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Default May 02, 2021 at 02:55 PM
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I finally decided to work on my weight again. I mowed and worked in the yard, and thought I was going to die! I had a lot of luck with Weight Watchers (now just WW) a few years ago. They have a special for $6 a week, but it expires at midnight. I lost 75 pounds in WW the last time. Accountability really helps.
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Default May 02, 2021 at 03:49 PM
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Welcome!

Glad to have you join us! Wow, that's really great about your astounding weight loss in WW! I don't find it suitable for me as i don't cook or have a family and the few meetings i attended talked mostly about recipes and family meals. I also am skeptical about commercial weight-loss programs. That's just a bit about why i am trying to diet on my own and drum up a movement here on the forum.

I know what you mean about physical tasks being exhausting and a wake-up call re dieting. We've laughed about me "conquering Heartbreak Hill" before, which i did again today, by the way. I was a wreck after, but i did it! I think having a walking buddy will help as my one close neighbor walks regularly and she's happy to have me along. She's a really sweet French-Canadian woman. We're both devoted to our dogs.

What sorts of things did you do to lose the epic amount of weight before? Have you gained it back? If so, what went wrong? Is your challenge mostly overweight or physical fitness? Mine's both and it doesn't help that i'm a lady of a certain age (54) when losing weight is hardest. I need to rejuvenate my metabolism thru exercise but i'm so weak from a COVID Winter of inertia that a short walk is all i can manage.

Are you a dude? For some reason, i think of you as a dude, can't remember if you said so at some point or not. If not, please forgive! All genders are welcome!

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Default May 02, 2021 at 05:14 PM
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Day 11 of my diet has gone well. It was warmer today so i was able to drink cold water. I drank two liters! I was so nice to have a drink to guzzle without any remorse, not like sipping on herbal tea or milk. It's the perfect drink for a dieter and i hope i make it a habit.

I mixed my large serving of veggies with my 240 cal mac 'n' cheese entree which worked out well because it meant i didn't put any weighty olive oil on them as i've been doing when i ate them separately. So another refinement today!

I walked with my neighbor and our dogs in the morning and was horrified at how i pant, i am so short-of-breath when we go up a hill. But the only way to get physically fit is to JUST DO IT, so i must suffer the embarrassment. My neighbor is lovely so i doubt she thought anything nasty about it.

Hope everyone had a good day!

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It's Day 12 of my diet and i am on this overeating/binge-eating forum for a reason and today that reason reared it's ugly head. I binged. I was getting all hectic dealing with swirling phone calls, emails and texts with the anxiety and uncertainty and confusion building and once it died down i just felt i deserved to comfort myself. So i binged. It wasn't too bad, but put me over my daily limit. I enjoyed it tho. I really was frazzled.

What sort of other things could i have done instead of binging?

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Default May 03, 2021 at 07:51 PM
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I am enrolled in a year-long course for people at risk for type 2 diabetes that is connected to the CDC and run by the Cooperative Extension. It has been 3 weeks - and I missed class tonight. for no good reason. It guides us through meal planning and exercise. They had a great free resource it the Loseit.com or losit app. It has easy to use features to track food and exercise. It also has weight tracking. I actually upgraded with the in app features that have expanded food choices etc. I really hope this helps.
I want to loose 16 pounds or 7% of my body weight in the next six months. So far Ive gained 2 but have kept steady since then. Now I need to use what Im learning to lose weight.
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Default May 04, 2021 at 04:57 AM
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Welcome! Glad to have you aboard!

Your course sounds wonderful! We need all the help we can get. I have a referral in to a program at my hospital also but it is on hold while i finish my benzo taper (bipolar). I figure it's not good to be doing TWO super hard things at once. My hospital's program starts with six to twelve weeks of keto and i'm pretty scared about that, not sure i'm up for that kind of suffering. It'll be about three months before i can get assessed. In the meantime, i'm doing my best on my own and with the support here. Sorry you missed your class. It's hard to be consistent but we must try so we can get the most out of supports. Maybe next week!

