2019 - I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T GIVE UP!! HERE WE GO!
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I'm always using it when I tell my son "it's too hot!! to do a deep cleaning of the house, or it's too cold! to clean! He says it's NEVER "just right" for me..... so I tell him, yes! I have Goldilock's Syndrome! lol
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Pickleball looks really hard! I don't think I could possibly keep up. Would love to give it a go, though.
My weight loss is only fluctation. Still trying to push for a new low, but it's not coming!
Time2Lose, I noticed you had lost weight due to illness - how awful for you! I hope you've recovered now.
Congratulations on the loss, Suzy!
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Suzy - another loss is awesome!! and THAT is what you can take with you when you go to see hubbys family next week - the reminder that you have been consistently losing and moving towards your goal and seeing the results from your hard work!!! I think you should weigh in the day before you go cause i bet you'll be down another bit and that will help keep you in the zone!! Well done!!
Gail im so sorry you have a stomach bug; I hate throwing up - i think we've discussed that before in here lol.... i'm glad to hear you're on the mend and how cool would it be if you and milove met while you were there?
Keep in mind those PB players in the video are pros... lol for me its just about moving the parts and having a blast doing it.. and when you start you aren't moving at all, you're just learning the serving and strategy and rules so you're just doing drills - so it doesn't scare you off like watching them actually play does lol... its almost a gradual slide into the moving part so you don't realize you're actually running around til you are
Vail - you'll get to a new loss soon i know you will! I'm hoping for the same thing... i'm not changing my ticker til I weigh in on monday tho.. (and it better be DOWN MOVING... as right now it's still just wobbling back and forth 1/2 lb up and down..
off to shower; had a good time at PB but i was hurting this morning; joint pain and the overall owies that happen sometimes, i hoped playing would help and it did somewhat, but after 2 hrs and maybe 5 or 6 games i packed it in... i have a short gig at the LAC this evening then start dayshift tomorrow so best get everything prepped - including putting that darn chicken in the oven lol! have a great weekend hatters!!
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Just popping in before bed to see how it went with the walk Vail - but i'm not sure of the time difference so i'll check in the morning !1
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The walk went well, but I have to say the pace was a bit fast for me, as I suspected. It turned out that there was very little elevation, but when we went up hill I really felt it! It was a bit frustrating, because it's not as if I'm sedentary - I do walk quite a lot, although I suppose it's almost all on quite level ground, so I'm not getting the "training" in. Maybe my "stair training" (going up and down the stairs at home over and over!) will help. It did make me realise that I don't think I could keep up with the group if it had been more hilly.
There were some beautiful views, but I felt I couldn't stop and look or take photographs or enjoy it, because I had to keep up! We did have a stop for lunch, though. Excluding the lunch stop, we covered about 3 miles an hour, which felt fast for me even on the completely flat bits.
So it was a success! But it made me realise that I couldn't have done it if it had been any more hilly. The pace has always been a problem for me, even when I was young and fit and regularly going up mountains, so I don't expect that to improve! I will look out for walks that appear suitable.
I was one of the oldest there, but there were mixed ages. I was definitely the fattest! Which is often the case when I go to the gym or anything. Despite the weight loss, my BMI is still in the overweight range by quite a lot (about 12lb at the moment). I did wonder if I would be finding it easier if I lost that extra weight! That should be easy - I just need to not eat so much, lol!
Oh, and no blisters! If I keep this up though, I may buy the socks Suzy suggested, as my feet were hot and sore. The weather was fantastic for February too, very mild, misty then sunny.2 -
Vail, I’m so proud of you for going and proving to yourself that you could do it...even if you had to push yourself a bit! The best results of any exercise come from pushing yourself a bit outside your comfort zone. Three miles an hour is a brisk pace. How far or long did you go? Yay to no blisters!!! Did you meet any nice people? Were there any that were at your level? If so, maybe you could start your own group of those who want to work up to the hills. Just a thought. Again.... I’m so proud of you for going!
We had my daughter and her husband over for dinner last night. I made her favorite, lasagna. I did pretty good, only ate half a piece and the rest of my plate was salad, no bread. I did, however, drink three glasses of wine and had a bit of dessert. All in all I felt like I used restraint and made good decisions. I’m okay with it and managed to come in just under my daily calories...somehow. We’re walking today (since we have a break in the rain and the sun is actually out)!
