Beautiful Behaviors - February 2017
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Not a great calorie day but it could have been much worse. One of my coworkers keeps bringing in cookies from a bakery. At least 3 times a week. She suffers from extreme cravings and loses control of her eating. These are giant cookies. I ate one three times this week. I have to work on this. I am not eating anymore and when she eats them next week i am going to leave the room so I don't smell them. Every day I have been over on calories this week i have eaten one of these. Ugh!! This is hard. I am working on refinishing some chairs so I am staying away from food at home. Not sure how much exercise this is but I am enjoying it and not grazing when i am at home.3
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Happy Saturday, all!
Today I am treating myself to lunch out with a friend at our favorite Japanese restaurant. I am going to look up the calories of things before I go and log all I eat, because baby, I'm on a roll! I got on the scale today and I'm finally down below where I started back in December. It made me feel like dancing! I don't like being so needy with the scale, but it is, for me, a good way to see how I've been doing. All of my pants and skirts are elastic waisted, so it's hard to tell from how they fit if I've lost, unless I lose a LOT.
What will you do to treat yourself this lovely (but cold here) day? Is it cold where you live? I'm in Maryland, up near the Pennsylvania border. Where are all of you living?
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@dlm4mom if there were giant cookies near me at work, i would have a big problem. good for you for only eating them 3 days and not all week! especially chocolate chip ones, oh, i can't resist them. wait, NO! that's the OLD me talking. i CAN resist them (trying to convince myself).1
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@DarkSinestra how interesting... a roller derby team! how long ago, and for how long? i remember watching that on tv years ago and it looked really rough.1
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Happy Saturday!
Jess - my goodness! I love your attitude!1 -
oh well. i collapsed just now. john said "let's get a pizza" (we haven't ordered in all week) and i said "only if we have ice cream too". i'm not very strong. back on tomorrow!1
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I'm in central PA, about 45 minutes south of Harrisburg. Howdy neighbor!!3
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Good morning!!
I miss you all. My mom and I were talking yesterday and ended up thinking that I should try to find a job in Indiana (my cousin lives in Indianapolis and a few friends as well). So I have been applying like crazy. I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner.
I have let myself go, just eating anything and everything. I know this has come from stress and having my period starting. It helps with the thoughts/feelings/etc I've been experiencing!
This week I've been dog sitting and it has been a bjt challenging. I miss my kitties at my apartment, but am loving all the puppy cuddles.
I have been in a tough downward spiral, but I'm so thankful for you guys!! I'm here, I'll be back in full force! This is just a minor bump in the road!
Hope you all have a great Sunday!1 -
@woznube7 I live in Indianapolis IN! Lowe's Corporate is always hiring for customer service, project coordinators and supervisors. Goodluck
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well, all the pizza and the ice cream is gone, and i'm very proud of myself at how little i ate of it and how slowly. i would usually have eaten it all in one sitting, and it lasted for three, so that's a plus. and i have no cravings for more of it, so i really think i'll be able to get right back on today. i'm going to journal it sometime today so i can look back if i want to and know why i didn't lose this week.
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happysherri wrote: »@woznube7 I live in Indianapolis IN! Lowe's Corporate is always hiring for customer service, project coordinators and supervisors. Goodluck
Awesome!!! I'll look into that!1 -
Hello all! Hope it's a wonderful weekend.
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It's game day, isn't it? USA football?1
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Completed 62 minutes of Lee Labrada Back, Biceps and Cardio and now I'm meal prepping for the week. Planning for the week ahead is a recipe for success!4
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Hello everyone. I am Cheryl. I'm glad I found this post. I need the support.
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@kittens_info - welcome!0
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Note on food awareness---
I love the convenience of canned foods, but every time I eat, even a healthy canned food, I'm hungry an hour later!!2 -
Over did it with some dip last night, but resisted against a binge today.
Even though I had a small slip up , it is not going to cause me to get off track completely. I'm making new habits and adjusting how I deal with overeating. Perfection doesn't exist, and I don't have to waste my time and energy trying to achieve the impossible anymore!!!4 -
Dear Food,
Our relationship has been rocky for more than just a few months. You are kind. Then, at the drop of a hat, you turn cruel. What gives? What did I do?
Dear Food,
I know it's not your fault. It's society's fault. It's the food industry's fault. It's the media's fault. But I'm the one who suffers. Did I ever do something that I knew was so wrong? Why punish me when the advertisements are to blame?
Dear Food,
Don't be pretending to "comfort" me with the old routine, because that ain't going to work on me anymore. Greasy, cheesy, msg-laden hamburger macaroni caserole isn't getting a place in my life anymore. You make me believe I'm being comforted with that rich savory stuff and then I swell up above the ruckus looking like a beached whale needing a place to dehydrate.