Glad you are enjoying the Lose It! app. I dieted 15 years ago and lost 65 pounds in a year and i used an app. In those days it was FitDay, not sure if they're around anymore. I find that after using that app for a year i can count my calories in my head pretty easily. I may try the Numbers spreadsheet app on my phone tho if i feel i need more precise calculations in the future tho.

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Default May 04, 2021 at 12:36 PM
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Victory! I went to binge again and i stopped after a few mouthfuls and threw my binge-food-of-choice down the garbage chute! Now, just not to buy it in the first place... Baby steps! The trigger was i had just finished some hectic work. That seems to be the problem. I do work and then feel i deserve something. Not sure what to do instead. Ideas?

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Default May 04, 2021 at 03:00 PM
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I think one thing i can do as a harm-reduction measure is to get some fruit to eat when i've done some hard work and feel i deserve some pleasure. Since my dentist painted a protective substance on my worn-down back teeth i've been able to eat fruit again. I love raspberries, grapes, oranges, almost all fruit except bananas. Sound like a good idea?

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Default May 04, 2021 at 06:35 PM
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I've read more of the entries on this forum and it seems like serial-dieters are in a lot of emotional pain. It makes me wonder how successful we can be at dieting if the emotional pain which is the cause, is not healed. I think it would be useful to talk about our feelings re why we eat and discover our triggers. Talk about WHY we are using food to cope and support each other in healing our emotional pain that drives us to the only solution we know: food.
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Default May 04, 2021 at 10:03 PM
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@whatever2013 message received! Also this way we can stop "at-ing" each other as this thread will show up in my New Posts.

My diet is not particularly inexpensive, as right now i am using a lot of shelf-stable and or canned foods, as i am having hoarding issues and the kitchen gets unusable. Heck, the apartment.

I hurt my back a month ago so things have gotten a bit messier, but it has healed now, so i should be able to get the place cleaned up in order to let scheduled maintenance in to switch the heater to air conditioning in the next week or so.

I think my switch to savory breakfasts started a few months ago when i was doing the potato diet, which was basically eating potatoes for most meals.

My shopping is thru amazon and getting fresh groceries delivered thru an app service. I kinda eat like im in a bomb shelter! But the comedian Teller says the lack of variety in the potato diet is an advantage to weight loss.

Also using the saying, "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper."

Jane, thanks for your support!
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Default May 05, 2021 at 05:34 AM
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Hi Unaluna,

Welcome to the Check-In thread! Glad to have you here! Thanks for co-operating. You are most welcome for my support!

That's a great saying about eating like a king, prince and pauper. I strive to do this but with my morning nausea it's a challenge. Sorry to read you are having hoarding issues but hoping your back heals and you can see to it. I have to have maintenance come in to remove my air-conditioner cover in the Spring and re-install it in the Fall and it's such a bore, even tho my Senior Superintendent is a great guy. Just hate having my privacy violated, you know? I treasure my privacy. I've only had four guests in the sixteen years i've lived here!

I have to take my dog to the vet today for preventive dental cleaning. Poor thing, but she will be anesthetized for the whole thing. They even gave her pre-anesthetic to be given twelve and two hours prior to the procedure, to ease her into sedation. I'm glad as i want the ordeal to cause her the least amount of suffering possible. I love my little doggie! Do you have a pet?

I'm counting calories, that's my method-of-choice. I finished yesterday well under-limit which is good because the day before i was over. I'm careful not to trigger starvation mode so i hope to be consistently at my limit in the future. Occasionally under-limit is okay but not regularly.

What do you mean by "at-ing" each other? Using the @handle method to call people's attention to a post? I actually LIKE that feature because otherwise the recipient might miss my comments if they don't read everything closely. If you like, i can skip "at-ing" YOU but i'd like to keep doing it for others, if you don't mind. I put a lot into my posts and i can't bear the thought that they're not even read, due to distracted use of the forums. Can you live with that? I didn't @handle you for this message, out of respect for your wishes, did you notice?

