VICTORY

Listen to Your Body

Thursday, November 1, 2007 00:03:12

The past 10 days of 100 days of weight loss have been really interesting and very informative. What I have learned is that to fine tune your hunger awareness use the hunger scale. -1 a little hungry; -2 very hungry; -3 straved, way too hungry. Respond to your body when you are at -1, pay attention to signals that you are at a -3 way too hungry. For me it is lightheaded or dizzy. Follow the five hour rule do not allow too many hours without food. This works great while doing medifast 5 & 1 program. Waiting to long to eat can contribute to overeating. Plan your meals every 3 hours. Use the fullness scale to manage your intake of food. +1 satisfied, comfortable; +2 too full, uncomfortable; +3 stuffed, miserable. Pay attention to your abdominal muscles to stay at a +1 level. It might take a while to stay at that level of satisfaction but you must listen accurately to your stomach and it signs that you are satisfied and comfortable. Use the eating pause as a signal to stop eating. When you pause in your eating to talk, stretch or watch TV this is the time you most likely are satisfied. This is a challenge for me as I eat too fast to have a pause in my eating so the following day was written just for me. Slow down your eating to listen to your body. Use a timer set it for 20 minutes from the time to start eating to the time you finish your meal. This is something I seriously need to practice even with my lean and green I eat it so fast sometimes I don't realize it. There is a big difference between appreciating the flavors of food and liking the way you feel when you eat. Perhaps you want to cover some emotional need with food. You could still love to eat but keep in mind that we must appreciate flavor and savor our food. Find the real reason why you say I love to Eat ! I eat out of boredom or sadness. I felt my life out of control and I didn't know how to take control back of my life. While am doing medifast I feel alot more in control. When we say we love to eat we love to enjoy the flavors and textures of food or do we eat to feel powerful. (This I don't quite understand I never saw how I could feel powerful when I am overeating - to me it was the opposite). Sometimes we use food as power. When you feel powerless in other areas of your life recognize those times and think about what else can you do to feel strong. I have made a list of situations that make me feel powerless and situations I can feel or do feel powerful. The flavor or texture of food - the texture is what keeps us reaching for more. Chewing hard or fast might be sign of frustration or anger. Chewy can be a feeling of soothing or comforting. In an effort to feel this way we might continue to eat beyond what is necessary. Having an eating experience is where we can experience having food present without having to eat or overeat. Mainly because during this eating experience we are more interested in the people we are with or the setting/environment. I always have an eating experience because I love to cook and I cook for my family almost every day. And while doing medifast I don't eat what I make for them.

These past 10 days have really made me think. It is amazing what I have learned. I am looking for the next ten days - Jump Start Your Motivation.

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100 Days of Weight Loss By: Linda Spangle

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 22:03:15

So I have been away from EP for a long time. You wonder what have I been up to - well I have been up 100 Days of Weight Loss, mini daily lessons to help you achieve weight lost success with any program. I have been diligently doing Medifast and proudly report a 10.6 weight loss.

Here is what I have learned these last 10 days.

What I have learned in days 21 to 30 of 100 Days of Weight Loss. We must eat with awarness without distractions that contribute to mindless overeating. Slow down with your food and focus. However, there are times when you can multitask with food as long as you stay focused on our primary function which is to eat and enjoy flavors and textures. Savoring food raises our level of consciousness and eliminates the need to eat more. To savor and enjoy food eat slowly withou guilt or remorse. If you eat what you think you want and still do not feel satisfaction from the flavors or textures you are probably trying to fill an emotional void that eating will not fill. To avoid temptations and overeating plan to eat smaller amounts, less often. You can always eat that cheesecake as long as you eat a smaller portion, less often. Food can be disappointing, if the food you want doesnot taste like you expected let it go. Food is not perfect. Be selective and picky with your deserts, not all deserts are special and not all occassions call for eating desserts that can put you over your calorie limits. We only eat to fuel our body or to appreciate flavors stay away from eating food because it is there. We can ignore food or we can postpone eating specially handheld foods and deserts such as cookies. To manage hand held food always put a certain amount in a bowl or on a plate and think before you get up to get seconds. With deserts or at a restaurant (rolls or chips on the table) postpone until at least 10 minutes before the social event is over or until after the check is paid for at the restaurant.

With these tips and tricks we can manage social events and we can control food instead of food controlling us.

I am guilty of eating too fast and of poorly managing handheld foods such as cookies and crackers. However, I found that this week I didn't eat a homemade carrot cake that my co-worker brought to the office because I simply didn't think it was special enough for me to throw away my hard work on Medifast. There might be another time when the desert and the people are alot more special and worth it - till then am 100% OP and counting.

I learned about on Days 1 - 20 as well. However I won't recap those here as to not bore anyone reading.

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I don't like

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:06:16

This EP makeover. It is very annoying and hard to navigate.

I don't like it one bit.

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Is this really me?

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:00:11

http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=427265617468657c416761696e

Now seriously, I mean I have been on program not 100% but 93% on program for 7 days taking into consideration that I was PMSing that's actually pretty good. And oh by the way this morning I got my TOM and this morning I woke up and said whatever am having my shake for breakfast. I really want to do this. I really really want to lose this weight more than anything in the world. I am so tired of being "fat". I am so so ready. I want to finish the year with a couple less pounds on this body and a nonsmoker. Wow four more months and 2008 is over. It is time to pick up the pieces and make something of this year. Last year during the holidays I saw Valerie Bertinelli in those Jenny Craig commercial and she was saying this year my new year resolution is not to lose weight because I lost weight with Jenny Craig (or something like that) I want to say that this year at Christmas time. So let's walk to Winter Onederland and for those who are there already congrats but let's walk to a healthy and happy Winter !!

