Guest guest Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Sounds like you are really finding your voice. Im so proud of you. Youre an inspiration to me! Let us hope to be an example of loving ourselves so our loved ones might follow suit! Sounds like he was expressing some fear of how he would react to the " diet " (IE isnt a diet) if he started on it. Being comfortable in the bed is the real issue! I would LOVE a king size bed no matter why it was purchased!!!!! My boyfriend crowds me. He kept putting his elbow in my face like 50 times last night. I asked him if he wanted to hurt me when he woke up! He said he was dreaming about the devil cracking his head open and sprinkling a season packet of " what about me?'s in it with a spoon. Pretty funny. I guess I am getting better if he's jealous of my progress. (and it has nothing to do with weight!) You make me want to do this even more!!!!!! > > I just did a big grocery shopping (just for me, I live alone) for the > first time since starting IE. I actually enjoyed some of it, but > felt overwhelmed. For example, I was looking at the yoghurts, and I > was looking at the calories and fat as usual. Then I realized I dont > Have to get the lowest calorie/fat ones, I can get some I like! Or > try new ones! I just realized a few days ago that I don't like most > of the 60 cal. Dannon Light yoghurts. Why was I eating them? I > DON'T LIKE THEM. I like Stoneyfield Farm. It may sound like a small > thing, but figuring out what I like is big. I came back with > strawberries, an avocado, apricots, oatmeal, cheese, sliced turkey, > and several Amy's frozen dinners. (I'm not avery fond of cooking, > but of course, I have a nice cookbook collection!) It was hard to > pick out foods not based on their calorie/fat/fibet content. I did > have a donut, pizza, and ice cream already today. It's amazing to be > let of jail--but there are still things holding me back. I just ate > something, even though I wasn't hungry. But it wasn't a huge > amount. My boyriend (who's much heavier than me) was surprised when > I came back from a walk with the dog with a donut. He said " I like > this diet. I never saw you do this. I'm going to have to get a king > size bed for the new apartment. " (Which of course, hurt me a little. > He said he was joking.) I had him put the scale in a very > inconvenient location in the top of the closet. I'm making progress. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Sounds like you are really finding your voice. Im so proud of you. Youre an inspiration to me! Let us hope to be an example of loving ourselves so our loved ones might follow suit! Sounds like he was expressing some fear of how he would react to the " diet " (IE isnt a diet) if he started on it. Being comfortable in the bed is the real issue! I would LOVE a king size bed no matter why it was purchased!!!!! My boyfriend crowds me. He kept putting his elbow in my face like 50 times last night. I asked him if he wanted to hurt me when he woke up! He said he was dreaming about the devil cracking his head open and sprinkling a season packet of " what about me?'s in it with a spoon. Pretty funny. I guess I am getting better if he's jealous of my progress. (and it has nothing to do with weight!) You make me want to do this even more!!!!!! > > I just did a big grocery shopping (just for me, I live alone) for the > first time since starting IE. I actually enjoyed some of it, but > felt overwhelmed. For example, I was looking at the yoghurts, and I > was looking at the calories and fat as usual. Then I realized I dont > Have to get the lowest calorie/fat ones, I can get some I like! Or > try new ones! I just realized a few days ago that I don't like most > of the 60 cal. Dannon Light yoghurts. Why was I eating them? I > DON'T LIKE THEM. I like Stoneyfield Farm. It may sound like a small > thing, but figuring out what I like is big. I came back with > strawberries, an avocado, apricots, oatmeal, cheese, sliced turkey, > and several Amy's frozen dinners. (I'm not avery fond of cooking, > but of course, I have a nice cookbook collection!) It was hard to > pick out foods not based on their calorie/fat/fibet content. I did > have a donut, pizza, and ice cream already today. It's amazing to be > let of jail--but there are still things holding me back. I just ate > something, even though I wasn't hungry. But it wasn't a huge > amount. My boyriend (who's much heavier than me) was surprised when > I came back from a walk with the dog with a donut. He said " I like > this diet. I never saw you do this. I'm going to have to get a king > size bed for the new apartment. " (Which of course, hurt me a little. > He said he was joking.) I had him put the scale in a very > inconvenient location in the top of the closet. I'm making progress. