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01-08-2011, 06:47 AM
#951
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NE Ohio
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The best success I have with cravings is procrastination. I tell myself that I could have the whatever, but first I want to do something else. Usually the craving passes. With the Pepsi I have cut down from having three or four a day to one a day, and sometimes not even that. It is like a reward to myself. When I had to go on the gluten free diet I had to give up most of the foods I truly loved, so the Pepsi is my reward.
01-08-2011, 06:51 AM
#952
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal Florida - Mountainous Maine
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hum... if I had to give up coffee... I'd... I'd... I'd... go nuts! Oh, well... I uess I'm already nuts, so I'd... I'd... ..... <big slurp of joe>..... I'd rather not think about it, thank you very much!
01-08-2011, 06:52 AM
#953
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Posts: 2,229
Feeding my "other" addictions today. DS#1 gave me Joanns gift card for Christmas and today is teacher appreciation day! Then Barnes & Noble to buy 2 new youth fiction titles for my school library (stroking fabric & touching & smelling books... I am a sight in the stores!) and the used bookstore for me! The feeding of these addictions will hopefully help the Dessert Buffet party DH & I are going to tonight! Yes Missy I'm seriously considering putting duct tape over my mouth like in the picture you posted. Taking my own herbal tea bag, sipping, sipping, and I have made a deal with myself. I can have a very small portion of the 3 that tempt me the most. Small portion means no more than 3 normal bites. I'll do 6 small bites, savor it sip tea. I wish I thought I could just not touch anything, but I know I won't so I want to go with a plan I know I can stick to and leave successful. Also going to the whole foods store to get some real organic apple cider vinegar, one of Tru,s great suggestions.
01-08-2011, 07:03 AM
#954
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 3,164
Originally Posted by Cybrarian
Feeding my "other" addictions today. DS#1 gave me Joanns gift card for Christmas and today is teacher appreciation day! Then Barnes & Noble to buy 2 new youth fiction titles for my school library (stroking fabric & touching & smelling books... I am a sight in the stores!) and the used bookstore for me! The feeding of these addictions will hopefully help the Dessert Buffet party DH & I are going to tonight! Yes Missy I'm seriously considering putting duct tape over my mouth like in the picture you posted. Taking my own herbal tea bag, sipping, sipping, and I have made a deal with myself. I can have a very small portion of the 3 that tempt me the most. Small portion means no more than 3 normal bites. I'll do 6 small bites, savor it sip tea. I wish I thought I could just not touch anything, but I know I won't so I want to go with a plan I know I can stick to and leave successful. Also going to the whole foods store to get some real organic apple cider vinegar, one of Tru,s great suggestions.
01-08-2011, 07:03 AM
#955
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 2,381
Thank you guys for all the sweet replies to my post yesterday. I do feel good about trying to lose this weight on my own instead of surgery.
Today it is so cold and snowy that I will be stuck inside and I think I will watch some funny movies and nap.
I hope everyone has a great Saturday!
Missy
Today it is so cold and snowy that I will be stuck inside and I think I will watch some funny movies and nap.
I hope everyone has a great Saturday!
Missy
01-08-2011, 08:01 AM
#957
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 1,828
Originally Posted by trupeach1
I am still cleaning my room and found 5 new pairs of size 8 jeans from penneys the tags are still on them. they were $30 I paid $4.99 my goal is to fit into them by the end of the year.
wow size 8 !!!! I don't think I was ever an 8 unless it was 8 years old. I just purchase the book "Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork" by Mike Huckabee, hoping it will give me some inspiration.
thanks for you time, Cindy
01-08-2011, 08:07 AM
#958
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Originally Posted by Threadedneedle
Originally Posted by MissyGirl
Originally Posted by BMP
Missy are you considering bariatric bypass ?? I know several people who have been sucessful with the lap band and its less invasive.
I give you lots and lots of kudos for losing on your own, its a hard long road but in the end much safer than other methods. Congrats on your loss so far.
I havent dared get on the scales yet, usually I can tell if I am losing but for some reason I am not getting it yet. I am just hoping its because I have started back to regular excerise and my muscles are storing water/fluid for repair. they are certainly sore. I cant beleive how fast you can lose muscle tone, its only been a few months and I feel like its been a few years since I have worked out. I wont do this to myself again.
I give you lots and lots of kudos for losing on your own, its a hard long road but in the end much safer than other methods. Congrats on your loss so far.
I havent dared get on the scales yet, usually I can tell if I am losing but for some reason I am not getting it yet. I am just hoping its because I have started back to regular excerise and my muscles are storing water/fluid for repair. they are certainly sore. I cant beleive how fast you can lose muscle tone, its only been a few months and I feel like its been a few years since I have worked out. I wont do this to myself again.
I really am trying hard to do this on my own and not with surgery. I know it will take me much longer but the things that my mom has gone through is something I really do not want to happen to me.
Missy
01-08-2011, 09:20 AM
#960
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: dreaming of a simple life. Living off the grid!
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Originally Posted by Grandma Cindy
Originally Posted by trupeach1
I am still cleaning my room and found 5 new pairs of size 8 jeans from penneys the tags are still on them. they were $30 I paid $4.99 my goal is to fit into them by the end of the year.
wow size 8 !!!! I don't think I was ever an 8 unless it was 8 years old. I just purchase the book "Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork" by Mike Huckabee, hoping it will give me some inspiration.
thanks for you time, Cindy
I was in a size 18 however with losing 30lbs I am not sure what size I wear now. But if the rule is correct for every 10 lbs you lose you go down a size and I want to lose 30 more that would make it an 8 which is what I have clothes in so I won't even have to go shopping for new things.
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