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Pickle ball is awesome Snoozie. I use to play tennis when I was in my 20s and again mid 50s. I would love to do this. I have to look to see if they have this here.
Gail, sorry you are not well, I hope you feel better soon.
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Vail item so proud of you for trying something new with the walk. I get that you found it difficult and not being able to stop when you might've wanted to look at the lovely nature scenery or just enjoy the moment so to speak I did try group walking once but came to realize that because I walk for my mental health im much better walking on my own so I can do exactly that - sit on the picnic bench for a few minutes when I feel like it and enjoy the birds in the water, and to be able to stroll when I feel like it and powerwalk when I feel like it. But the important thing is that you put yourself out there to a new situation that was a little daunting and we all know how scary that can be so huge congrats girl I'm having to use my phone right now and Siri but Susie big congrats on the lasagna and the restraint and my love pickle ball is the fastest growing sport in North America so you may very well just find something near you. More later from home when I can actually type on the computer!1
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Well done on the lasagne, Suzy! It's great the way you can keep on track while entertaining and enjoying yourself. I hope the walk went well!
The walk was only about 7.5 miles, and a lot of it was fairly level. I think the other women usually do more than 10, and were talking about 26 mile day walks, so I think I was a bit out of my league! Yes, I did meet some nice people and a couple were at a similar life stage (grownup children). Most were in their 40s, I think. I walked some of the way with a grandmother who was very short and said she had difficulty keeping up, but she was still better than me! We all went for coffee afterwards. I know what you mean about preferring solo walks, Snoozie. I'm usually solo, and do enjoy it. I will look out for other suitable group walks, but will try to get some more challenging solo walks done for training! There is a beginners section on this group, but I haven't seen any walks specifically for beginners. I think you're right, Suzy, that it might be a good idea to organise one myself, then I can be clear about what level it's at!1 -
7+ miles!!! 10 miles??? 26 miles??!!! Good lord, Vail!!! Did you stumble upon a tribe of Amazon warriors?!!!
7+ miles on a first walk is amazing! We walked 6+ yesterday on relatively flat ground and it’s not easy. I’m doubly impressed with you now! I do enjoy my solo walks, too. It gives you a chance to decompress while doing something healthy.
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Saw this online today and it spoke to me:
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Love it Suzy and vail also agree with Suzy on your accomplishment !!!!0
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Thank you! And I love the quote! So true!0
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I must not be accurately recording my calories or something. I got on the scale this morning (because I’m one of those OCD types who weighs every day) and I’m up when I thought I might see some downward movement. I’m trying to remind myself that fluctuations are perfectly normal but it’s still a bit of a hit motivationally. I’m not giving up on myself!
There’s been a break in the rain but I’ve been a lazy couch potato. I’m going walking today though. I hope you’re all having a great week!
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I'm a daily weigher too, and I never know if I'm coming or going with the fluctation! I find it best to look at the graph longer term (i.e. at least a month). But I know what you mean about the motivation! So frustrating. Well done on not giving up!1
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i weigh every day too, and yep its just fluctuation suzy.. but i get why seeing it go up at all for any reason kinda freaked you out.. just remember every once in a while your body needs time to adjust a bit to the awesome weight loss you've been consistently making happen!! its just taking a minute to adjust to the new you so keep the faith and keep remembering you are doing fabulous and you aint gonna give up on yourself now!!
I am so sick of driving in blizzards.. we had another 20cm of snow yesterday and the drive home from work was brutal... i am done with winter!! whichever one of our hatters lives somewhere where its above 50F ?? be warned i'm heading your way!!
Today was gorgeous of course.... beautiful and sunny and the plows had been on the major streets at least .. which was good cause i had to take a couple of hours off at the start cause i had my apt with the gastro surgeon who did the tests on me last month for the results - i admit i was a little nervous waiting to hear but its all good!! She did biopsies on some brumps in my stomach and upper bowel - (she said they werent unusual bumps but because of the reson for the tests sent them off - and all negative for bad stuff.. yay... she sent a tummy sample off for bacteria check - also negative yay... and no ulcer of any kind.. yay the blood tests i had done for her still showed low iron (which was the reason for the tests) but she said its only been 3 weeks not enuf time for the meds to have worked yet to heal the stomach, so said stay on the meds for anotehr 8 weeks and then get blood tests and in the interim to eat lots of high iron food; no supplements just food as iron is absorbed better by our bodies from food than pills... so i was like so i can have STEAK again??? lol she said yup red meat and dark green veggies.. no problem for me!! of course she also said liver was a great source but i said thats not happening lol... so we'll check again in the 8 weeks and if no improvement in the iron will consider then doing a colonoscopy... yes ok perhaps too much info but if ya can't share with your internet peeps, who can ya huh? gotta fly now... home from work and doing a shift at the LAC for a couple of hours but will pop in tomorrow to see.. suzy i think you're off now as of wed to see the inlaws? hope its going well!