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Sounds like you are really finding your voice. Im so proud of you. Youre an inspiration to me! Let us hope to be an example of loving ourselves so our loved ones might follow suit! Sounds like he was expressing some fear of how he would react to the " diet " (IE isnt a diet) if he started on it. Being comfortable in the bed is the real issue! I would LOVE a king size bed no matter why it was purchased!!!!! My boyfriend crowds me. He kept putting his elbow in my face like 50 times last night. I asked him if he wanted to hurt me when he woke up! He said he was dreaming about the devil cracking his head open and sprinkling a season packet of " what about me?'s in it with a spoon. Pretty funny. I guess I am getting better if he's jealous of my progress. (and it has nothing to do with weight!) You make me want to do this even more!!!!!! > > I just did a big grocery shopping (just for me, I live alone) for the > first time since starting IE. I actually enjoyed some of it, but > felt overwhelmed. For example, I was looking at the yoghurts, and I > was looking at the calories and fat as usual. Then I realized I dont > Have to get the lowest calorie/fat ones, I can get some I like! Or > try new ones! I just realized a few days ago that I don't like most > of the 60 cal. Dannon Light yoghurts. Why was I eating them? I > DON'T LIKE THEM. I like Stoneyfield Farm. It may sound like a small > thing, but figuring out what I like is big. I came back with > strawberries, an avocado, apricots, oatmeal, cheese, sliced turkey, > and several Amy's frozen dinners. (I'm not avery fond of cooking, > but of course, I have a nice cookbook collection!) It was hard to > pick out foods not based on their calorie/fat/fibet content. I did > have a donut, pizza, and ice cream already today. It's amazing to be > let of jail--but there are still things holding me back. I just ate > something, even though I wasn't hungry. But it wasn't a huge > amount. My boyriend (who's much heavier than me) was surprised when > I came back from a walk with the dog with a donut. He said " I like > this diet. I never saw you do this. I'm going to have to get a king > size bed for the new apartment. " (Which of course, hurt me a little. > He said he was joking.) I had him put the scale in a very > inconvenient location in the top of the closet. I'm making progress. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Wow! That sounds exactly like you're making intuitive choices! Congrats! Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 I think that you handled the grocery shopping so wonderfully. I agree with you with the yogurts. My girls have been complaining about the yogurts I was buying saying they had an after taste and they hated the way they tasted. I stopped buying them. For me it is automatic for me to look at the labels on the food. I do it instinctively. I actually put something back because of the calorie content--old behaviors! But I have been trying not to do that but still be smart in my purchases--variety. allie Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 I was in the store this weekend and was SERIOUSLY craving some Pillsbury Toaster Streudel! (for some bizarre reason, weird 'cause I haven't had them in literally YEARS). Yeah, weird, but there it was. So I bought a box and enjoyed a couple of them this weekend, and at one point I was sitting there, having just eaten one, thinking " I wonder how many calories are in that? " - and it occurred to me that I bought them WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING at the calorie count!! How VERY strange for me - like others here in their earlier posts, I didn't think I even knew HOW to pick something up off the shelf and NOT look at the calorie count! Well, apparently I DO know how, or at least I'm discovering how! Way cool! I remember reading a newspaper article many years ago about a woman who immigrated here from another country and how, the first time she ever walked into an American grocery store she just stood there in absolute SHOCK - amazed at the variety, the quantity, the outrageous availability of things she could only dream of in her country. In a way, I kinda feel that same oh-my-gosh amazement when I'm in grocery stores now. Like WOW, THIS is available to me now?! And THAT?!! And I can get THIS?!! Yeah, there's a big difference between a woman from a developing country and me, but there's part of that feeling of sudden FREEDOM and availability that is the same. And it's sad to think how so many of us kept (and still keep) ourselves imprisoned by a Dieting Mindset that tells us we can LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH certain foods. 