Table 3. Hit List of Weight-Gaining Behaviors from Dr. Phil's book

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:20:52 GMT, "Jeri"
wrote:

They may make YOU self conscious and fixated but they don't make
everyone that way. Some people can give something up and after awhile not
even think about it again.


For me, it depends on what it is. I can't just give up something like
chocolate. I may not have it every day now, but I do need some here
and there so that I don't get too fixated on it.

When I quit the mountain dew, it was completely different.I knew I
would have caffiene withdrawel since I had experienced it when
visiting my exchange sister in Mexico (no mountain dew in her town).
So, I knew on one other drink that I liked that had caffiene. It is
"Rain" by snapple. Not quite as much caffiene, and no carbonated, so I
could suck on one bottle all day to lower my caffiene intake without
having bad headaches.

Well, I did that for 2 days. One bottle of Rain at work all day, and
water at home. The 3rd day, I got to work, and there was no Rain. Uh
oh. I bought the water. I knew I had some chocolate in my locker, some
Godiva extra dark, so I decided to do an experiment. I'd see how long
I could go before the headache started and then eat the chocolate. I
never got the headache. Since then, I have not have a bottle or Rain
or Mountain Dew. And when I look at Mountain Dew, it looks gross to me
now.

Somewhere along the line, I finally turned on it as a horrible source
of caffiene, extra weight, and wasted money. Something I loved for 15
years is now disgusting to me. I wish I could do that to chocolate or
cheese, but that will take some doing.



And what if what he's written works for some people? Why are you so set on
limiting what others may find works for them?

Several people can teach the same thing, but we will learn better from
some and not so well from others. It depends on how they present it.
We have different learning styles, and we tend to teach in the same
style we learn in. So, it helps if we find people who teach the way we
learn.

Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com

"Meghan Noecker" wrote in message
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Somewhere along the line, I finally turned on it as a horrible source
of caffiene, extra weight, and wasted money. Something I loved for 15
years is now disgusting to me. I wish I could do that to chocolate or
cheese, but that will take some doing.

Don't be disappointed if some things never becomes disgusting to you. There
are some things that I still like the taste of, but they aren't good to eat
regularly. If they aren't going to trigger some type of feeding frenzy, I
limit those foods to small amounts very infrequently. If it's something
like chips or mac & cheese where once I start eating it I don't want to
stop, I never touch the stuff.

There are plenty of foods I used to love and eat in mass quantities that I
wouldn't touch with a 10 ft. pole now, pizza and fried chicken are two of
them, chinese food (except home made) is another. For me, it's the salt in
all of them. I'm more sensitive to the taste and the effects than I used to
be.

I used to like cheesecake a lot too, but can't stomach the real thing
anymore. I did find a suggestion on Mistress Krista's website
(http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html) to blend lowfat cottage cheese with
a packet or two of splenda and I'll be damned if it isn't the next best
thing to real cheesecake. A little walden farms sugar free chocolate syrup
and I'm in heaven It's my evening snack that I eat to take my pills.

Since I try to avoid sugar, I don't eat regular chocolate candy, but I found
some substitutions that work for the occasional chocolate candy craving.

Good Luck!
Jenn

"JMA" wrote in message
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"Meghan Noecker" wrote in message
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Somewhere along the line, I finally turned on it as a horrible source
of caffiene, extra weight, and wasted money. Something I loved for 15
years is now disgusting to me. I wish I could do that to chocolate or
cheese, but that will take some doing.

Don't be disappointed if some things never becomes disgusting to you.
There
are some things that I still like the taste of, but they aren't good to
eat
regularly. If they aren't going to trigger some type of feeding frenzy, I
limit those foods to small amounts very infrequently. If it's something
like chips or mac & cheese where once I start eating it I don't want to
stop, I never touch the stuff.

There are plenty of foods I used to love and eat in mass quantities that I
wouldn't touch with a 10 ft. pole now, pizza and fried chicken are two of
them, chinese food (except home made) is another. For me, it's the salt
in
all of them. I'm more sensitive to the taste and the effects than I used
to
be.

I used to like cheesecake a lot too, but can't stomach the real thing
anymore. I did find a suggestion on Mistress Krista's website
(http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html) to blend lowfat cottage cheese
with
a packet or two of splenda and I'll be damned if it isn't the next best
thing to real cheesecake. A little walden farms sugar free chocolate
syrup
and I'm in heaven It's my evening snack that I eat to take my pills.

Since I try to avoid sugar, I don't eat regular chocolate candy, but I
found
some substitutions that work for the occasional chocolate candy craving.

