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Starting All Over Again
Starting all over again is gonna be rough, so rough
But we're gonna make it Starting all over as friends is gonna be rough, on us But we gotta face it But we both know that we can make it We gotta take life as it comes And never worry about who's right or wrong It's an uphill climb To the finish line We're gonna try to make it One more time at first Hall & Oates After five years of grappling with goal, this has become my theme song. Do you go in cycles too-- a period of being sloppy, too indulgent, followed by guilt, regret with fear that you'll regain weight? It happens to me periodically and when I snap myself back into a disciplined mode, actually experience withdrawal as one would if kicking a drug habit. Compulsive overeating is a sbad as a drug habit IMO. During the first few days of buckling down to basics, I wake up at all hours, tense and worried and sooo hungry and I slowly sip a cup of hot water. Then, in the morning if the scale or bloat has gone down even a little, I grit my teeth and get through another day on track Once I can navigate a few successful days, the road and the bulges begin to smooth out. When back to the desired weight, I eat more spontaneously selecting smaller portions and I am less interested in food and more active---until the next time! -- Diva ******** Completing 4 years of maintenance |
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I'm about to start maintenance myself. Tell me it's not that bad! It sounds
like you go off healthy eating for a while, then have to kill yourself to get back on it again. Ugh, I don't want that up and down. Had enough of that trying to lose weight. |
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I can give up seeing the scale move for catching a glimpse of my own body in
the mirror coming out of the shower. Damn I look good! |
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In article , Ignoramus25655
wrote: For me, maintenance was about as difficult as losing weight, but less fun. It was obviously balanced by having a nice life, better than being obese, but there was no excitement from seeing the scale move, such as when losing weight. I am still maintaining now, but on a different diet, and it is a lot easier because there is no constant hunger. I second that emotion !! -- Diva ***** The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman |
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In article , Ignoramus25655
wrote: For me, maintenance was about as difficult as losing weight, but less fun. It was obviously balanced by having a nice life, better than being obese, but there was no excitement from seeing the scale move, such as when losing weight. I am still maintaining now, but on a different diet, and it is a lot easier because there is no constant hunger. I second that emotion !! -- Diva ***** The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman |
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Carol, I can relate to so much of your post. I have just snapped back into
discipline mode after an entire year of haphazardly following my food plan. After three or four days of white-knuckling it, I actually felt the internal "click" that shut off my desires for unhealthy food. Foods that tempted me like crazy before (all the new sugarfree candies by Russell Stover, sugarfree ice cream, etc.) I can now easily shrug off. I truly do believe that "what you don't eat, you don't crave" -- and though I haven't eaten the sugarfree junk since late September, it took that long for it to finally break its hold on me. What I have found to be true is that I must do the footwork of strictly following my food plan first, and then the motivation comes to continue eating healthy, and then it all becomes much easier. I've never had the motivation come before the footwork -- just as they teach in 12-step programs. And I feel so much better all around -- that feeling is so worth giving up junk food for. My clothes are fitting better too and that is worth everything! Nothing makes me feel more out-of-control and panicky than not being able to fit into clothes I was wearing 6 months to a year ago -- well they are slowly starting to fit better again, so I am on my way! My next checkup is Dec. 6, so we'll see how I did this month. I think my numbers will be much better than last month (which I didn't have the heart or stomach to report!). Mary |
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Carol, I can relate to so much of your post. I have just snapped back into
discipline mode after an entire year of haphazardly following my food plan. After three or four days of white-knuckling it, I actually felt the internal "click" that shut off my desires for unhealthy food. Foods that tempted me like crazy before (all the new sugarfree candies by Russell Stover, sugarfree ice cream, etc.) I can now easily shrug off. I truly do believe that "what you don't eat, you don't crave" -- and though I haven't eaten the sugarfree junk since late September, it took that long for it to finally break its hold on me. What I have found to be true is that I must do the footwork of strictly following my food plan first, and then the motivation comes to continue eating healthy, and then it all becomes much easier. I've never had the motivation come before the footwork -- just as they teach in 12-step programs. And I feel so much better all around -- that feeling is so worth giving up junk food for. My clothes are fitting better too and that is worth everything! Nothing makes me feel more out-of-control and panicky than not being able to fit into clothes I was wearing 6 months to a year ago -- well they are slowly starting to fit better again, so I am on my way! My next checkup is Dec. 6, so we'll see how I did this month. I think my numbers will be much better than last month (which I didn't have the heart or stomach to report!). Mary |
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