'Zat make sense? I'm blabbering on, I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 I was in the store this weekend and was SERIOUSLY craving some Pillsbury Toaster Streudel! (for some bizarre reason, weird 'cause I haven't had them in literally YEARS). Yeah, weird, but there it was. So I bought a box and enjoyed a couple of them this weekend, and at one point I was sitting there, having just eaten one, thinking " I wonder how many calories are in that? " - and it occurred to me that I bought them WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING at the calorie count!! How VERY strange for me - like others here in their earlier posts, I didn't think I even knew HOW to pick something up off the shelf and NOT look at the calorie count! Well, apparently I DO know how, or at least I'm discovering how! Way cool! I remember reading a newspaper article many years ago about a woman who immigrated here from another country and how, the first time she ever walked into an American grocery store she just stood there in absolute SHOCK - amazed at the variety, the quantity, the outrageous availability of things she could only dream of in her country. In a way, I kinda feel that same oh-my-gosh amazement when I'm in grocery stores now. Like WOW, THIS is available to me now?! And THAT?!! And I can get THIS?!! Yeah, there's a big difference between a woman from a developing country and me, but there's part of that feeling of sudden FREEDOM and availability that is the same. And it's sad to think how so many of us kept (and still keep) ourselves imprisoned by a Dieting Mindset that tells us we can LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH certain foods. 'Zat make sense? I'm blabbering on, I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 I was in the store this weekend and was SERIOUSLY craving some Pillsbury Toaster Streudel! (for some bizarre reason, weird 'cause I haven't had them in literally YEARS). Yeah, weird, but there it was. So I bought a box and enjoyed a couple of them this weekend, and at one point I was sitting there, having just eaten one, thinking " I wonder how many calories are in that? " - and it occurred to me that I bought them WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING at the calorie count!! How VERY strange for me - like others here in their earlier posts, I didn't think I even knew HOW to pick something up off the shelf and NOT look at the calorie count! Well, apparently I DO know how, or at least I'm discovering how! Way cool! I remember reading a newspaper article many years ago about a woman who immigrated here from another country and how, the first time she ever walked into an American grocery store she just stood there in absolute SHOCK - amazed at the variety, the quantity, the outrageous availability of things she could only dream of in her country. In a way, I kinda feel that same oh-my-gosh amazement when I'm in grocery stores now. Like WOW, THIS is available to me now?! And THAT?!! And I can get THIS?!! Yeah, there's a big difference between a woman from a developing country and me, but there's part of that feeling of sudden FREEDOM and availability that is the same. And it's sad to think how so many of us kept (and still keep) ourselves imprisoned by a Dieting Mindset that tells us we can LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH certain foods. 'Zat make sense? I'm blabbering on, I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 SO funny! I JUST got back from the grocery store and was feeling the EXACT same thing you described!! I just spent so much time going up and down and up and down the different aisles just looking (and buying) different things I hadn't in a long time (or ever). It IS incredible what a huge variety of NORMAL foods that are out there that we can eat NORMALLY now. YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!! > > I was in the store this weekend and was SERIOUSLY craving > some Pillsbury Toaster Streudel! (for some bizarre reason, > weird 'cause I haven't had them in literally YEARS). > Yeah, weird, but there it was. So I bought a box and > enjoyed a couple of them this weekend, and at one point > I was sitting there, having just eaten one, thinking > " I wonder how many calories are in that? " - and it > occurred to me that I bought them WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING > at the calorie count!! How VERY strange for me - like > others here in their earlier posts, I didn't think I > even knew HOW to pick something up off the shelf and > NOT look at the calorie count! Well, apparently I DO > know how, or at least I'm discovering how! > > Way cool! > > I remember reading a newspaper article many years ago > about a woman who immigrated