Re: Jenny Craig
- From: "Su" <no.name@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:56:39 -0600
"CindyB" <cinqueen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:15:55 -0600, "Su" <no.name@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
but once you "learn the system" and have
the dedication to stick with it, you'll be okay.
There's the rub.
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there 's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there 's the respect
I know how to eat. I know how to lose weight the proper, medically
approved way. I've done it many times. I even do great with the
dedication to stick with it for up to a year in some cases. But 49
years of habit and poor eating is tough to overcome.
You're preaching to the 52-year-old alto section of the choir, Cindy. <g> I
went through it all between April 1999 to about May 2000. That was the whole
proper eating, aerobics, and weight routine. I was *thisclose* to getting
into a bikini again until I pulled the rug out from under myself. My
downfall was the fact that I was under the mistaken impression that I could
return to a "normal" life again. It started off slowly. Just one treat, two
treats, three treats ... I can cheat for a whole day ... and it all fell
apart. For some people, it has to become a way of life, for the rest of your
life. No different than having any medical condition, i.e. diabetes, that
requires guidelines and restrictions. Could you overcome 49 years of poor
eating if it was an issue of ... give into temptation and give yourself
insulin injections with every meal? Sometimes that's exactly what it takes
to wake us up ... "get busy living, or get busy dying." (quote from The
Shawshank Redemption)
I need to have my brain rewired so I know when I'm actually hungry and
when I just want to eat. Actually, I know the difference, but
sometimes that urge to eat is just as strong, if not stronger, than
actual hunger. Controlling that appetite long term is what I struggle
with.
You can munch ... provided you munch on what's not self-defeating. Figure
out first what the trigger is ... is it boredom? TV? Craving? Once you know
the trigger, you can go to the next step ... get the heck away from the
trigger. Or substitute something else ... if you're a cruncher, what can you
crunch that's legal? Instead of eating a whole apple, cut it up into pieces
and take your time eating them.
Let me give an offbeat solution ... my problem right now is Lifesaver
peppermints. I don't suck on them. I eat them. Chomp, chomp, chomp. And it's
always when I'm watching TV. I allow myself just so many and then I have to
stop. If the craving continues, I grab the Altoids. Those things are the
jalopeno pepper of the mints. They have got one heck of a kick, and it
knocks the peppermint craving right out of me.
A lot of it has to do with changing your behavior ... kind of like not
biting your nails.
You know ... somebody here should open up a web site for this stuff. Give it
a catchy name and everybody can "talk shop" about proper eating, exercise,
what works, what doesn't ...
.
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