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Snoozie, sounds like good news overall. Sounds like a great time for a steak dinner! I don’t blame you for being tired of snow. We fly to Kansas City on Saturday and they’re expecting five inches of snow on Sunday. Brrrrr! I’m not used to driving in those conditions so we may not be going out much.
Official weigh in tomorrow so we’ll see what happens.
Vail, do you think that hike helped with the 2+ pound loss? I’m hoping it’s staying off!
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I'm really pleased about your results, Snooozie! I hope the diet sorts out the anaemia and you don't need any more investigations.
Funnily enough, I've just started eating more red meat too. Well, I wasn't eating much meat at all. But I just wanted to make sure I was getting enough B vitamins, and then I thought that red meat has the extra iron too, so I might as well have that.
Suzy, I don't know if the hike helped, because I ate a lot afterwards! (Funnily enough, not during, I took some lunch but wasn't really hungry and didn't it eat it all). It has stayed off, but I have a feeling that my scales are playing up, because I've been getting exactly the same weight every morning. That never happens! Tomorrow I plan to try my other scales and see if there's any difference.
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Great news on your test, Snoozie.... hope it is fixed with the iron rich food and meds. Come on down...we have 70 degree weather , then down in the 30's a few days and then back to the 40's then the 70's. We can accommodate all your winter ,summer clothes in one week!
I weigh every day...sometimes more...yep, one of those...
I know my life in weight numbers more than life itself!!
Vail, yea for the loss!! glad you liked the walk overall.
Suzy, best wishes sent for driving in the4 snow. I believe it is different up north....My son says they usually know how to prepare the roads better than us southerners.
Sugar is up extremely high the last few weeks. I fell out of taking my metformin at night, and when I realized I couldn't see very well at all ,the usual things like large signs(blurry), I knew I was in trouble. I hope it will get better, not sure how that works. I am trying to take my 1000 mg pill at 10:00 pm( 2 hours after eating, so no bathroom trips) then eat brekkie by 8:00 am so I can take another pill at 10:00 am 1000 mg... nothing in between until supper. I have never been able to find a way to take 2 daily... for 2 days it has worked....finger and toes crossed it will help me get my eyesight aback and BG back down...
Plus it is helping to drop a few much needed lbs.
P>S> Going on Vaca' to my friend's house near the beach..... March 12 through 17 .YEA!!!
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Gail - im so sorry about your high sugars... and the eyesight probs!! Please please take care of yourself... the insidious damage T2 does to our organs especially eyes and kidneys is so scary - i really hope you can tolerate the metformin.. interesting you take yours 2 hours after eating? When i was on it i had to take mine with food... and 12 hrs apart (2x a day).. that was hard sometimes on the shifts, but if i was late taking one (say due at 8pm but didnt take til 10pm then i took the next at 10am etc... every 12 hrs was how i looked at it rather than 2x a day.. was easier for me to track i guess. But whatever way works for you, its just so important you take those meds as when the sugar is high in your bloodstream that it runs around looking for those organs.. and the meds will at least help to keep it down..
I had the same bathroom issues with metformin btw.. but you just kinda get used to it... however my doc switched me to . Janumet/Januvia ? something like that.. its a combo of metformin and something else - she thinks it will work better at lowering my sugars better than metofrmin alone.. i won't know the results til end of april and its still one pill 2x a day.. (the metformin i was on 2 pills 2x a day so less pills now lol) anyway i have noticed i dont have the bathorom issue with this med so if you really can't tolerate the metformin, perhaps ask your doc about any other options? But whatever you're on, maybe try to think of it as taking "protection" pills - maybe mentally that will help you remember to take em? Just please take care of yourself my friend!!!!
Suzy - i'll be happy to come along and be your chauffeur in the snow lol - i had a lot of practice lol. have a good trip and will keep fingers crossed the snow is just a squall and not a biggie!
