I think I need to chill out and declare this a maintenance week. I’m not giving up. I’m not caving in. I’m not bingeing. I am acknowledging that I’m stressed to the gills and keeping tight reins on the calories is just asking for a volcanic eruption of rebellion and frustration. So, and this is [...]
28Mar10
I Thought I Had It
The answer. I thought I had an answer to the question of “feeling fat” but it turns out I only had some disjointed thoughts that didn’t sound all that sensible once written down but I may try later. Instead I’ll bore on about stress management. Yesterday went quite well as far as stress relief and [...]
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Posted in Things to try, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged attitude adjustment, stress and eating
Tagged attitude adjustment, stress and eating
27Mar10
No Doubts
Thanks to daily weighing, I can now safely say without a doubt that eating and drinking too much and moving too little lead to weight gain. Yes, I know, D’UH. But there are still weeks when I’d like to “get away with it”- defy nature, as Donna said. Bizarrely, until I typed the words “defy [...]
21Mar10
When Indeed….
Donna wrote this the other day and I’ve been saving it for a post: We have such a strange relationship with food. We know that we can eat quite large amounts of ‘good food’ (veggies, fruits etc) and we can also eat small amounts of ‘bad food’ (chocolate, fast food, wine). Instead of being content [...]
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Posted in Keeping Going, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged emotional eating, stress and eating
Tagged emotional eating, stress and eating
18Mar10
Post #154 – Cool Eh?
I didn’t notice #150 passing by so thought I’d pause to celebrate this milestone. (pause, celebrate) I got my hospital appointment for April 1st – two weeks from tomorrow. I was doing pretty well up to that point but now I just feel sick. Silly, really, because nothing is better or worse than before. Whatever [...]
17Mar10
Stress and Hunger 2
Here’s what happened yesterday: I’m going to try to update this throughout the day. Things that are stressing me: planning a workshop in a vacuum – ie don’t know how many people or what they already know need to call the bank – no reason at all that this should be stressful but it is [...]
16Mar10
Stress and Hunger
This whole battle can be boiled down to what? when? how much? My normal “weight loss” day should look like this: 7 am – noon: 2 mugs of coffee, porridge, mug of tea, banana noon – 6 pm: soup and crackers or cottage cheese and fruit, a couple of clementines, mug or tea 6 pm [...]
20Jan10
Excuses Excuses Excuses
Yesterday, on BCB I wrote: I got jumped in a dark alley by hormones. I’ll be back when I can think straight. Millie And Donna gave me a brilliant response: …your post raised some questions that I’ve had before but never had a chance to ask. How can a person (meaning me) tell the difference [...]
8Jan10
Consuming and Consumed By
Well….. While I was neatly lining up my ducks in a row for 2010, I failed to recognize the shadow that was creeping up behind me, the great beast made up of all the ingredients that add up to food/body insanity if I don’t take care. Plus a loaf of very good bread. So while [...]
18Dec09
Checking In
It’s not as though I haven’t been thinking tons about what I’m doing and not doing – but the actual act of writing it all down has got lost in the tinsel, gingerbread and shopping lists. I’ve put on two pounds which may or may not be “real”. I need vegetables but can’t find them [...]
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Posted in Things to try, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged diet planning, stress and eating
Tagged diet planning, stress and eating