Women 200lb+, Let's Stay Fired Up This February!!!

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  • aliciap0116
    aliciap0116 Posts: 231 Member
    @bluffgirl67 prayers for momma and you from all of us today. I hope you are feeling better and the surgery is successful.

    @mmccloy12 I'm proud of you for opening your diary. I have found there is no judgment at all; if anything, I feel like my friends here are the only ones who would really understand why I ate what I ate when things go off the rails! And thank you, because looking at other's diaries is a way for me to get ideas about how to do this. Mine is open if anyone is interested in peeking; just send me a friend request.

    @shorepine congrats on taking control over your busy week. I host conferences and seminars too. It is draining and really hard to find time for yourself and stay on track. I'm so impressed!

    @lbostic89 great job on teaching your daughter about hunger versus boredom eating at such a young age.

    @fitchick37 I think modeling positive behavior and being really open about what you are doing is really helpful with a sensitive topic at a sensitive age. I have no doubt that she will start talking to you about it when she is ready.

    @lilann1961 you are doing great too momma! It is such a tricky balance, especially in the ballet atmosphere.

    @mmdeveau hugs about your dad's comments. Those can stick with us for so long and I love that you have such a healthy perspective now.

    @CupcakeCrusoe thank you for your positive energy and solid advice every day! I learn a lot from you.

    @keriA what a fantastic NSV to zip up that vest! You are doing great!!

    I can't go back further right now but I did read all of your comments and am rooting for all of you this week!
  • lbostic89
    lbostic89 Posts: 34 Member
    @theleadmare we aren't going through a move right now, but softball season starts soon for my girl;; so our plan for the upcoming season is pre-packing grab and go snacks, I plan on making these weekly so they will be ready to go; I'm portioning things like low sodium pretzels, small servings of cheese cubes, carrots, and I always keep some fruit on hand for the girls for their sugar fix. I am also going to freeze some already cooked portioned meals so they can be microwaved, if needed, or warmed stove-top for a quick, small meal. I don't know if those options will help, but maybe they will. <3
  • aliciap0116
    aliciap0116 Posts: 231 Member
    @theleadmare I'm not sure how far you are moving, but you are super organized! So to the extent you can fit it in your freezer, pre-make and freeze a week's worth of meals so you are covered during the heat of packing, moving, and unpacking. And I love @lbostic89's suggestions about the healthy snacks.
  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,416 Member
    Well, I have a challenge in my future. We're gonna move house.

    I am more worried about my eating habits and pattern over the time of the move itself. What does everyone recommend? Set that weekend on maintenance til I get my kitchen moved and restocked? (I do most of my own cooking.)
    Have found somewhere on the side of town we're moving to to board our two cats, and am doing things like packing up my sewing room (I'm not making costumes til I've dropped the weight, so I'm not sewing right now) and packing the Christmas cookie cutters and such, until the timeline narrows a bit.

    I prefer to identify potential problems and work to handle them before they reach critical stress and fail. (Yes, I should have been an engineer.)

    I love @aliciap0116 's suggestion about freezer meals! And I'd take it one step further- maybe make them crock pot friendly, so you can move your crock pot as one of the last things you move, and then you have your method of cooking all unpacked without having to unpack pots and pans?
  • We're moving from one side of a large city to the other; this puts us midway between his parents and my family, and closer to the area where jobs in his industry tend to be concentrated.

    These are all good ideas. I do a lot of pre-prep using my freezer, anyway. Right now I'm working on drawing down the big upright freezer's contents. That way I have less to find cooler space for. (grin)

    Crock pot is a problem because a lot of stews and soups are off our menu due to food issues we have. But I think I can come up with some good stuff.
  • speyerj wrote: »
    This little pearl of wisdom showed up in my inbox today:

    https://vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/2020/02/how-to-turn-a-resolution-into-a-habit/

    This is the upshot of the blog post:
    "A major misconception around habits is that willpower is the source of sustained change. It is easy to see others who have healthy, effective, rock-solid habits and assume they have unnatural reserves of self-discipline. But research has shown that willpower is like a muscle; it gets tired when exerted for extended periods of time. So, building new habits is less about grit and more about strategy."

    At least to me, it feels like I use willpower but I use it in little short bursts here and there all day long. Of course, I try to make sure I don't need willpower with things like cooking well, but just enough for the three of us, having the food ready when the hunger hits, and having single-serving chip bags to go with sandwiches. The little bursts aren't long enough to burn much of it off. Just the occasional, "I could snack now." which is easily dealt with with a, "Nah, let's go do something." or "Oh, well, time to get off the couch and go fix a meal." and so I don't feel I'm ever really having to flex it. Dealing with stubborn toddlers? THAT's a willpower situation. This, comparatively...eh, most of the time. Which is why it works so well for me.