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| Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:55am |
I've just officially started my diet - such as it is. I do rather well from 9-5. When I get home and over the weekends, all hell breaks loose. Yesterday, I felt like a total bottomless pit. I tried drinking water and tea and eating salad. Anything to fill the empty feeling and lay off the birthday cake in the kitchen.
I sat down to just THINK about what I was feeling and decipher what was physical and mental. That didn't stop it. For a while I considered a diet pill. I hate the idea of a diet pill because I'm a mild hyperchondriac who fears side-effects. I also fear the possible weight gain that would happen when I come off of it. However, I don't know what to do to get over this initial hump of creating good habits. It's not about losing weight quickly. I know better. It's about turning off the binge switch for more control.
Is there a safe way to do it or a better way around it?
HELP!!!

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I really just started eating right in the last two weeks or so. I’m trying to incorporate the things I remember and have read in my day slowly. I’ve been fighting this process since my mother died (whole separate discussion).
I do know that I have been ruining my process because I’d not been preparing my meals and by midday at work sometimes I’d be starving. I’d either go home and eat all in my sight or sleep off the resulting migraine. I have stopped that. I am very good about eating breakfast. It’s my favorite meal of the day, but after that, it gets dicey.
I’m working to get my mind right for the process. Exercise is actually easier for me to get into then healthy eating. I've been having a tough time evn fitting that in with my new schedule. I want it, I NEED it, but right now, I am my own worst enemy. I’ve been trying to find a website where I can just write all this junk out as I’m going through it.
Aw, you're going through a lot right now. Maybe it's really not the time to be so strict about dieting. Take the time to grieve your mom. Then sit down and plan out ways that you can be successful at this. Like planning meals ahead and having the right foods in the house or working exercise into your schedule (I'm still working on that one myself!). Then, give yourself a big fat hug and remember to be kind to yourself: imagine if you were guiding someone else through the dieting process, you wouldn't dwell on mistakes, but celebrate the successes. Be your own best cheerleader. Remember that you deserve to be healthy and to take good care of yourself and dieting and exercise does just that.
Keeping a food diary is a good idea too. I just use one of those tiny notebooks and write down everything. It helps you to see what you're eating and in what quantities. It's kind of rewarding to me when I'm able to write down my healthy choices...the poor choices go in there too, but then I get to move on to a fresh, clean page and start all over again.
This is my favorite quote, from "Anne of Green Gables": Tomorrow is a fresh, new day, with no mistakes in it. If you fall off the wagon, just get right back on and keep going. Good luck, we're here for you when you need to talk about things. We'll get through this together!
Mary
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