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Topic: RE: day 4
thanks reenie, i made it through day 4 and 5 they say if you can go for 2 weeks you've got a good chance of kicking a bad habit. smoking was easier to quit!
it helps that the thing that i am addicted to isn't readily available. like at work they aren' tanywere in sight if it was m&m's like yours it would be so much harder cause they are all over the place at work.
my car is still in the shop i won't have it bac****il next week so for the weeknd i am save from atkins.
now i'm working at being sure to not over load on something else instead. i have plenty of grapes and am grabbing those when i thik about it. im chewing lots of gum but then again i've always done that.
today wasnt as bad as yesterday.
im tired its been a rough week. way to much snow. iv'e got to conquer my driving in snow fear.
it helps that the thing that i am addicted to isn't readily available. like at work they aren' tanywere in sight if it was m&m's like yours it would be so much harder cause they are all over the place at work.
my car is still in the shop i won't have it bac****il next week so for the weeknd i am save from atkins.
now i'm working at being sure to not over load on something else instead. i have plenty of grapes and am grabbing those when i thik about it. im chewing lots of gum but then again i've always done that.
today wasnt as bad as yesterday.
im tired its been a rough week. way to much snow. iv'e got to conquer my driving in snow fear.
Topic: RE: day 4
Yes, yes, yes - I so can understand what you're thinking and how you're feeling. I wish I could do something to help ease this - and I really do consider this torture, it certainly is for me. A pressure that builds and builds and builds until I literally can't stand it anymore. Try, Pam, to find some other way to alleviate the stress. Take a bath, take a walk, write a poem, take a nap, anything to redirect this energy. You're not alone. Maureen
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Topic: RE: day 4
im having a hard time without the atkins. the only thing saving me right now is htat i'm home without a car.
its had me doing alot of thinking about this addiction thing. i'm stressed about work, car troubles, and relationship. of course because i'm not at work and busy with that i've had too much time thinking and stressing about thingds so that i just really do think that this whole business of having hard time today especailly without atkins is due to the stress. i'm a stress eater.
im having my regualr healthy snack right now and hopefully that will apease the atkin monster.
arggggg
its had me doing alot of thinking about this addiction thing. i'm stressed about work, car troubles, and relationship. of course because i'm not at work and busy with that i've had too much time thinking and stressing about thingds so that i just really do think that this whole business of having hard time today especailly without atkins is due to the stress. i'm a stress eater.
im having my regualr healthy snack right now and hopefully that will apease the atkin monster.
arggggg
Topic: RE: day 4
its almost 1 and i've done very well without my atkins bar so far for this day. i do have a headache an again i think it is due to my body coming off of whatever it is that i love about those stupid things.
my calori count is the best that it has been in a very long time. at this point i'm at 700 calories and have had my breakfast, snack, and lunch. next snack will be around 2:30 usually by now i've had alot more calories.
when im at my high stress job my LBS spikes an drops quicker because of th adrenaline. so during the daytime i'm eating more in less time. i'm working on that as i get stronger.
but the big thing for me is i've almost made it to the end of day 4 without ATKINS!!!!
rEENIE i know you understand with your addiction to m&m's
my calori count is the best that it has been in a very long time. at this point i'm at 700 calories and have had my breakfast, snack, and lunch. next snack will be around 2:30 usually by now i've had alot more calories.
when im at my high stress job my LBS spikes an drops quicker because of th adrenaline. so during the daytime i'm eating more in less time. i'm working on that as i get stronger.
but the big thing for me is i've almost made it to the end of day 4 without ATKINS!!!!
rEENIE i know you understand with your addiction to m&m's
Topic: day 4
so its day four of no atkins. i'm missing them big time. isnt that silly?i'm thinking about them a good portion of the day. its not even 10am and i'm thinking about them.
