JohnsonAlternateDayDiet/JUDDD Jan 2009 - Page 14

donia · 01-14-2009, 07:53 AM

Thanks for all of the congrats and words of encouragement! I really need them today. It's a DD and I've been very good so far, but I REALLY want to eat. I know I've said it before, but I very much like the way this group seems to THINK about everything. You are obviously all very intelligent people. I'm glad I found you!

As far as the scale goes, I want to only weigh myself once a week but I tend to jump on after every DD. I haven't checked yet, because I keep my scale in the pantry, but I think my husband hid it for me! lol

I like the actual cereal part of the chocolate Special K, but to me the little chocolate bits were much too waxy. I know some people love it, though.

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 08:42 AM

Down Day for me today... and I know its going to be great! i am running errands on my lunch break so I will only eat once... after work I'll have a couple of cups of veg and a couple of eggs cooked in Pam. I'm going to a heavy metal concert tonight so I will be so NOT eating!

I have stayed off the scale thank god. Judging by the tightness of my ring I'm still retaining water. Though I did actually manage to drink maybe four glasses yesterday which for me is an accomplishment.

Here's my APPROXIMATE UD totals from yesterday... I almost got in the number of calories and my ****** measurements aren't exact so im sure I got there:

Calories 2,047
Fat 148.8 1,319 69 %
Carbohydrate 39.2 156 8 %
Dietary Fiber 9.1
Protein 108.2 448 23 %
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

OceanDreaming · 01-14-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donia

Thanks for all of the congrats and words of encouragement! I really need them today. It's a DD and I've been very good so far, but I REALLY want to eat.

Hang in there. You can eat tomorrow!

jgw · 01-14-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by OceanDreaming

Hang in there. You can eat tomorrow!

Thanks, Yes we can!

Leo41 · 01-14-2009, 09:16 AM

Donia-

If I THINK about eating, I will always want to eat. I treat the DD as a "given"--i.e., I know from experience that what I have planned will be sufficient; I won't starve to death, so I just don't think at all about eating. Try to have a cup of hot tea AND distract yourself by doing something that focuses your attention away from food.

You CAN do this--you just need to convince yourself that you want to do it.

donia · 01-14-2009, 09:36 AM

You are all so wonderful! I'm sitting here building a playlist of songs on Myspace to stay busy. hehe

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 09:43 AM

I always end up in heinous food porn threads here on LCF on my downdays. I mean, STAY OUT OF THE RECIPE and FOOD THREADS Kisha! Gosh.

donia · 01-14-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ilpirata

I always end up in heinous food porn threads here on LCF on my downdays. I mean, STAY OUT OF THE RECIPE and FOOD THREADS Kisha! Gosh.

Now you have me curious to go look!

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 10:23 AM

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Now you have me curious to go look!

Don't do it! The problem is on DD EVERYTHING seems like food porn. Even the what are you eating today threads lol.

donia · 01-14-2009, 10:38 AM

I'm sipping on a 170 calorie shake that I made and browsing the food pics. It all looks so good!

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 10:38 AM

and do NOT go to Linda Sue's website. She has pictures of all her delicious recipes.

OceanDreaming · 01-14-2009, 10:46 AM

Are you people crazy looking at food porn on a DD? You must be gluttons for punishment holy cow.

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 11:02 AM

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Are you people crazy looking at food porn on a DD? You must be gluttons for punishment holy cow.

but its looking at ME!

OceanDreaming · 01-14-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Ilpirata

but its looking at ME!

STEP AWAY FROM THE FOOD PORN!

donia · 01-14-2009, 11:09 AM

I'm seriously laughing now! By the way, my shake is vanilla and really yummy. It's helping me to forget about the left over spaghetti and meatballs in the fridge.

jgw · 01-14-2009, 11:11 AM

Love the Food porn thread. I subscribed to another thread and they post food pics too.

Zer · 01-14-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo41

I think that this woe is actually teaching me to listen to my body--for the first time in my life!

Oh, I hope this will come to me as well. I hope that I too shall learn to tune in to my body's nutritional needs and cease being guided by wicked wishful demons that tell me I can have what I want to eat and that it won't count when I step on the scale. LIES!

Food porn? AGHHHHH! Saints preserve us!

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 11:51 AM

I'm off to run my errands and NOT eat lunch. I will grab a slim fast ultima if needs must.

Quandria · 01-14-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer

Oh, I hope this will come to me as well. I hope that I too shall learn to tune in to my body's nutritional needs and cease being guided by wicked wishful demons that tell me I can have what I want to eat and that it won't count when I step on the scale. LIES!

