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Conference rocks::weight_control

Title:	Weight Loss and Maintenance
Notice:	PLEASE enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)!
Moderator:	ASICS::LESLIE

Created:	Mon Jul 09 1990
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	933
Total number of notes:	9931

472.0. "Confessions" by MSDOA::MCMULLIN () Tue Jun 20 1989 17:15

    I don't feel like I've lost any this week.  Tonight is weigh-in
    night, so I guess I'll find out for sure.  I feel kind of apprehensive
    about going.  Since Thursday, I have been in cheat mode.  I ate
    french fries and birthday cake Thursday.  Friday I had a baked potato
    loaded with cheese, butter, and sour cream.  Saturday I had more
    than my share of speghetti.  Sunday I had cookies and M&M's.  Monday
    I think I did ok and so far today I've done ok.  Also, I haven't
    been drinking my water like I should or exercising.  What causes
    these kinds of lapses?  I don't even feel guilty though, is the
    bad part.  It's like, "so what, worse things have happened."  Maybe
    after I weigh in tonight I'll be more concerned.
    
    Virginia

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
472.1	Say 5 "hail chocolates"	COOKIE::WILCOX	Database Systems/West	`Tue Jun 20 1989 17:22`	10
	Virginia, you don't sound like you're in "cheat mode" as much as you might be in "beat up on myself mode". We all get this way now and then. Why?, could be we're really angry that we have to make LIFETIME changes rather than being able to shed the weight then go back to our old eating habits. Could be a temporary set back of some other kind that kicks in the old "eat for comfort" reaction. In any case, you're on the right track by going back to weigh in tonight. Please let us know how you did.
472.2	things that help me	SUPER::HENDRICKS	The only way out is through	`Wed Jun 21 1989 09:09`	14
	It helps me to keep the focus on today -- on eating the way I want to today. So many of us do a lot of nutritious eating tomorrow! The other question I would ask myself if this were happening is, "Is there something I'm angry or frustrated about? Is there something I need in my life I'm not getting?". Sometimes those questions help me uncover something I can do something about, and help me get back to eating in a more centered way. If I am eating to stuff feelings, it takes more and more and more food all the time...and it doesn't work very well. Holly
472.3	Cold	MSDOA1::MCMULLIN		`Wed Jun 21 1989 12:14`	11
	Well, I was right, I gained a pound and a half; but, I also woke up this morning with an awful sore throat and other cold symptoms. I wonder if maybe the onset of the cold made me give in easier or just not really care? Thanks for the support. Virginia
472.4	Guiltless eat-mode, too...	CIMNET::SHAHNAM		`Wed Jun 21 1989 13:25`	12
	Boy, can I relate to "guiltless eat-mode"!! I've been in eat-mode myself lately and have been wondering why I don't feel guilty. Re .3, It may well have been the cold you have had something to do with over-eating. I have no such luck... Ever since I've returned from my vacation, I haven't been able to get back on the wagon. And now I'm afraid to get on the scale for fear of what it will say... But my overwhelming emotion about the whole thing is not my USUAL guilt. I just don't feel like making the effort to weigh and measure etc. It sounds like things like this "come with the territory", don't they??? Liz