Support needed: stress--> lapse

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday (while on her leash-- go figure; some
jerk swerved his car right into the curb where she was snuffling around,
while my son was walking her, and pinned the dog's hind legs/feet under
his tire, really messing them up bad) so it was a frightening panicky sort
of day. She is all patched up now to the tune of $400 worth of vet x-rays,
surgery, meds... but I have been kind of a wreck today; I stayed home with
her as she needed to be carried (all 55 pounds!) from place to place,
including outside. I am exhausted.

I don't know what got into me, but tonight I ate a piece of bread with
butter. Then I ate a homemade sugar cookie. (It was way too sweet so I
didn't eat another!)

I had that out-of-control feeling. --The addict swirling down the black
hole feeling.

I know I can get back on track tomorrow morning. I just hate that I did
this after only a month on low-carb. It undermines my confidence in myself
after I did awesomely well in sticking to the plan this month. Damn. Hope
I can keep my act together before the Halloween candy comes out of the
freezer on Friday. 8-/

- Anne

Anne wrote:

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday (while on her leash-- go figure; some
jerk swerved his car right into the curb where she was snuffling around,
while my son was walking her, and pinned the dog's hind legs/feet under
his tire, really messing them up bad) so it was a frightening panicky sort
of day. She is all patched up now to the tune of $400 worth of vet x-rays,
surgery, meds... but I have been kind of a wreck today; I stayed home with
her as she needed to be carried (all 55 pounds!) from place to place,
including outside. I am exhausted.

i'm sorry to hear about your dog, but glad she's going to be ok.

I don't know what got into me, but tonight I ate a piece of bread with
butter. Then I ate a homemade sugar cookie. (It was way too sweet so I
didn't eat another!)

I had that out-of-control feeling. --The addict swirling down the black
hole feeling.

you ate *one* piece of bread, and *one* cookie. don't lose perspective.
you didn't binge, you didn't lose control. you ate a relatively small
amount of extra carbs and extra calories. you already know what to do:
just get back on track. you'll be fine.

"Anne" wrote in message
...
Our dog got hit by a car yesterday (while on her leash-- go figure;
some
jerk swerved his car right into the curb where she was snuffling
around,
while my son was walking her, and pinned the dog's hind legs/feet
under
his tire, really messing them up bad) so it was a frightening
panicky sort
of day. She is all patched up now to the tune of $400 worth of vet
x-rays,
surgery, meds... but I have been kind of a wreck today; I stayed
home with
her as she needed to be carried (all 55 pounds!) from place to
place,
including outside. I am exhausted.

I can imagine. We had a pet emergency on the day that my daughter was
to be discharged with her new son. The temperatures were in the 100s
and the dog had wrapped herself around a tree that didn't give her any
shade (dried out dead scrawny pine tree) and out of reach of her water
bowl. She'd been like that for hours. She was saved in time, but it
was touch and go there for a while.

I don't know what got into me, but tonight I ate a piece of bread
with
butter. Then I ate a homemade sugar cookie. (It was way too sweet so
I
didn't eat another!)

I had that out-of-control feeling. --The addict swirling down the
black
hole feeling.

Stress. But notice you didn't get sucked in very far. You pulled out
of that undertow and headed for shore, not permanently damaged, and a
little wiser about yourself.

I know I can get back on track tomorrow morning. I just hate that I
did
this after only a month on low-carb. It undermines my confidence in
myself
after I did awesomely well in sticking to the plan this month. Damn.
Hope
I can keep my act together before the Halloween candy comes out of
the
freezer on Friday. 8-/

What? Pat yourself on the back for recognizing and stopping the
behavior before it got out of control. You are stronger now than you
were a month ago. Don't waste time on the past, and don't punish
yourself-- that's another stupid dieting trick that doesn't work.
Forgive yourself for being human, dust yourself off, and keep on
truckin'.

revek


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Anne wrote:

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday (while on her leash-- go figure; some
jerk swerved his car right into the curb where she was snuffling around,
while my son was walking her, and pinned the dog's hind legs/feet under
his tire, really messing them up bad) so it was a frightening panicky sort
of day. She is all patched up now to the tune of $400 worth of vet x-rays,
surgery, meds... but I have been kind of a wreck today; I stayed home with
her as she needed to be carried (all 55 pounds!) from place to place,
including outside. I am exhausted.

I don't know what got into me, but tonight I ate a piece of bread with
butter. Then I ate a homemade sugar cookie. (It was way too sweet so I
didn't eat another!)

I had that out-of-control feeling. --The addict swirling down the black
hole feeling.

I know I can get back on track tomorrow morning. I just hate that I did
this after only a month on low-carb. It undermines my confidence in myself
after I did awesomely well in sticking to the plan this month. Damn. Hope
I can keep my act together before the Halloween candy comes out of the
freezer on Friday. 8-/

- Anne

You know you can do it, Anne. Just hop back on and don't beat
yourself up about it.
--
Jean B.

