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You are truely inspirational, thank you for sharing your struggles and triumphs with us ....... it shows it works, if you work it, and thats what you're doing.
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Yes a very good question. I can't remember asking for them to be hidden from me, and at times did binge on them myself. But I do remember buying myself some 'treat' food of my own and asking them to not eat it because its mine. I do remember asking them not to eat the trigger foods in front of me sometimes, when I was…
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1. Good recommendations on Facebook for my Business 2. Finishing my final exam and passing :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: 3. Time for last minute revision, inbetween clients. 4. Journalling to my HP this morning and asking for guidance for my day. 5. Sitting here tired, happy and not wanting to binge :happy:
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Today is one of those hard days I talked about in my OP. But there is always something to be grateful for no matter how hard I need to dig. 1. My 14 yr old son getting over his broken romance and acting like his old self again. 2. A food plan to get me through my day 3. New client this afternoon, and friend recommending me…
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1. Everyone of you who continues to share your gratitude lists with me. 2. Client booking in for treatment today. 3. My food plan 4. Wearing last years clothes and they continue to fit this year. 5. My step dads cancer still being in remission.
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We are here and listening loud and clear. I hope you made it through, you deserve it because you're WORTH IT!!! There was a lot of me in your post. I may not have as many lbs to lose, but the mental torture is there always. I pray daily to have the thoughts removed and to be happy and relaxed in my recovery. Thank you for…
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Thank you for sharing that. We have similar abstinence and that way also works very well for me ...... even our meal times are the same lol.
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1. Waking up knowing today was going to be hectic so, I handed my day over to my HP. It has gone smoothly and without a hitch. 2. The beautiful sunshine drying all my washing. 3. Feeling slim. 4. Being able to talk to a friend about a problem. 5. Husband being on nights, so can turn off the tv and read. I also don't have…
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Well done for recognizing it, that is progress indeed!!!!!
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1. My abstinence is defined by my HP. When I joined OA in 2000 I followed what the majority did but struggled. I tried 3-0-1, I tried giving up sugar but could never get that perfect abstinence I heard others share. Well they didn't share it was perfect that was my perception. I now ask my hp to tell me what to eat. If I…
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1.Enjoying celebrating my wedd anniversary last night and not worrying about calorie content of all the food. Just lived in the moment and enjoyed the company of my husband. 2. Going to see my eldest sons new house this mornign. He and his girlfriend moved in on Friday and it was good to see them so happy. 3. Seeing No. 2…
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1. Having you all posting your gratitudes and enjoying reading them. 2. Client this morning who said my treatment was AWESOME! Big confidence boost for me. 3. Not needing snacks between meals 'for today'. My body is satisfied with what its getting. Thank you HP 4. HPs alarm bells ringing because I've not done quiet time…
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Thanks for your support :happy: Hope your days are going well.
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Ditto what everyone has said!!!! Today I ask for the willingness to handover annoyance. I was due to have a man here to repair one of my shutters at 8.30 am. He has just phoned to cancel. Annoyed because I got up extra early to ensure room was tidy (our bedroom so bed made etc), rearranged a client due to noise disturbance…
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Thank you for the support vatblack. The craving hung around for ages last night, in the end I asked if its Gods will to increase the craving, but if its my will to reduce it. It didn't reduce, so I ate a portion of non trigger food. Today, the message is coming through to log. It is leading up to my husbands night duties…
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to sit with this craving I'm having right now!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not going to die if I don't give in, it will pass. :grumble:
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Thank you all for your honesty. This morning I handed over my food plan to my hp. I handed over the times I would commit to eating and staying with those times as much as I could. It has now had to change, and I've gone into a mini mental panic. Two clients have now booked in for treatments this evening. Their appointments…
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That is a fantastic tool, thanks for sharing. Triggers for me are napping!!! I crave food on awakening. It stems back to binge days when I would eat until my blood sugar levels crashed and I fell asleep. Then when i woke I would crave my next fix. I have not long woken from a nap and felt the craving kicking in. I asked my…
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Glad I read this today, thank you. One of my readings this morning was about perfectionism so it looks like today this is my message from my HP. Hazleden Meditations. Elizabeth L. June 7th Perfectionism: Part of the ego reduction necessary to our recovery is the acceptance of the fact that we are not and never will be…
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For today I ask for the willingness for my character defects to made abundantly clear to me.
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to forgive myself for not eating as well as I wanted to. We had a family/friends gathering and the only healthy food at the buffet was the fruit salad I had prepared. I didn't hand it over and ended up eating more than I should and some. Tonight I am home alone (husband nights, sons away camping), and I ask for the…
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To not let my step dads mood swings affect my own mood. I am responsible for how I let myself feel. HP will give me guidance if I ask for it, so I've found quiet time this morning to hand my day over, and to let it all go ........ yeah thats so freeing!!!!
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Grateful for abstinence yesterday and my day diary which certainly helped. I didn't do too well on the rest periods as another client booked in for 5 pm (immediately after the other appointment) and didn.t finish work until 6.15. But husband and I cooked our evening meal together which was nice. Today I am taking my mum…
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Morning, vat I'm loving our 'little meeting' and this is helping me so much. I'm going to use this little forum to log something daily, whether its my struggles, my joys, or just some trivial things that are going on. It would be lovely if more joined in but for today, this is what it is and exactly what its meant to be.…
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Its so nice to have others who understand, and I'm grateful for you both posting so honestly. I decided it was time for a break from counting my calories when it had got to 8 pm and I realised I still have 380 calories to eat. I had sat in the bath thinking what can I use those calories on. I wasn't feeling hungry so had…
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This is so true for me also. At the moment I've stepped away from the calorie counting. I've been on here for two years and happily lost 14lb (lost 14lb previously with just abstaining from sugar), gained knowledge of portion-sizes, but been getting in a stew over losing the last 7-8lb. I asked for guidance from my HP to…
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Hi I'm new to the group also. I've been in OA for many years now, and its only the last two years I've had the confidence to try and reduce my calories to lose the the remainder of my weight without it feeling like a diet. I am similar that as soon as I 'diet' I binge. I decided I had to eat the smallest deficit possible.…
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Just thought I'd pop in. Been lurking on here and really envious of all your efforts. Update on injuries: arm/shoulder is improving (had neck problems which had knock on effect with arm), lower back still quite sore but slowly improving. Chiro has at last given me some exercises to perform - crunches, reverse crunches and…
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Thank you all for your support!!!! It has sunk in now and jamK you're absolutely right what's 3 months in the grand scale of things. I have to be physically fit to do my job and today did struggle with just giving my client a relatively light back massage. I've had to cancel any pre-event treatments as too painful which is…
