Yesterday, I decided to journal my food before and during the time that I was eating it. What a HUGE difference that made. I actually journaled my Wednesday menu on Thursday morning before I journaled my food for Thursday. I consumed 43 points and earned 8. 43 points is the equivalent to about 2150 calories. My recommended intake is 29 points!!! WOW! That's a big difference.
On Thursday, I wrote down all that I had planned to eat and what I planned to do for activity. Being aware made all the difference. I ended up with eating at my target. I actually modified my behavior!!
I am also doing some updating through Twitter and I feel that is making a difference as well.
I think what I realized is that if I make the process an OPEN and HONEST one, I will be less apt to doing the activities that have brought me to 235 pounds once again in my life. I know that my physical ability is greater than most 235-pound women, but my emotional eating skills are helping me to maintain this weight. Knowing that I have to share this information with the world, I hope to change this behaviors of secrecy and shame.
Off to shower and begin journaling day #2!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Behavior Modification
I wanted to share this response that I made on Tracy Reifkind's blog post called "Butterfinger Thighs" In her post, Tracy talks about her compulsive behavior around food. I felt that she finally put into words what I've felt for a long time. I decided to share my response in my blog.
Tracy,
I tried to make this point at a recent WW meeting. The ladies just didn't get it the way that I was explaining. We talked about "red, yellow and green-light" foods. Foods that are risky (prone to overeat), proceed with caution (may or may not overeat), and safe foods (not apt for overeating). I was saying that for me, the food didn't so much matter, but the BEHAVIOR around the food did. I said that brownies are my weakness, but if I ate a single serving of brownie with great satisfaction, that for me was not a 'red light' situation. On the other hand, if I ate half a watermelon with the intention of "stuffing" myself, the food in itself is healthy, but the behavior is not.
It's a moment by moment check-in for me. I know that as I am more aware of it, the better it will be in the future.
I hope to come to that place of releasing food for emotional needs and reclaim it for it's nutritional, nourishing purpose.
Tracy,
I tried to make this point at a recent WW meeting. The ladies just didn't get it the way that I was explaining. We talked about "red, yellow and green-light" foods. Foods that are risky (prone to overeat), proceed with caution (may or may not overeat), and safe foods (not apt for overeating). I was saying that for me, the food didn't so much matter, but the BEHAVIOR around the food did. I said that brownies are my weakness, but if I ate a single serving of brownie with great satisfaction, that for me was not a 'red light' situation. On the other hand, if I ate half a watermelon with the intention of "stuffing" myself, the food in itself is healthy, but the behavior is not.
It's a moment by moment check-in for me. I know that as I am more aware of it, the better it will be in the future.
I hope to come to that place of releasing food for emotional needs and reclaim it for it's nutritional, nourishing purpose.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
The jeans fit!
I put on a pair of jeans this morning that I've had to squeeze into for the last 5 months and they fit properly!! I am so excited. The lunchtime workouts are paying off. I know that the scale has barely budged, but this is exciting. So far, I've worn 4 different pairs of pants that has some varying degree of fit and they are ALL fitting better. One pair in particularly feel too big to be wearing! That hasn't been a problem in a LOOOONG time!! Yeah!!!
I am reading the Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. His philosophy is the small things done consistently over time get us where we want to go (intentionally or not). He says that the error most people make is that when we don't see immediate results, we quit. He also says that we make a serious judgement error in NOT doing the small things as the small things seem insignificant.
I was comparing the Slight Edge philosophy with previous positive results that I've had. The easiest life experience that I've had with "small, consistent effort" is from my previous weight loss experience. I know that it was the small, almost insignificant daily choices that brought me to the victory of losing 85 pounds. You don't gain 85+ pounds overnight and we surely know that it wasn't because I ate 1 piece of cake or 3 slices of pizza that packed on that weight. It was the small, seemingly insignificant choices that made that major change in my body! I know that doing the opposite of what got me to be an obese woman will bring me the opposite effect/result.
I am reading the Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. His philosophy is the small things done consistently over time get us where we want to go (intentionally or not). He says that the error most people make is that when we don't see immediate results, we quit. He also says that we make a serious judgement error in NOT doing the small things as the small things seem insignificant.
I was comparing the Slight Edge philosophy with previous positive results that I've had. The easiest life experience that I've had with "small, consistent effort" is from my previous weight loss experience. I know that it was the small, almost insignificant daily choices that brought me to the victory of losing 85 pounds. You don't gain 85+ pounds overnight and we surely know that it wasn't because I ate 1 piece of cake or 3 slices of pizza that packed on that weight. It was the small, seemingly insignificant choices that made that major change in my body! I know that doing the opposite of what got me to be an obese woman will bring me the opposite effect/result.
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