Daily Post--2/12/08

Sometimes I really wonder. I do stop and think about every bite. I feel like I must limit myself. I'm sure the reason for this is that I still have about 40 lbs to go and I am at 1 year. The pounds are just not dropping and after a small slip at Christmas I have been doing everything exceedingly correct. I journal every single bite every single day, I walk 3 miles a day, I drink about 100 oz a day and nothing. I stay exactically the same. I have even been on a liquid diet since last Fri and I am still stuck, actually up today. I am way more alert right now about what I eat and do not eat and it is wearing on me. Carla

Now that I can feel hunger again I eat when I am hungery, which is about every 6 hours. I do alway eat my 4 oz except at breakfast because my tummy is weird in the mornings. My mind is not nor has never been the issue I eat for taste and still do just a lot smaller portions.

Great question! For the first year or so, I was fanatic about what I ate - my daughter would get so annoyed with me, because grocery shopping takes forever - I read EVERY label (even now)! But for the past several months, I've become more relaxed about what I eat. It's all about balance, now. I don't always make the best choices, but I believe that if I deprive myself, I will snap one day... this way, I get a bite of something "taboo" here and there, and still manage to maintain my weight. Sure, I worry that I'll go too far someday, but this is why I'm also fanatic about weighing in every morning - I can't get too far off track if I'm seeing the results at the start of each day! As for eating for comfort - now that I'm a "normal" person, I don't need comforting! Life is good!

No, but I do worry that I am eating too much! Maybe a bit paranoid, but I don't want to stop losing, I still have a lot to go! Christy

My family calls me a food nazi! But seriously and I hope I didn't offend anyone I am really strict about what I eat and what is around me. I cannot control parties and such, but I can control if I go to them. If I know I am having a weak day I won't go to a resaurant or to a party where I know I might fall back into my old habit of grazing. For me it's all about planning!

I would say at times I feel that way, I know that if I jump on the scale every other day I can monitor whether I have gained or lost anything so that is my obsession. I think about the anorexic part of wls that can happen and I can't say that I don't worry about that also. Joni

I m having this really hard time eating food anymore...nothing sounds good, nothing tastes good and I find fault with almost everything food wise I buy or try to eat. The other day I made the comment to my husband that if I never ever had to think about food again I would be happy. Then I said that almost sounds like one step away from being anorexic...and I laughed. He didn't. Michelle

Anytime I try something new, I am scared. I spend a lot of time over-analyzing nutritional content, and beating myself up if I do something wrong. I think those feelings will go away in time, if not I can see how anorexic behaviors could rear their heads.

No I don't think I am doing anything to keep me from gaining. The truth is that I still have bad habits to overcome so those will keep me on my toes while I strive to learn to eat differently and change my habits. Kellie

I don't eat simple carbs. I eat one tiny meal and an apple or almonds. I drink lattes and AchievOne shakes twice per day. I exercise 5X per week minimum. I've always eaten healthy... only more... now I feel in control. I'm 7lbs. away from low goal... a very tough road indeed... weight did NOT just drop off... I NEVER want to go back... I can appreciate all my hard effort... I don't feel that I'm anorexic... although a few around me are quite happy when I eat "real food." Just trying to get the last 7lbs. off... then off to a plastic surgeon...