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Have a great abstinent day!
I'm headed out to the desert to see my step-son show off his dirt biking skills and I'm feeling a little apprehensive about sticking to my food plan. I'm taking some healthy snacks with me, but I usually don't like impromptu events because I don't know what food items will be there, and it's too late to ask. I know I have…
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For today Mar 31st
“The only way to predict the future is to have the power to shape the future.” – Eric Hoffer “For today: I turn my life over to my Higher Power and in return I receive the full use of my God-given potential.” This passage speaks on taking it one day at a time. On hard days I give myself one hour at a time. It reminds me…
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For the love of Bacon!
While I am catching up on my favorite show, The Following, starring Kevin Bacon, I'm eating a few slices of Bacon and came across a bacon portrait of Kevin Bacon. I love bacon, that is all!
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For today Mar 28th
On action alone be thy interest, never on its fruits.” “For Today: If I stop “supervising” my weight loss, it will be taken care of – in God’s time. I pray for the willingness to do that.” Oh boy, this is a tough one for me. Am I ready to turn over my scale obsession to my higher power?? I feel like a contradiction because…
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For today Mar 27th
“We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others; but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.” – Thomas a Kempis “For Today: When I start to rationalize some shady behavior, I ask myself, “If someone else did this, would I make the same excuse.” Wow, this was a good one! It reminds me of a pity…
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For today, Mar 25th
“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.” – Aesop “For today: Though my wants far outstrip my needs, I know that sanity and balance for me is to bring them even.” I loved reading this passage today. It reminds us to be careful what we wish for. I used to wish to be skinny, I was caught up in the vanity of…
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A difficult abstinence day
I’m not sure what’s going on, but I feel like eating everything in sight. Maybe it’s in the air? I think I better get to a meeting sometime today, otherwise I may go off the deep end, sigh. Just checking in to see how is everyone doing today?
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For today Mar 21st
"Is it so small a thing, to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have though, to have done?” – Matthew Arnold “For today: There is time in my day to stop and take notice of what is around me: the air, a fragrance, a sound. For one minute I can forget what I have to do and let myself…
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For today Mar 18th
“To stand on one leg and prove the existence of God is a very different thing from going down on one’s knees and thanking Him.” – Soren Kierkegaard “For today: I need no proof of God’s existence to say Thank you for my abstinence and my freedom from compulsive overeating.” Wow, I love this passage, I really don’t have…
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For today Mar 14th
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” “For today: I cannot will myself to have peace of mind, but I can re-examine my priorities. Am I putting enough time and effort into activities that nurture my spirit?” This was read in a meeting this morning, and it resonated with me so much! I have been re-evaluating my…
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For today
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?” George Eliot “For today: Trust is freedom from fear, which is one of the promises of the program. To become more trusting, I can devote part of this day to writing on my experiences in this area” The reading talks about trusting the program and meetings. I trust the OA…
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For today, Mar 10th
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy,” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “For today: Acting with courtesy toward myself and others contributes much toward feeling good about myself, and enables me to share it with others.” Although I understand that being courteous has nothing to do with being right…
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For Today Mar 7th
“Those things are dearest to us that have cost us most.” Michel de Montaigne “For today: There is nothing in the world I would take in exchange for what I have in OA. I go to any length to keep it” Well that is a powerful statement! OA is truly a program of action (meetings, steps, outreach), but lately I’ve been guilty of…
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For today, Mar 3rd
"It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly." - Bill W. "For today: To know what God would have me do is my first priority, for that knowledge smooths my path and frees me to live with energy and love" I am grateful that my higher power is behind the wheel when it comes to my…
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Am I really hungry??
I’m sitting at my desk and thinking about reaching for my mid-morning snack. I start to wonder if reaching for my snack is a routine, something that I’m supposed to do or am I truly hungry for it? I took a couple of sips of water and waited…I’m not hungry, so I’ve decided to wait until I am. It’s that simple! As most of us…
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Daily Commitment
What is your goal for today, big or small? I plan on cooking dinner and not eating out, and cleaning out my car, it's a mess!
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February Whole30
I see that there is a January group, may we continue in Feb? I've been on Whole30 before but didn't get passed day 5, now I'm ready to recommit, and post this publicly to keep myself honest and to give/receive support. I have purged my cupboard, permanently ridding the Paleo snacks and will be getting started. I like to…
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The scale
I'm curious to know if any of you weigh regularly, or is the scale something you avoid? I used to weigh daily, which drove me nuts because I started to obsess over the number. Now I usually weigh once a week, but I try not to get too caught up on the number.
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Not a very active forum
Hello fellow OAers, I've been considering leaving the forum due to lack of activity. If it's worth keeping up the posts, please chime in. Otherwise, there is no point in continuing. Thanks to whoever is out there...
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For today Feb 18th
"For today: In the same way I trust in my Higher Power to keep me abstinent, I let go preconceived notions and trust the moment for what it is. I avoid the tendency to control a situation, so that thoughts and ideas may flow freely." This was such a good reading because I tend to have little trust when it comes to my…
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Have an abstinent Valentines Day!
Today is a day of love, goodies and treats, but today I choose to be abstinent and will forgo the goodies and treats and focus on the love :heart: The hub and I usually do not get caught up in a commercialized-type holiday such as this one, but people seem to be a little kinder today. I hope you all have a wonderful day…
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How much "exercise" do I really need?
I walk 2-3 miles every few days and now that I'm well into the Whole30, I'm feeling that I can do more. I have a gym membership but haven't gone in a year, and used to go to a CF box until it got too expensive, but i know all of the CF workouts. I prefer to play rather than exercise because I want my exercise to come…
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For today Feb 12th
""Love is above all the gift of oneself." "For today: Does someone need the gift of myself? I have the ability to give it,regardless of how I feel." I loved reading this today! When I give myself to someone else, it humbles me, as I forget about my piddley insignificant so-called problems and make a difference in someone's…
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For Today, Feb 5th
"For Today: I go to any length to practice the twelve-step program because its entire purpose is to enable me to feel good about myself This is so true! This is what we must do for sanity. Today I've been all over the place in my mental rationing, so I listened in to a telephone meeting (couldn't make a F to F) and once…
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For Today Feb 1st
This is the reading today from our OA literature, For Today: "For Today: there is nothing to lose in seeking the God of my understanding except my false pride, my food obsession, my fat and all the life-destroying illusions that this illness breeds." This really hit home because I struggled with the idea of a higher power…
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For today - Jan 25th
Just thought I would share from our OA literature: "For Today: If I don't know which way to go, I turn the problem over to God in steps three and eleven, completely confident that the answer will come. I m"ay discuss the matter with my sponsor and others whom I trust, but I give myself time to learn what God would have me…
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Coming back to MFP and OA
Hi all, I've been a way for a while because I saw myself becoming obsessed with counting, measuring, posting, and using MFP as my primary source of OA instead of going to meetings. I am regrouping and approaching the tools in a more sane way. Just thought I'd say howdy and that I will be looking for and providing support.…
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New to the forum
I'm glad to come across this forum! I'm looking for support and plan to give it as well. I've been a YoYo dieter for over 20 years, and it's time that I address my bad eating habits. My love for food and lack of exercise got me to where I am today :frown: I'm ready to turn this around. I hope to make many friends here!