im home right now due to my car dieing. arggggg AAA had to tow me and now i'mwaiting for the repair man's report. possible thermostat or radiator. i'm hoping whatever it is its cheap. don'tyou know i just got imcome tax and a small amount saved and bingo something goes wrong. it always happens that way!!!
the good thing is i'mhome with my missing atkins and there aren't any in sight. i do have other healthy foods to eat but i'm not hungry and i'mwatching the clock before i eat again so that i don't eat too soon. i think if i start that then i'm fixing one addiction with another.
i do have to say tht the LBS is bothering me. i'm not hungry and i've just eaten less than an hour ago so i'm wondering if its a my bodies way of saying it misses the atkins too. does that make sense? would my body go through a withdrawal for something like an atkins bar? i was eating 4 to 5 of them a day. thats a tremondous amount of calories that are all extra.
weight wise i've not lost anything still the same.
still i can't help but think that dropping almost 1000 calories a day will make a difference.
yes i'll need to add healhty right things but not 1000 calories of them.
once i conquer the atkins addiction then its time to correct my calorie intake.
per my doctors endo and naturalpathic i need to have an intake of 1600 and up to 1800 if i am excersizing regularly. with the atkins i was well over 2000 i was shocked when i tracked it. i wasn't thinking clearly at all and did't realize how much over i was. i always kept track of what i ate but man the calories add up so fast.
i was very surprised because i kept track of everything but obviously i wasn't thikning clearly and tracking as well as i should have. all i can say is that the LBS had its strong hold on me. the fears of having an episode (which i still fear) made me eat much more than i needed.
its always a learning thing right?
I want to get through day 4 with flying colors.
how long does it take to change a bad habit?
how long does it take to fix an addiction?
i think its a constant thing.
im home right now due to my car dieing. arggggg AAA had to tow me and now i'mwaiting for the repair man's report. possible thermostat or radiator. i'm hoping whatever it is its cheap. don'tyou know i just got imcome tax and a small amount saved and bingo something goes wrong. it always happens that way!!!
the good thing is i'mhome with my missing atkins and there aren't any in sight. i do have other healthy foods to eat but i'm not hungry and i'mwatching the clock before i eat again so that i don't eat too soon. i think if i start that then i'm fixing one addiction with another.
i do have to say tht the LBS is bothering me. i'm not hungry and i've just eaten less than an hour ago so i'm wondering if its a my bodies way of saying it misses the atkins too. does that make sense? would my body go through a withdrawal for something like an atkins bar? i was eating 4 to 5 of them a day. thats a tremondous amount of calories that are all extra.
weight wise i've not lost anything still the same.
still i can't help but think that dropping almost 1000 calories a day will make a difference.
yes i'll need to add healhty right things but not 1000 calories of them.
once i conquer the atkins addiction then its time to correct my calorie intake.
per my doctors endo and naturalpathic i need to have an intake of 1600 and up to 1800 if i am excersizing regularly. with the atkins i was well over 2000 i was shocked when i tracked it. i wasn't thinking clearly at all and did't realize how much over i was. i always kept track of what i ate but man the calories add up so fast.
i was very surprised because i kept track of everything but obviously i wasn't thikning clearly and tracking as well as i should have. all i can say is that the LBS had its strong hold on me. the fears of having an episode (which i still fear) made me eat much more than i needed.
its always a learning thing right?
I want to get through day 4 with flying colors.
how long does it take to change a bad habit?
how long does it take to fix an addiction?
i think its a constant thing.
