Originally Posted by 14447

Good morning my great buddies! I turned a bad morning into a great one quick. I woke up early this morning to get Maddie up and ready for Bible school. Then it hit me - all these non-stop days of baseballl, coming and going, in and out of the house has taken it's toll. My house was a wreck!!!! Uh, I was so mad and disgusted. And of course, I wanted to eat to make the feelings go away. But I calmed down and told myself I could get it into somewhat of a shape in no time. So in an hour I picked up, washed the dishes and swept and mopped. Now I feel much better and I don't want to pig out anymore!

I'm about to go online and book our condo for next week. That's always exciting, except when I have to pay of course. Then I have to go online and rush a couple bathing suits here. That's not so fun . Well, here's to another successful, active and journal filled day! Have a great one everyone!

Good for you!! That's Dawn. It is recognizing those emotional eating cravings and putting them into perspective and not giving into them hat really makes a difference in weight gain I think. Great job!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Hannah

Give an inch, take a mile. That's what I do. It's very frustrating. Whenever I decide to "treat" myself with a piece of chocolate or an extra bowl of cereal it winds up being a daily treat that spirals out of control until it enters binge-city. I hit the binge today.
We didn't have family dinner today. That was the start of it. When I got home from my run the kids had already eaten and my share was on the counter. I had one extra wrap that I didn't need and some apple. I would have been ok if I had stopped there. After waiting a while, I went back to the kitchen and got some cereal (it's muesli so not bad for me, I just didn't need it). Then I had several cookies and more cereal. I don't know what my deal is. Maybe I'm not getting enough calcium and I'm craving cereal. Maybe I just have a serious weak spot for cereal. Maybe I'm finally feeling fit and I'm sabotaging myself. Whatever the reason it's got to stop. I should feel healthy and fit. I had a good run and ate well all day. But instead I feel full and lazy. Tomorrow I'm not "treating" myself. Tomorrow I might run and swim. No more self-sabotage!
I hope you are all having a great day. Stay strong! I will too!

I think you know what is happening here it could be a little of everything. Self sabotage, hormonal cravings, extra hungry from doing longer harder workouts. The key is to of course burn more calories then you take in. I have stopped treating myself to food I have heard it is not a good idea to use food as a reward, however, I think it is human nature sometimes to do so. Anyway, Hannah I think if you identify a food that you know leads to binges it is best not to have that food for as long as possible. I had to do it with chips, mashed potatos, cereal and sandwiches. You will get through it just try to force yourself to think about if you are really hungry or not before you eat it. Then stop yourself if you really aren't or make a note of it so you can find patterns. Good luck! We are with you on this windy, bendy, up and down road. You will make yourself get through it.

Hey Team- sounds like everyone is doing great, and ready to win the weigh in this weekend.

It's quiet in here.
Hope everybody had a great Day!!!
Mine was not so good, my neck is killing me.
Hope it will be better tomorrow!!!

Originally Posted by 13095

I think you know what is happening here it could be a little of everything. Self sabotage, hormonal cravings, extra hungry from doing longer harder workouts. The key is to of course burn more calories then you take in. I have stopped treating myself to food I have heard it is not a good idea to use food as a reward, however, I think it is human nature sometimes to do so. Anyway, Hannah I think if you identify a food that you know leads to binges it is best not to have that food for as long as possible. I had to do it with chips, mashed potatos, cereal and sandwiches. You will get through it just try to force yourself to think about if you are really hungry or not before you eat it. Then stop yourself if you really aren't or make a note of it so you can find patterns. Good luck! We are with you on this windy, bendy, up and down road. You will make yourself get through it.

Great advice Michelle. Hannah, we are one in the same honey. I don't know why we do it but self sabatoge is my biggest weakness. It just doesn't make sense to exercise so much but grab the jar of peanut butter and go at it like there are no calories in it. I had to stop buying peanut butter! My little girl loves peanut butter but I can't have it around. Anyway, it is hard but it is definitely a goal that we can accomplish. It is great you took that first step in recognizing it and now you are taking steps to improve.

Originally Posted by 15033

It's quiet in here.
Hope everybody had a great Day!!!
Mine was not so good, my neck is killing me.
Hope it will be better tomorrow!!!

I hope you feel better tomorrow Sabine. It is so aggravating having a pain in your neck - I know how bad it hurts. Take care of yourself, don't try to do too much!

Oh, I just remembered something - a buddy wrote a blog on here once that was titled "pushing the envelope". It was about how she does great eating and exercising but she wasn't losing weight because she always was pushing the envelope - seeing how much she can get in before she went overboard - "I can have one cookie, that one be so bad", "a couple bites of ice cream won't hurt". And before she knew it she had eaten herself into a binge or just eaten enough calories to "eat up" her profits. When I read that blog I related so well because that's exactly what I do. When those kind of sabatoging thoughts come up and try to give me an excuse to binge I think of that blog. I tell myself - are you just pushing the envelope here? To be honest, it has really curbed my binge eating episodes. Oh well, just thought I jot that down for you Hannah. Hope it helps.

Hey all,
lost the 2 pounds aunt flow gave me as a gift. so i feel great about it. i am going to step it up some before saturday. my muscles hurt tho from working out yesterday.

I looked at my food journal and noticed that everything i eat has loads of carbs in there. hmmm not good. so today i have cut it down damaticly and se where it'll lead me. I love to eat meat so that is great. i can eat all meats.

i hope everyone's day is going to be wonderfull. looks like rain here. (going to have rain and storms for the next 7 days) just wanted to check in and wish everyone well
talk to you guys later

I definately need to pay attention, because I know I am self sabatoging myself. I'm proud of myself for one thing, which makes me think I can be a little lax with something else. But in order for this to work, I really need to make everything work and not be lax on anything.

Michelle, I think that you wrote a blog about getting your eating in order and it is so true, I've been on this site for a month now, and I still don't have the food thing in order. It's the one spot that I know I am too lax with myself.

Sabine - I hope your neck is feeling better today.

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Good morning buddies. Just wanted to stop by and wish everyone a happy, healthy day. I have tons to do today so I am not wasting a minute. Nate's still sleeping, Maddie's at bible school and Kyle is fishing so I have the house to myself for a little while.

Well, gotta go cross a few things off the list before Nate wakes up. I'll check in a little later.