Good Luck!
Jenn


I think I'd be sunk if I hadn't discovered Hersey's sugar free dark
chocolate pieces. Two of them have 68 calories and totally satisfy my
chocolate cravings, which have been massive lately probably due to hormones.
(Aunt Flo is still AWOL).

Tonia

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:33:24 -0600, "JMA"
wrote:

Don't be disappointed if some things never becomes disgusting to you. There
are some things that I still like the taste of, but they aren't good to eat
regularly.

Thanks. I'm sure some of them will never become disgusting to me. How
could chocolate ever earn that title? I do hope that I can achieve
that to some level eventually with fried foods. I am very much in love
with fried food. And some things just aren't any good without cheese.

More realisticly, I am hoping that I can learn to love some new
healthier foods, and those will replace some of my old staples. So,
the rule will become the exception and vice versa.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:06:01 -0600, "That T Woman"
wrote:

I think I'd be sunk if I hadn't discovered Hersey's sugar free dark
chocolate pieces. Two of them have 68 calories and totally satisfy my
chocolate cravings, which have been massive lately probably due to hormones.
(Aunt Flo is still AWOL).


Does it have aspertame? I'd love to try it if it doesn't. Was it at
the grocery store? I've never seen it.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com

"That T Woman" wrote in message
...

I think I'd be sunk if I hadn't discovered Hersey's sugar free dark
chocolate pieces. Two of them have 68 calories and totally satisfy my
chocolate cravings, which have been massive lately probably due to
hormones.
(Aunt Flo is still AWOL).

Tonia


I like those too. They all help in those hormonal times. Now that mine
have leveled off I can take the chocolate or leave it. Actually, when the
whole TOM thing is done and gone, it's the best 10 days or so of my life. I
feel great with energy and all, I don't crave any foods and only want to eat
when I'm hungry, and my water retention and anxiety crap disappear...until
PMS reappears.

Jenn

"Meghan Noecker" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:33:24 -0600, "JMA"
wrote:

Don't be disappointed if some things never becomes disgusting to you.
There
are some things that I still like the taste of, but they aren't good to
eat
regularly.

Thanks. I'm sure some of them will never become disgusting to me. How
could chocolate ever earn that title? I do hope that I can achieve
that to some level eventually with fried foods. I am very much in love
with fried food. And some things just aren't any good without cheese.

Reminds me of what DH says - anything tastes good covered in cheese or
wrapped in bacon.

More realisticly, I am hoping that I can learn to love some new
healthier foods, and those will replace some of my old staples. So,
the rule will become the exception and vice versa.


Given time and practice, it should. I don't eat fried foods and I don't
miss them. There have been a few times when given the choice between
something healthy or not, I've chosen the healthy option because of taste
preference, not because "it's the right thing to do."

Jenn

"Meghan Noecker" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:06:01 -0600, "That T Woman"
wrote:

I think I'd be sunk if I hadn't discovered Hersey's sugar free dark
chocolate pieces. Two of them have 68 calories and totally satisfy my
chocolate cravings, which have been massive lately probably due to
hormones.
(Aunt Flo is still AWOL).


Does it have aspertame? I'd love to try it if it doesn't. Was it at
the grocery store? I've never seen it.


Hershey's SF stuff doesn't have aspartame, it's sweetened with some stuff
called lactitol which has "a laxative effect" if you eat too much of it.

Jenn

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:38:58 -0600, "JMA"
wrote:


Hershey's SF stuff doesn't have aspartame, it's sweetened with some stuff
called lactitol which has "a laxative effect" if you eat too much of it.


Interesting. Sounds like it is worth a try. Where do you find it? Is
it on the regular candy aisle, or with the diet foods?


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com

On 19 Jan 2004 02:18:47 GMT, (Meghan
Noecker) wrote:

More realisticly, I am hoping that I can learn to love some new
healthier foods, and those will replace some of my old staples. So,
the rule will become the exception and vice versa.

This is pretty much where I am. I still like everything I ever did,
but there are more healthy things now that I also like a lot and eat
more often. I also will eat any of the fattening things on occasion,
but I limit the frequency and the portion size. (Like last night I
ate some buffalo wings. But we split an appetizer among 3 of us, so I
only had 3 wings. And it's probably the second time I've had them in
about a year.) I also try to be more selective with things like
desserts (which I only consider eating when at a party or sometimes a
restaurant). I taste and, if it isn't really super, I generally don't
have any more. I try to save the calories for the really good
instances of splurge food :-).

Chris
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