minimyzeme Member

Was here in spirit all weekend, but here in fact this morning.

What works for you? How do you know when enough is enough? Or, do you? Do you have a technique for ensuring you stop eating when enough is enough? And, to explore a little further, have you noticed your desire to eat smaller portions has increased as you've moved down your path; or, do you still desire large servings…

No chocolate yesterday--by choice.

I don't know exactly how it evolved but I think emotional (stress / anxiety) started at an early age--and I didn't eat carrots. Count me as another sweets eater. We always had cookies or candy around and I latched right onto that stuff. As I got older and the stresses or anxieties changed, so did my food choices. I added…

Feed a cold? Starve a fever? Throw in the towel? What does your plan look like when you are struck by those viruses that seem to be abundant during the winter months? Any home remedies that you feel work well? Decades ago, I blew off a bad cold (sorta like I'd blown off taking care of myself) and it morphed into…

How-dee!

I feel like I had two "on switches". The first underlying one was the one that finally landed me solidly in WW to begin with. I'd "thought about weight loss" for at least a couple years before joining. I knew WW was out there the whole time. All I can think it that I just hadn't admitted to myself at I needed help to make…

A-yup...

I'm in.

@linmueller , I didn't mean my statement as a suggestion to "shut down" your inquiry. I just meant as someone who's been on the path for a few years, that the temptation to compare for me just doesn't yield useful results. We are all so different and the little glimpse we get of each other in this forum or elsewhere isn't…

How do you deal with cravings? Have you found a sure fire solution; or, like me, are you still working toward a way to mitigate those urges? "Is it a craving or is it an urge. I wasn’t thinking about chocolate chip cookies, but here they at the front desk. Resist, it’s an urge. Next day, day after that, still thinking…

May the better man win...my money's on you, Greg @misterhub !

Why is it that some people just eat "normal" and get fat? Better yet, why do some eat "normal"" and stay slim? Or do they? People whose weight is always stable and in healthy range, do they consciously monitor their eating, is it habit, genetics? Thoughts? Maybe the behavior and more importantly the perception of how…

Outstanding, Jim--Congratulations!

Do we place too much value on "enjoying" food? Should we be working on changing our thinking that we eat-to-live, and it's nice if food is particularly tasty, but we shouldn't use tasty as our primary criteria for our intake. Hmmm, this is a hard one to tease apart for me. Or maybe not as hard as I think. When I remember…

Well, whatd'ya know...?

And that's what scares me too! From where I sit today, it seems like I've got this. And yet, so many before me thought just the same and found just the opposite. I'm in for one more day, tools and all.

My one thing for today is to make sure the dog gets a 2+ mile walk. With me at the other end of the leash.

Yes, indeed!

This is a tough one for me. I'd like to think I have learned enough that "I've got this" and I'd be committed enough to better health that I'd carry what I've learned forward from here on out. It's really hard for me to imagine that even without the structural guideposts of tracking and weighting, I'd just abandon…

I'm planning to follow my WW plan for another day. That way I don't have to think about "forever"; I can just think of the day ahead of me.

...what things are simply not negotiable? I don't know that there's anything that wouldn't be negotiable with the exception of going outside. I can't quite fathom how that would compute so it's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around. However, if for some reason, that were the limiting factor, I would abandon my…

Right now, my plan is to go to a WW meeting tomorrow night, although there is some freezing rain in the forecast. I don't go every week but I find that going every other week or so is helpful. This group is pretty interactive and the leader is dynamic and experienced. I make a point to contribute to the meeting, but also…

Impressive, everyone. Let's do it again, revised...

Is there one thing or maybe two that you feel troubles you or gives the body difficulty through out your daily weekly or annual journey?. Initially, I'd say no. Which is not to imply that I have it all figured out or that every day is a picnic but more to say in general, I feel this / my lifestyle is sustainable for the…

And...we're live!

I'm starting off with a healthy egg and bean breakfast. Later today, I'll do a 2-3 mile walk with the dog. Every little bit helps (or not).

Made it!

So as January comes to an end, how did you do? What might you do differently in February? I didn't make specific plans for January. I'm eyeballing Feb as closer to Spring, eager to work on the C25K. I would prefer to do my training outside but the see-saw of weather patterns are not real conducive right now. Pending…

Weight struggles: When you were losing in your journey and had a major plateau how did you go about to break it and get back to losing. I'm lucky not to have had this experience. But more importantly, I recognized early on that the lower weight shown on the scale was only one aspect of the journey. The more I understood…