Preventive checkin

I'm wanting to eat Eat EAT.   

This is my promise to all of you and to me that I can want to eat all I want to, that that is totally irrelevant as to whether I actuall eat or not, that hunger DOES NOT = emergency, and that  I will follow my plan regardless of how much I may want to eat. 
BOTT POWER I'm drawing strength from you - thanks for being there!

We're here for you Happy. I know I have those moments DAILY, when I feel like I have the shakes or am light headed... but its my mind and body trying to trick me, as I KNOW I've had plenty to sustain me for a few more hours. You can make it until your next meal time, I know you can. Find a nice distraction, like a good book or your Wii Fit! Lots of water!

Thanks for caring - just a touch of depression - left my office (and my clients' woes) behind for a few minutes and took a nice long walk.  I feel better now - not exactly a bundle of joy - but better.  I wasn't really even hungry - just the I-Want-Comfort monster rearing it's ugly head .  I promise (you and me) I will follow my food as planned today. 

Well done Happy for getting through it

Ruth

Thanks for caring, Ruth - I WILL DO THIS!!!! (Maybe not with style and grace, but I will do it LOL)

HappyLap ~ you got this!!! Head hunger schmed hunger...I say we shoot emotional eating and head hunger in the HEAD!!!

Melissa - What a marvelous idea!!!!   Happy to report it is now Thursday morning, I am at work, I followed my planned eating yesterday, I did not perish overnight because I didn't eat extra, and I am exactly back to my goal weight this morning (as compared to being in my high cusion zone yesterday morning)  I'm proud of me!!!!   By george, I believe I'm going to conquer this maintenance thing this time and it's all thanks to being able to call on BOTT POWER! 

Hello ,

Thank you for the encouragement you give me and every other person who comes here for support. You have won most of the battle in just realizing that just because we WANT to eat does not mean that we HAVE to eat.

I am praying for you and know that you, who have given such kind words of wisdom to us, will follow your own advice and come through this also.

Thank you for being my friend 

Wayne - It's SO GOOD to have you back posting again - please come often!!!  

Thanks for your kind words.  Today is better - I'm quite comfortable just following my plan.

The more I work with us the more I'm convinced if we would take in that hunger (head or tummy) DOES NOT = having to eat, we would have so much less stress and straying off track.  If you'd ask us, we say, "Of course it's not an emergency, I don't HAVE to eat" - but we sure don't act that way.  We act as though we would die within the next 30 seconds if we didn't gobble down everything in sight!  go figure

Have a great BOTT holiday