There's another Alternate Day Dieting book called the QOD Diet, which is also a good book. The doctor who wrote that one suggests that an integral part of eating this way is to really listen to which healthy foods your body craves and make it a point to have them on your up days. Now if Nestle would make a Drumstick ice cream bar that hid some dark leafy greens in there unnoticed, I'd be SET!

Quandria · 01-14-2009, 12:15 PM

Today is a down day, a fast so far. My flight leaves for the Caribbean at midnight tonight so I may have some dinner before then. Then I'm not sure how the next 11 vacation days are going to go. We have our own kitchen and a grocery store nearby, so I may try alternating at least a few days but I don't want to make my best friend feel too weird for eating if I'm not. I'm going to play it by ear. I figure I lost all my holiday weight, so I can always just pick right back up when I get back. I'm excited like a little kid, I've NEVER gone somewhere with nice weather when it's cold and rainy here. It's going to be a real treat

I'll be thinking of you guys, keep up the excellent work and thanks to everyone who posts for making this thread so motivational and interesting. I truly enjoy coming here and appreciate your helpfulness and friendship

jgw · 01-14-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quandria

There's another Alternate Day Dieting book called the QOD Diet, which is also a good book. The doctor who wrote that one suggests that an integral part of eating this way is to really listen to which healthy foods your body craves and make it a point to have them on your up days. Now if Nestle would make a Drumstick ice cream bar that hid some dark leafy greens in there unnoticed, I'd be SET!

Leo41 · 01-14-2009, 12:19 PM

Quandria-

That may happen naturally on this WOE if we learn to listed to our bodies. I usually plan my meals a week in advance (so that I don't have any 'extra' food around the house), but I've been noticing that on UD mornings, I sometimes feel like changing from what I've planned--not unhealthy things--just different.

donia · 01-14-2009, 12:22 PM

Quandria, have fun on your trip! I would so love to spend 11 days in the Caribbean with my best friend!

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 01:13 PM

Quandria - Have enough fun for ALL Of us!
We'll miss you.

EmandM · 01-14-2009, 01:33 PM

Ilpirata - that is so funny about the food porn on your DD's. I watch the Food Network! I don't watch it normally, only on DD's! How tortuous is that? lol

Donia - you are doing great. I love Leo's advice. Don't give yourself a choice. DD's are no food days (well, you know what I mean, very little food)! lol The playlist is a great idea. You could also organize cupboards and closets. I've done that a few DD's.

Quandria - it is minus 30 here with the windchill, minus 19 without (Celsius). So I am VERY envious of your trip. Have a great time, we will miss you!

jgw - lol about the drumstick. Yum, that would be good. When I initially started JUDDD I would eat junky stuff on my UD"s just because I could. But now I don't, I found a real shift in my food cravings. Of course I still indulge in the odd treat, but nothing like before.

Hi to e/e gotta go figure out what to make for dinner!

mammapo · 01-14-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kater422

Just checking in. Today is my second DD. My UD went fine yesterday. I have been drinking a lot of water and tea. Havn't really had any hunger issues although last night while I was watching TV I noticed that I kept thinking that I should have a bowl of cereal. I talked myself out of it. I went on ****** and logged my food in for the day just to reinforce that I had a great day and that I didn't want to undo that with cereal. And this morning I am patting myself on the back!

Have a good day everyone.

Kate

Funny you should say that... I have always read that we should keep a food diary because it's proven to help eat on target and make better choices... but until the advent of online software, I just couldn't. Now though, I'm faithful, and I have to admit it does work.

Leo41 · 01-14-2009, 03:26 PM

About "listening to your body"--I tried an experiment today on my DD. I've always hit my 400 cal. mark, planning carefully to insure that I didn't go over. Today I had 400 cal. planned but decided to eat only if I were hungry. So today it's 300 cal.! Even though I can have another 100 cal. before bedtime and call it a success, I really have no desire to eat any more. Isn't this woe great?

Never in my life would I have believed that I could exist on a 300 cal day!

Ilpirata · 01-14-2009, 03:41 PM

Quote:

About "listening to your body"--I tried an experiment today on my DD. I've always hit my 400 cal. mark, planning carefully to insure that I didn't go over. Today I had 400 cal. planned but decided to eat only if I were hungry. So today it's 300 cal.! Even though I can have another 100 cal. before bedtime and call it a success, I really have no desire to eat any more. Isn't this woe great?

Never in my life would I have believed that I could exist on a 300 cal day!

Wonderful! I too am at zero calories so far... but I DO feel hungry. NO stomach growling so far but I think I'll feed the little beastie just before I head out for a long night away from food.

maizenbluebabe · 01-14-2009, 03:43 PM

I am now beginning to get VERY WORRIED!

After all this time, after all this sharing of our souls--and I suddenly discover I am spending my time with a bunch of MASOCHISTS! Oh horrors!

