Ok, so I think it's time for a mental reality check here

Colby B.
on 4/17/12 3:01 am - Veradale, WA

Thank you for the insightful, well-written post Nik. I will be saving it to help me remember all that you said in it.

   
                            HW: 356, SW: 325, CW: 241, GW: 220
Pickett6
on 4/17/12 3:11 am
So timely.  I'm five months post-op, and the weight loss is going well.  But I have been going through a substitute-addiciton phase -- shopping for new clothes.  Two weeks ago I made a conscious effort to address this, and I have now gone two weeks without buying any clothes and paying very close attention to my feelings surrounding this change.  This past weekend I, instead, did several tasks around the house that I had been postponing, met friends for a movie and dinner, and finished a book I'd been reading for two months.  I felt such a sense of accomplishment -- with no guilt.  I'm going to have to continue to work hard on this, but I think I'm at least on the right path.  What really made me sit up and take notice (and action) was that I found I was shopping with the same kind of mind set as I used to eat -- sort of mindlessly.  Once the light bulb clicked on, I sort of thumped my forehead and realized the connection.  Sometimes the obvious is so allusive until that "awareness" part of the brain kicks into action.  Oh, this can be hard work -- but so rewarding when the small awarenesses come front and center!
KittenLove
on 4/17/12 4:08 am - Around Knoxville, TN
Perfect timing for this thread!

Yesterday when I was at the podiatrist, the doctor asked if I had done any endurance work lately b/c of the calluses -- I told him I had done a full marathon just a few weeks ago -- he even though he runs, he just looked at me and said, "I don't see how anyone does one activity for that long!" And I told him the same thing that goes along with weight maintenance: 90% of it is mental.

Be happy. 
  

 

badkitten
on 4/17/12 5:23 am
you are awesome as usual Nik!
I like that you brought this up and it is funny I am eagerly awaiting my new cognitive therapy book and accompanying workbook so I can start a new leg of this journey. I already journal but I felt I had more demons to exercise than the journal could handle. LOL!!
            
seattledeb
on 4/17/12 7:19 am
 Sometimes I just get so sad that I can't go to the fridge. I want that relief so bad. It really is an ongoing thing. It's easier when there are less stessors and it's easier with support but still that fridge is in there.
Yesterday my washing machine broke and my mom started chemo.  I just kept eating eggs. I was too stressed to cook so I ate eggs. I thought if I can just eat protein.
Today is a better day but it is a daily thing.
Deb T.

    

johnsmom9983
on 4/17/12 12:47 pm
One thing I have found out so far on this journey is that I have an oral fixation. The need to have something in my mouth. I quit smoking 4 years ago and now I am yearning for a cigarette. I went out today and bought a bunch of SF gum and SF hard candy. This issue is a real big problem with me. I realize this would cause me to eat before surgery, even though I wasn't hungry. This is something I have to get a grip on.
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