Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

[Guest guest]

Thanks Crys! (and everyone else). I had a WAY over point day today. Very

strange. I have figured out two things though. Two triggers for over-eating

for me are restaurants (which I think I need to avoid for a while until I figure

out some good strategies for staying OP) and family dinners (hard to avoid but

again, I need suggestions on how to stay OP). Any one have any ideas? I'm

pretty sure the restaurant is just conditioning to eat; however, I think

overeating at my families has a lot more emotional connections. At least I

exercised My husband and I went for a long snowshoe through the bush with

the dogs. Great high-intensity workout BTW (for those of you living in areas

where there's enough snow)

Sara

Sara, that is awesome! The first step to making a program successful, is to

make it a part of your life! It sounds like you've done that with exercise.

I am *so* jealous - for me, it's still a fight. But, I'm winning <g>.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tory! I have another question. My husband is very wonderful and

supportive of my weight loss. Before we go out to eat at restaurants or with

family would it be a good idea to tell him how much I want to eat (i.e. what's

healthy) so he can help me stay on track??

Sara

RE: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

In restaurants I do two things:

1. Try to plan where I'm going ahead of time and look up the menu online

if I can. I go to www.dwlz.com and see if they have point values there.

I try to decide what I'm going to eat in advance.

2. If I can't do that I try to go for the simplest food on the menu.

Salads with dressing on the side are great, and now that I'm used to

less food I find salads very very filling. Chicken is good. I also ask

for things to be prepared with no fat, sauce on the side. I try not to

get into that idea that eating out means I have to have something

" special " because special used to mean fattening. (Okay, what in the

world is Lara Flynn Boyle wearing to the Golden Globes? She looks

ridiculous and will someone feed that girl a sandwich!)

But I digress.

Family meals are difficult so I try to bring a salad and fat free

dressing so I can load up on that and have small amounts of everything

else. I also have learned to push food around on the plate and talk and

enjoy the people making the food completely irrelevant.

Food is fuel...it is not love, celebration, congratulations, comfort, or

safety. We need to get into that mindset. That doesn't mean we don't

have favorites...I have my favorites, I have a few things that are

" worth it " for for in point, planned upon splurges. But the more I get

into this way of life, the easier it is to rewrite my relationship with

food.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bev. I am going to keep your email and show it to my dh.

Sara

RE: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit

late!

>

>

> In restaurants I do two things:

>

> 1. Try to plan where I'm going ahead of time and look up the menu

online

> if I can. I go to www.dwlz.com and see if they have point values

there.

> I try to decide what I'm going to eat in advance.

>

> 2. If I can't do that I try to go for the simplest food on the

menu.

> Salads with dressing on the side are great, and now that I'm used

to

> less food I find salads very very filling. Chicken is good. I

also ask

> for things to be prepared with no fat, sauce on the side. I try

not to

> get into that idea that eating out means I have to have something

> " special " because special used to mean fattening. (Okay, what in

the

> world is Lara Flynn Boyle wearing to the Golden Globes? She looks

> ridiculous and will someone feed that girl a sandwich!)

>

> But I digress.

>

> Family meals are difficult so I try to bring a salad and fat free

> dressing so I can load up on that and have small amounts of

everything

> else. I also have learned to push food around on the plate and

talk and

> enjoy the people making the food completely irrelevant.

>

> Food is fuel...it is not love, celebration, congratulations,

comfort, or

> safety. We need to get into that mindset. That doesn't mean we

don't

> have favorites...I have my favorites, I have a few things that are

> " worth it " for for in point, planned upon splurges. But the more

I get

> into this way of life, the easier it is to rewrite my

relationship with

> food.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tory! I will ask him to help me monitor what I eat in restaurants to

make sure

I don't go overboard.

Sara

RE: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

Sara

I would do that if he doesn't mind. I wouldn't put him " in charge " of

what you eat because he doesn't want to be your father or caretaker, but

ask him to help you out. With exercise Roy is in charge of making sure

we work out if I don't feel like it, and vice versa. It makes it easier

on days when I'm not in the mood because he's like " Come on! Let's go! "

Definitely if he's willing, make him a partner in this. Your good

habits will rub off on him too, I bet.

