It’s been a strange month. With only one stumble, I’ve managed to stick with my initial goal — that of not allowing a separate, “special” trip to the grocery store should I make the decision to binge. In other words, if I feel the need to eat beyond what I’d planned, it must be foods that [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Update, and may take a break
Posted in Annoyed, Bingeing, Challenge, Dieting, Eating Disorders, Food, Food plan, Weight on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lightbulb moment! I use my dinner to “decompress”!
Posted in Ah-HAH!, Bingeing, Challenge, Dieting, Eating Disorders, Food Hangover, Food plan, Healing, Health, Lapses and Relapses, Stress Management, Work on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month has produced so many interesting realizations. Initially I simply made it my goal that if I were to binge, I would limit myself to only the foods already in the house. In other words, no special trips to the store, no purchases of normally “forbidden” options. Doing this, I speculated, would remove some of the [...]
“Old” emotions, trigger analysis
Posted in Bingeing, Emotions, Issues, Healing on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No real triggers lately as I’m continuing to do okay with my 90 day challenge. And I’m always leary about talking about triggers, not so much because I don’t think they exist or that I’m embarrassed about my own personal triggers. Rather, it’s realizing that at some point, trying to pinpoint exactly what led to [...]
Learnings from this last week
Posted in Challenge, Healing, Health on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is when my posts turn boring, as there’s not a whole lot to report other than my week has gone well. I hit a couple of rough patches in the form of some foods that probably don’t belong in my food plan anymore, so I’m eliminating them for now (certain cheeses being among them). [...]
Study: People becoming heavier because it’s socially okay to do so
Posted in Body Image, Society, Weight on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading about a study that was done recently (link to article here: http://www.emaxhealth.com/109/14800.html), that suggests a most un-p.c. conclusion: the increase in people’s weight in this country is partly the result of it being socially acceptable to be heavier.
Whether you agree with the study’s conclusion or not, I must admit, I have always maintained that [...]
Progress report on 90-day challenge: The cheese cometh, the cheese must go-eth
Posted in Challenge, Food, Weight on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a mixed week. My self-started 90-day challenge is still on, and I’m relieved to get through almost the first week without major incident — something I haven’t been able to say for a while now. But it hasn’t been without a couple of stumbles, and I have to nip these in the bud [...]
Weighed myself this week…..ugh, but not too ugh
Posted in Weight on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Contrary to what “they” will tell you (“Don’t weigh yourself — you’ll get obsessive!”), I find that the only way to keep myself in check — ironically, to NOT obsess about my weight…..is to weigh myself regularly. If I don’t, I either talk myself into thinking I’m below the weight I probably am (ergo I can eat [...]
“Those aren’t ‘weekday’ foods!”
Posted in Ah-HAH!, Challenge, Fog, Food, Work on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting thought processes since making my decision to aim for a 90 days of continuous “abstinent” (binge-free) eating. I was at work yesterday, around lunchtime, ready to go use the fitness facility and get my workout in (we have a gym on-site — very convenient). The sun was shining, pouring into the fitness center windows, [...]
Early progress report on the 90: Off to a good start
Posted in Ah-HAH!, Challenge, Healing on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to quick post that I’d actually made this decision (read the post) yesterday. And I’m off to a good start (though the real test is yet to come), but what I wanted to mention an interesting phenomenon I’m noticing even now, at this early stage.
I have often used sporting events as my sources of [...]
Going out on a limb here: My 90-day challenge
Posted in Bingeing, Eating Disorders, Food plan, Healing, Health on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then, I’ve had to shake up my routine and/or my approach to continuing to move forward with better eating and related behaviors. Over the years, a number of measures have helped tremendously, but the only thing they really share in common is that they came from something deep within, a momentary light [...]
