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Three Hundred Days!
more good days than bad is definitely success in my book, Lee
DestinyintheDark wrote in message oups.com... AMAZING! Do you realize how cool that is!! Well I am sure that your body does! I probably started about the same time but haven't had quite your level of success but hoping to kick it up a notch here soon. I think I have probably had more good food days than bad food days and that alone is a miracle. So how bout a few 'secrets of your success'? What do you think really help you come so far?? D |
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Three Hundred Days!
all good tips, Lee
Doug Lerner wrote in message ... On 3/30/06 11:19 AM, in article , "DestinyintheDark" wrote: AMAZING! Do you realize how cool that is!! Well I am sure that your body does! I probably started about the same time but haven't had quite your level of success but hoping to kick it up a notch here soon. I think I have probably had more good food days than bad food days and that alone is a miracle. So how bout a few 'secrets of your success'? What do you think really help you come so far?? More good days than bad is an accomplishment in itself. Congratulations! For me it's always all one or the other. In the past, falling off the wagon meant it was gone, over, done with.... I've never been the type who can "just go off my diet for one day". It would definitely creep into multiple days, then weeks, then months then 10 years from now you would see notes from me saying how I'm going to start my diet again. This diet was a birthday present to myself on my 49th birthday. I wanted to get down to a normal weight, if not full goal, before I turned 50! Note that I intentionally did not start the day *after* my birthday so I could splurge on my birthday. I intentionally started on my birthday to reinforce the idea that eating healthy has to become a new way of life and that while each year is riddled with special occasions the way of dealing with all the occasions is the same - find a way to enjoy them without overeating. I do have some days where it is easier than other days. Some days it seems like the day goes by quickly and I haven't eaten that much and I don't really think about food so much. Other days I just get the munchies and can't stop eating. When that happens I just make sure to snack out on low calorie things - fat-free 100 calorie bags of popcorn, fruits, some very thin slices of ham (just 100 calories a pack), some edamame, etc. Eventually my hunger comes under control again. If you are truly hungry it is always best to eat something rather than letting your hunger grow into a KFC attack. Doing a few hundred calories per day of some regular exercise also helps. Somehow I just needed to get out of a certain "gluttony mindset" that I've always been in and try to get used to being satisfied with "normal human portions". I do find that if I wait long enough after eating a normally-sized meal that I do, in fact, get satisfied. I try to keep that in mind. doug |
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Three Hundred Days!
You make an excellent point Doug, one thing I know for sure is that each of
us must find what works and that is NOT the same for all of us, Lee Doug Lerner wrote in message ... On 3/30/06 1:34 PM, in article , "DestinyintheDark" wrote: Thanks so much for the insights! I have found that if I take that first 'bad' bite of whatever that chances are I am off and running into diet disaster. You are a huge inspiration for me and I certainly appreciate all your posts. I will have to keep you in mind on any trips as that is a tough time for me. I am still vunerable to the 'special occasions' moments and the ever evil 'this will make me feel better and solve all my problems if I eat it' urges. One thing I used to remember during my many (many!) start-and-stop attempts to get rolling on a diet (before I found the right combination that clicked for me)... I could just tell on a certain day whether I would be able to stick with it or not. Like 3 or 4 in the afternoon, something would just happen in my head and I *knew* the diet was gone for the day - and thus probably for days and days after that. It is hard to describe. You wake up with the best of intentions, you get through breakfast and lunch just fine. But then the afternoon drags on and you are faced with the long night ahead of you and there are just so many things you want to gorge on that it is just too much to resist and you cave it. Even though you KNOW it will make you feel bad afterwards! Yet on other days you realize that somehow you will make it through the day just fine. I think one thing that has helped this time is recognizing the "danger time" of the day for me - which seems to be from 3pm to 5pm. If I can get through that time without carrying over cravings into the evening, I am somehow fine for the rest of the day. So I always, always, always, have low-calorie snacks ready for this time of the day and will very often splurge on 300-500 calories between 3 and 5 pm just to quiet down my cravings. If I do that, I am very satisfied with a low calorie dinner later on and things do calm down... In other words, rather than even trying to use excessive will-power I try to avoid having to deal with it by eating something! D ps KFC in Japan tell me it isn't so! Were that it was not so. But they are all over the place here. sigh doug |
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Three Hundred Days!
No I would say energetic going towards hyper, Lee, who likes hyper people,
as long as its after noon, Lee, waving at will Tayra wrote in message t... Doug Lerner wrote: messages don't sound like they are from an obese person. They sound like they are from an active, healthy, enthusiastic, young person. In other words, I am hearing from the inner Eddie - and the one you are shaping up into! Gosh, if he's active and enthusiastic, what do I sound like? -Tay, whiny and cynical |
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Three Hundred Days!
LOL!!!!.........
Eddie Type 2 diabetes Last A1c = 5.8 Last BP=118/62 Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-294.2lbs Loss to date=64.8lbs Goal Weight-153lbs "Stormmee" wrote in message ... No I would say energetic going towards hyper, Lee, who likes hyper people, as long as its after noon, Lee, waving at will Tayra wrote in message t... Doug Lerner wrote: messages don't sound like they are from an obese person. They sound like they are from an active, healthy, enthusiastic, young person. In other words, I am hearing from the inner Eddie - and the one you are shaping up into! Gosh, if he's active and enthusiastic, what do I sound like? -Tay, whiny and cynical |
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Three Hundred Days!
I'm not hyper... I'm just... huh... overly expressive?
I had a member tell me that I was too speedy to be a morning leader... heheh Will~ "Stormmee" wrote in message ... No I would say energetic going towards hyper, Lee, who likes hyper people, as long as its after noon, Lee, waving at will Tayra wrote in message t... Doug Lerner wrote: messages don't sound like they are from an obese person. They sound like they are from an active, healthy, enthusiastic, young person. In other words, I am hearing from the inner Eddie - and the one you are shaping up into! Gosh, if he's active and enthusiastic, what do I sound like? -Tay, whiny and cynical |
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Three Hundred Days!
Cool! Happy anniversary (or whatever :-) )!
Chris 262/130s/130s |
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Three Hundred Days!
when I am having a polite phase I substitute perky for hyper, good in the
right frame, that frame being after noon, Lee, vbg Willow Herself wrote in message om... I'm not hyper... I'm just... huh... overly expressive? I had a member tell me that I was too speedy to be a morning leader... heheh Will~ "Stormmee" wrote in message ... No I would say energetic going towards hyper, Lee, who likes hyper people, as long as its after noon, Lee, waving at will Tayra wrote in message t... Doug Lerner wrote: messages don't sound like they are from an obese person. They sound like they are from an active, healthy, enthusiastic, young person. In other words, I am hearing from the inner Eddie - and the one you are shaping up into! Gosh, if he's active and enthusiastic, what do I sound like? -Tay, whiny and cynical |
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Three Hundred Days!
hehehe
"Stormmee" wrote in message ... when I am having a polite phase I substitute perky for hyper, good in the right frame, that frame being after noon, Lee, vbg Willow Herself wrote in message om... I'm not hyper... I'm just... huh... overly expressive? I had a member tell me that I was too speedy to be a morning leader... heheh Will~ "Stormmee" wrote in message ... No I would say energetic going towards hyper, Lee, who likes hyper people, as long as its after noon, Lee, waving at will Tayra wrote in message t... Doug Lerner wrote: messages don't sound like they are from an obese person. They sound like they are from an active, healthy, enthusiastic, young person. In other words, I am hearing from the inner Eddie - and the one you are shaping up into! Gosh, if he's active and enthusiastic, what do I sound like? -Tay, whiny and cynical |
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