Obesity Support Group
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Hi all,
I haven't posted in a VERY long time. Truthfully, I lost my way a bit.
I seem to be surrounded by people who are on a diet in some way. Either they're thinking/talking about it or doing it. I get sucked into that mentality and start having the "I'm on a diet" mentality too. That's the bad news.
For me, when I go to diet mentality, I start doing really stupid things. I deprive myself which always leads to a binge of some sort. Then it's back to depriving to compensate and back to a binge. I don't pay enough attention to what I should be eating for my health. It's focused on a brief hoarding of calories - then a massive spending spree of calories.
The good news is I haven't gained. I've bounced up and down in the same 5 lb range for a good 3 or more months. The reality is though I know this won't continue. At some point the unhealthy eating is going to catch up with me. Adding to this has been some work stress and I tend to comfort myself with food.
The better news though is that I am officially OFF a diet. I am back to focusing more on eating good and healthy foods with a small treat every now and then. I still track my food everyday, wear a tracker so I'm tracking calories burned and weigh every day. Those are just tools for me. They don't make judgements....it just gives me an indicator of what WOE works and where things can go haywire.
For a couple days now I've eaten satisfying healthy meals. Yesterday was a bit off the mark in that I made a soup that had a VERY high sodium count. I saw it on the scale this morning but expect it will be gone in a day or two.
I do believe for me, if I eat healthy foods and keep my calories a bit below what I'm burning each day, my weight will get to where it should be. I can have a LOT of food for the number of calories I'd like to consume each day - as long as those calories aren't made up of cookies, bread, candy and other carbs. A loss isn't going to happen in ginormous 5 lb drops every week - but it will happen.
thanks for letting me ramble!
I haven't posted in a VERY long time. Truthfully, I lost my way a bit.
I seem to be surrounded by people who are on a diet in some way. Either they're thinking/talking about it or doing it. I get sucked into that mentality and start having the "I'm on a diet" mentality too. That's the bad news.
For me, when I go to diet mentality, I start doing really stupid things. I deprive myself which always leads to a binge of some sort. Then it's back to depriving to compensate and back to a binge. I don't pay enough attention to what I should be eating for my health. It's focused on a brief hoarding of calories - then a massive spending spree of calories.
The good news is I haven't gained. I've bounced up and down in the same 5 lb range for a good 3 or more months. The reality is though I know this won't continue. At some point the unhealthy eating is going to catch up with me. Adding to this has been some work stress and I tend to comfort myself with food.
The better news though is that I am officially OFF a diet. I am back to focusing more on eating good and healthy foods with a small treat every now and then. I still track my food everyday, wear a tracker so I'm tracking calories burned and weigh every day. Those are just tools for me. They don't make judgements....it just gives me an indicator of what WOE works and where things can go haywire.
For a couple days now I've eaten satisfying healthy meals. Yesterday was a bit off the mark in that I made a soup that had a VERY high sodium count. I saw it on the scale this morning but expect it will be gone in a day or two.
I do believe for me, if I eat healthy foods and keep my calories a bit below what I'm burning each day, my weight will get to where it should be. I can have a LOT of food for the number of calories I'd like to consume each day - as long as those calories aren't made up of cookies, bread, candy and other carbs. A loss isn't going to happen in ginormous 5 lb drops every week - but it will happen.
thanks for letting me ramble!
Keep posting!! :)
Lillian, you're SO good with drinking water. I'm not a good water drinker but really need to get back to cutting a couple cups of coffee a day and substitute with big mugs of my herbal tea. Thanks for the reminder!
Mentally, I like life style change better. That will put me in a better frame of mind and have a better balance through out the day.
I have lost and gain the same 5 lbs it seems like foreever, but as long as we keep moving forward we are making progress.
It is great to get motivated by this group.