Joined TOPS and Back on Track

Joined Take off Pounds Sensibly on Jan 4th...I have loss  5 of the 8-10 lbs I had gained TG thru NY's holidays..... Yeah!!!  I really need this accountability.... for now anyways...

At this point, I am not doing low carb dieting....just eating healthier carbs with an occasional simple carb .....eating more balanced and less quantity....if, I fail to progress on this plan, I will return to low carb -Atkins type program until I reach my goal.

I still can't do cardio due old hip injury...but, hopefully, sometimes in the future, this will resolve enough for cardio exercise, although, I have increased my over all activity and will cont' to do so.

Keeping watchful eye on protein, fluids, vits....etc....

After over a month splurge, I'm finding my "sleeve"  very forgiving....

Thank you Lord for my sleeve.....

 

Congratulations on taking a positive step towards better health!  I say whatever works.

My weight stayed the same from Thanksgiving to New Years.  I went up and down 2 pounds but today I'm at my Thanksgiving weight.  BUT, I'm supposed to be losing, not maintaining.  For me, I decided to kick those carbs out of my life and for the last two days, carbs have been calling my name.  OWIE!

I understand about joining TOPS.  I started going to WW a couple of months ago.  I like seeing what someone my size should be eating in points.  They don't dictate what to eat, so I can do low carb.  I joined so that I would get weighed every Monday night.  I think it really helped me get through the holidays.

Kudos on taking care of yourself!

I am so happy that I really started making an effort with OA.

I guess Ill be a compulsive overeater 4 life .... but one day at a time OA is REALLY helping me deal with it and permanently corral the internal pressure to overeat through writing my twelve steps .

I used excess food the way an alcoholic uses drinking ...as a drug if U will. I wasnt overeating because I was hungry or because i didnt know EVERYTHING about nutrition .

I was overeating because I had resentments , frustrations , a lot of anger at myself for losing opportunities DUE to my overeating and my weight and my lifes unmanageability because of the overeating . I hated my body . I hated my prospects . I hated what I had allowed myself to become . It was like a bad spiral .

The twelve steps are allowing me to reverse that spiral into a more positive direction .

I really SEE the results because im able to eat a lot less and be a lot happier ... and also function in the world a lot better .

Even Roz commented that Ive settled into accepting my ration of food peacefully ! Shes right- I have ... Thats OA !

i can soooo relate!  i've been a compulsive eater, binge eater and stress eater all rolled up into one big fat body!  that's why i'm so dreading maintenance!  i'd rather not eat anything than to get back in that vicious cycle that's almost killed me so many times!  i do a monthly Bible study with women that battle addiction and i always tell them that addiction is addiction is addiction...whether its heroine, cocaine or food!  the main difference is that they can live away from their drug of choice.....with me....i have to face my addiction with every bite of food that goes into my mouth!  they don't have to have their drug to stay alive.....i do!

i have also used food as a drug....a means of escaping stressful situations.....hoping i won't ever do that again!!  my pre-op counseling helped me to identify/recognize the emotional "triggers" that would lead me into a binge.....can't say how much that's helped me!! 

 I too love the 12 steps.  i spent 17 years in OA meetings and learned so much about myself and my food addiction.  I still have all of the literature and have many friends who all are familiar with the steps.  I love how easy it is to talk about life with the steps as a roadmap.

You're doing great Ava.  I love how calm you've gotten over the last year that I've known you here on OH.  You're a great inspiration to so many of us.  

Lee...glad u r holding your own....I miss the Holiday Challenge forum even tho I messed up.. I followed you to the Atkin's/lowcarb group....hope you don't mind....I look forward to anything and everything you post

MMM.....I have sent you a friend request....I need you in my corner.....Thanks

 June, follow away!  Now that my two weeks of vacation are over, you're going to have to put up with a lot more blathering from me around here.  We're all in this together!!

Good for you, little sis.  There is suppose to be an OA here in El Dorado.  I found it on the OA website.  I really like the 12 steps. 

BTW,  have you figured out how to go incognito in real life??...hehehe

love ya!
 

 Okay, I have say I thought I had the cutest dog avatar on OH until I saw yours! What a doll. Mine is Beatrice, about 6 years old, terrier mix rescue. Who is your cutie?

Welll........I haven't figured out how to size my photos down to fit Avatar requirements.  Soooo..... this is one I snatched off the net.  It does look a lot like my chi, Big Boy.  He is 4.5 lb full blood, no papers, and is 3 years old. Give Beatrice a pat for me and a good scratchin'!  Big Boy loves to scratched.