.
Today we're headed to a water park with the kids and 2 of their friends. I plan on swimming off some calories from the weekend, and keeping lunch healthy and satisfying. Wish me luck!
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Good luck Jill!1
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