here from another country > and how, the first time she ever walked into an > American grocery store she just stood there in absolute > SHOCK - amazed at the variety, the quantity, the > outrageous availability of things she could only dream > of in her country. In a way, I kinda feel that same > oh-my-gosh amazement when I'm in grocery stores now. > Like WOW, THIS is available to me now?! And THAT?!! > And I can get THIS?!! Yeah, there's a big difference > between a woman from a developing country and me, but > there's part of that feeling of sudden FREEDOM and > availability that is the same. And it's sad to think > how so many of us kept (and still keep) ourselves > imprisoned by a Dieting Mindset that tells us we can > LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH certain foods. > > 'Zat make sense? I'm blabbering on, I think! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Good for you! I JUST had the exact same experience with yogurt at the grocery store!!!!! This very morning! I put down the whole-milk yogurt and picked up the non-fat, which, it turns out, only has 40 fewer calories. so I picked up the whole-milk kind and put it in my cart. 'Cause that's the kind I like, and that's the kind I'm gonna eat,lol! > > I just did a big grocery shopping (just for me, I live alone) for the > first time since starting IE. I actually enjoyed some of it, but > felt overwhelmed. For example, I was looking at the yoghurts, and I > was looking at the calories and fat as usual. Then I realized I dont > Have to get the lowest calorie/fat ones, I can get some I like! Or > try new ones! I just realized a few days ago that I don't like most > of the 60 cal. Dannon Light yoghurts. Why was I eating them? I > DON'T LIKE THEM. I like Stoneyfield Farm. It may sound like a small > thing, but figuring out what I like is big. I came back with > strawberries, an avocado, apricots, oatmeal, cheese, sliced turkey, > and several Amy's frozen dinners. (I'm not avery fond of cooking, > but of course, I have a nice cookbook collection!) It was hard to > pick out foods not based on their calorie/fat/fibet content. I did > have a donut, pizza, and ice cream already today. It's amazing to be > let of jail--but there are still things holding me back. I just ate > something, even though I wasn't hungry. But it wasn't a huge > amount. My boyriend (who's much heavier than me) was surprised when > I came back from a walk with the dog with a donut. He said " I like > this diet. I never saw you do this. I'm going to have to get a king > size bed for the new apartment. " (Which of course, hurt me a little. > He said he was joking.) I had him put the scale in a very > inconvenient location in the top of the closet. I'm making progress. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Good for you! I JUST had the exact same experience with yogurt at the grocery store!!!!! This very morning! I put down the whole-milk yogurt and picked up the non-fat, which, it turns out, only has 40 fewer calories. so I picked up the whole-milk kind and put it in my cart. 'Cause that's the kind I like, and that's the kind I'm gonna eat,lol! > > I just did a big grocery shopping (just for me, I live alone) for the > first time since starting IE. I actually enjoyed some of it, but > felt overwhelmed. For example, I was looking at the yoghurts, and I > was looking at the calories and fat as usual. Then I realized I dont > Have to get the lowest calorie/fat ones, I can get some I like! Or > try new ones! I just realized a few days ago that I don't like most > of the 60 cal. Dannon Light yoghurts. Why was I eating them? I > DON'T LIKE THEM. I like Stoneyfield Farm. It may sound like a small > thing, but figuring out what I like is big. I came back with > strawberries, an avocado, apricots, oatmeal, cheese, sliced turkey, > and several Amy's frozen dinners. (I'm not avery fond of cooking, > but of course, I have a nice cookbook collection!) It was hard to > pick out foods not based on their calorie/fat/fibet content. I did > have a donut, pizza, and ice cream already today. It's amazing to be > let of jail--but there are still things holding me back. I just ate > something, even though I wasn't hungry. But it wasn't a huge > amount. My boyriend (who's much heavier than me) was surprised when > I came back from a walk with the dog with a donut. He said " I like > this diet. I never saw you do this. I'm going to have to get a king > size bed for the new apartment. " (Which of course, hurt me a little. > He said he was joking.) I had him put the scale in a very > inconvenient location in the top of the closet. I'm making progress. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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