Guest guest Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Great point. I have been stuck at the same number on the scale too. But I realized when reading this that I have to change my intent. I have been working on listening to hunger cues. My biggest challenge has been when I get this nervous/hungry feeling at night. It happens about one hour after I fall asleep. I wake up and I sometimes run downstairs to get something to eat. I am still trying to figure it out. But maybe setting my intent to easily and naturally eat less then I need to feel satisfied might help. I have been telling myself that hunger is only a feeling and I don't have to live by my feelings. I pray everyone has a light, fit, healthy day! On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Vivienne <ruffed.lemur@...> wrote: > > > Hi > > If you are staying the same weight then at least you are maintaining and > keeping your calories in and calories out balanced - so that is an > achievement. > > You mention listening and I was wondering if you had done the exercises and > the writing too? I think it really helps to get things on paper and not just > in my head. I'd recommend looking at your limiting beliefs and doing 's > self sabotage download - from your last post it looks like you might be > doing really well for part of the week and then sabotaguing your efforts on > the other day or days - sorry if I got that wrong, but it doesn't take much > to eat back the calories you can undereat through a week. > > You are doing lots of exercise and that's great, so it has to be the food > side of your equation. I think the thing that doesn't make explicit is > that you have to consistently undereat to lose weight. What I mean by that > is that if you just use your hunger, you'll just maintain (perfect for > maintainers). In order to lose you have to set your intent to lose which > means really stopping way before full and choosing the healthiest options > you can, consistently. > > Hope this doesn't sound too obvious, but if I just do exactly as says > in the Naturally Slender Strategy i can maintain, but it takes that extra > focus on the intent to lose to make me stop lower down on the hunger scale. > Then the weight slips away easily. > > Best wishes > > Viv > > > > > > Hi I listen to the podcasts as often as I can and they make sense to me, > but I > > keep losing and gaining the same 5 pounds every week so obviously I'm > missing > > something. I wish I could brreak through t he " food " barriers that I've > created > > for myself. As for excersize... I work out about an hour a day spinning > and > > eliptical, excersize is just another thing for mme to obsess about. > Hopefully > > some day soon something will click. JudyM > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Great point. I have been stuck at the same number on the scale too. But I realized when reading this that I have to change my intent. I have been working on listening to hunger cues. My biggest challenge has been when I get this nervous/hungry feeling at night. It happens about one hour after I fall asleep. I wake up and I sometimes run downstairs to get something to eat. I am still trying to figure it out. But maybe setting my intent to easily and naturally eat less then I need to feel satisfied might help. I have been telling myself that hunger is only a feeling and I don't have to live by my feelings. I pray everyone has a light, fit, healthy day! On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Vivienne <ruffed.lemur@...> wrote: > > > Hi > > If you are staying the same weight then at least you are maintaining and > keeping your calories in and calories out balanced - so that is an > achievement. > > You mention listening and I was wondering if you had done the exercises and > the writing too? I think it really helps to get things on paper and not just > in my head. I'd recommend looking at your limiting beliefs and doing 's > self sabotage download - from your last post it looks like you might be > doing really well for part of the week and then sabotaguing your efforts on > the other day or days - sorry if I got that wrong, but it doesn't take much > to eat back the calories you can undereat through a week. > > You are doing lots of exercise and that's great, so it has to be the food > side of your equation. I think the thing that doesn't make explicit is > that you have to consistently undereat to lose weight. What I mean by that > is that if you just use your hunger, you'll just maintain (perfect for > maintainers). In order to lose you have to set your intent to lose which > means really stopping way before full and choosing the healthiest options > you can, consistently. > > Hope this doesn't sound too obvious, but if I just do exactly as says > in the Naturally Slender Strategy i can maintain, but it takes that extra > focus on the intent to lose to make me stop lower down on the hunger scale. > Then the weight slips away easily. > > Best wishes > > Viv > > > > > > Hi I listen to the podcasts as often as I can and they make sense to me, > but I > > keep losing and gaining the same 5 pounds every week so obviously I'm > missing > > something. I wish I could brreak through t he " food " barriers that I've > created > > for myself. As for excersize... I work out about