Doing one thing different
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| Sun, 04-25-2004 - 1:25pm |
Anyway, I've been counting calories and it is NOT working. I do well and get obsessive, then I get bingey and in the end (as with every diet) I end up gaining weight. So, I know I need to take a more behavioral strategy. So, I am hereby vowing to do only one thing different. From now on I am vowing to only eat when I am truly rumbly-tummy hungry. I know that making this one change will make a big difference to me. Even when I count calories or do ww or atkins I find myself eating when I'm not hungry because I have the calories or points or whatever. This behavior needs to end. So, I'm coming out here and stating that this is my new goal. Y'all can feel free to ask me how it's going because I probably need it.
Anyone else have one thing they really need to focus on?
Erin


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Have you heard of the Change One plan, from Reader's Digest? (Now, before you roll your eyes, LOL, give me a chance)
I recall reading it way back when...I haven't had a subscription to RD for at least a year, so it was introduced before that. Essentially you change one habit a week for overall better health. It sounds like a good plan, and maybe it would work for you.
http://www.changeone.com/
They are a sponsor of iVillage, so I'm sure that iVillage won't mind me posting the link.
I don't personally use the plan, but I've often thought I should. I've been struggling to eat healthier since January, and it's still a struggle some days.
Coffee
Coffee
Erin
Edited for stupid spelling error!
Edited 4/25/2004 1:53 pm ET ET by oonagh96
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Coffee, I've heard of the changeone diet and considered it, also. I just haven't bought the book. Maybe I'll give it more consideration if what I'm doing no longer works for me.
Erin, I think the change you're talking about making is a great one. I still have trouble with that myself, eating only when I'm truly hungry and stopping when I start to feel full. I tend to "nibble" on what's in front of me even after I'm full. I know it's bad, but that's another change that I'll incorporate when I come back from vacation.
Good luck, Erin. I'll get on your case and make sure you're living up to the new change if you want me to :-)
~~Linda
~~Linda
I'm glad to hear that a similar approach is working for you. I was looking at some pictures earlier today and it really struck me that when I was thinner I was not dieting, I was just eating somewhat better and never really ate unless my tummy was rumbly so to speak. Made me think about what I should do to get back to that body.
Erin
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i think its great you want to get back to listening to your body. let me know how it goes.
for me, strictly limiting the amount of calories to 1800kcal and walking two + miles minimum four times (hopefully five times, but didnt work like that last week) seems to be working in a slow and steady way for me. the calories are high because im breastfeeding. i think im gonna miss that when i stop breastfeeding.
watching calories is the one thing im doing differently. ive always eaten well (except for
my C A N D Y binges) but i tend to eat large portions of healthy foods. now i measure stuff. its weird and feels obsessive to measure, but im now, at least learning what a portion is.
Good luck with your plan. I had a college professor who lost weight by only eating when he was hungry. I don't know. He never seemed that overweight to begin with, but he swore that was the only way to go. I am a huge emotional eater. I am working on ways to sub eating with other behaviors. It sounds great on paper, but I never think of it when I am having one of those days. Good luck and let us know how it goes. sharla
It has helped a great deal with watching and learning what my body likes and dislikes.
But Erin, it's really not a "stupid remark" that they are making. It all REALLY DOES boil down to calories, intake and output. Of course it's better to eat those calories in healthy nutritious food than junk food, but if a person takes in more calories than she burns off then she gains weight, and conversely, if a person burns off more than she loses. So it's always been, and there's nothing new under the sun that way.
Eating when you're only "tummy-rumbling" hungry can backfire though, and you should take that into consideration too. It's easy, if any person gets really hungry, to scoff down way too many calories and eat way too fast...just because of waiting too long.
Can I suggest a strategy that's worked for me. I plan my meals, so there's no random eating. I eat at mealtime, three times a day and wholesome meals, and that's it. And I keep a food diary in which I write down the foods, number of calories, and fat grams. It only takes a second to do, really. And that's it. I haven't had any problems losing that way, so maybe that could help you?
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