Anne wrote:

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday (while on her leash-- go figure

Oh, Anne, I'm so sorry.

I know I can get back on track tomorrow morning. I just hate that I did
this after only a month on low-carb. It undermines my confidence in myself
after I did awesomely well in sticking to the plan this month. Damn. Hope
I can keep my act together before the Halloween candy comes out of the
freezer on Friday. 8-/

Allow yourself five minutes of regret and then don't look back. Do not
kick yourself in the butt. It was only one small brief replase. You
will get back on track!

Marsha/Ohio (animal lover)

Anne at talked on ....

after I did awesomely well in sticking to the plan this month. Damn. Hope
I can keep my act together before the Halloween candy comes out of the
freezer on Friday. 8-/

I'm so sorry to hear about your poor dog.

As for the lapse, we all do them, just stop lapsing now. You'll be fine,
you have a month under your belt and are changing your life.

Old habits die hard and you will kill those old habits with determination
and perseverance

I hope all is well and your son isn't to traumatized!!

--
Kitty =^..^=
168/161.6/130
September 17 2003

Anne wrote:

Our dog got hit by a car yesterday snip

Best wishes for her recovery.


I don't know what got into me, but tonight I ate a piece of
bread with butter. Then I ate a homemade sugar cookie. (It
was way too sweet so I didn't eat another!)

I had that out-of-control feeling. --The addict swirling
down the black hole feeling. snip


Congratulations on your escape from the black pit.
Considering the stress, I think you showed excellent
restraint. Pat yourself on the back.

Good energy coming your way.
April.
Put out the cat.
--
"Things that try to look like things often do look more
like things than things. Well known fact."
Esmerelda Weatherwax (Pratchett 1988)

Thanks to everyone who replied to my angst-y post of last night about my
dog's injury and my little dietary lapse.

I tend to panic when I let myself lose control over my eating, even if the
lapse is slight, because my history has been that one such "slip" can easily
lead to another -- maybe not the same day, but perhaps the same week -- until
the whole thing unravels and I'm the Carb Queen once again. 8-/

But you're all so right: My lapse was small and temporary. I'm back on track
this morning and feeling good, all things considered.

THANK YOU for your quick and much appreciated support!

Oh: our dog is feeling much better. She has so much hot-pink g tape wound
around both hind legs, they look like two plaster casts. I have to take her
back to the vet at lunchtime to have four staples replaced that she pulled
out with her teeth yesterday. That's the hardest part now: getting her to
leave the staples and bandages alone until 11/8 when they can come off. We
have the plastic collar but she panics in it!

- Anne

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:01:56 -0500, Anne
wrote:

Thanks to everyone who replied to my angst-y post of last night about my
dog's injury and my little dietary lapse.

I tend to panic when I let myself lose control over my eating, even if the
lapse is slight, because my history has been that one such "slip" can easily
lead to another -- maybe not the same day, but perhaps the same week -- until
the whole thing unravels and I'm the Carb Queen once again. 8-/

But you're all so right: My lapse was small and temporary. I'm back on track
this morning and feeling good, all things considered.

THANK YOU for your quick and much appreciated support!

Oh: our dog is feeling much better. She has so much hot-pink g tape wound
around both hind legs, they look like two plaster casts. I have to take her
back to the vet at lunchtime to have four staples replaced that she pulled
out with her teeth yesterday. That's the hardest part now: getting her to
leave the staples and bandages alone until 11/8 when they can come off. We
have the plastic collar but she panics in it!

- Anne

Anne,

Glad to hear that you are feeling better!

Maybe your vet could give your dog something to make her feel less
anxious for a few days so that she could wear the plastic collar??

Kathi in Huntsville

Here's a solution for the collar problem, don't know how quick they can get
it to you but you may need it past the 8th as it sounds like there may be a
long recovery period.

http://www.bonafido.com/page7.html


Anne wrote:
| Thanks to everyone who replied to my angst-y post of last night about
| my dog's injury and my little dietary lapse.
|
| I tend to panic when I let myself lose control over my eating, even
| if the lapse is slight, because my history has been that one such
| "slip" can easily lead to another -- maybe not the same day, but
| perhaps the same week -- until the whole thing unravels and I'm the
| Carb Queen once again. 8-/
|
| But you're all so right: My lapse was small and temporary. I'm back
| on track this morning and feeling good, all things considered.
|
| THANK YOU for your quick and much appreciated support!
|
| Oh: our dog is feeling much better. She has so much hot-pink g tape
| wound around both hind legs, they look like two plaster casts. I have
| to take her back to the vet at lunchtime to have four staples
| replaced that she pulled out with her teeth yesterday. That's the
| hardest part now: getting her to leave the staples and bandages alone
| until 11/8 when they can come off. We have the plastic collar but she
| panics in it!
|
| - Anne