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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 10, 2024 23:43:37 GMT
Sunday, 02/11
Today is the day we give ourselves credit for what we did this week and give gratitude.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 10, 2024 23:46:42 GMT
This week I weighed and measured my food, kept the right foods in the house and the trigger foods out of the house, and kept up with my online support groups. I am grateful my life is as good as it is.
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Post by susan092907 on Feb 11, 2024 13:09:28 GMT
Credit for staying on my eating plan, credit for tracking, credit for journaling about hunger/satiation/dealing with cravings. Credit for exercising 6/7 days.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 11, 2024 23:48:11 GMT
Monday, 02/12
What are some thoughts you have that can lead you to overeat? How do you handle them?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 11, 2024 23:52:05 GMT
My big one is if I feel a little out of sorts, I think I'm hungry and need to eat. It's hard for me to talk myself out of it because I know I'll feel better if I eat more. Sometimes, I'll make an adjustment in my eating for the rest of the day. If I'm feeling tired, I also can talk myself into eating. Depending on the time of day I can do better with this than other times of the day.
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Post by susan092907 on Feb 12, 2024 14:31:19 GMT
bbbearsmom , Same for me - "I think I'm hungry and I need to eat". But for me it doesn't necessarily mean being out of sorts. It seems that so many things can trigger that for me. The other ones are knowing that I'm not hungry, but feeling like "I just need to have that", and "it's just a little bit and it won't really matter." When I handle them well, I do it by removing myself for any food sources if I can, by telling myself that I really don't need to have that and it does really matter, and by reminding myself of all the reasons why I want to lose/maintain my weight.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2024 0:53:54 GMT
Tuesday, 02/13
Today is the day we share our goals for the week and how we'll spend our me-time.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2024 0:56:11 GMT
My goals for the week are to weigh and measure my food, keep the right food in the house and my trigger food out of the house, and keep up with my online support group. My me-time is my computer and reading time.
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Post by susan092907 on Feb 13, 2024 12:15:41 GMT
My plan for the week is to eat per my plan, eat healthfully, track, and finish my 100 day journal about hunger/satiation/cravings. I'll also exercise as much as I can.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2024 19:53:07 GMT
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2024 23:39:48 GMT
Wednesday, 02/14
What rules have you made for yourself in maintenance? How are you doing following your own rules?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2024 23:50:27 GMT
I made my rules when I started to lose weight and kept them in maintenance. The biggest rule I made was to not have sweets in the house, which I follow to this day. We have ice cream for my husband, and I've managed to stay away from that. Sometimes I bake cookies for my husband, and I've been able to manage that. As I lost weight, I added to the rule that I wouldn't keep trigger food in the house. An example of this is I don't have almond butter in the house. I can manage peanut butter. When I was still craving chocolate, I would have one large very dark chocolate bar (85%-90%) a month over the winter eating one square a day. I had made a rule about always going to a WW meeting, but they closed the meetings in my area so no more meetings.
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Post by susan092907 on Feb 14, 2024 13:16:15 GMT
I don't think I have rules. And I don't do anything differently in lose weight mode than I do in maintenance mode. Over the years, I've worked on developing a healthy way of eating, and more recently I've focused on not eating when not hungry. I've also made it a habit to exercise on a schedule, more or less. bbbearsmom, thanks for asking about my journaling. I think it has helped to keep me very aware of relating eating to hunger, but I'm still working on talking back to the cravings and drives toward non-hunger eating. But recently I've made some other changes that have helped a little bit - I'm testing out intermittent fasting, or at least working on stretching out the time between my meals, including the time between breakfast and lunch. I'm not being strict about it, but it definitely has helped me think about hunger and satiation. I changed up my tracking app to Healthi Carb Conscious (WW Points Plus) for a few weeks, and that helped a lot to refocus me on what I was eating, though I'm back to MFP now. My recent medical labs didn't show the changes that I was hoping for, so I'm even more focused now on what I'm eating. I'm on day 98/100 of my journal today. It has definitely been a worthwhile effort, just in terms of keeping me focused and aware, though I won't continue it after 100 days. I won't be adverse to restarting it in the future if I think it can be helpful again. |
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 14, 2024 17:45:35 GMT
Thanks for the update on your journaling. Good to hear it has been successful for you. I see journaling being recommended a lot when it comes to weight management.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 14, 2024 23:59:03 GMT
Thursday, 02/15
How did you mesh your way of eating with the eating of people you live with?
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