JETTE - Re: Confession Time

May 14, 2003

Hi Jette,

I'm so sorry to hear that Mothers Day was so upsetting for you (please insert

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG HUGS FROM HOLLAND).

Try not to be too hard on yourself. You can't go back and 'undo' the binge but

you CAN learn from it. You know how bad you felt the next day and that should

be a motivation for next time you feel mad at the world.

Be prepared for next time. If you like you can share one of my coping

strategies. Put a 'bad day' treat away in a tiny but pretty box (I use a

special pill box with beautiful flowers painted on the lid) and call it your

'bad day' box. When things start to get you down you know that you have a 'pep

pill' waiting for you in the form of your special chocolate/candy (or whatever

else you have hidden away in your little box). It's a sort of 'planned

indulgence' for when you know you need to splurge and you don't know if you'll

be able to limit yourself if you go to an open box of your favourite treat. You

have your 'single serve mood improver' all prepared and you can eat it without

feeling guilty.

Cheers from Marie

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Van: Jette

Aan: weightlossbuddies2 <weightlossbuddies2 >

Datum: maandag 12 mei 2003 18:57

Onderwerp: Confession Time

This weekend was horrible for me. I binged pretty bad on Sunday, for the first

time in a month. And I can't even use the excuse of " celebrating Mother's Day " .

I had a horrible Mother's Day (fighting with hubby AND son), and ended up

turning to food for comfort. I ate a 1/2 pound hamburger for lunch with creamed

spinach, then a HUGE plate of spaghetti with meatballs for dinner, corn on the

cob, then cake and icecream to boot. Exercise was not so hot either.

Now I am sitting here with an hour until lunch, and I am starving, even though

I ate breakfast as usual. I guess my stomach is thinking... " Hey, where's all

the food like last night? "

Need to get back on track (and still mad at hubby and son),

Jette

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