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  • brennerjlb
    brennerjlb Posts: 720 Member
    edited January 2020
    Welcome eliarod! We are a good group here!
    Kathryn - when I googled the Beck Diet book I did find a PDF download that let me do so with no fee. I think it is the contents of the book. So far it matches the daily activities Lana is posting! Oh and your snoring comment cracked me up!
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    edited January 2020
    Welcome eliarod - we are starting the new year with a cognitive therapy book some of us have tried and used before, so stop by and post when you can.

    Got 4 weeks off work - have to see a psychiatrist and take Prozac but maybe that is the way to go. Lunch hour here so I will wait until later to go pick up my meds.

    Prozac has a weight gain side effect, gee thanks.

    I see a nap in the very near future.

    Okay kranky child inside wants to know why I have to use 2 diet plans. I will track my food on MFP and pull out my WW info. Weak plan 2 but better than none.
  • LanaCabana537
    LanaCabana537 Posts: 3,836 Member

    Sara - Beck says to choose 2 diet plans. The first one is your primary plan, and the second one you have around as a backup in case the first one isn't working for you.

    Beck says (pg 67) "Why pick a second diet now? If you become discouraged with your first diet, you'll be at risk for abandoning your weight loss efforts altogether. If you know from the start what your fallback diet will be, you'll be much more likely to switch to it and to continue dieting without interruption."
  • LanaCabana537
    LanaCabana537 Posts: 3,836 Member

    Sara - If you are going to see a psychiatrist, assuming you have yet to do so, how do you know you will be taking Prozac? Did your primary care physician prescribe it already in advance of your consulting with the psychiatrist?
    Seems strange to me, so I'm curious.

    Lana
  • connieelaine24
    connieelaine24 Posts: 59 Member
    Well, I'm starting over myself..hoping I can turn it around ..I need a good kick! . I sound like a broken record Hopefully I've learned a few things along the way to finally meet my goals
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    Lana it will take awhile to get an apt - so the prozac is the first step.


    Connieelaine- welcome we dont necessarily kick but we can hold you accountable.... stop by and post when you can.

    We are currently starting the Beck Diet Solution which can be bought as a book or downloaded.
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    TUESDAY

    Good morning,

    I hate taking any new medication, so I will sit down today and read all the literature that came with mine yesterday before I take it. Today is filing with the state for disability.

    Walking/Napping/Knitting on list as well.

    Didnt get Sup's phone # until almost bedtime, but I did leave a short message.

    Wave to all who follow.
  • LanaCabana537
    LanaCabana537 Posts: 3,836 Member
    edited January 2020
    Sara - I am thinking of you, and I hope that you do well with your new med. Also wishing well with the state disability. 👍🏻 Miss Tillie is going to be spoiled having you around with her more! Sweet girl~~

    Connieelaine - Welcome! You provide your own kick, and we will provide support and cheering on~~

    I had another decent day yesterday. Funny though--I felt very motivated to take another long walk, but soon after I got started, I became weak and tired, and ended up clocking only one mile. Oh well.

    Waving to all who stop by later on~~

    Lana

    253.0 today
    255.0 highest
    223.0 June 30 goal
    199.0 year-end goal
  • LanaCabana537
    LanaCabana537 Posts: 3,836 Member

    Beck Day 3 Project is "Eat Sitting Down" Create a card that says so.

    Quotes:
    "Since you'll be eating less food, it's important for you to see all of it spread in front of you at meal or snack time so you can be more visually satisfied."

    "Most of the eating that people do while on their feet is impulse eating, not food that they had planned to eat. When you sit down to eat, ....you've made a conscious decision to eat."

    Remember to read your Advantages Response Cards 2+ times today!
  • brennerjlb
    brennerjlb Posts: 720 Member
    Good morning.
    Eat Sitting Down - in thinking about that one I don't eat much on the run except possibly fruit in the car. But I will revise that a bit and make myself eat sitting down and leave work alone while I eat :smile: Stop multi tasking. Read my advantages.
    Lana - congrats on getting out there for a walk! You listened to your body and that is ok - the important part is you got out there!
    Sara - good luck. Disability apps can be difficult. In WI we have Disability Benefit Specialists in all counties. They can help people through the disability process. I like that you are educating yourself. I feel like many meds have come out over the last number of years. maybe prozac isn't the right one for you? Take care of yourself.
    Connieelaine - welcome!
  • brennerjlb
    brennerjlb Posts: 720 Member
    Quick check in:
    TW 196.8
    HW 207
    GW 189 by 1/31
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    edited January 2020
    Thank you Lana for reminding me about reading my card.

    Seems I sleep in longer than usual - reminds me of after college exams I would sleep 12 hours for the first week. Got 2 laps around one of my usual walks. Broccoli Quiche is in oven and will be lunch.

    Did SDI application done - confusing little "kittens". If you are new to MFP boards they censor our writing and use the word "kitten" instead. I just go ahead and use the word for them.

    Scale is down slightly need to keep drinking that water.......

  • Justin741
    Justin741 Posts: 249 Member
    Does anyone else find that when they start again they obsess with MFP and weight loss, it just takes over my time and thoughts. Anyone else?