You-all are confessing LINDA SUE? FOOD PORN? THE FOOD CHANNEL? CLEOCHATRA?

Lord have mercy--this is truely dangerous living! I am sure that Jacques Pepin cant be far away! Be strong my friends, you can lick this addiction to The Dark Side if you really try.

maizenbluebabe · 01-14-2009, 03:45 PM

Quandria! DO have a wonderful time. Eat and drink and soak up the sun in the daytime and burn your candle at both ends--it will make a lovely light! And be sure to share the fun with us when you return.

01-14-2009, 07:53 AM	#391
donia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 658 Gallery: donia Stats: (HW 375 in 2004) 320(loaded to 327)/303/250 5'3" WOE: HCG Start Date: January 4th, 2010	Thanks for all of the congrats and words of encouragement! I really need them today. It's a DD and I've been very good so far, but I REALLY want to eat. I know I've said it before, but I very much like the way this group seems to THINK about everything. You are obviously all very intelligent people. I'm glad I found you! As far as the scale goes, I want to only weigh myself once a week but I tend to jump on after every DD. I haven't checked yet, because I keep my scale in the pantry, but I think my husband hid it for me! lol I like the actual cereal part of the chocolate Special K, but to me the little chocolate bits were much too waxy. I know some people love it, though. Last edited by donia; 01-14-2009 at 08:04 AM..

01-14-2009, 08:42 AM	#392
Ilpirata Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,061 Gallery: Ilpirata	Its going to be a GREAT Down Day! Down Day for me today... and I know its going to be great! i am running errands on my lunch break so I will only eat once... after work I'll have a couple of cups of veg and a couple of eggs cooked in Pam. I'm going to a heavy metal concert tonight so I will be so NOT eating! I have stayed off the scale thank god. Judging by the tightness of my ring I'm still retaining water. Though I did actually manage to drink maybe four glasses yesterday which for me is an accomplishment. Here's my APPROXIMATE UD totals from yesterday... I almost got in the number of calories and my ****** measurements aren't exact so im sure I got there: Calories 2,047 Fat 148.8 1,319 69 % Carbohydrate 39.2 156 8 % Dietary Fiber 9.1 Protein 108.2 448 23 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

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01-14-2009, 09:16 AM	#395
Leo41 Senior LCF member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,458 Gallery: Leo41 Stats: 340 then/145 now WOE: Low carb/calorie cycling	Donia- If I THINK about eating, I will always want to eat. I treat the DD as a "given"--i.e., I know from experience that what I have planned will be sufficient; I won't starve to death, so I just don't think at all about eating. Try to have a cup of hot tea AND distract yourself by doing something that focuses your attention away from food. You CAN do this--you just need to convince yourself that you want to do it.

01-14-2009, 09:36 AM	#396
donia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 658 Gallery: donia Stats: (HW 375 in 2004) 320(loaded to 327)/303/250 5'3" WOE: HCG Start Date: January 4th, 2010	You are all so wonderful! I'm sitting here building a playlist of songs on Myspace to stay busy. hehe

01-14-2009, 09:43 AM	#397
Ilpirata Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,061 Gallery: Ilpirata	I always end up in heinous food porn threads here on LCF on my downdays. I mean, STAY OUT OF THE RECIPE and FOOD THREADS Kisha! Gosh.

01-14-2009, 10:38 AM	#400
donia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 658 Gallery: donia Stats: (HW 375 in 2004) 320(loaded to 327)/303/250 5'3" WOE: HCG Start Date: January 4th, 2010	I'm sipping on a 170 calorie shake that I made and browsing the food pics. It all looks so good!

01-14-2009, 10:38 AM	#401
Ilpirata Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,061 Gallery: Ilpirata	and do NOT go to Linda Sue's website. She has pictures of all her delicious recipes.

01-14-2009, 10:46 AM	#402
OceanDreaming Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Oregon Posts: 720 Gallery: OceanDreaming Stats: 250/174/155	Are you people crazy looking at food porn on a DD? You must be gluttons for punishment holy cow.

01-14-2009, 11:09 AM	#405
donia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 658 Gallery: donia Stats: (HW 375 in 2004) 320(loaded to 327)/303/250 5'3" WOE: HCG Start Date: January 4th, 2010	I'm seriously laughing now! By the way, my shake is vanilla and really yummy. It's helping me to forget about the left over spaghetti and meatballs in the fridge.

01-14-2009, 11:11 AM	#406
jgw Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Magnolia State Posts: 5,307 Gallery: jgw Stats: SW229 CW185 GW150 WOE: Low carb Start Date: Everyday!	Love the Food porn thread. I subscribed to another thread and they post food pics too.

