MomEface

doing good, feeling good

on 03-20-2008 at 01:56 PM (208 Views)

I think at some point this week I reached that special place where it all clicks. I've had a rocky beginning - but know from reading here that's normal. It's not easy to change a lifetime of bad eating habits, especially in a world so intent on shoving 'wtf foods' down your throat (serisously, 100 calorie packs do NOT make a decent food choice!). I started, cheated, beat myself up, but tried again . . . and again. Hearing others say they too had this experience has kept me trying. And now?? Wow, I've no carb cravings - and that was my problem, I wasn't letting myself purge the bad log jam of carbs in my system, I was giving in to their little screams of 'eat me!' Finding and using the OMM has been a real joy. It's bread like enough that I don't feel at all deprived AND I still get to chow down on some really super food. Weight Watchers was good for me for a long time, but after a year plus? Wow, you can only handle so many Lean Cuisines and 0 point soup. I'm really looking forward to actually attending the meeting this weekend. I've been OP 100% and am actually rather hoping to blow their socks off!

OH, and I don't feel fuzzy headed anymore!!!!

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Goddess - 03-20-2008 03:16 PM

glad to hear you're feeling better, t. that's the best indicator there is that you're doing well.
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carmenelena - 03-23-2008 02:07 PM

Are you still in WW? I quit, I was going paranoic with all the points, so now I want to try low carb. I need to lose like 50 more pounds by summer to surprise my daughter at her wedding.I welcome any ideas or sugestions .Will begin south beach but at phase 2 , I have 2jobs so Im working for 10 1/2 hours daily and I think phase one is too hard.I subscribed to the south beach on-line and to this page for support. Carmen
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Goddess - 03-23-2008 03:45 PM

Carmen- I wanted to suggest that you reconsider your goal a bit. It sounds like you're operating under a stressful and demanding schedule; LC, like any approach, will work differently for each person, and there will be times where losses may temporarilty halt for many reasons. That's just part of the journey for many...

Summer's just about 3 months away if you're talking about June. So expecting a 50-pound loss, that would mean you expect to lose abt. 16 2/3 pounds a month, or over 4 pounds a week. That's a pretty good clip. If that happens, that's great, but I don't think you can count on that and I don't want to see you feeling bad about your progress for something you can't control.

I personally like to focus more on specific behaviors instead of pounds-by stuff, just because you have control over behaviors and usually, with attention to healthy choices, it pays off with the weightloss at the same time. more holistic, y'kno? and so much less stressful on those occassions where the scale is slowish to come around...
seeking zen...

@ Tara!
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MomEface - 03-31-2008 05:04 PM

Hugs Goddess - Carmen, hope you see this, will post in the com for you to check this - OK, WW & me - I did great, for a year - lost almost 50# - then a LOT hit all at once - my one year anniversary on WW, NOT reaching that magical 50 mark, the holidays AND I completely lost my 'honeymoon' buzz - that *squee, I love this* phase was OVER BAB-Y! Hand to G-d, I have to count and weigh and measure one more bite of food, I'll scream AND I missed REAL food - there is really only so much fake food you can eat. So, all in all, I'm glad I did WW - it gave me SOLID guidelines on what is a proper portion, but I don't see myself spending the rest of my life eating non fat cheese tossed with tofu noodles and pretending I'm having a great meal.

Feel free to check in here - I've had a rough week, but as you'll see from my posts, I don't pull any punches, I let it all fly - 'tude with volume!!!!!! Hope this helps!
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