The double-mindedness of weight loss is one of the hardest things for me to conquer – besides overeating and under-exercising…….. I’m talking about those times when you are really and truly trying to follow a plan but your mind keeps slipping ahead to some food and drink oriented event in the future. And the result [...]
31Dec09
Double-Mindedness
3Dec09
Mindful vs Mindless
I’ve been following another blog that has some excellent insights. It’s located here http://lynnsweigh.blogspot.com/ I’m not sure why but her discussion on mindful eating vs mindless eating reminded me of your (Millie’s) wandering through the grocery store eating this and that. I’m in a strange place these days. I’m teetering between regaining and losing control. [...]
20Nov09
More About Sugar
Gracie’s post has got me thinking hard about why I’m no longer addicted to sugar. There are still times when nothing but sweet will do – but they’re not nearly so bad or frequent as they used to be. I can satisfy the craving with a bit of chocolate rather than a huge bag of [...]
4Nov09
Afraid to Succeed
I had a new thought occur to me yesterday, about why I sometimes fall into binges. Then on BCB this post really hit home. There’s a lot of good thoughts in that thread. As I explain in that thread, it occurred to me that maybe I binge as a rebellion against trying to control everything [...]
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Tagged emotional eating, mindful eating, planning to fail
Tagged emotional eating, mindful eating, planning to fail
I’ve been wondering what the heck is wrong with me this week. I’ve been supposedly on vacation but rather than enjoying some ‘me’ time I’ve been busy every day. That’s fine except that I’ve been very grumpy and resentful about it. The grumpier and more resentful I became, the more I ate. The more I [...]
Millie, I need to circle back to your post on tidy house>tidy mind>tidy eating pattern. I’ve really been thinking about this a lot recently. My house has been in a real mess lately as we’ve been having tile and hardwood installed. I’m more than a little surprised at the impact it has made to my [...]
5Oct09
Fine Lines
Sunday was ok. I have SO much on my plate right now that I let thoughtful eating fly away, but yesterday I thought through my day in the morning and stuck to the plan. Success at this thing is often just being thoughtful about what I’m doing and what I’m going to do. I’ll never [...]
4Oct09
The Wagon or Not
I’ve decided to ban the phrase “fall off the wagon”. It’s too all or nothing: you’re on or you’re off, succeeding or failing. I like to think of this as a game of catch like we used to play as kids. Each catch “counted” towards the all-time record. When you drop the ball, you just [...]