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Hump Day's Blurb - Feb 6, 2008
Feb 06, 2008
Today I have to go to lunch with a friend who got a new job. It seems like all I've been doing the last few weeks is go out to lunch. There's been a flurry of activity at work with people going and new people coming. Seems everything in this office revolves around food. Every time I walk into the break room there's some sort of food there or some order form for somebody's kid's school. It seems like every minute is a challenge these days.
I just can't seem to get over this hill although I know it's my own fault because I just splurge way too much. I've been known to eat an entire pint of ice cream a night, a box of Little Debbie's in a 2 day weekend, etc. and yes POST BAND!! I don't know what's wrong with me. Everyday has been a struggle since I decided this week to keep my diet free of sugary stuff and chocolate until the end of Feb. Taking it little by little.
I'm hoping once it's gone I'll feel more in control and hopefully even get that stupid scale moving again. I have told myself if you are hungry enough to eat chocolate or a dessert of some type then you are hungry period which means I HAVE to eat real food...no goodies. So that's my mentality right. Keep you posted.
Have a good one,
Mandy
I just can't seem to get over this hill although I know it's my own fault because I just splurge way too much. I've been known to eat an entire pint of ice cream a night, a box of Little Debbie's in a 2 day weekend, etc. and yes POST BAND!! I don't know what's wrong with me. Everyday has been a struggle since I decided this week to keep my diet free of sugary stuff and chocolate until the end of Feb. Taking it little by little.
I'm hoping once it's gone I'll feel more in control and hopefully even get that stupid scale moving again. I have told myself if you are hungry enough to eat chocolate or a dessert of some type then you are hungry period which means I HAVE to eat real food...no goodies. So that's my mentality right. Keep you posted.
Have a good one,
Mandy
Food for Today's Thought
Feb 05, 2008
Today's Blurb - Feb 5, 2008
Feb 05, 2008
Well today I've successfully passed on all the donuts and other "Fat Tuesday" delights. I'm actually quite proud. On a normal day I'd have eaten a donut for breakfast and lunch. 
So my quest to keep sugar out of my diet continues. I'm about ready to leave work as it is 4:00 and I have to make the bank. I feel as if I have been walking around the last 2 days starving. I guess that's my body's way of telling me it misses sugar. I can't wait until it's out of my system though and I don't have these constant urges. It's really starting to work me over. I'm hanging on though because I desperately want this constant obsessing over with. I plan to relax tonight with some hot cocoa (sugar free of course) and enjoy a good book while it snows like mad outside...uggg...hope your night is better than my own.
Have a good one.
Mandy
So my quest to keep sugar out of my diet continues. I'm about ready to leave work as it is 4:00 and I have to make the bank. I feel as if I have been walking around the last 2 days starving. I guess that's my body's way of telling me it misses sugar. I can't wait until it's out of my system though and I don't have these constant urges. It's really starting to work me over. I'm hanging on though because I desperately want this constant obsessing over with. I plan to relax tonight with some hot cocoa (sugar free of course) and enjoy a good book while it snows like mad outside...uggg...hope your night is better than my own. Have a good one.
Mandy
Today's Blurb - Feb 4, 2008
Feb 04, 2008
Today has been going good as far as my no sugar phase is concerned. I"m really trying to get that stuff out of my system so I can get off this roller coaster I'm on. So far so good. Take it 1 day at a time.
I have also been reading some other member's profiles and have decided that I fit into that category of those that make excuses for their slip ups and failures. I use every little upset in life as a reason to eat. If I want to celebrate I eat, if I am sad I want to eat, etc. I suspect this is part of the reason I got fat to begin with. Well fat-ER at the very least. So I've decided that this must stop if I am ever to truly be successful.
Of course, the band will help me to loose weight eventually but my goal should be to get healthy not just loose weight and to do that I need to stop binging on sugary stuff even if I don't necessarily gain weight from doing so. It's simply not healthy. I've also decided that I'm going to go with my personal goal for weight loss.
The doctor's set a goal for you, you set a goal for you, and then there's the "realistic" goal. That's the goal I'm going for. I do not want to be underweight as I've spend a great deal of my life that way as well and although many will probably disagree with me but I didn't like being that way either. So I've decided to get real folks. Stay tuned.....
