Attitude Check

Well it's been a while since I started to track what I eat daily through
keeping a spreadsheet. several things i'm noticing:

1. when i started i ate a lot of different foods. each day I would have
6 to 8 items. (quite a lot since i only allowed myself 1200-1500
calories.) nowadays i only have about 4 to 5 items a day. My diet has
become much more simplifed.

2. eating was all i can think of at the beginning, each bite comes with
the dread of when is the next meal and what healthy concoction will it
be? in the past several days, I still day dream frequently about
eating, but i seem to have stopped daydreaming about binging. I even
joked about eating a whole cheesecake today -- and actually did not
secretly hope that i could. amazing.

3. McDonald's is no longer a dirty word. and neither is jack in the box.
Mexican/italian still are, but observe the 3/4th rule makes it a-okay.
The REAL seven dirty words of dieting: buffets mayo supersize cheesecake
factory softdrinks and sugar-low.

4. breakfast: what a concept. (altho i still cannot eat as soon as 30
minutes after i get up, I make it a point to eat something substantial
and hot 2 or 3 hours into my day everyday just so that by lunch i'm not
famished.)

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:32:55 GMT, Fairweather Princess
wrote:

Well it's been a while since I started to track what I eat daily through
keeping a spreadsheet. several things i'm noticing:

1. when i started i ate a lot of different foods. each day I would have
6 to 8 items. (quite a lot since i only allowed myself 1200-1500
calories.) nowadays i only have about 4 to 5 items a day. My diet has
become much more simplifed.

2. eating was all i can think of at the beginning, each bite comes with
the dread of when is the next meal and what healthy concoction will it
be? in the past several days, I still day dream frequently about
eating, but i seem to have stopped daydreaming about binging. I even
joked about eating a whole cheesecake today -- and actually did not
secretly hope that i could. amazing.

3. McDonald's is no longer a dirty word. and neither is jack in the box.
Mexican/italian still are, but observe the 3/4th rule makes it a-okay.
The REAL seven dirty words of dieting: buffets mayo supersize cheesecake
factory softdrinks and sugar-low.

4. breakfast: what a concept. (altho i still cannot eat as soon as 30
minutes after i get up, I make it a point to eat something substantial
and hot 2 or 3 hours into my day everyday just so that by lunch i'm not
famished.)

All good stuff! You are making great progress toward a change in your
way of eating.

Chris
262/135/ (130-140)

"Fairweather Princess" wrote in message
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4. breakfast: what a concept. (altho i still cannot eat as soon as 30
minutes after i get up, I make it a point to eat something substantial
and hot 2 or 3 hours into my day everyday just so that by lunch i'm not
famished.)

who said breakfast was as soon as you get up? I've never eaten that way.

I get up at 6:30am. I eat breakfast about 9am. Today its already past 9
and I haven't gotten to my breakfast yet.

Leafing through alt.support.diet, I read a message from
of 06 Jan 2005:

4. breakfast: what a concept. (altho i still cannot eat as soon as 30
minutes after i get up, I make it a point to eat something substantial
and hot 2 or 3 hours into my day everyday just so that by lunch i'm not
famished.)

I'm usually pretty hungry as soon as I wake up. This wasn't always the
case. When I was 80 pounds heavier, I would frequently eat just before bed,
then not eat again until noon the next day, or later.

Phil M.

Fairweather Princess wrote:
Well it's been a while since I started to track what I eat daily
through
keeping a spreadsheet. several things i'm noticing:

1. when i started i ate a lot of different foods. each day I would
have
6 to 8 items. (quite a lot since i only allowed myself 1200-1500
calories.) nowadays i only have about 4 to 5 items a day. My diet
has
become much more simplifed.

It's easier to stick to a WOE that's not overly complicated. I
basically eat the same things on a regular basis and switch out things
when I get tired of them.

4. breakfast: what a concept. (altho i still cannot eat as soon as
30
minutes after i get up, I make it a point to eat something
substantial
and hot 2 or 3 hours into my day everyday just so that by lunch i'm
not
famished.)

That's also the way I do it and I think we're not alone. It's rare
when I can actually stomach something besides water, coffee or tea
within an hour after getting up. Because food tends to gross me out
that early, most of the time my breakfast is a shake of some type
(Myoplex Lite). I'm always rushed in the morning so I can grab it from
the fridge on my way out and sip at it all morning.

Jenn

I also wake up hungry, and always eat pretty soon afterward. This
seems to be characteristic of thin people I know, so I'm pleased at the
change.

The nutritionist at our gym, a little tiny woman who used to do college
gymnastics, tells me that she heads to the kitchen in her jammies as
soon as she gets up to fix her breakfast -- doesn't wait to shower or
dress. I sometimes do that but on work days I usually get ready for
work first.

Chris
262/135/ (130-140)

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:32:55 GMT, Fairweather Princess wrote:

Well it's been a while since I started to track what I eat daily through
keeping a spreadsheet. several things i'm noticing:

Did you notice why you quit the first time? I notice that you will quit
again.

3. McDonald's is no longer a dirty word. and neither is jack in the box.

Won't set foot in either. It's crap food regardless of whether or not it is
in your diet plan.

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:32:55 GMT, Fairweather Princess wrote:

Well it's been a while since I started to track what I eat daily through
keeping a spreadsheet. several things i'm noticing:

Did you notice why you quit the first time? I notice that you will quit
again.

3. McDonald's is no longer a dirty word. and neither is jack in the box.

Won't set foot in either. It's crap food regardless of whether or not it is
in your diet plan.

Leafing through alt.support.diet, I read a message from
of 06 Jan 2005:

I also wake up hungry, and always eat pretty soon afterward. This
seems to be characteristic of thin people I know, so I'm pleased at the
change.

I wonder why. Maybe thin people just don't eat a lot right before bed.
Normally I'm not that hungry right before bed. I used to be hungry while I
was still losing weight. I would try to stave off the hungries long enough
to fall asleep. Decaf coffee, broth, vegetable juice, tomatoes, cucmbers,
carrots. Something fat free and low calorie.

The nutritionist at our gym, a little tiny woman who used to do college
gymnastics, tells me that she heads to the kitchen in her jammies as
soon as she gets up to fix her breakfast -- doesn't wait to shower or
dress. I sometimes do that but on work days I usually get ready for
work first.

The first thing I do is head to the kitchen to cook my oatmeal. By the time
I shave, it's ready.

Phil M.

Chris wrote:
I also wake up hungry, and always eat pretty soon afterward. This
seems to be characteristic of thin people I know, so I'm pleased at
the
change.

The nutritionist at our gym, a little tiny woman who used to do
college
gymnastics, tells me that she heads to the kitchen in her jammies as
soon as she gets up to fix her breakfast -- doesn't wait to shower or
dress. I sometimes do that but on work days I usually get ready for
work first.

Chris
262/135/ (130-140)

No matter what I weighed and even when I was eating 800 cal/day I could
never eat right away after getting up. It might be due to a lifetime
of minor allergies, etc. It takes a while for things to clear up first
thing in the AM and snot seems to be a decent appetite suppressant.
Another deterrent is when I want to work out first thing in the AM and
I don't like to eat right before a workout.

Even when I smoked, I could also never light up first thing in the AM.
My ex husband used to have his smokes on the bedstand and didn't even
have his feet out of bed before lighting up. I still had to wait for
water, coffee, or tea (and beforementioned head clearing).

Jenn