Rozwin's Tweakings

[Guest guest]

> Is there anything we can do to help tweak things for you? congrats on the

perserverance of sticking with this

> even when the scales are cooperating - let's see if we can't help you start

watching them go down Kirstie

Thanks Kirstie and all of the other good people on this list!! I have learned A

TON from this list!!!

I find this " adventure " that I/we are on is an INCREDIBLE litmus test for

DETAILS IN ONE'S BEHAVIOR!!! Details

which takes a lot of TIME and ATTENTION from the rest of my life to tweak and

get straight. But my light at the

end of my tunnel is that eventually I will be able to do all these

correct-for-my-body-behavior-details by rote and

not have to focus on them so much and take attention from the other areas of my

busy, actualized life!!!

The areas I know so far to work on improving in my WOE are:

Starvation Mode: Which I was in for a month and didn't know it until I read

about it on this list. Like others

have said, I am never hungry and don't have cravings with this WOE and get

involved in my life and forget or can't

stop what I am doing to actually fix a meal. One day I tried to focus on eating

every 2 hours. Something about my

body loved it even though it was never hungry. But I haven't been able to do

that since. And I know I need to get

there behavior wise.

Atkins Bars: I was relying on Atkins bars for times when I just want something

sweet and when I don't have time to

fix food. I was doing 1-4 Atkins bars a day for the above reasons. Then I

learned from this list about

glycerine. So last week I went cold turkey off the bars (and intuitiionally

feel less full of " additives " ) and

next week I am going to start bake the substitute atkins bars.

Recipes: Yesterday, I took the time out of my life to collect some recipes off

this list and spent 2.5 hours in my

grocery store, researching brands and products and amounts, etc for all the

new-to-me ingredients for these

recipes. So I plan to bake and freeze a lot of homemade bars and muffins in

individual baggies for grab and go

purposes. I am also going to substitute the homemade mixture for the Atkins

Baking stuff, in case that has

anything in it that I am sensitive to.

Water: In a regular basis, I am drinking 60%-70% of the amount of water I need

to be drinking (yeah for me). I am

going to try various ways to up it regularly.

Work: One of the ways I was successful at was that after 10 years, I finally

got bottled water in our department

at work. How I did it was that I personally went around and invited every

member of my department to join. A lot

of people said they would drink more if they had bottled water delivered at

work. I ordered the holder with a hot

and cold spout. (That seduced the hot chocolate and the cup of soup people.) I

volunteered to collect and

administer the money every month. And I gave our group a name " The Water Club " .

All those things helped to push

it over the top.

Fiber: Bought some low carb fiber with ingredients I think I can tolerate.

Going to start using it and see if it

works for me.

Exercise: After 20 years, I am starting to belly dance again. Just taking it

naturally, under the category of

" fun " rather than a discipline. Its doing wonders for my heart and my

confidence as a woman for the time when a

wonderful, available man strolls into my life.

Assistance: I don't like or am sensitive to about 1/4 of the foods on the

Turtle Program. However, I will take

you folks up on your offer of me sending in what I eat for comments (scarey!!!)

but please give me time to

" practice " at doing everything I already know I need to be doing before I report

in for new comments from all you

wonderful folks!!

Inner Stuff: I am also dealing with the: " I Don't Wanna. " " No One Can Make

Me. " " No External Forces Can Tell

Me How To Live " syndrome. That looms large. All I know how to do with it is to

notice it.

And I think there are some " voices " in me that don't want give up this weight.

I am learning how to " go inside "

and speak to those " voices " and ask them what they want or need in order to have

it be okay with " them " if this

weight would begin and continue to be released. For me, I think this is

important.

Recording: As for writing down what I eat, I got a brilliant idea from

something that was discussed on this list.

I went into my Master Cook program and created a new " cookbook " called " Rozwin's

Progress " and every day I create a

new " recipe " the title of which is always today's date. The " ingredients " are

everything I have eaten that day.

The " directions " are anything else I want to write about how the day went in

regards to this WOE. Then I print out

the " recipe " and put it in My Progress Binder. And of course, it writes the

fat, protein, calories and carb

amounts right on the bottom of each " recipe " !!

I may temporarily be size Beached Whale, but, boy, am I clever!

Rozwin

[ROSE-win]

Still Freezing in Seattle Where People Usually Don't

Age 47

312 / 313 / 146

Since Halloween

[still Tweaking My Program Like Crazy To Try and Initiate Ketosis]

[Guest guest]

Holy Cow Rozwin! I predict great success for you. I think that was the

most together response I have ever read on this list!.

Don't look at sending in menus as something scarey. So many of us have to

tweak thisWOE and often we can spot items like the Atkins bars that may be

fine for some people and are trouble spots for others. If you are shy about

sending to the list, feel free to send them to me privately. I've been

known to be a good induction coach in my time (we had a big sis, little sis

thing going for awhile that offered some personal attention to those

struggling through induction). Nobody can tell you how to make this diet

work for you - you have to discover that through trial and error. But

suggestions we have aplenty

Personally, I have a food intolerance to soy - and it seems to lurk in just

about EVERYTHING these days. I'm sure you'll figure out just what's going

on soon. If you do find that you're still not losing for another few weeks,

you might want to try an elimination diet to see if you have any

intolerances.

Kirstie