Getting over an addiction..

So this week has been awful.

And I've been giving myself a hard time over it.

Then last night I heard a Psychologist talking about addictions (he was mainly talking about Porn addictions - but the theory can be used for any addiction, including food)

He said that focussing on what you can't have will guarantee a fail. Focussing on chocolate, cake, cookies and excess bread will cause me to fail. The mentality of "I can't have that" - is making me think about it. He recommended thinking on other things. One of the things was, "How can I bless someone else/make a difference to someone else's life today?" - in thinking and acting on this, we can get past the urge. Apparently a craving lasts 7 1/2 minutes. If we think about helping someone or blessing someone for 15 minutes, we should be well and truly over the craving. Then we can ask ourselves, when the craving passes "Do I really want to do this?"

I thought that was an interesting point. So I am going to give it a crack. Not only am I saving my body from extra un needed calories, but I am making a difference to someone else's life! I think it's a win-win way of doing it!

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Checking in - and weighed in

Well it's been a yuck week. Just not made good choices. But that's cool - because tomorrow is another day.

Another thing is that Day light savings start this weekend - which means I have an opportunity to go walking in the evenings. I hope to start that up as of next week. I have my ipod and podcasts ready to go. I am going to take it as it comes - weatherwise and pain levels in my legs, but want to try and do it as often as I can. The more I am active, the more weight I lose.

I weighed in - and results can be seen in the side bar there. Not doing too badly - though very slowly. I hope my walking will make it go faster. I want to wear that dress on Christmas day, so I have some motivation!! :)

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21st September

I'm still here.
Still plodding along.
Still counting calories.

I'm starting to notice a bit of shrinkage now which is nice. A top that had no hope of fitting me a month ago now fits - snuggly. But still.. it's closer to fitting than not!!

Soon it will be daylight savings and I want to go walking in the evenings when that starts. Better get some podcasts ready!!

I'm hoping the walking will help me with my goal to fit into my new dress I got last year on Christmas day. :)

93 days to go.

:)

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Update

As you can see on my "Current stats" - that I am slowly losing size and weight. :) just under 1 kg in a few weeks, as well as a few cms off my waist and arms. I'm not complaining! I am sure I would be losing it faster if I exercised. Walking around the backyard no longer worked, it made me too dizzy. We can't afford a treadmill just yet. So...

I'm waiting for daylight savings to hit and I can then walk around after DH finishes work. I'm not looking forward to that. The pain I feel is excruciating, but I'll just have to suck it up and keep the goal firmly in mind.

I have been doing really well food wise. I've managed to get the calorie intake just right, and menu planning is getting easier. Yesterday was the first day I had junk food and did a massive calorie blow out. I am allowing one of those, once a month. I had Hungry Jacks. Yumm... but I can feel the grease still lingering in my mouth, which is a bit gross. LOL

I am cooking out of the Symply cook books religiously and trying to find things the family like. Some flavours are not so good, some are amazing - so it's trial and error I suppose. Summer will be upon us soon - SALAD season!! :) It also brings Christmas so I will need to be very very careful!!!

Might have to hunt down healthy Christmas eating since I am hosting the family Christmas this year. :)

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sweating it out!

Housework IS exercise!!!

I've started spring cleaning this week, and today was my first day. I did a spring clean in 3 rooms and sweat like anything from shere exertion for 3 1/2 hours. :) I hope I am sweating fat!! :)

Weigh in and measure up next week. :)

So far all is going well. I am making good choices, I am trying to curb snacking. I am drinking heaps, and really enjoying the low fat food. :)

Father's Day weekend will be tough. I have a family do on the Saturday - so will need to eat moderately. Father's Day lunch we are going to a cafe which are notorious high caloric foods - but they do salads. So I am going to have a salad. :) I've planned ahead for these and looked at menus before going out. So I can plan for it. :)

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A small whinge

Do you know what I hate most about calorie counting??

The TIME it takes to menu plan. The TIME it takes to work out what I can eat, how I can balance it out and typing in the nutritional information for every new thing I make.

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Checking in

Hey there!!

I'm doing well. Still keeping to my calorie intake limit. I'm even working out ways to balance out my carbs/protein/fats better too. I get horrified when I find out how many calories are in certain foods, and run for the hills!! :)

I'm eating mainly recipes from the Symply Too Good to be True. I made a really easy peasy country chicken pie and YUM YUM!! It was so easy so quick and sooooo tasty!! I'll be making that again for sure!!

I am still getting snacky - but I think they are triggers rather than hunger. Every time I sit down to watch TV, I want to munch. I just have a cup of coffee instead. I get the munchies when I'm just about to start a sewing project as well.

I've put my scales in the cuboard - I have a habit of weighing myself daily and get upset if I gain after a loss. I'll weigh myself and plot my results once a month. :)

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