*♥*Wednesday Check In - Jan. 25*♥*

moonstruck · 01-24-2006, 06:56 PM

Hi Beachers!
Today is day #4 of my cottage cheese/yogurt experiment. I did yogurt only on Monday and Tuesday and even though it's TOM - I'm not weighing until Saturday. I just want to see what happens.

I did splurge last night and have two pieces of light Laughing Cow cheese. My job is going well - but ultimately I'd love to work at home.

Hi to all who follow!

vessel of prayer · 01-24-2006, 07:47 PM

Steph, can't wait to see how much you have dropped!!!

redqueen · 01-25-2006, 06:22 AM

Good Morning everyone!

Stephanie, so glad you're feeling positive! Sounds like you've found the winning combination! Keep it up!

Sheila, you're doing well too! Thanks for being such an encouragement to everyone! It is such a good example to see your "stick-to-it-no-matter-how-slow" attitude!

As for me, I've managed to put 3 perfect days together, so I'm feeling very good! So much better to be in control! I am practicing putting 1/2 of what I think I want to eat on my plate. And usually, it is just the right amount. I am trying to give myself a "visual" of smaller portions every time I sit down to a meal in hopes of training my brain to recognize the right size portions.

Hope everyone has a Beach Party today!

Hi & Hugs to all who follow!

zeraspride · 01-25-2006, 06:57 AM

Good morning ladies,

Stephanie - so glad you are doing so well with this program. I'm still hanging in there with you but I think I need to make a little adjustment. Anyway, can't wait to hear what the scale says when you weigh in.

Chris - sounds like you're doing well and in control. That's such a wonderful feeling! Keep up the great work!

rapture - hope you're having a good day!

I hope everyone else is doing well too. I'm doing okay. I been doing a lot of soul searching. Instead of reposting my thoughts from the get your kix thread, I'll just copy what I wrote over there so forgive me if you're reading this twice:

Honestly, sometimes I feel like I am the only one struggling and it's so easy for everyone else. You guys are living proof that it's tough for all of us. We all have our food issues and all have our ups and downs. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences you just don't know how much I needed to read each of them this morning.

I have been trying to stick to about 1200 calories per day and I am miserable. I felt like a failure and like I did when I tried every other diet known to man. My family would always dread when I would go on a diet because they said I got really mean and evil. I would feel so resentful and spiteful when I would be on other programs but I never got those feelings do South Beach, until I started really cutting down my calories. Now I am beginning to feel like that mean and spiteful person again. It's scary and it got me to do some real soul searching about what I truly want my goal to be and why.

I was driving home from bible study last night with a sugar free sundae on my mind (after hardly eating anything all day to try to save calories) and decided to go ahead and get it. But to make it a small sundae. As I was driving I was having this dialogue with myself, you know the old "should I or shouldn't I" and I knew if I went home without it that I would start binging on all kinds of stuff because I didn't have what I really really wanted. I thought to myself does having or not having this sf sundae make me a bad person? Does it truly put me farther away from my goal? I realized something very important and all your experiences you shared confirmed what I was thinking: This is a lifelong process and I have to stop acting like every food choice I make is a reflection of me as a "good" or "bad" individual! I'm telling you ladies this is the first time I am willing to acknowledge this fact.

I think deep down I was pushing so hard for "goal" for a negative reason. I didn't want goal so I could feel accomplished - I wanted to call goal so I could be done - finished with this process. I didn't want to be on a diet or have to exercise anymore. I was thinking subconsciously that once I hit goal I could eat whatever I wanted and never have to exercise again. What a dangerous thought though. The truth of the matter is that no matter what I end up weighing or what size clothes I end up wearing, I will always be on a diet, after all one of the definitions for diet is "way of eating" so whether I chose McDonalds double quarter pounders with cheese or a yummy grilled chicken salad, I will be on a diet for the rest of my life. And exercise? To stay healthy, I will always have to do some form of exercise for 30 minutes (at least) per day 5-7 days per week.

This is truly a revelation for me. I will never really reach goal in the way I subconsciously intended. I am one of those people that will always have to keep an eye on my weight. That doesn't mean I'm doomed to a life of deprivation but I will not consciously or purposely eat sugar. It really makes me sick the couple of times I have had it by accident. I will weigh daily as I always have because it keeps me on track. I will continue to go to the gym and make the best food choices possible 80%-90% of the time. The other 10%-20% of the time I am going to give myself permission to be human and if I want a sugar free treat or a popcorn at the movies then dang blast it, I will have it. I was always so paranoid about being perfect and racking up cheat free days that I have begun to take the joy out of my life with my obsessive behavior.