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I am back on the wagon

Sunday, December 9, 2007 00:05:16

Well I did it I went on vacation and I survived my family seeing me this size. I know they wanted to say something but thank God only one person made a comment (but he always would say something negative anyway). So it didn't ruin my trip.

But I am back and life is back on track or so I like to believe. Mainly cause the kids are back to school, my husband goes back to work on Saturdays and well am on my diet again. I am really trying to do this thing God knows there is nothing I want more than to wake up on my 40th b-day and not be more than 200 pounds actually not be anywhere near 200 pounds.

So here is to the first weekend of September. Have a great weekend.

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My Blog got a facelift

Friday, December 7, 2007 23:09:14

OK I finally got my blog to look like what I wanted. This is a signature someone gave me from the message boards of Medifast. It is not a challenge it's just a reminder that this winter we will be thin and take pictures by the snow in a small body. I thought it was wonderful idea and since in about another week or so Summer is pretty much over, children go back to school, people return from vacation and we get back into a regular routine. I thought it was a great way to give my blog a face lift. This is going to be my motto to be in onederland by December 21 the first day of Winter.

Walking into a Winter Onederland.

I am leaving on vacation on Friday. I am going to Virginia to see my niece and my nephew am very excited to see them and spend some time with them. Those are my sister's children. My niece is 5 she was only nine months when my sister passed and my nephew is 9 years old. Anyway just want to say have a safe week, a safe Labor Day weekend enjoy and I will talk to everyone in September. Take care. Thank you for all the support.

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It is not time to give up

Friday, December 7, 2007 23:05:09

Well last night I was watching Kathy Griffin show she was at the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washingto DC. It was so sad to see so many military men and women injured with so many different ambutations. It was so difficult to watch -- I was crying. I said to myself it is not time to quit. It is not time to give up. Look at those men and women although they knew they were in danger they still went to the war fought for our country and are coming back to thier lives trying to make things work out. How can you make things work out when you are missing your leg, both legs, one arm or one arm and a leg. Learning to walk again all over again. Wow !!

I don't consider myself very patriotic and I sure don't like our administration but God Bless Our Troops and bring them back home soon.

And that show made me see that well it is just not time to give up. I have to dust myself and pick myself up and keep moving at least I have my legs and my arms and my health. I am not that well but I saw a light last night.

Have a great weekend !! And thank you to all my EP friends. thank you so much.

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40 years old

Friday, December 7, 2007 23:03:13

Maybe if I get this off my chest it won't bother me so much.

I am going to be 40 in five months. And I am so depressed. I am going to be 40 in five months and I am broke literally speaking I filed bankruptcy in June. I am going to be 40 years old and I weigh more than 200 pounds. I am going to be 40 years old and I don't have a family, my sister died suddenly four years ago, my mother won't talk to me for over a year and my brother who is on her side won't talk to me for over a year. I am going to be 40 years old. I tried to apologize to my mom but she won't accept my apology. I tried to apologize to my brother but he never responded. I am going to be 40 years old and am broke, overweight and with no family. Never in my wildest dream did I think this could happen to me. This is not the place you want to be at this age. I have nothing. I live paycheck to paycheck. I don't own my house, I don't car, savings, 401K nothing.

Maybe it's TOM but am going to be 40 years old and I feel miserable.

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Who's the Boss

Saturday, December 8, 2007 00:07:09

Your body or your brain. Like when a disabled athlete runs a marathon. Definition of an athlete "a person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such a strength, agility and endurance" now for the brain ". . . serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions. " and lastly the body "the physical structure of a human being or animal. . ."

I am one week away from TOM and I am PMSing big time. So Monday night I thought to myself who is the boss here - - will I let my body with its aching back, tender breast and headaches tell my brain you cann't do this "diet". You have to wait till after TOM to start. Or will my brain tell my overweight body that's enough. That's enough overeat to compensate for you not feeling well. You are going to do what I want - - what I always wanted which is to get on this "diet" and lose weight - - Got it you silling body. So let's get to it. So far the brain has won. Three days on Medifast. Yesterday was the worst I had a very bad headache thank God I was off from work so I figured if I am going to get a headache let it be today that I can rest. But today I feel better and it is my third day.

There is nothing I want more than for my brain to win over my body. For my strength and endurance control and coordinate my physical actions.

Till next time.

P.S. I think I have already lost some weight but will wait till after TOM to announce.

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I am Broke and Upset

Saturday, December 8, 2007 00:04:10

I am upset because I was supposed to start my Medifast today. OK so this is just a bunch of excuses I know. We went away for the weekend I got home too late to fix up the protein I need for today's meals. Then since Thursday when was my ovaluation day I can feel the last part of my cycle coming on terribly. I am not happy. I am a little scared. I want to get started tomorrow August 5 excatly 5 months to my 40th birthday January 5. I am also upset because I spent all my money buying the Medifast and I really seriously no doubt need to start it. And am upset I didn't start today like I planned last week.

I am so so tired I can fall asleep right here while I type this. I have such a headache. I just took two Motrins but my head is killing me. I don't want anything to stand in my way. I want to lose this weight before my birthday more than I want anything else.

Tonight when I get home from work am going to fix my chicken in the slow cooker over night and go to sleep early. Get the rest I need.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me and pray for me. I think that is what I need prayer or some kind of micracle work.

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