Topic: RE: Not all of us....
i have always said that food is an addiction. doctors say you need willpower or atleast they use to. they've come up with pills and surgery but we all still have these addictions.
years ago i went to i can' tremember the name of it but it was like AA meetings for food addicts,. it didn't help me. it wsn't what i was looking for.
i do know its helped others i just wans't successful with it.
all of the different things we can go to tops, weigh****chers they willhelp if they are the right thing for an individual.
we need the support just like what we get from our marchers.
well its day 3 for me of no atkins. today i felt like i was having flash backs or DT's without them. I have to say that god was looking out for me. i had to have a new employee ride with me so of course i'm not going to stop to buy atkinsl then on the way home when i ws thinking about stopping at walmart my car broke down and i had to call AAA!!!! can you imagine??? I was happy to have the car break??? that is just sick.
but it kept me away from atkins.
now i'm house bound until i get my car back hopefully tomorrow. ANd hopefully its a small expense please dear god let it be small.....
i found it really odd when thinking about it tonight that i would go through withdrawals from atkins bars! they really are good for you but for me not so mucvh because i over eat on them.
i've counted my calorie intake without them and its so much better. still alot more than i'd liek to have so i'm trying to cut that too. its all so hard.
but i' mom the right road.
we'll get there all of us together!
years ago i went to i can' tremember the name of it but it was like AA meetings for food addicts,. it didn't help me. it wsn't what i was looking for.
i do know its helped others i just wans't successful with it.
all of the different things we can go to tops, weigh****chers they willhelp if they are the right thing for an individual.
we need the support just like what we get from our marchers.
well its day 3 for me of no atkins. today i felt like i was having flash backs or DT's without them. I have to say that god was looking out for me. i had to have a new employee ride with me so of course i'm not going to stop to buy atkinsl then on the way home when i ws thinking about stopping at walmart my car broke down and i had to call AAA!!!! can you imagine??? I was happy to have the car break??? that is just sick.
but it kept me away from atkins.
now i'm house bound until i get my car back hopefully tomorrow. ANd hopefully its a small expense please dear god let it be small.....
i found it really odd when thinking about it tonight that i would go through withdrawals from atkins bars! they really are good for you but for me not so mucvh because i over eat on them.
i've counted my calorie intake without them and its so much better. still alot more than i'd liek to have so i'm trying to cut that too. its all so hard.
but i' mom the right road.
we'll get there all of us together!
Topic: For Connie and Others
Hi Connie - and anyone else experiencing wls-related anemia, I encourage you to read this thread on the Main board - pay particular attention to Andrea's response, she is the supplement guru at OH:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4128229/low-ferritin/
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Topic: Not all of us....
... are self-defined food addicts. But enough of us have admitted to the problem that I feel compelled to share some of this book that I'm reading with you. I can't tell you the insight - and relief - it is providing me and I'm only on page 61! Here's an excerpt - what is your kneejerk response to this? Talk to me:
We food addicts have a love/hate relationship with control. Many of us have a secret longing for something to come along and control our eating. Time was when we entered a new diet joyfully, not only because our dream of weight loss seemed close to coming true, but because we hoped it would rescue us from the circular agony of hating our bodies, wanting the weight off, and eating anyway. The trouble is that control efforts (diets and rules) never got us off that unmerry-go-round. Food was providing too great a service for us. Food was supplying the nurturing, comfort, escape, and reward that nothing else had.
Being controlled by food thoughts, drives to eat, obsessions about the size of your body and wanting to lose weight, and hating yourself, is hell. It can be all-consuming, taking your time, energy, and peace.
How in the world can one lose weight? If you are addicted to sugar and starches, no food program will be successful so long as you are eating sugar and refined starch. Even a little bit of sugar will trigger your obsession with food and your urge to eat.
Achieving abstinence from sugar is like withdrawing from any other psychoactive drug. Initial withdrawal is extremely uncomfortable and takes a lot of support. Staying abstinent from sugar is another great challenge. We need to make it through both the withdrawal and the dire cravings that accompany it as well as long-term withdrawal. To stay abstinent, we need a very strong, very accessible support system.
I'll keep sharing as I read if it will benefit anyone. Maureen
We food addicts have a love/hate relationship with control. Many of us have a secret longing for something to come along and control our eating. Time was when we entered a new diet joyfully, not only because our dream of weight loss seemed close to coming true, but because we hoped it would rescue us from the circular agony of hating our bodies, wanting the weight off, and eating anyway. The trouble is that control efforts (diets and rules) never got us off that unmerry-go-round. Food was providing too great a service for us. Food was supplying the nurturing, comfort, escape, and reward that nothing else had.
