I am starting a one day at a time challenge,

Seems I feel I need to stay focused on just one day, then go on from there...

So today is my day one
I am going to write everything down I eat
I am going to do 2 weeks of under 25 carbs then move to 30 for two weeks

I am going to do some kind of exercise everyday, even if it is just 5 minutes... it is going to be something

no sugar, flour, corn, potatoes, cokes, other pops.

breakfast is 1 egg, 1oz sausage, 1 oz cheese, 1 oz salsa
1 cup coffee with cream and splenda

lunch is a small cobb salad (from 7-11)

dinner is left over fajatas with salad

have not decided on the exercise, maybe do a tape at home tonite.

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carolyn in texas
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Carolyn, this sounds like a good, simple challenge. Mind if I join you?

Breakfast: a slice of OMM with butter

Lunch: probably roast beef and sliced tomatoes with 1/2 avocado

Supper: up in the air!

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Nita

I need this challenge right now, too. I'll join.

My goal for this challenge is to do some form of exercise EACH DAY. The other goal is to not eat any flour or sugar.

Today I did 20 minutes on the treadmill.
I've not had any flour or sugar so far.

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April

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welcome April and Nita, anyone is welcome, I felt like I needed an AA type of challange with my food problems, and I thought this was the way to do it.

just get thru one day at a time (I almost made it one meal at a time, but figured I could make it thru one day )

anyway, onward, if we make it thru one week, then we graduate to the one week at a time, if not, we are still working on one day at a time

good luck all...
c

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carolyn in texas
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so far so good.... had some sf jello with my lunch, and was happy...

have some errands to run tonite with dh and then dinner when we get home from that...
should make it thru this evening.
c

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carolyn in texas
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This thread has called me. I'm a member of overeaters 12 step group. Lately I've been having uncontrollable sugar cravings so for today I will stay away from sugar as well as high carb food. It is a good idea to write down your food! I send my food off to my sponser and then it helps me to be accountable to it. Thanks for this thread!

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It's nearly 5:45pm, and so far, so good.

For lunch I had a HUGE salad with home made low carb French dressing, shredded mozzeralla cheese, bits of tomato, and one grilled hamburger with cheese leftover from last night.

Lots of water this afternoon. Am drinking my perfunctory 16-ounce cup of instant coffee just now after work. Will probably have brocolli/cauliflower mash for dinner.

Carolyn.......thanks for this challenge because I need it. I can make it through Just Today.

And then start over tomorrow.

Also, I would be interested to hear of the 12-step program with food. Perhaps the members of this challenge can be "sponsors" with each other. I dunno how it works, though. If I had to be accountable to someone other than myself daily, that would be a good thing for a few weeks.

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April

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For supper I baked fish, roasted asparagus, made coleslaw, then we finished with a chocolate OMM with Steele's 0-carb caramel sauce. MMMMMMMMMMMMM, I have one happy tummy.

This is a really good challenge. We can all make it for one day, can't we?

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Nita

I made it through one day yesterday. For dinner (after mowing the lawn for 45 minutes) I had broccoli/cauliflower mash, 1 cup of plain, fat-free yogurt, and a OMM.

I think I can make it through today, Just Today. I started off with 25 minutes on the treadmill, and will have an hour "torture session" with the trainer tonight, so I've met my exercise goal for today. I hope I can do as well with eating today.

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April

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I made it... yahoo...

onward to today

breakfast will be one of my mini quiche's, piece of cooked sausage

lunch is some left over fajata meat and salad

dinner is egg plant lasagna (eggplant subing for noodles)

and salad

take care all

c

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carolyn in texas
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I think that is so great that we could sponser each other!!

I found some oa info on the internet (it's long) that I thought I'd pass on - I put my favorites in blue. It's a spiritual program so hope I don't offend anyone but I left it as is.
HELPFUL OA SLOGANS

One day at a time.

First things first.

But for the Grace of God.

Easy does it.

Live and let live.

Let go and let God.

Abstinence is the most important thing in my life, without exception.

Think, think, think!

Act as if.

Fake it till you make it.

We'll love you until you learn to love yourself.

You can't do it alone, but only you can do it.

One is too many, a thousand not enough.

It's not what you're eating, it's what's eating you.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Keep it simple.

This too shall pass.

Service is slimming.

Better is enough.

Failure is success on the installment plan -- if I learn from it.

I can expect only to get better at this, not control it.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery -- stay in today.