[Guest guest]

Forgot to post this. Over Christmas I gained 3 pounds; however, at my weigh-in

on Thursday I was down 2.5 - .5 away from my pre-Christmas weight. I also had

26 AP - having the elliptical at home is great! Now if I go to bed without

using it I feel like I've missed something important.

Take care,

Sara

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/18/2003 8:21:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,

eisangel@... writes:

> I also had 26 AP - having the elliptical at home is great! Now if I go to

> bed without using it I feel like I've missed something important.

>

>

Sara, that is awesome! The first step to making a program successful, is to

make it a part of your life! It sounds like you've done that with exercise.

I am *so* jealous - for me, it's still a fight. But, I'm winning <g>.

-Crys-

(Lifetimer since August 1995)

WW to date: 178.6/ 138.6 / 140   (-40.0)

Weight in 2003: 139.6 / 138.6 / 130 (-1.0)

January Goal: 137

February Goal: 135

March Goal: 132

April Goal: 130

May Goal: 127

June Goal: 125

And then, we'll see...

I'm not crazy; I'm just a little unwell.

I know, right now you can't tell.

But stay a while and maybe then you'll see

a different side of me.

I'm not crazy; I'm just a little impaired.

I know, right now you don't care.

But in a while you're gonna think of me,

and how I used to be.

Matchbox 20

[Guest guest]

Good job Sara.

Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

Forgot to post this. Over Christmas I gained 3 pounds; however, at my

weigh-in on Thursday I was down 2.5 - .5 away from my pre-Christmas weight. I

also had 26 AP - having the elliptical at home is great! Now if I go to bed

without using it I feel like I've missed something important.

Take care,

Sara

[Guest guest]

In restaurants I do two things:

1. Try to plan where I'm going ahead of time and look up the menu online

if I can. I go to www.dwlz.com and see if they have point values there.

I try to decide what I'm going to eat in advance.

2. If I can't do that I try to go for the simplest food on the menu.

Salads with dressing on the side are great, and now that I'm used to

less food I find salads very very filling. Chicken is good. I also ask

for things to be prepared with no fat, sauce on the side. I try not to

get into that idea that eating out means I have to have something

" special " because special used to mean fattening. (Okay, what in the

world is Lara Flynn Boyle wearing to the Golden Globes? She looks

ridiculous and will someone feed that girl a sandwich!)

But I digress.

Family meals are difficult so I try to bring a salad and fat free

dressing so I can load up on that and have small amounts of everything

else. I also have learned to push food around on the plate and talk and

enjoy the people making the food completely irrelevant.

Food is fuel...it is not love, celebration, congratulations, comfort, or

safety. We need to get into that mindset. That doesn't mean we don't

have favorites...I have my favorites, I have a few things that are

" worth it " for for in point, planned upon splurges. But the more I get

into this way of life, the easier it is to rewrite my relationship with

food.

Re: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

Thanks Crys! (and everyone else). I had a WAY over point day today.

Very strange. I have figured out two things though. Two triggers for

over-eating for me are restaurants (which I think I need to avoid for a

while until I figure out some good strategies for staying OP) and family

dinners (hard to avoid but again, I need suggestions on how to stay OP).

Any one have any ideas? I'm pretty sure the restaurant is just

conditioning to eat; however, I think overeating at my families has a

lot more emotional connections. At least I exercised My husband and

I went for a long snowshoe through the bush with the dogs. Great

high-intensity workout BTW (for those of you living in areas where

there's enough snow)

Sara

Sara, that is awesome! The first step to making a program successful,

is to

make it a part of your life! It sounds like you've done that with

exercise.

I am *so* jealous - for me, it's still a fight. But, I'm winning <g>.

[Guest guest]

Hey Sara,

I know you were asking Tory, but I wanted to jump in, lol.

My husb. is very supportive too, however, I had to " reeducate " him.

You know, to not say stuff like " should you be eating that? " or " i

don't thing that's on your DIET " , little things that he meant as

supportive, but that just didn't come out quite right!