Today and for all the todays in my future, I am no longer striving for perfection - giving myself this permission to be human every once in a while is like a weight being lifted off my shoulders.

Thanks again everyone for listening to my crazy jumbled up thoughts. It helps to get my feelings out in the open and this is one of the only truly safe places I can do it.

Yankee Belle · 01-25-2006, 07:45 AM

I did well yesterday. I kept to plan though I *still* munched on popcorn. Luckily Jeff reminded me that I didn't want to do that and I threw the rest out after only eating a cup or so. I turned to strawberries instead and enjoyed the heck out of them. Last night after work I pushed my walking a bit more and instead of walking 1 mile, I did 2.4 miles! Woohoo!! I kept the same brisk pace throughout the entire walk because when I got to the point where I needed to turn around, I checked my stopwatch and I had walked for 22 minutes. When I returned to work it was *exactly* another 22 minutes later, meaning that I never dropped pace, which I worried I would do. My legs and feet are NOT thanking me today but they'll get used to it. Oh yeah... and the scale gave me my 3 lbs back that I lost and gained back when I binged, bringing my total loss back to 13 pounds.

I don't spend as much time praying as I should but yesterday during my walk I had a good

to

with God and BEGGED him for strength in my endevour to lose weight and be a healthier person.

Stephanie, I hope your yogurt/cottage cheese experiment works for ya! Be sure to let us know.

redqueen...I could learn from your example as to portions. Portion control is a real issue for me! Way to go!

rapture...good to see you. I hope you're doing well!

Lisa...I'm so glad that you searched your soul and are going to release yourself from unrealistic expectations. You're so right...this is a lifelong issue and you will always have to work to maintain the amazing loss that you've achieved.
I hope you'll go easy with cutting your calories hon. I'd personally rather see you be HAPPY than to make those last 10 pounds...though I'm sure you'll get there anyhow eventually. Just maybe not as quickly as you hoped for.
There's a lot I'd like to say but the words just aren't coming out right.
Just remember this... I know that a lot of people (myself included) turn to you for inspiration and advice but remember, NO ONE expects you to be perfect! Frankly, if you didn't have to struggle every bit as hard as I do, you wouldn't be as much of an inspiration to me.

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me: I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.

moonstruck · 01-25-2006, 08:04 AM

I will let you all know my progress. I dumped the cottage cheese,

I just couldn't do it anymore. I am using full-fat plain yogurt mixed with sugar-free/fat-free pudding mix and splenda. I use a 1-ounce package for 64 ounces of yogurt and this morning - I made a big batch of four 32-ounce containers.

Even though it's TOM - I will be shocked if I don't drop weight this week. I'm thinking about doing this through all of next week also. As far as getting through this Friday, no problem. I really love the yogurt mixture and savor every bite.

I got this idea from the main board - there's some members who do this to drop a few pounds quickly.

I would never do a water fast though - that sounds too dangerous for me.

zeraspride · 01-25-2006, 08:42 AM

Theresa - you are doing so well with your walking! When I first started trying to alk at my heaviest, I couldn't even go 30 minutes. Keep up the great work! It sounds like walking has really got you fired up to exercise! I'm glad also that you've got the 13 pound weight loss back!! Keep up the great work!!! Thanks so much for the encouragement! It was hard admitting some of these things to myself. When I turned into such a type A personality, I don't know. It's nice to relax a bit. I was starting not to like myself and was feeling so unbalanced. I just want to be able to regulate thoughts of weight and food and exercise to a normal place and not make this the end all to beat all of my life. I am truly not what I weigh. No one is going to put my weight or size pants on my tombstone. It matters so much more what type of person, mother, wife, friend, sister, employee and God fearing person I am than what's on the outside. My goal for 2006 is not a weight on the scale or a clothing size but good health (and to be grateful for every breath I am allowed to take!).

Stephanie - I am so impressed with your dedication and strength. I know you'll have a nice loss on the scale this week! Please let us know as soon as you find out!

moonstruck · 01-25-2006, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeraspride

Stephanie - I am so impressed with your dedication and strength. I know you'll have a nice loss on the scale this week! Please let us know as soon as you find out!

