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Oh, well...
I kind of blew things over thanksgiving, which wasn't that big a deal, but
then I didn't get back on track the way I should have. Now I've gained a few pounds. Nothing serious. I'm up three pounds, possibly a little more (you know how scales are). Still, though, that was enough to really screw up my short-term goal. I'm not going to beat myself up over it, nor let myself slide down so far into the depths of depression that I end up trying to dig myself out with a spoon. It will suffice, I think, to confess, to learn from my mistake, and to go back to doing exactly what I was doing before -- weighing all my food and counting every calorie. Weight loss is a long term goal. I guess you have to roll with the punches sometimes. Daven |
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Daven Thrice wrote:
I kind of blew things over thanksgiving, which wasn't that big a deal, but then I didn't get back on track the way I should have. Now I've gained a few pounds. Nothing serious. I'm up three pounds, possibly a little more (you know how scales are). Still, though, that was enough to really screw up my short-term goal. I'm not going to beat myself up over it, nor let myself slide down so far into the depths of depression that I end up trying to dig myself out with a spoon. It will suffice, I think, to confess, to learn from my mistake, and to go back to doing exactly what I was doing before -- weighing all my food and counting every calorie. Weight loss is a long term goal. I guess you have to roll with the punches sometimes. Daven |
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This doesn't sound like one meal's weight gain. Did you have more than
one "event" over the holiday weekend? Or did you let over-eating at Thanksgiving dinner get you off-track for subsequent days? One of the most important things to learn, I think, is how to get right back on the wagon after a splurge occasion. One of the biggest problems dieters sometimes have is a sort of "Well, I've already blown the day anyway, so what the heck!" attitude. Chris 262/135/ (135-145) |
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This doesn't sound like one meal's weight gain. Did you have more than
one "event" over the holiday weekend? Or did you let over-eating at Thanksgiving dinner get you off-track for subsequent days? One of the most important things to learn, I think, is how to get right back on the wagon after a splurge occasion. One of the biggest problems dieters sometimes have is a sort of "Well, I've already blown the day anyway, so what the heck!" attitude. Chris 262/135/ (135-145) |
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"Heidi" wrote in message ... I asked myself your questions too, upon reading your post: "Self, can you go a lifetime without an occasional slip? No, that would be unrealistic. Without eating too much at some holidays? No, but I can go without eating too much at *every* holiday. Without eating cake?" Yes, absolutely I can go without eating cake (or pie or cookies or other empty calories) ever again. I equate this with the alcoholic who, like the rest of us, needs to drink beverages to live, but those beverages do not need to include alcohol. If I have insurmountable trouble with a certain food, then it's got to go -- permanently. No food is worth going back to my previous weight. I'd have an easier time of this if they didn't come out with sugarfree versions of everything -- I haven't eaten sugar since 1985 (and I was a real sugar junkie), but I have wavered back and forth on eating sugarfree items. After a recent bout of having trouble with a box of sugarfree candy that a friend sent me and then struggling with not going out and buying more (I didn't, though I came very close yesterday -- but resisting that temptation made me feel a lot stronger), my new thing is that I will not buy sugarfree items, but if one is offered to me then I have the option to eat it or not. And the answer is, "No, I can't go a lifetime without doing those things." And so I give myself permission. I do know that I can eat well and exercise 90 percent of the time, and that's going to net long term weight loss and fitness. And that is the most sensible approach -- congratulations on coming to that conclusion, which has escaped many of us. 90% of the time is enough for most of us. Absolutely nothing is served by beating yourself up or getting depressed. You have a lifetime to manage, be good to yourself instead. Great words of wisdom. Mary 325-163-145 |
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"Heidi" wrote in message ... I asked myself your questions too, upon reading your post: "Self, can you go a lifetime without an occasional slip? No, that would be unrealistic. Without eating too much at some holidays? No, but I can go without eating too much at *every* holiday. Without eating cake?" Yes, absolutely I can go without eating cake (or pie or cookies or other empty calories) ever again. I equate this with the alcoholic who, like the rest of us, needs to drink beverages to live, but those beverages do not need to include alcohol. If I have insurmountable trouble with a certain food, then it's got to go -- permanently. No food is worth going back to my previous weight. I'd have an easier time of this if they didn't come out with sugarfree versions of everything -- I haven't eaten sugar since 1985 (and I was a real sugar junkie), but I have wavered back and forth on eating sugarfree items. After a recent bout of having trouble with a box of sugarfree candy that a friend sent me and then struggling with not going out and buying more (I didn't, though I came very close yesterday -- but resisting that temptation made me feel a lot stronger), my new thing is that I will not buy sugarfree items, but if one is offered to me then I have the option to eat it or not. And the answer is, "No, I can't go a lifetime without doing those things." And so I give myself permission. I do know that I can eat well and exercise 90 percent of the time, and that's going to net long term weight loss and fitness. And that is the most sensible approach -- congratulations on coming to that conclusion, which has escaped many of us. 90% of the time is enough for most of us. Absolutely nothing is served by beating yourself up or getting depressed. You have a lifetime to manage, be good to yourself instead. Great words of wisdom. Mary 325-163-145 |
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One time on Usenet, "Daven Thrice" said:
I kind of blew things over thanksgiving, which wasn't that big a deal, but then I didn't get back on track the way I should have. Now I've gained a few pounds. Nothing serious. I'm up three pounds, possibly a little more (you know how scales are). Still, though, that was enough to really screw up my short-term goal. I'm not going to beat myself up over it, nor let myself slide down so far into the depths of depression that I end up trying to dig myself out with a spoon. It will suffice, I think, to confess, to learn from my mistake, and to go back to doing exactly what I was doing before -- weighing all my food and counting every calorie. Weight loss is a long term goal. I guess you have to roll with the punches sometimes. Excellent attitude, Daven. Personally, I'm satisfying myself with maintenance during the holiday season, so far, so good... -- J.J. in WA * 275/230 |
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One time on Usenet, "Daven Thrice" said:
I kind of blew things over thanksgiving, which wasn't that big a deal, but then I didn't get back on track the way I should have. Now I've gained a few pounds. Nothing serious. I'm up three pounds, possibly a little more (you know how scales are). Still, though, that was enough to really screw up my short-term goal. I'm not going to beat myself up over it, nor let myself slide down so far into the depths of depression that I end up trying to dig myself out with a spoon. It will suffice, I think, to confess, to learn from my mistake, and to go back to doing exactly what I was doing before -- weighing all my food and counting every calorie. Weight loss is a long term goal. I guess you have to roll with the punches sometimes. Excellent attitude, Daven. Personally, I'm satisfying myself with maintenance during the holiday season, so far, so good... -- J.J. in WA * 275/230 |
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