Vail funny you mention the B vitamins.. i was thinking of that too because i know a lot of times epecially with much older people, a lack of B12 can cause the same symptoms as early dementia... !!! a lot of seniors are misdiagnosed when a simple blood test can check the B levels.. my senior friend i used to look after had that happen so now i'm like a pitbull on the subject!! She had to get monthly injections of the B12 to keep her levels up but it absolutely made a difference to her cognitive state too with the mild confusion and short term memory issues she was having... i was googling foods high in iron . and weirdly.. turns out my fibre 1 honey clusters cereal is one of the best sources.. almost 50% of a normal daily allowance of iron?? what the heck.. i guess its fortified .. i rarely eat cereal i just kind of keep it around for emergency breakfasts lol... but i may have to start eating it a few times a week! Liver is still the best and highest but that aint never gonna happen here... ha...
im finally on days off... gonna go try a bit of pickleball this morning but my feet and legs are a little sore as i've been doing a couple of shifts at the LAC after work and a lot of standing.. but i will just play a few games wont overdue ... have a good day hatters!!1 -
I hope you get it sorted with the Metformin, Gail. I used to take my medication at 7am and 7pm, then tried 8am and 8pm, trying to fit it in around work and other things. And now I take it when I get up and go to bed, simply because that's when I will remember, and won't double dose because it's part of a routine. But it's not ideal, because a couple of meds are twice daily doses and obviously I leave it too long during the day, and then too short at night! So I hope you manage to find a routine that works and is better than my solution.
It's interesting what you say about Vitamin B12, Snooozie. I just had it in my head because I'd been reading about supplementing for vegans, and was thinking that I don't eat very much animal products. I've started using Marmite more, although I don't know how good it is really, but I do like the taste! I don't have any emergency cereal in the house - lol! But I think our cereal is often fortified, and flour/bread too.1 -
omg Vail - I can't believe you mentioned Marmite LOL... i have a friend who grew up in Britain and loves that stuff - she made me try it once and I have to admit.. it's right up there with liver in my opinion LOL... def NOT a fan but I havent heard of it in years and so I had a good laugh when i saw it your post! But I know its now considered one of the "superfoods" - i think because its loaded with all the B vitamins, and.. maybe folic acid? something else super beneficial for us lol0
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Before i forget.. i can't remember if it was someone here who talked about vitamin C helping absorb iron and i said that was only for supplements - but turns out doesnt matter the source it DOES help.. so if it was one of you ... thanks!! lol
i had googled foods high in iron before i went shopping - turns out a few things i thot were high like broccoli aren't but most important.. (and Vail i thought of you and our big oatmeal discussion lol) turns out the CHEAP microwave pouches of oatmeal (and by cheap i mean 1.97 for 10 pouches) ... they have 40% of the DR of iron..!! since they wanted almost $4 for 6 little nuggets of frozen spinach... i opted for hte oatmeal LOL.. but i did get a tub of fresh spinach leaves on sale so i can toss that in with some pasta as well... but i did laugh at the oatmeal turning out to the cheapest and one of the highest... ! 0 -
My guess is that those pouches are fortified (like breakfast cereal). Funny that they fortify the cheap ones and not the more expensive ones! Yes, Vitamin C is supposed to help you absorb it (e.g. having veg with meals). Also, animal iron (meat, eggs, etc.) is easier to absorb. And animal iron helps you absorb non-animal iron (if you eat them together). And caffiene drinks tend to interfere with iron absorption, so best not to have tea with meals (something I tend to be guilty of!).
Dried fruit is supposedly high in iron, but we're not meant to eat a lot, and also somebody told me years ago that it was only because of the way it was processed and stored (presumably absorbing iron from metal in vats or barrels), and that may have changed with modern processing methods. I don't know if that's true - probably not - but funny how these things stick with you for years! I will have to find out some time.
Marmite definitely has a distinctive taste! I didn't used to like it, but I do now.0 -
Thanks, everyone. It's my own fault. I just kinda' fell out of taking one at night. ( it was my only pill I took) So since it is so severe this time, I thought I should try to find a way to take the 2 pills my doctor had recommended I take. I just couldn't figure out a way to take them, without running for the Loo!
This way seems to work, I am taking 1000 mg at 10:00am and 10:00 pm... so I am covering all hours of the night......just not with my meal....muu uh can't do it! lol
marmite...gotta look that one up...is it something like vegomite in austrailaia?
