Gotta learn to slow down.

Maybe if I put it in writing I'll make it stick in my head.  Every Thursday night I have a meeting to go to at 7 p.m.  DH gets home at 6 p.m.  Doesn't leave a lot of time for dinner & clean-up.  For the last too weeks I have gobbled my food on Thursday - my regular measured quantity, just eaten way to fast.  As a result I have felt yucky for a few hours after dinner.  I HAVE TO remind myself that it's not a rush - if it doesn't get eaten, it will still be there when I get home.  THINK THINK THINK!

I have come to believe that slowing down, and finding ways not to rush, is my next key to maintaining weight loss.  I have lost 110 pounds, but would like to lose 10 more.  I am 5'5" and now weight 155.  I have definitely plateaued at 155, and I am about 20 months out of surgery, so I am past my honeymoon stage.

About 3 months after my surgery, things started to get very busy in my family life.  They have always been very busy, but I had kind of held things at bay for the few mos after surgery.  At the time, my WLS support group leader said, "you have to find a way to slow things down!"  I never really did--I have tried, but it is hard.  Mroe and more, I believe the rush of my life has really contributed to my weight problems throughout my life.  Gobble and go--eat on the run--never feel satisfied--grazing--hunger because of skipping meals--etc.

A few weeks ago, a couple of us on these boards were wondering if weight issues are connected to always putting others first.  I think the busy-ness, in my life, is often related to feeling I have to make things work for everyone else before I can make things work for me.  With 4 children and a [very demanding] busy husband, this is a theme for me that I hope to break out of this year in counseling.

I have learned to eat without people if it is creeping into my dinner hour. Or when I need to leave for somewhere.