01-14-2009, 11:51 AM	#408
Ilpirata Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,061 Gallery: Ilpirata	I'm off to run my errands and NOT eat lunch. I will grab a slim fast ultima if needs must.

01-14-2009, 12:15 PM	#410
Quandria Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 554 Gallery: Quandria Stats: Size 16/Size 12-14/Size 10 WOE: JUDDD / Eat Fat get Thin Start Date: January 2011	Today is a down day, a fast so far. My flight leaves for the Caribbean at midnight tonight so I may have some dinner before then. Then I'm not sure how the next 11 vacation days are going to go. We have our own kitchen and a grocery store nearby, so I may try alternating at least a few days but I don't want to make my best friend feel too weird for eating if I'm not. I'm going to play it by ear. I figure I lost all my holiday weight, so I can always just pick right back up when I get back. I'm excited like a little kid, I've NEVER gone somewhere with nice weather when it's cold and rainy here. It's going to be a real treat I'll be thinking of you guys, keep up the excellent work and thanks to everyone who posts for making this thread so motivational and interesting. I truly enjoy coming here and appreciate your helpfulness and friendship

01-14-2009, 12:19 PM	#412
Leo41 Senior LCF member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,458 Gallery: Leo41 Stats: 340 then/145 now WOE: Low carb/calorie cycling	Quandria- That may happen naturally on this WOE if we learn to listed to our bodies. I usually plan my meals a week in advance (so that I don't have any 'extra' food around the house), but I've been noticing that on UD mornings, I sometimes feel like changing from what I've planned--not unhealthy things--just different.

01-14-2009, 12:22 PM	#413
donia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 658 Gallery: donia Stats: (HW 375 in 2004) 320(loaded to 327)/303/250 5'3" WOE: HCG Start Date: January 4th, 2010	Quandria, have fun on your trip! I would so love to spend 11 days in the Caribbean with my best friend!

01-14-2009, 01:13 PM	#414
Ilpirata Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,061 Gallery: Ilpirata	Quandria - Have enough fun for ALL Of us! We'll miss you.

01-14-2009, 01:33 PM	#415
EmandM Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 754 Gallery: EmandM Stats: Maintaining at 114 (5'5" 35 yrs) WOE: JUDDD/Whole foods Start Date: JUDDD start date: Nov. '08	Ilpirata - that is so funny about the food porn on your DD's. I watch the Food Network! I don't watch it normally, only on DD's! How tortuous is that? lol Donia - you are doing great. I love Leo's advice. Don't give yourself a choice. DD's are no food days (well, you know what I mean, very little food)! lol The playlist is a great idea. You could also organize cupboards and closets. I've done that a few DD's. Quandria - it is minus 30 here with the windchill, minus 19 without (Celsius). So I am VERY envious of your trip. Have a great time, we will miss you! jgw - lol about the drumstick. Yum, that would be good. When I initially started JUDDD I would eat junky stuff on my UD"s just because I could. But now I don't, I found a real shift in my food cravings. Of course I still indulge in the odd treat, but nothing like before. Hi to e/e gotta go figure out what to make for dinner!

01-14-2009, 03:26 PM	#417
Leo41 Senior LCF member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,458 Gallery: Leo41 Stats: 340 then/145 now WOE: Low carb/calorie cycling	About "listening to your body"--I tried an experiment today on my DD. I've always hit my 400 cal. mark, planning carefully to insure that I didn't go over. Today I had 400 cal. planned but decided to eat only if I were hungry. So today it's 300 cal.! Even though I can have another 100 cal. before bedtime and call it a success, I really have no desire to eat any more. Isn't this woe great? Never in my life would I have believed that I could exist on a 300 cal day!

01-14-2009, 03:43 PM	#419
maizenbluebabe Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 1,366 Gallery: maizenbluebabe Stats: 182.0/168.4/150 WOE: LowCarb, JUDDD Start Date: June 08	I am now beginning to get VERY WORRIED! After all this time, after all this sharing of our souls--and I suddenly discover I am spending my time with a bunch of MASOCHISTS! Oh horrors! You-all are confessing LINDA SUE? FOOD PORN? THE FOOD CHANNEL? CLEOCHATRA? Lord have mercy--this is truely dangerous living! I am sure that Jacques Pepin cant be far away! Be strong my friends, you can lick this addiction to The Dark Side if you really try.

01-14-2009, 03:45 PM	#420
maizenbluebabe Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 1,366 Gallery: maizenbluebabe Stats: 182.0/168.4/150 WOE: LowCarb, JUDDD Start Date: June 08	Quandria! DO have a wonderful time. Eat and drink and soak up the sun in the daytime and burn your candle at both ends--it will make a lovely light! And be sure to share the fun with us when you return.