I have read that about the B12 myself. I wonder how many dear sweet people could be fixed with getting their B12 checked and kept up with.
break over
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Hello Hatters! We’re still on Kansas City but though I’d chime in for a minute.
Gail, I really hope the meds help. That’s very scary! Losing eyesight is nothing to mess around with!
Vail, that’s a big no on the marmite. Yuk! Good for you that you actually like it!!!
Snoozie, I didn’t know that about the oatmeal. I’ll have to look and see if the one I use is fortified.
My dad is currently going for weekly B12 shots because his levels were so low. He was showing signs of fatigue and a bit of dementia. I’m glad we found it as early as we did. Of course, he thinks he’s falling apart now.
I’ve managed to keep my eating in control so far. So fingers crossed for the rest of our stay here.
I’ll check in later! Have a good one, ladies!
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Interesting video; I have to say it reminded me that I did indeed come here originally to improve my health, not to hit a number on a scale!
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Gail i'm SO glad to hear you are back on your meds !!! yay you!!
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Hey all... I was cleaning out some old emails and i can across this one i sent to myself.. it appears to have been quite a while ago from the date on the email, BUT if i recall, it was a post by someone on MFP that I thought was excellent, so i cut and pasted it and emailed it to myself.... sadly i didn't include the name of the poster to give her credit ... but i think from the contents of her post, she wouldn't mind me sharing it anyway.
It was good to re read it today as well for me .... so I thought i would share it just in case it resonates well with anyone else right now.. Hugs!
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After losing so much weight, I’ve had to buy new things and I often find myself trying on dresses, jeans and shirts, dress slacks and blouses. High heels. When I get dressed, I examine myself from all angles. I am very pleased. I am wearing wedges and a wrap dress. How very cute I am. Then I go out into the world and face the comments—You’re getting so skinny! You’re going to dry up and blow away! You’re melting! How did you do it? How much have you lost? What do you weigh NOW?
The comments are endless. They think they are helping, being nice. They aren’t. I am only confused. Exposed. My fat was like a lead mantle, protecting me from their probing gaze. Now I am becoming see-through. I feel as though I am on display, constantly judged and measured. I’m working very, very hard to stop listening to what everyone says. What they say, what they think-- it doesn’t really matter. I’m teaching myself to believe this. I want to be more than what I weigh, or how I look. I AM more.
I’m not exactly sure when I last weighed what I weigh now, but it’s probably been over fifteen years. When you’ve gained and lost and gained and lost and gained it all back and then gained a lot, lot more—well, your life is a solid blur of this. A blur of your body and food and numbers on a scale. Numbers on a scale and food diaries, begun in earnest, then discarded. A blur of self-help books on overeating, on miracle diets, on how to love yourself at any size. Then, somehow, there is no scale. There is only the gaining. And the black tunics with leggings. And big black shirts. And the sweat. The out-of-breathness. Avoiding the profile. Avoiding the photographs.
That I’ve broken free of this ongoing, maddening see-saw of existence is remarkable. I am watching my mother-in-law, once again, eating Nutri-System food. She doesn’t like the food. She weighs herself every day. The scale drives her crazy. She talks about her “diet” and her food constantly. She knows and acknowledges that she will gain it all back.
I refuse to gain it all back—I will show up every single day and record my food on MFP. Every day. Even when I know I’ve gone over by 1,000 calories. By 1,500 calories. Even when I’m just so busy I really don’t have the time. Even when I’m annoyed with the whole thing, the watchful eye, the diligence.
But the diligence, however annoying and tiresome, works. I’ve lost almost 90 pounds. I’ve been on this journey with MFP since last March. I’ve been incredibly successful.
When people ask me how I “did” it, they want me to tell them about the “diet” I’m on, probably expecting me to say “low carb” or “Paleo” or some other such nonsense. I’ve decided, after a few months of this dreadful attention to say, “I’m eating less.” Because I am. Eating less. Watching my food like a hawk. Showing up every single day.
After many years of counseling, I have begun to change my THINKING. That was the beginning. Now I know that EVERYTHING is a CHOICE.