Now he says things like: " where would you like to eat healthy

tonight? " or " oops, there went a BLT " (I actually like when he points

those out, sometimes I just don't think about those BLT's). Now he

knows that you can eat ANYTHING it just has to be very portion

controlled. So, he knows not to " biggie size " my stuff, or " double "

anything, and he knows not to even drive BY a Taco Bell! LOLOLOL

My point is that if you tell your spouse what this lifestyle change

is all about (instead of keeping it a secret like I used to do when I

was on a " diet " ) then they really do want to be helpful to you and it

is SOOOO much easier to do this change, if you have help!!!

I know for me, when I dieted in the past, I did it secretly, that

way, when I failed, noone knew but me, I didn't have to " explain "

why, cause noone but me knew I had tried & failed!

Now, with my new lifestyle change, they all know, and that keeps me

accountable everywhere I go!!

Bev

> Thanks Tory! I have another question. My husband is very

wonderful and supportive of my weight loss. Before we go out to eat

at restaurants or with family would it be a good idea to tell him how

much I want to eat (i.e. what's healthy) so he can help me stay on

track??

>

> Sara

> RE: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit

late!

>

>

> In restaurants I do two things:

>

> 1. Try to plan where I'm going ahead of time and look up the menu

online

> if I can. I go to www.dwlz.com and see if they have point values

there.

> I try to decide what I'm going to eat in advance.

>

> 2. If I can't do that I try to go for the simplest food on the

menu.

> Salads with dressing on the side are great, and now that I'm used

to

> less food I find salads very very filling. Chicken is good. I

also ask

> for things to be prepared with no fat, sauce on the side. I try

not to

> get into that idea that eating out means I have to have something

> " special " because special used to mean fattening. (Okay, what in

the

> world is Lara Flynn Boyle wearing to the Golden Globes? She looks

> ridiculous and will someone feed that girl a sandwich!)

>

> But I digress.

>

> Family meals are difficult so I try to bring a salad and fat free

> dressing so I can load up on that and have small amounts of

everything

> else. I also have learned to push food around on the plate and

talk and

> enjoy the people making the food completely irrelevant.

>

> Food is fuel...it is not love, celebration, congratulations,

comfort, or

> safety. We need to get into that mindset. That doesn't mean we

don't

> have favorites...I have my favorites, I have a few things that are

> " worth it " for for in point, planned upon splurges. But the more

I get

> into this way of life, the easier it is to rewrite my

relationship with

> food.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sara

I would do that if he doesn't mind. I wouldn't put him " in charge " of

what you eat because he doesn't want to be your father or caretaker, but

ask him to help you out. With exercise Roy is in charge of making sure

we work out if I don't feel like it, and vice versa. It makes it easier

on days when I'm not in the mood because he's like " Come on! Let's go! "

Definitely if he's willing, make him a partner in this. Your good

habits will rub off on him too, I bet.

Re: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

Thanks Tory! I have another question. My husband is very wonderful and

supportive of my weight loss. Before we go out to eat at restaurants or

with family would it be a good idea to tell him how much I want to eat

(i.e. what's healthy) so he can help me stay on track??

Sara

RE: Sara's WI (1/16/03) a bit late!

In restaurants I do two things:

1. Try to plan where I'm going ahead of time and look up the menu

online

if I can. I go to www.dwlz.com and see if they have point values

there.

I try to decide what I'm going to eat in advance.

2. If I can't do that I try to go for the simplest food on the menu.

Salads with dressing on the side are great, and now that I'm used to

less food I find salads very very filling. Chicken is good. I also ask

for things to be prepared with no fat, sauce on the side. I try not to

get into that idea that eating out means I have to have something

" special " because special used to mean fattening. (Okay, what in the

world is Lara Flynn Boyle wearing to the Golden Globes? She looks

ridiculous and will someone feed that girl a sandwich!)

But I digress.

Family meals are difficult so I try to bring a salad and fat free

dressing so I can load up on that and have small amounts of everything

else. I also have learned to push food around on the plate and talk

and

enjoy the people making the food completely irrelevant.

Food is fuel...it is not love, celebration, congratulations, comfort,

or

safety. We need to get into that mindset. That doesn't mean we don't

have favorites...I have my favorites, I have a few things that are

" worth it " for for in point, planned upon splurges. But the more I get

into this way of life, the easier it is to rewrite my relationship

with

food.