    P.S. Feel free to add me.
  • marsellilove
    marsellilove Posts: 122 Member
    HALLO, I've returned.

    I took some time to reset myself from fitness goals and honestly just saying I was doing enough and leaving it there. I stopped using my fitbit for a while too for similar reasons (oh I hit 10,000 steps that means I can eat what ever I want right? HA that's hilarious inner me but yes let's eat all the things.) So I bought a bike and bike to work because not only do I need a low impact exercise for cardio fitness but also because you can't exactly quit when you are halfway to work or another destination. I also got a new job where I'm on my feet most of the day~

    Anywho, I got really into Chinese homestyle cooking over the holidays as well as artisan baking.
  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    edited January 2020
    derailed by a few issues I am returning to meet my goals. Almost 6 years back I started on here after already being on Atkins for a month. I had pretty decent success and by august of that year was quite close to my goal weight. I started a new job and was cycling to work (18 km each way). I fell off track, the new job provided meals but they were (and still are ) not the healthiest, still the first year I didn't gain too much still keeping below 200lbs. then i damaged my Achilles tendon and it was persistent and not healing it wiped out my exercise, different life events came along and I started drinking again (though not heavily which was why I quit in the first place time passed and as you all know the weight crept back. then I had a bad health year with an emergency surgery (lost 20 inches small intestine but that was better than death) and later that year had massive gall bladder issues and it came out December of 2018. 2019 I focussed on other things and finally said enough. I hit my highest weight ever (241). I re-upped at the gym in November and have been re-establishing a regular regime, and now Christmas has passed i am at 237 this am and need to focus on getting serious about the loss hence my return. I have a trip planned to Mexico in February that likely will derail me a little (12 days but not at resorts and my wife travelling with me has the same goals), until then it will be strict Keto to kick start things and after we will likely move into a more moderate Atkins style for a while. It looks daunting again, but I know I can achieve it. by spring when the roads get better for a road bike user I want to be back to fit enough to ride to work. that 18 km uphill in the morning is a killer the ride home is a joy.

    so quick check-in today is
    CW - 237 lbs
    GW - 175 lbs

    the shorter-term goal is to be 195 by my 60th birthday in July ( longer term is the GW by year end - I've learned to be realistic and know I will stall a few times


  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    LanaCabana537 wrote: »
    Sara - Beck says to choose 2 diet plans. The first one is your primary plan, and the second one you have around as a backup in case the first one isn't working for you.

    Beck says (pg 67) "Why pick a second diet now? If you become discouraged with your first diet, you'll be at risk for abandoning your weight loss efforts altogether. If you know from the start what your fallback diet will be, you'll be much more likely to switch to it and to continue dieting without interruption."

    the 2 diet idea is good to have in mind. even if one does work for you eventually i found i would hit a wall and stall, time to change it up and kick it off bring out plan 2 (my plan 2 rather than low carb/keto previously was to eat whatever and just count and focus on a long term diet plan that can work forever upped my carbs percentage and balanced things more - and it worked at the time. getting sloppy and letting things slide led me back down the path to start again
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    edited January 2020
    Meaghan help me with the spelling!! Wow good to see you stop by. We are starting using the Beck Diet Solution Book by Judith Beck - paperback or download is available- check back a couple of pages Lynn writes about downloading it.

    I just started medical leave so I will pop by at different intervals. Looking for another job, that may not require my backside velcroed to chair all day, today has been getting medical and disability forms filled out.

    Quiche is fabulous and the pie crust box I bought has 2 already got that one planned. Quiche also freezes well. It should serve 6 but not this week - 4 servings thank you.

    Put Miss T blanket in Miss T new bed and it is a real hit with Miss T as the linoleum floor is cold right now.

    We are taking a nap and then we shall see.
  • hickchic67
    hickchic67 Posts: 802 Member
    brenner - where did you find anything downloadable? I found some good resources like the checklist and "escape plan template" at diet.beckinstitute.org/resources Have not found any downloads for the book yet.

  • brennerjlb
    brennerjlb Posts: 720 Member
    Well I have determined based on Lana's comments about page numbers I do NOT have the entire book. It does have all the day assignments and short explanations. Maybe it will let me copy and paste.
    Nope it doesn't. I tried to look on Amazon yesterday and the workbook and books take a long time to come into stock :neutral: So I will go shopping this weekend at book store and in mean time use this.
    nasw_la_2017_mind_body_2_handout.pdf that is the website I was able to download it from. I hope it works.
    Hello newbies and Megan!
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,328 Member
    WEDNESDAY

    Good morning,

    Afternoon exercise was 15 minutes of sweeping and up and down 2 flights of stairs. Will walk if not raining.

    Down ounces and that works for me.

    My to do list is not so long so not sure how today will go. Coworker called to make sure I am okay, our Lead also took medical leave and Sup is out on "vacation" this week so trainer is having a field day. Plugging my nose is the best I can do.

    Read my cards this morning and will see if I can add to my "wish list".

    Wave to all who follow.

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