Every time you eat something, you have made a choice. I used to eat things, stuff them in, and wonder why I did it. What was wrong with me? I don't even LIKE Twinkies. Obviously, I couldn’t control myself. I was “addicted.” I was an emotional eater. Surely I had an eating disorder. Surely I wasn’t “normal.” Now I don’t think this way. I whirled round and round inside my food “obsession” for years, but once I embraced the fact that everything in my life is a result of decisions that I have made, losing weight has become doable. And other things in my life make more sense too. I have several serious health issues, but I choose how to react to my ailments. I have limitations—there are things I just can’t do anymore, but I choose to either feel sorry for myself or look for other solutions.
I choose what to eat and what not to eat. It really is that simple. But I must pay attention. I must be aware and stay aware lest I return to my addled way of thinking. And I refuse to go back.
Here are some things that help me--
I do not say “exercise” and I do not say “diet.” Ever. I say “food.” And I say “move.” I’m careful to never use punitive language.
I do not play games with the scale. I weigh ONCE a week on MY scale. I place the scale in the same position on the floor. Every time. I weigh ONE time. My scale is the ONLY SCALE THAT COUNTS. I do not weigh at the gym. I do not weigh at other people’s houses. The doctor’s scale doesn’t count.
I eat ALL of my calories. I eat back my extra calories from swimming or walking or stretching or cleaning house. I eat what I want to eat. I do not “play” the numbers—no banking calories. No “cheat” days.
I eat often and I “front-load” my day--breakfast is often my largest meal and I never, ever skip it. I try to stop eating by 6:00 pm. I usually stop eating well before then.
I naturally drink a lot of water. I never drink sugary drinks and I have only a small amount of juice.
I ignore the latest “nutrition” advice. This can be hard, but once you realize that what shows up in the news, and what you watch on “documentaries,” is either very sketchy, very biased, or too preliminary to be of much use, it’s rather easy. In spite of what the “experts” claim, food studies are only approaching “accurate” when performed in a lab in a completely controlled setting. There have been very few such studies. And there are no “miracle” foods, no miracle diets.
There is only food--what you decide to eat and how much you decide to eat of it.
I eat my sweets. But I have become very aware of what I’m eating and I weigh the choices before I choose. If a protein bar will do it, I eat one. If the protein bar won’t do it, I eat a candy bar. If only a pastry will hit the spot, then I have a pastry. I pretty much know the calorie count of everything at this point so I can think to myself—500 calorie apple fritter or 280 calorie candy bar?
If the calorie count for a food on MFP is questionable, then I look it up on the restaurant’s website. Or I get it from the actual label. When I must guess, I tend to overestimate rather than underestimate.
I try not to get too obsessed with this whole process and as much as I can, I don’t talk about it when I hang out with friends (except my walking buddy who is also losing weight).
I allow myself to fail. I am in this for the rest of my life. The scale will go down. The scale will go up. I just need to show up. MFP works. And that little message at the end of each day provides excellent comfort and accountability—If Every Day Were Like Today.
This message makes it very clear that you would have to have a steady stream of 1,000+ calorie days to gain 8 pounds. But it reminds you, too, that you could easily wander off course.
You could obsess over your body, its imperfections. Its bulges. Its jiggly bits. You could deprive yourself of food until you find yourself having just finished a Baconator, two donuts, and a bag of chips, unsure of how you got there. You could play games with the scale—Oh, that can’t be right, Let me weigh again. What if I move it over here? What if I lean to the right? To the left? You could drive yourself batty. Or you could take food holidays until you realize it’s been two months since you recorded your weight. You could talk about your “diet” nonstop and annoy your friends who aren’t on diets. You could do all sorts of things to sabotage yourself or make yourself miserable.
Or you can choose to feel better. To do well. To succeed. You can embrace those jiggling wiggly bits. You can be proud and stand up straight. You can reach the top of the stairs without dying for breath. You can wear a blazer inside without sweating. You can turn sideways and look at yourself in the mirror.
And you can have that Baconator. You can have those donuts and that bag of chips. You can eat what you really want to eat. You can be very aware that all you’re doing is making choices, that you always have a choice to make. You always have options. This? This? Or That?
You can refuse to play games. You can try your damnedness to listen to yourself instead of everybody else. You can just be “okay” that you struggle with food. Why you struggle doesn’t matter so much. Change your behavior and the rest will follow. I used to think that was nuts. Now I know how very true it is.
Today, you can make a great choice. You can choose to show up. And tomorrow, you can decide to show up again. And again. Pretty soon you’ll have a whole string of days where you decided to show up. To pay attention. To make choices. And good things will happen.
So show up. And keep showing up.
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