Dear Food,
Oh you may already be in the cupboard. You may be working on me with that old "that's plain wasteful" line that you use so well. You ain't making me feel guilty this time. You'll rot out on the compost bin. You might even turn into something good out there. Making you do your share of work isn't being wasteful.
Dear Food,
Oh, you aren't getting rid of me. It's not that easy. From here on in, I'm making you tow the line. I know I don't have much to go on. It don't matter. If I have to eat Henbit, chickweeds, and sunflowers from out of the yard, I will do so.
Dear Food,
If you got anything to say for yourself, you can go on and say it now. If it ain't something good, I'm not likely to listen.5 -
great attitude, @fruitydelicious!
Lea, LOVE it!
Dear Food,
I know I keep taking you back, but I'm stronger now and I don't hold on to you the way I used to. I might slip and indulge occasionally but it is NOT a downslide and it will NOT be my downfall.1 -
I had a one pound weight loss Friday after my first week. Then I ate terribly all weekend1
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Where did the rest of my post go? Darnit! I'm not retyping it now0
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Hi Friends:
My behaviors haven't been so beautiful. In fact, the weekend was pretty damn ugly.
Chinese takeout, loads of fluffy jasmine rice. Wings, chili, sandwich fare on gooey gluten free rolls, hard ciders and other Super Bowl debauchery.
Not logging in. Not journaling. Reading while eating.
And today...only coffee and not a morsel of food until 5pm. I don't have to tell you what happened. I binged. With a book. Awful awful awful. Not a downslide, or a downhill but a regular avalanche.
Self care? Out the window. Menopausal weepy nonsense made itself comfortable.
I know I have to regroup. I did a grocery order, packed some salads, filled my water bottle and I am resolving to start anew tomorrow.
I took a hot Epsom salt bath and put on my comfiest pjs. My stomach feels horrific, but that will take a few days.
Anyway...I'm still here. Hoping to catch up this week.
Kim
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@jessiquoi I quit back in 2014. I have an arthritic hip and would like to be walking in my 80s if I'm lucky to get there! I started in 2008, was out through 2010 because of non-derby related injuries and then back in again. It is a rough sport, full contact, but we were doing women's flat track derby, not the banked track bouts that were often televised. It's a really popular sport now. Our team got its WFTDA certification in 2013. It was a hard climb to get there, and it put us in competition with really skilled teams. We all learned so much!
It sounds like a lot of us had rough weekends. It's all right, ladies. You're aware. You're not making mindless mistakes without realization, and you're determined not to quit. That counts for a lot! I have to keep reminding myself, too, that this isn't a sprint. It isn't even a marathon. This is every day, and not every "training day" is going to be a win. If you learned something, then it's worth the experience.
@happysherri Love your attitude! It's always inspiring. Thank you for sharing that enthusiasm.
@kittens_info Welcome! I hope you get the inspiration you're looking for.
I went 6 miles today! And I didn't beat myself up over yesterday's much needed rest day. (Probably why I made it the 6 miles.) Muscles were burning on the hills; joints were NOT painful. I will whup muscles all day long. I don't abuse joints anymore. And saw a loss over the weekend. For so many years, despite success with it at one point, I was so resistant to calorie counting. WHHHYYYYY? It works. It's not fast. It's not glamorous or easy. Days often go by with nothing and then a whoosh. But dang it, it works. I really don't ever want to forget that again or ever have to do this again. I don't care if I'm counting until the end of my days. If that's what it takes to maintain, then so be it!1 -
Go Jess! You tell it
@SpicyGorilla - you lost that one pound once, you can lose it again. That pound will go to the same place our posts go when our devices flicker, never to be seen again!
@fruitydelicious - you are on track! One controlled bit of dip didn't mess up your direction at all. Good for you!
Hang on.1 -
I've written this three times and I keep getting booted out!
@fruitydelicious - may your pounds go where our posts went and never be seen by human eyes again!
@KimF0715 - Repeat after me: "my behavior is beautiful". Do it. You are fine. You love yourself. Sometimes just say it until you realize it's true.
@DarkSinestra - thank you for writing that. I needed what you said. And you are right. It just works. Keep counting calories. Keep pushing to exercise. It just works.
Hang on, my phone flickered.2 -
@jeanlake - you still with us?
@gatamadriz - Cath, are you doing okay?
@woznube7 - Libby I keep your job situation in prayer
@dlm4mom - how are you doing today? Hang in there. What's your beautiful behavior today?
@jasmarie24 - I should friend you so I can write something like "yay go" whenever you log in.
@Mithridites - hello!
Okay, I might be done. Love you all.
Don't be normal. Be beautiful!
Lea2
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