Re: Jenny Craig

Honestly, I've always thought it would be easier to just stop eating
completely than to retrain yourself to eat properly. I wish there were just
"food pills" that you could take in place of meals. Soylent Green,
anyone?!?

Bambi C.

"Su" <no.name@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"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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