an hour a day spinning > and > > eliptical, excersize is just another thing for mme to obsess about. > Hopefully > > some day soon something will click. JudyM > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 When I want to maintain, I eat when I'm hungry (around a 3, maybe 2) and stop when I'm full (6, maybe 7). When I want to lose, I eat when I'm hungry (around a 2) and stop when I'm *satisfied* (5, maybe 6). It took me a while to pick up on the difference between full and satisfied. , it makes me uncomfortable that you'd try to convince your body to eat less than it needs to feel *satisfied*. Your body has a right to feel satisfied. *YOU* have a right to feel satisfied. Trying to keep yourself less than satisfied sounds--to me--like a variation of trying to stuff yourself past full. What if, instead, you made sure that you were satisfied (not full) when you go to bed, so you don't wake up from hunger? Or, if you do wake up, you'll know it's not body hunger. So even if you do jump out of bed and eat without thinking--in the morning you'll be able to say " hey, know it wasn't hunger, so what could it have been? " Maybe you can set your intent--as you eat your last snack and remind your body that it's not hungry-- to sleep through the night? Or set your intent to recognize the true reason you're waking up? Whichever way you go, keep us posted on your progress! (You, too, Judy!) ________________________________ From: Mosier <nickeydette@...> weightloss Cc: Vivienne <ruffed.lemur@...> Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 9:58:10 PM Subject: Re: Re: (Judy's message) My biggest challenge has been when I get this nervous/hungry feeling at night. It happens about one hour after I fall asleep. I wake up and I sometimes run downstairs to get something to eat. I am still trying to figure it out. But maybe setting my intent to easily and naturally eat less then I need to feel satisfied might help. I have been telling myself that hunger is only a feeling and I don't have to live by my feelings. I pray everyone has a light, fit, healthy day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 When I want to maintain, I eat when I'm hungry (around a 3, maybe 2) and stop when I'm full (6, maybe 7). When I want to lose, I eat when I'm hungry (around a 2) and stop when I'm *satisfied* (5, maybe 6). It took me a while to pick up on the difference between full and satisfied. , it makes me uncomfortable that you'd try to convince your body to eat less than it needs to feel *satisfied*. Your body has a right to feel satisfied. *YOU* have a right to feel satisfied. Trying to keep yourself less than satisfied sounds--to me--like a variation of trying to stuff yourself past full. What if, instead, you made sure that you were satisfied (not full) when you go to bed, so you don't wake up from hunger? Or, if you do wake up, you'll know it's not body hunger. So even if you do jump out of bed and eat without thinking--in the morning you'll be able to say " hey, know it wasn't hunger, so what could it have been? " Maybe you can set your intent--as you eat your last snack and remind your body that it's not hungry-- to sleep through the night? Or set your intent to recognize the true reason you're waking up? Whichever way you go, keep us posted on your progress! (You, too, Judy!) ________________________________ From: Mosier <nickeydette@...> weightloss Cc: Vivienne <ruffed.lemur@...> Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 9:58:10 PM Subject: Re: Re: (Judy's message) My biggest challenge has been when I get this nervous/hungry feeling at night. It happens about one hour after I fall asleep. I wake up and I sometimes run downstairs to get something to eat. I am still trying to figure it out. But maybe setting my intent to easily and naturally eat less then I need to feel satisfied might help. I have been telling myself that hunger is only a feeling and I don't have to live by my feelings. I pray everyone has a light, fit, healthy day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks for your advice . Last night I ate some Fiber One cereal right before bed. (I put the box next to my bed on the dresser). They say that fiber is supposed to keep your tummy feeling full so I figured it would be the best snack for me before bed. As I ate it I told myself that my belly wil feel nice and satisfied because it has this fiber in it and I will sleep soundly. I was successful last night! I am still working on my inner critic because he (it has to be a he) is reminding me that I don't get up and eat everynight anyway so maybe it won't work again. So I am thanking him for his opinion and saying that this is a better way for me to be. I have been trying to figure out why I wake up around one hour after going to sleep and feel that nervous/hungry feeling. The funny thing is that if I wake up much later in the night to use the bathroom I do not have that nervous/hungry feeling even if I didn't have that run to the kitchen. I am thinking anxiety? Once I get into the deep sleep if I am awakened I feel calmer. It is that early sleep time. Again thank you for your help. I am a work in progress and you gave me a great direction to implement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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