It goes on forever...
This is so true! Hugs Debbie
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:33 AM PST This may not be a comforting thought. But you're adults, right? You've handled lots of uncomfortable thoughts.Managing your weight is a day to day thing. Everyday. You can take some days off if you want but at some point you're going to have to pick up your awareness again. Maybe something will make you do that -- like your pants won't button. Or maybe one day you'll just realize you don't feel as good as you used to. And at that point, you're going to have to start paying attention to what is going in your mouth again. The only variable is what you are going to weigh at that point. Perhaps you think this is a bleak assessment. I think it is the truth the diet industry doesn't really want you to know. There are no magic beans, no magic machines, no magic pills -- there is no magic to managing your weight. Just awareness and decisions to be made. We are fortunate enough to live in a land of abundance -- but we aren't doing a good job managing that blessing. Maybe it's time we start. |
Hi Debbie....sure would be nice if there was a magic bean, pill or machine!!
I am struggling with all the added stres right now...too much grazing.....I gave away or threw away a bunch of things yesterday. I know I need to be more mindful with my eating...it is way out of control right now.
Hugs.....connie d
I am struggling with all the added stres right now...too much grazing.....I gave away or threw away a bunch of things yesterday. I know I need to be more mindful with my eating...it is way out of control right now.
Hugs.....connie d
It's going to be okay Connie. You will get control when you are ready.
We all stress eat and yes, sometimes food and grazing gives us comfort.
Don't beat yourself up, just be mindful of your eating and try to do your best.
Right now I'm wanting to eat, eat and eat some more. One of my favorite volunteers called me and her hubby just died. I want comfort food right now this very minute but I'm drinking my water and just took some vitamins. Instead I will get out of my office and walk some stairs around the hospital where I work. My mind says "Chocolate or something salty with crunch" probably my mind wants both! LOL
I will have to be extra careful with my food choices today. Sigh....
Yes it would be nice to find magic beans!
We all stress eat and yes, sometimes food and grazing gives us comfort.
Don't beat yourself up, just be mindful of your eating and try to do your best.
Right now I'm wanting to eat, eat and eat some more. One of my favorite volunteers called me and her hubby just died. I want comfort food right now this very minute but I'm drinking my water and just took some vitamins. Instead I will get out of my office and walk some stairs around the hospital where I work. My mind says "Chocolate or something salty with crunch" probably my mind wants both! LOL
I will have to be extra careful with my food choices today. Sigh....
Yes it would be nice to find magic beans!
Dear Debbie Jean,
Your posts are always so helpful to me. As a recovering compulsive eater, I found that much of the constant voices in my head about food abated after my R-n-Y, but they never go away altogether. Only now I know I don't have to listen to them. I just say, "Thank you for sharing" and go on my way. Most of the time. Sometimes, like you and Connie, I am not so successful.
I recently read something that I liked so much I posted it next to my desk: Adelle Davis said, "We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are." Eating healthy food over compulsively stuffing down carbohydrates has made a huge difference in my life. At age 64 I now have a realistic expectation that I will live to see age 70, that I will be able to retire and reinvent my life, perhaps doing work that is really fulfilling rather than just paying the bills.[But don't get me wrong, I am happy and grateful to have a job in this day and age!]
Thank you and all the other regular posters who share their experience, strenth, and hope along with lots of practical suggestions for living our OH live one day at a time. Sometimes it's one meal at a time. You take it as you need to.
I am so grateful to you all.
Judy G. from Waltham, MA aka Shelto1946
Your posts are always so helpful to me. As a recovering compulsive eater, I found that much of the constant voices in my head about food abated after my R-n-Y, but they never go away altogether. Only now I know I don't have to listen to them. I just say, "Thank you for sharing" and go on my way. Most of the time. Sometimes, like you and Connie, I am not so successful.
I recently read something that I liked so much I posted it next to my desk: Adelle Davis said, "We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are." Eating healthy food over compulsively stuffing down carbohydrates has made a huge difference in my life. At age 64 I now have a realistic expectation that I will live to see age 70, that I will be able to retire and reinvent my life, perhaps doing work that is really fulfilling rather than just paying the bills.[But don't get me wrong, I am happy and grateful to have a job in this day and age!]
Thank you and all the other regular posters who share their experience, strenth, and hope along with lots of practical suggestions for living our OH live one day at a time. Sometimes it's one meal at a time. You take it as you need to.
I am so grateful to you all.
Judy G. from Waltham, MA aka Shelto1946
That is so true about food, I believe we will always have food issues. Some we win, some not...but in the end we pick ourselves up again and continue on with life.
Now...I betcha you will live well past 70!!!!!
It's important for all of us to have passion. Passion for life, for learning, keeping our minds and hearts open.
Food...sometimes it's on my mind, calling me, then again on some days it doesn't.
But staying mindful and practicing mindful eating helps.
My girlfriend just joined weigh****chers, they changed their point system again. Apparently veggies and fruits are free now.
Just being mindful of our eating, leaving 3 bites of food on your plate will help. So now I never clean my plate and use a smaller plate too.
But like Connie when stres****s, I eat. I like carbs, always have. Yes, sometimes I have to take it each minute, each hour and each meal.
Now...I betcha you will live well past 70!!!!!
It's important for all of us to have passion. Passion for life, for learning, keeping our minds and hearts open.
Food...sometimes it's on my mind, calling me, then again on some days it doesn't.
But staying mindful and practicing mindful eating helps.
My girlfriend just joined weigh****chers, they changed their point system again. Apparently veggies and fruits are free now.
Just being mindful of our eating, leaving 3 bites of food on your plate will help. So now I never clean my plate and use a smaller plate too.
But like Connie when stres****s, I eat. I like carbs, always have. Yes, sometimes I have to take it each minute, each hour and each meal.
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