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- About Me:
- I am attempting to become a normal eater. You know the people, who eat when they are hungry but don't overeat and stay slim consistently? That's what I want to be! It's been about 10 years since I approached food this way and I am excited to get back there.
Websites I am using for support:
www.lindamoran.net/blog/
www.eatingdisordersblogs.com/healthy/
www.normaleating.com
Books I am usin for support:
Breaking Free from Emotional Overeating by Geneen Roth
PROGRESS:
Month ~ Date ~ Waist Measurement
Jan 08 ~ 01/22/08 ~ 39 7/8 inches
Mar 08 ~ 03/25/08 ~ 40 inches
Apr 08 ~ 04/30/08 ~ 38 3/4 inches
May 08 ~ 05/29/08 ~ 39 inches
June 08 ~ 06/26/08 ~ 39 3/4 inches
What I've Learned So Far...
~Eating without distractions allows for feelings to rise. If I listen to those feelings, I will be empowered.
~I know when I am done eating because I all of a sudden I start thinking about whether or not I am full. Sometimes I will continue eating anyway. :)
~Depriving myself of food I want and need only makes me want to rebel by eating as much of it as I can get my hands on.
~All the things I don’t like about myself were born from the need to survive and the need to protect myself. They are not bad.
~Emotions can be strong and make me want to eat, but if I let myself feel them, they will fade with time.
~For me, dieting is not the answer. Deprivation only makes me want to eat.
~I eat when I am procrastinating. Better to do something about it than eat!
~I crave carbs but it’s not always what I need.
~Food tastes better when I am hungry.
~It feels good not to constantly have to write down what I eat.
~I like eating what I want to eat.
~I know when I am done eating because I all of a sudden I start thinking about whether or not I am full. Sometimes I will continue eating anyway. :)
~Depriving myself of food I want and need only makes me want to rebel by eating as much of it as I can get my hands on.
~All the things I don’t like about myself were born from the need to survive and the need to protect myself. They are not bad.
~Emotions can be strong and make me want to eat, but if I let myself feel them, they will fade with time.
~For me, dieting is not the answer. Deprivation only makes me want to eat.
~I eat when I am procrastinating. Better to do something about it than eat!
~I crave carbs but it’s not always what I need.
~Food tastes better when I am hungry.
~It feels good not to constantly have to write down what I eat.
~I like eating what I want to eat.
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TiVo for weight loss?
One of the hardest things about trying to be a normal eater is the number of weight loss ads on tv and in magazines. I can't get through one episode of law and order without someone telling me how eating Special K will help me achieve my weight loss goals.
Here I am trying to relax by watching tv, minding my own business, and I am inundated with weight loss ads which leads to anxiety over my weight. I am trying to be okay with where I am and that's hard enough to do without the constant reminde… Continue
Posted on July 7th, 2008 at 12:29am —
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I fell into a diet trap
It's amazing how the pull of quick weight loss can derail me from my path.
I have been reading PastaQueen's blog archive and it's amazing how she managed to lose so much weight and she did it with such honesty and humor. And reading through her blog motivated me! I started putting together a plan for how I was going to lose weight. It was several pages long. It was so long, I decided to write it in Notepad and post it over several d… Continue
Posted on June 26th, 2008 at 8:15pm —
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Friend acting very weird, almost hurtful
I was in bad shape yesterday. Kind of a basket case. I was trying to figure out why and realized it was probably a combination of things. The biggest is that our upstairs neighbors, people I considered friends, moved out on Tuesday.
It's a girl and a guy. The guy is fine, I feel the same about him as I did before. He just does whatever the girl says to do (they aren't dating, though, so go figure...maybe he's in love with her).
ANYWAY, she has been talking about moving to another town, going b… Continue
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 4:16pm —
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My husband told me I looked like I lost weight!
Lost my sense of taste
What a sad world we would all live in if we couldn't taste food! That is the big lesson I learned while I have been sick this past week. I couldn't taste anything for a good two days. Although good on the weight loss front, it was really terrible overall!
First of all, it took a lot of joy out of eating. Also, it was really hard to decide what to eat since I didn't have any kind of craving. I did notice that different foods gave me different sensations on my tongue. I could feel the sweetness o… Continue
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