~Mandy
I have also been reading some other member's profiles and have decided that I fit into that category of those that make excuses for their slip ups and failures. I use every little upset in life as a reason to eat. If I want to celebrate I eat, if I am sad I want to eat, etc. I suspect this is part of the reason I got fat to begin with. Well fat-ER at the very least. So I've decided that this must stop if I am ever to truly be successful.
Of course, the band will help me to loose weight eventually but my goal should be to get healthy not just loose weight and to do that I need to stop binging on sugary stuff even if I don't necessarily gain weight from doing so. It's simply not healthy. I've also decided that I'm going to go with my personal goal for weight loss.
The doctor's set a goal for you, you set a goal for you, and then there's the "realistic" goal. That's the goal I'm going for. I do not want to be underweight as I've spend a great deal of my life that way as well and although many will probably disagree with me but I didn't like being that way either. So I've decided to get real folks. Stay tuned.....
~Mandy
Today's Blurb - Feb 2, 2008
Feb 02, 2008
Today I'm working on my house and it is totally torn apart. My stove, fridge, microwave are all in my living room and my washer and dryer are in my dining room. So I'm trying to think ahead now on what I could do for dinner without having to go through a drive thru. Hubby will just say, "Just order a pizza" but I've been eating so cruddy this week I'd like to have 1 meal at home today. I've already skipped breakfast and ate a left over taco from taco bell for lunch so I've not had a good start. Every night when I go to sleep I think tomorrow is the day that I'll get back to exercising but do you think that happens? Of course not! I've looked at my planner for the upcoming week and every single day has meetings! So I've vowed to get up BEFORE work and do it to get it out of the way. I don't really want to give up an hour of prescious sleep but if I don't I won't exercise. Which at this point I don't consider an option since I've been so lazy for so long. So if I can take baby steps to get back on track I figure I'll be there before I know it. So I'll keep ya'all updated. 
My goal today is to have dinner at home.
Have a good Saturday everyone and enjoy the weekend.
~Mandy
My goal today is to have dinner at home. Have a good Saturday everyone and enjoy the weekend.
~Mandy
Today's Blurb - Feb 1, 2008
Feb 01, 2008
As I sit here thinking about what I'll eat for lunch I glance at the calendar and wonder how the heck it's February already! The time is just flying and I feel like I'm standing still. I feel the pressure of summer coming and all that bare flesh and I feel a pit in my stomach grow. I am so not ready. Of course I recognize it's better than last year but I'm still not where I want to be. We have a boat so being around other people who are 1/2 dressed and looking down to see yourself dressed like it's winter isn't the greatest feeling. So time to kick things in the butt I guess.
I brought a healthy lunch today but just don't feel like eating it. Why? I don't know why. Just don't. Something cheesy and gooey sounds good instead....LOL. I think I have head hunger. If I just make myself eat what I brought to work for lunch and the hunger dies away I think I'll be fine with my choice. Right now I'm just too hungry so all the wrong things sound good. So I guess I better jet and eat before I find myself lined up in the Taco Bell drive thru waiting for my carb induced coma.
Have a good one ya'all,
Mandy
I brought a healthy lunch today but just don't feel like eating it. Why? I don't know why. Just don't. Something cheesy and gooey sounds good instead....LOL. I think I have head hunger. If I just make myself eat what I brought to work for lunch and the hunger dies away I think I'll be fine with my choice. Right now I'm just too hungry so all the wrong things sound good. So I guess I better jet and eat before I find myself lined up in the Taco Bell drive thru waiting for my carb induced coma.
Have a good one ya'all,
Mandy
Today's Blub - Jan 31, 2007
Jan 31, 2008
Well this has not been a good week. Every day was supposed to be "the" day where I stopped eating so much crap and got back on track. However, with the passing of each day the next rolled in and still not back on the wagon. I had pizza for dinner and then my husband just came home with some "presents" for me which were Reese's easter eggs. I have basically chalked up today to a has been and am trying to plan for tomorrow. Let's cross fingers that I can get it together so I can finally begin moving forward again. I think I might do South Beach starting next week to curb these darn cravings!
See ya'all tomorrow.
See ya'all tomorrow.