I won't starve to death between meals.

Floss and brush after every meal.

Look for my Higher Power in all things.

Love God in all things; love God above all things.

God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

If you can be humble, you'll learn faster.

Would I rather be right -- or happy?

I never let go of anything that didn't have my claw marks all over it.

If not this, then something better.

The two ways to learn are the hard way and the harder way.

The best things in life aren't things.

My Higher Power is whatever I turn to in a crisis.

If I have a problem and eat over it, then I have two problems.

The thing is, usually we're wrong anyway; and even when we're right, it's not forever.

My character shows as I respond to difficulty.

Worry prevents recovery.

If you like everyone you've met in OA, you haven't been to enough meetings.

Fall in line with the force of heaven; it is the force of heaven to accept and endure.

The sooner I surrender, the better.

Hope is the risk that must be run.

Stay put and act in my own best interest.

The way to ask for help is to say, "I need help."

Act as if...

Am I around the program or in the program?

Do the next, right thing.

Don't hurry. Don't worry. Don't compare.

Easy does it -- but Do it!

Expectations are premeditated resentments.

Food thoughts are just thoughts. You don't have to act.

Forgiveness is letting go of a better past.

HALT (Don't get Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired).

Help is only a phone call away - for us e-mail away.

Honesty, openness, willingness

I can't. God can. I think I'll let God.

Just for today

Keep your recovery first to make it last.

Listen and learn.

Little strokes fell giant oaks.

Meeting makers make it.

Nothing tastes as good as abstinence feels!

OA is not for those who need it, only for those who want it.

One compulsive bite is to many and 100 bites are not enough.

Progress not perfection

Repetition is nature's only form of permanence.

Sponsors carry the message -- not the person.

Take what you like and leave the rest.

The 12 Steps: Trust God, clean house, help others, pray.

The disease is physical. The cause is emotional. The cure is spiritual.

The elevator is broken. Use the steps.

There is no situation so bad that a compulsive bite can't make it worse.

This, too shall pass!

What other people think of me is none of my business.

If you have one foot in yesterday and one in tomorrow you will pee all over today.

Suit up and show up.

It is none of my business what someone else thinks of me.

Food is not your friend. You have plenty of other friends and interests.

Trying is dying.

One is too many one thousand is not enough.

Screw guilt.

It's about the food until it's not about the food.

Pick three tools



Sweep my side of the street.



Bring the body and the mind will follow.



You are never too late unless you miss the Our Father (or closing)

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Heather, some of those are great!

I loved the Queen's advice to Alice (don't remember if it was in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass): Jam yesterday, Jam tomorrow, but NEVER Jam today! So, why not High carbs (or bad food choices) yesterday (the past is gone, we can't change it, if we ate high carbs yesterday, so what?) High carbs tomorrow (Maybe have a "planned cheat" sometime in the future), but NEVER High carbs today! Today is what counts. Just plan for today, don't fret over yesterday's mistakes, and don't worry what tomorrow will bring.



So, today I had a spice OMM with 0-carb caramel topping on it for breakfast and a cup of decaf with cream.
Lunch was sausage patties with 1/2 a sliced tomato and 1/2 an avocado, and a cup of French Vanilla tea, sweetened with Splenda and a dash of cream.
Supper will probably be the rest of the leftover roast beef and pork ribs with a veggie and maybe a nice salad. And my usual gallon of water during the day.

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Nita

Doing well today except I didn't eat much for lunch (I'll post about WHY in my journal later).

Leaving shortly for a tortue session with the trainer. ugh

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April

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Last night our snack was a OMM made with almond flour and whey protein powder, with a few strawberries and blueberries and a dash of cream.

This morning I am having a chocolate OMM with a cup of decaf. The rest of the day, well, I'm not sure. I have tons of eggs, maybe an omelet for lunch.

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Nita

Yesterday is done, made it thru pretty good, really wanted something sweet last night, had some sf jello, then a little bit of peanut butter that did it...

today is mini quiche and sausage patty for breakfast
some eggplant lasagna (no noodles, eggplant for noodles)
salad and 4 strawberries and cream (it is our employee lunch and there will be cake and I am going to pass on the cake)
not sure what dinner is dh and I have to go to wallmart to get a new lawn mower... may eat on the run.
c

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carolyn in texas
started 8/11/03 327/268/177
5/20/08/ - 348
onward thru the fog