Being controlled by food thoughts, drives to eat, obsessions about the size of your body and wanting to lose weight, and hating yourself, is hell. It can be all-consuming, taking your time, energy, and peace.
How in the world can one lose weight? If you are addicted to sugar and starches, no food program will be successful so long as you are eating sugar and refined starch. Even a little bit of sugar will trigger your obsession with food and your urge to eat.
Achieving abstinence from sugar is like withdrawing from any other psychoactive drug. Initial withdrawal is extremely uncomfortable and takes a lot of support. Staying abstinent from sugar is another great challenge. We need to make it through both the withdrawal and the dire cravings that accompany it as well as long-term withdrawal. To stay abstinent, we need a very strong, very accessible support system.
I'll keep sharing as I read if it will benefit anyone. Maureen
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Topic: RE: my addictions
Hey Gals
I'm in with this-I have been working on the NO SUGAR Rule as well. Reenie I am addicted to it as well & it is killing me. Now that I am off all meds I have to cut the sugar too or I will be back on
them in a heart beat, I'm losing weight but not if I don't kill the sugar monster NOW.
Pammy keep up the good work, it's hard, but we can do this. Marchers have always helped
each other & here's to addiction's gone!!
I'm in with this-I have been working on the NO SUGAR Rule as well. Reenie I am addicted to it as well & it is killing me. Now that I am off all meds I have to cut the sugar too or I will be back on
them in a heart beat, I'm losing weight but not if I don't kill the sugar monster NOW.
Pammy keep up the good work, it's hard, but we can do this. Marchers have always helped
each other & here's to addiction's gone!!
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
Topic: RE: my addictions
well its day two of no atkins. i didn' tmiss it as much today as i did yesterday but todays drama was the weather.
weather always over shadows food addictions for me. especailly any weather having to do with white falling from the sky. we didn't get alot and fortunately for me the town i work in was snow free. my home town wasn't as pammy friendly.
now that the work day is over and i'm safe at home i will not go out of my house until the morning. so the atkins at stop & shop can sleep well.
again today i planned my meals and snacks so i was ready with the good stuff. i've not kept track of the calorie's that i did yet eat today but thats will come along too. i do not feel that i'mover eating and the things i'm eating are good choices.
of course ther eis always room for improvement so next week i'm going to look at the diet. and start to fix that right if theres any errors.
today i also started to picture myself 10 pounds lighter. i imagined the weight going and remembered wearing different clothes. i reminded myself how good i felt when i looked in themirror and i promised myself that i would look that way again.
march is such a big month for us. i'm so excited that it is coming.
so we allneed to keep on posting its the smartest thing that we do to help ourselves.
we fought the battle before and won now its another skimish that we can fight and win again!
onward fellow weight warriors
weather always over shadows food addictions for me. especailly any weather having to do with white falling from the sky. we didn't get alot and fortunately for me the town i work in was snow free. my home town wasn't as pammy friendly.
now that the work day is over and i'm safe at home i will not go out of my house until the morning. so the atkins at stop & shop can sleep well.
again today i planned my meals and snacks so i was ready with the good stuff. i've not kept track of the calorie's that i did yet eat today but thats will come along too. i do not feel that i'mover eating and the things i'm eating are good choices.
of course ther eis always room for improvement so next week i'm going to look at the diet. and start to fix that right if theres any errors.
today i also started to picture myself 10 pounds lighter. i imagined the weight going and remembered wearing different clothes. i reminded myself how good i felt when i looked in themirror and i promised myself that i would look that way again.
march is such a big month for us. i'm so excited that it is coming.
so we allneed to keep on posting its the smartest thing that we do to help ourselves.
we fought the battle before and won now its another skimish that we can fight and win again!
onward fellow weight warriors
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