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

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

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)

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)

"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

"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

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

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