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Default May 05, 2021 at 09:53 AM
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Hey jane et al,

I did notice and i appreciate it! I dont care if you @ anyone else. But now that i have subscribed to the thread, i wont miss a post.

You raised some interesting thoughts in this thread and i hope to respond to them in the near future as i work thru this.

I am trying to optimize my meals. I was hungry last night after a dinner of mushroom soup. Not immediately after, but enough that it kept me awake. I was happy with the rest of the day however. I may try oatmeal instead, or add veg or beans to the soup, or have some animal protein. All would be good options.

Today i will have the same breakfast, but a different lunch. There is a little store where i live, maybe i will see there.

Exactly, an air condition cover!
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Default May 05, 2021 at 10:16 AM
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Hi Unaluna and everyone,

There's a little store where i live too! I live in a high-rise condo building. The store is a blessing... and a curse sometimes because my binge-food-of-choice is just an elevator ride away. Can make for some pretty hairy moments!

Glad we're in agreement about the @handle feature.

Just dropped my precious off at the vet (my dog) for routine dental cleaning. She was given pre-anesthetic meds she took at bedtime and two hours before this morning and was much calmer than she usually is when being taken to the vet. I laughed because the med was trazadone, which is occasionally prescribed for human insomnia! I was glad for her, i hate to see her trembling and crying. She wouldn't take her eyes off me when i handed her over to the vet tho. We adore each other. I just had to walk away. Ack, a day without my darling! Whatever will i do without her?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on issues i've raised in this thread. I think our feelings about food are especially important and i hope to hear from you on this. I use it as a source of pleasure when i'm depressed and because i think i deserve it when i'm hypomanic and get a lot of hectic work out of the way. (Bipolar.) It's a tangled web!

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Default May 05, 2021 at 10:42 AM
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A triumph! I felt binge-y but i just brushed my teeth with toothpaste, flossed with unwaxed dental floss and rinsed with mouthwash and it's passed! Yay!

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Default May 05, 2021 at 01:35 PM
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I just checked my fasting blood sugar, i havent in a while, not since i started the rice and beans. It was 158, which, while not great, i think is not toooo bad. Anyway, just another thing i will worry about endlessly (dr appt on friday) instead of just DOING.

I calculated calories for my breakfast - 320 rice, 200 beans, 100 peaches, 80 olives, 100 coffee = 800. Which again, not great, but high fiber and sticks to mah ribs! And doesnt leave me looking for cookies afterwards because my stomach still feels empty. The coffee is enough of an ending sweet. I started work with coffee and cookies for 30 years, so hard habit to replace. I dont need that sugar jolt now.

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Default May 06, 2021 at 02:27 PM
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Hi all!

It's the two-week anniversary of my diet and i already feel better! I can not only put my largest-size jeans on, they are comfortable and i can wear them all day instead of shucking them off as soon as i get home and getting into sweatpants. I had to blush tho: my neighbor saw me in them and asked if i'd gotten new pants, she is so used to seeing me in sloppy sweatpants since COVID started. She complimented me on their color, which is olive, a nice shade, rather unusual. I feel better about myself now that i am looking a bit better. I have a wheat-colored pair in the same size and style too, so now i have TWO jeans to wear and good riddance to those darn sloppy sweatpants!

Onwards and upwards!

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Default May 06, 2021 at 02:33 PM
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Hi Unaluna and all,

So glad your Starch Solution diet is working for you and fills you up. It's hard to break habits, your cookies. Good for you! I can't imagine eating such a big breakfast, tho we all hear it's the most important meal of the day. I can barely choke down a little instant oatmeal, myself, but then i am nauseous in the mornings. Don't worry i'm 54 -- i'm NOT pregnant! Just genetics, i think. My mom was the same way too. We're big (and early) lunch eaters.

Yeah, glad to meet another fan of unwaxed floss. It's fab!

