Post by Cait on Dec 18, 2016 18:18:51 GMT
Good Morning Walkers!
Friday my drive to downtown LA in the rain was ok and I got in 1 mile walking from the parking lot & back. The rain stopped by the time I headed back to the office.
Only exercise yesterday was taking care of DGDs & walking with them - 1 mile in 2 walks - not really legit exercise for me as the 18 mo old is not yet a power walker LOL but it was great fun and I'm counting it anyway. Lots of dry leaves to stomp on and carry around as keepsakes :smiley:
DGD #1 now considers it a routine when she spends the night, then in the morning we walk to the donut shop 2 blocks away. I get donuts for them & DH. For some reason donuts and baked goods are not much of a temptation for me nowadays. They just don't appeal to me. The number of foods that do appeal and "call to me" has diminished significantly. Thank you God.
Just to demonstrate again to me the danger of too little sleep, after 4-5 hours Thursday night, I gave into temptation Friday night after DGDs & DH went to bed and stayed up late watching Tv & ate DHs snack foods and got only 4 hours or so sleep, and yesterday Sat afternoon after lunch I started eating DHs snacks but I stopped and rested and left the room and read & napped the rest of the day & got 9 hours sleep last night. I did stay up a short time after DH went to bed just to finish one show I had started Fri night but I didn't eat except 0 pts piece of fruit & 1 tsp unsalted pumpkin seeds and stayed in my yellow zone of pts for the day. It's like my body & mind interpret "tired" as "hungry." The old pattern is "Tired" = "rest by watching TV, and seek energy by eating snack foods compulsively." But in the bad old days this would go on for weeks. I can see that by persevering with my HHs one day at a time over the long haul my old habits are diminishing and the new ones are growing. New patterns are try to pray and meditate/be mindful and centered when eating, especially at night and "Tired" = JGTB! It's hard for me to recognize and accept when I'm tired because I spent most of my life fighting it, trying to do just one more thing, trying to power through it, not accepting that I needed sleep. Just as it's hard sometimes to recognize actual hunger because I spent so much of my life eating whenever I thought of food, instead of waiting for planned meal times, or having a small healthy snack when actually hungry and a meal is over an hour away.
It's funny how perception of cold is relative. Back home it's 26F this am, and our home indoor temp would be 56F or so in the bedroom, but it doesn't "seem" that cold. It could be so much colder! Here in SoCal it's 48F out this am & and it was 55F indoors this am & felt cold. Our expectations in SoCal are that it SHOULD be warmer.
Waving at everyone! Have a great day!
Cait
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250/169.4/150
160.7 is my first 10% goal
WW lifetime 11/4/2003
Overeaters Anonymous since 3/5/2008
My Healthy Habits:
- Stick to my Plan of Eating. Aim for green zone of pts 37 or fewer; only occasionally go into higher zones, & never over 67
- Pray & meditate, read, share (12 step work)
- Exercise
- Work during work hours
- No snacking after planned evening snack of about 4 pts
- JGTB around 10 pm but not later than around 11 pm
Friday my drive to downtown LA in the rain was ok and I got in 1 mile walking from the parking lot & back. The rain stopped by the time I headed back to the office.
Only exercise yesterday was taking care of DGDs & walking with them - 1 mile in 2 walks - not really legit exercise for me as the 18 mo old is not yet a power walker LOL but it was great fun and I'm counting it anyway. Lots of dry leaves to stomp on and carry around as keepsakes :smiley:
DGD #1 now considers it a routine when she spends the night, then in the morning we walk to the donut shop 2 blocks away. I get donuts for them & DH. For some reason donuts and baked goods are not much of a temptation for me nowadays. They just don't appeal to me. The number of foods that do appeal and "call to me" has diminished significantly. Thank you God.
Just to demonstrate again to me the danger of too little sleep, after 4-5 hours Thursday night, I gave into temptation Friday night after DGDs & DH went to bed and stayed up late watching Tv & ate DHs snack foods and got only 4 hours or so sleep, and yesterday Sat afternoon after lunch I started eating DHs snacks but I stopped and rested and left the room and read & napped the rest of the day & got 9 hours sleep last night. I did stay up a short time after DH went to bed just to finish one show I had started Fri night but I didn't eat except 0 pts piece of fruit & 1 tsp unsalted pumpkin seeds and stayed in my yellow zone of pts for the day. It's like my body & mind interpret "tired" as "hungry." The old pattern is "Tired" = "rest by watching TV, and seek energy by eating snack foods compulsively." But in the bad old days this would go on for weeks. I can see that by persevering with my HHs one day at a time over the long haul my old habits are diminishing and the new ones are growing. New patterns are try to pray and meditate/be mindful and centered when eating, especially at night and "Tired" = JGTB! It's hard for me to recognize and accept when I'm tired because I spent most of my life fighting it, trying to do just one more thing, trying to power through it, not accepting that I needed sleep. Just as it's hard sometimes to recognize actual hunger because I spent so much of my life eating whenever I thought of food, instead of waiting for planned meal times, or having a small healthy snack when actually hungry and a meal is over an hour away.
It's funny how perception of cold is relative. Back home it's 26F this am, and our home indoor temp would be 56F or so in the bedroom, but it doesn't "seem" that cold. It could be so much colder! Here in SoCal it's 48F out this am & and it was 55F indoors this am & felt cold. Our expectations in SoCal are that it SHOULD be warmer.
Waving at everyone! Have a great day!
Cait
-------------------------------
250/169.4/150
160.7 is my first 10% goal
WW lifetime 11/4/2003
Overeaters Anonymous since 3/5/2008
My Healthy Habits:
- Stick to my Plan of Eating. Aim for green zone of pts 37 or fewer; only occasionally go into higher zones, & never over 67
- Pray & meditate, read, share (12 step work)
- Exercise
- Work during work hours
- No snacking after planned evening snack of about 4 pts
- JGTB around 10 pm but not later than around 11 pm