I will (while eating my yogurt). I LOVE the stuff. My appetite has really dimished and my stomach is a little flatter.

s1mon3 · 01-25-2006, 01:53 PM

Afternoon gang!

Theresa..you are doing the darn thing girl!! I am proud of you!!

Steph, can't wait for your results..I am dying to know!

lotwm · 01-25-2006, 06:27 PM

wow intresting the yougart and cottage cheese diet for a week .. I am curious to .. Not sure I could do that but sounds like if you stall for two weeks might be the thing.. Keep us posted... And hang in there everyone... Each day is one more victory with an occasioinal snack to help us on our way... I did still have a drop today... so we will see when monday comes. I am hoping..

BeyondClueless · 01-25-2006, 06:31 PM

Cough, cough, sniff, sniff....just saying hello! Went to the doctor today and I have an infection in my lungs and sinuses but the good news is I will live! I have been doing more of a Phase 1.5 because I not been hungry so today I had chicken soup no noodles and later on a slice of whole wheat toast. Hope these antibiotics kick in soon!
I want to get back in gear.

01-24-2006, 06:56 PM	#1
moonstruck lavender and lace Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 3,209 Gallery: moonstruck Stats: 202/202/150 WOE: South Beach Start Date: 11/23/08	**♥Wednesday Check In - Jan. 25♥** Hi Beachers! Today is day #4 of my cottage cheese/yogurt experiment. I did yogurt only on Monday and Tuesday and even though it's TOM - I'm not weighing until Saturday. I just want to see what happens. I did splurge last night and have two pieces of light Laughing Cow cheese. My job is going well - but ultimately I'd love to work at home. Hi to all who follow!

01-25-2006, 06:22 AM	#3
redqueen Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newcastle, CA Posts: 761 Gallery: redqueen Stats: 260/243/170 WOE: Stella Style Start Date: 12/28/06	Good Morning everyone! Stephanie, so glad you're feeling positive! Sounds like you've found the winning combination! Keep it up! Sheila, you're doing well too! Thanks for being such an encouragement to everyone! It is such a good example to see your "stick-to-it-no-matter-how-slow" attitude! As for me, I've managed to put 3 perfect days together, so I'm feeling very good! So much better to be in control! I am practicing putting 1/2 of what I think I want to eat on my plate. And usually, it is just the right amount. I am trying to give myself a "visual" of smaller portions every time I sit down to a meal in hopes of training my brain to recognize the right size portions. Hope everyone has a Beach Party today! Hi & Hugs to all who follow! __________________ Chris You've only one life to live...LIVE it Low Carb!

01-25-2006, 07:45 AM	#5
Yankee Belle Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 619 Gallery: Yankee Belle Stats: 293/275/170 Height 5'10" WOE: My Way Start Date: January 2, 2006	I did well yesterday. I kept to plan though I still munched on popcorn. Luckily Jeff reminded me that I didn't want to do that and I threw the rest out after only eating a cup or so. I turned to strawberries instead and enjoyed the heck out of them. Last night after work I pushed my walking a bit more and instead of walking 1 mile, I did 2.4 miles! Woohoo!! I kept the same brisk pace throughout the entire walk because when I got to the point where I needed to turn around, I checked my stopwatch and I had walked for 22 minutes. When I returned to work it was exactly another 22 minutes later, meaning that I never dropped pace, which I worried I would do. My legs and feet are NOT thanking me today but they'll get used to it. Oh yeah... and the scale gave me my 3 lbs back that I lost and gained back when I binged, bringing my total loss back to 13 pounds. I don't spend as much time praying as I should but yesterday during my walk I had a good to with God and BEGGED him for strength in my endevour to lose weight and be a healthier person. Stephanie, I hope your yogurt/cottage cheese experiment works for ya! Be sure to let us know. redqueen...I could learn from your example as to portions. Portion control is a real issue for me! Way to go! rapture...good to see you. I hope you're doing well! Lisa...I'm so glad that you searched your soul and are going to release yourself from unrealistic expectations. You're so right...this is a lifelong issue and you will always have to work to maintain the amazing loss that you've achieved. I hope you'll go easy with cutting your calories hon. I'd personally rather see you be HAPPY than to make those last 10 pounds...though I'm sure you'll get there anyhow eventually. Just maybe not as quickly as you hoped for. There's a lot I'd like to say but the words just aren't coming out right. Just remember this... I know that a lot of people (myself included) turn to you for inspiration and advice but remember, NO ONE expects you to be perfect! Frankly, if you didn't have to struggle every bit as hard as I do, you wouldn't be as much of an inspiration to me. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me: I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. __________________ Theresa 1/2/06---293 1/24/06--280 1/7/06---285 2/2/06---275 1/13/06--283 Honesty with myself will be the key to my success!! Miles walked since January 23, 2006: 25.8