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So - breakfast musings - i dont ENJOY my rice as much when i put flavored beans on top. So i think i am going back to maybe protein? I have 9 bags (servings) of rice left and 6 cans of octopus - now THERES a savory breakfast! They have equal chew and more complementary flavors. I HAVE to eat a light dinner or else i get heartburn. My mother said she suffered with heartburn from when she was a little girl. The past week plus with my rice breakfast ive been heartburn-free.

Anyway yeah the flavor and texture of the beans overwhelms rather than complements the rice. So i may try the beans over grits. I think that is a more complementary protein pairing also.

For lunch i was craving tomato - i was ready to order in dominoes chicken parm sammich and a garden salad and of course dessert, then i had a tomato cup of soup instead and saved myself boku bucks and calories. I get Batchelors cup of soup from England and they SEEM better than american ones. They dont work for dinner - i end up going to bed hungry - so we will see how they work for lunch.

So thats two meals done and dusted (yeah i watch a lot of british tv!) Im thinking veg plus bread or oatmeal or pasta for dinner. Like if i have tomato soup for lunch, then dont have red pasta for dinner.

My mother and i didnt really share meals. I was a kid and she was a grownup, i was american and she was italian. The family had dinner together, but there was no her and me. I told her once that she needed to talk to me more, but after sending me to broker a deal with my dad that she would talk to me if he would talk to my brother, which he refused - telling me one parent always loves one child more - she also refused. I was around 7.

That was not my first attempt at family counseling. When i was around 2, i asked my dad to kick her out of the house because she was mean to me, just as we had recently gotten rid of our boarder. He told me we could not, she was part of the family. I was like, huh i thought she just lived here.

I must have been something! Oh heck - i still am.

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Hi Unaluna and all,

I think adding beans to your breakfast is a great idea! I worry that you're not getting enough protein. I'm a bit obsessive about protein tho as it's so hard to find sources for myself as i am a flexitarian which means i rarely eat meat. Beans are a good meat alternate. Mexicans eat beans for breakfast, so it's a tradition in a culture not known for being an unhealthy people, so that's a good sign. They eat big breakfasts too, beans, eggs, tortillas, etc. I've worked in a glass of milk with breakfast, with my oatmeal, so i am taking a page from your book and TRYING to eat a bigger breakfast. I'm sure it will do me good. You're a good influence!

Did i read you right, that you're eating octopus? Is that a brand name or the sea creature? If it's the latter, you sure are an adventurous eater!

Good for you for resisting ordering-in and having something reasonable instead. Ordering-in is so expensive! Also, usually not worth it tho we do have one restaurant in my neighborhood which makes kick-@$$ veg samosas. I like ethnic food but it's really expensive in my city. In downtown Toronto you can get ten samosas for a dollar! Now that's living!

I'm sorry to read that things at home in your family were far from ideal, with your rocky relationship with your mom. A supportive mom is so important for growing into a healthy adult. My mom played "favorites" too. My younger sister was the favorite but my mom and i had one special tradition.

She would tell me, "Go look on your bed. I think there's something there for you!" And there would be a lovely brand-new set of pajamas, exquisite nightgown-and-housecoat matching sets called "peignoirs" after the French. My brother said i looked like a princess in them! To this day, i wear pajamas as much as possible. The world would be a better place if we could wear pajamas in public all the time!

Glad you like "ugly green pants" too, tho i tend to think my olive ones are quite pretty and so does my once close neighbor.

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Hi all,

I tried to eat my dinner mindfully, studying the plate of food to satisfy my eye-hunger as Geneen Roth, inventor of intuitive eating, instructs. Then i paused halfway thru to try and sense my satiety and see if i wanted to continue, also as per Roth. Then i sat quietly after eating and tried to tune into my belly and feel the feeling of well-being. I had veg samosas for dinner and they were quite tasty so it was easier to be satisfied than when eating bland food. I feel sated now and pleased with my day in eating.

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