01-25-2006, 08:04 AM	#6
moonstruck lavender and lace Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 3,209 Gallery: moonstruck Stats: 202/202/150 WOE: South Beach Start Date: 11/23/08	I will let you all know my progress. I dumped the cottage cheese, I just couldn't do it anymore. I am using full-fat plain yogurt mixed with sugar-free/fat-free pudding mix and splenda. I use a 1-ounce package for 64 ounces of yogurt and this morning - I made a big batch of four 32-ounce containers. Even though it's TOM - I will be shocked if I don't drop weight this week. I'm thinking about doing this through all of next week also. As far as getting through this Friday, no problem. I really love the yogurt mixture and savor every bite. I got this idea from the main board - there's some members who do this to drop a few pounds quickly. I would never do a water fast though - that sounds too dangerous for me. __________________ Stephanie 39 years-old 5'10" Wife and Mother Smoke-Free Since: January 1, 1999 "I can do today what others won't - so I can have tomorrow what others don't" Last edited by moonstruck : 01-25-2006 at 08:06 AM.

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01-24-2006, 07:47 PM	#2
vessel of prayer Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 9,649 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/155/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: lower fat, no more than 3 starches daily Start Date: 09/10/2005	Steph, can't wait to see how much you have dropped!!!

01-25-2006, 06:57 AM	#4
zeraspride Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,075 Gallery: zeraspride Stats: Highest 282.5 CW: 227.8 GW: 160 WOE: South Beach Start Date: 12/01/03 - restart 11/01/08 (down 6.2!)	Good morning ladies, Stephanie - so glad you are doing so well with this program. I'm still hanging in there with you but I think I need to make a little adjustment. Anyway, can't wait to hear what the scale says when you weigh in. Chris - sounds like you're doing well and in control. That's such a wonderful feeling! Keep up the great work! rapture - hope you're having a good day! I hope everyone else is doing well too. I'm doing okay. I been doing a lot of soul searching. Instead of reposting my thoughts from the get your kix thread, I'll just copy what I wrote over there so forgive me if you're reading this twice: Honestly, sometimes I feel like I am the only one struggling and it's so easy for everyone else. You guys are living proof that it's tough for all of us. We all have our food issues and all have our ups and downs. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences you just don't know how much I needed to read each of them this morning. I have been trying to stick to about 1200 calories per day and I am miserable. I felt like a failure and like I did when I tried every other diet known to man. My family would always dread when I would go on a diet because they said I got really mean and evil. I would feel so resentful and spiteful when I would be on other programs but I never got those feelings do South Beach, until I started really cutting down my calories. Now I am beginning to feel like that mean and spiteful person again. It's scary and it got me to do some real soul searching about what I truly want my goal to be and why. I was driving home from bible study last night with a sugar free sundae on my mind (after hardly eating anything all day to try to save calories) and decided to go ahead and get it. But to make it a small sundae. As I was driving I was having this dialogue with myself, you know the old "should I or shouldn't I" and I knew if I went home without it that I would start binging on all kinds of stuff because I didn't have what I really really wanted. I thought to myself does having or not having this sf sundae make me a bad person? Does it truly put me farther away from my goal? I realized something very important and all your experiences you shared confirmed what I was thinking: This is a lifelong process and I have to stop acting like every food choice I make is a reflection of me as a "good" or "bad" individual! I'm telling you ladies this is the first time I am willing to acknowledge this fact. I think deep down I was pushing so hard for "goal" for a negative reason. I didn't want goal so I could feel accomplished - I wanted to call goal so I could be done - finished with this process. I didn't want to be on a diet or have to exercise anymore. I was thinking subconsciously that once I hit goal I could eat whatever I wanted and never have to exercise again. What a dangerous thought though. The truth of the matter is that no matter what I end up weighing or what size clothes I end up wearing, I will always be on a diet, after all one of the definitions for diet is "way of eating" so whether I chose McDonalds double quarter pounders with cheese or a yummy grilled chicken salad, I will be on a diet for the rest of my life. And exercise? To stay healthy, I will always have to do some form of exercise for 30 minutes (at least) per day 5-7 days per week. This is truly a revelation for me. I will never really reach goal in the way I subconsciously intended. I am one of those people that will always have to keep an eye on my weight. That doesn't mean I'm doomed to a life of deprivation but I will not consciously or purposely eat sugar. It really makes me sick the couple of times I have had it by accident. I will weigh daily as I always have because it keeps me on track. I will continue to go to the gym and make the best food choices possible 80%-90% of the time. The other 10%-20% of the time I am going to give myself permission to be human and if I want a sugar free treat or a popcorn at the movies then dang blast it, I will have it. I was always so paranoid about being perfect and racking up cheat free days that I have begun to take the joy out of my life with my obsessive behavior. Today and for all the todays in my future, I am no longer striving for perfection - giving myself this permission to be human every once in a while is like a weight being lifted off my shoulders. Thanks again everyone for listening to my crazy jumbled up thoughts. It helps to get my feelings out in the open and this is one of the only truly safe places I can do it. __________________ Lisa My story: Lost 109 pounds on SBD (2003); gained 60pounds back - restarted SBD 11/1/08 Minigoals: 207 199 174 GOAL: 160 What about now? What about today? What if you're making me all that I was meant to be? . . . Baby, before it's too late; What about now? Daughtry Last edited by zeraspride : 01-25-2006 at 06:59 AM.

01-25-2006, 08:42 AM	#7
zeraspride Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,075 Gallery: zeraspride Stats: Highest 282.5 CW: 227.8 GW: 160 WOE: South Beach Start Date: 12/01/03 - restart 11/01/08 (down 6.2!)	Theresa - you are doing so well with your walking! When I first started trying to alk at my heaviest, I couldn't even go 30 minutes. Keep up the great work! It sounds like walking has really got you fired up to exercise! I'm glad also that you've got the 13 pound weight loss back!! Keep up the great work!!! Thanks so much for the encouragement! It was hard admitting some of these things to myself. When I turned into such a type A personality, I don't know. It's nice to relax a bit. I was starting not to like myself and was feeling so unbalanced. I just want to be able to regulate thoughts of weight and food and exercise to a normal place and not make this the end all to beat all of my life. I am truly not what I weigh. No one is going to put my weight or size pants on my tombstone. It matters so much more what type of person, mother, wife, friend, sister, employee and God fearing person I am than what's on the outside. My goal for 2006 is not a weight on the scale or a clothing size but good health (and to be grateful for every breath I am allowed to take!). Stephanie - I am so impressed with your dedication and strength. I know you'll have a nice loss on the scale this week! Please let us know as soon as you find out!

01-25-2006, 01:53 PM	#9
s1mon3 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On my way to VICTORY!!! Posts: 9,001 Blog Entries: 108 Gallery: s1mon3 Stats: 210/181/150ish - 160ish WOE: Induction/LC Start Date: September 10, 2008	Afternoon gang! Theresa..you are doing the darn thing girl!! I am proud of you!! Steph, can't wait for your results..I am dying to know!

01-25-2006, 06:27 PM	#10
lotwm Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 252 Gallery: lotwm Stats: 164/154/128 WOE: scaresdale /SB Start Date: Again Jan 3rd 2006	wow intresting the yougart and cottage cheese diet for a week .. I am curious to .. Not sure I could do that but sounds like if you stall for two weeks might be the thing.. Keep us posted... And hang in there everyone... Each day is one more victory with an occasioinal snack to help us on our way... I did still have a drop today... so we will see when monday comes. I am hoping..

01-25-2006, 06:31 PM	#11
BeyondClueless Bratty Tart Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,778 Gallery: BeyondClueless	Cough, cough, sniff, sniff....just saying hello! Went to the doctor today and I have an infection in my lungs and sinuses but the good news is I will live! I have been doing more of a Phase 1.5 because I not been hungry so today I had chicken soup no noodles and later on a slice of whole wheat toast. Hope these antibiotics kick in soon! I want to get back in gear.