Wednesday, December 21st 2005
And I was afraid (Gen. 3:10)
posted @ 2:57 am in [ Overeaters ]
* no calorie count–Chinese buffet
I read the strangest motivation article on Seven Ways To Motivate Yourself by Steve Gillman.
It was tip number 3 that I had to read a few times before the light went on. “Use pain. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) teaches you to link pain with not acting. If you imagine a scene of your kids sitting in jail for drug use - that might motivate you to have that talk you’ve been avoiding. Linking pleasure and rewards to acting is only half of the formula. Remember to link pain to not acting.”
I cannot seem to motivate myself this time around. Maybe this is a method I should begin to use. I certainly have enough material when it comes to others telling me of poor health problems due to obesity. Some are:
Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA)
Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI)
Heart failure (congestive heart failure)
Cancer (certain forms such as cancer of the prostate and cancer of the colon and rectum)
Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis) Gout and gouty arthritis
Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the knees, hips, and the lower back
Sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep, lowering blood oxygen)
Pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness).
Every year, obesity-related diseases cost Americans an estimated $100 billion.
Yikes! If I started imagery of pain each day, imaging myself as having one of these severe diseases, perhaps that
would be incentive enough for me to quit playing games with my diet. How about you? Would a scare tactic work?
Tuesday, December 20th 2005
Give here your advice and counsel (Jdg. 20:7)
posted @ 2:40 am in [ Overeaters ]
*1583 calories
I was skimming over some of the collection of diet devotions and prayers that I have written over the past 6 years.
http://www.geocities.com/editor992000/dietarchive.htmlI I was amazed as I read things I had forgotten about. Things when I was on top of the world either working toward my goals or when I had arrived there.
I mentioned before that it appears I rarely take my own advice. That is obvious from me having to start this blog from an overeater’s perspective.
Here is something I found. It is one sentence. I want you to work on it, but I am going to work on it also. Hey, isn’t that at least a start to taking my own advice? Here it is: Think of a eating habit you’d like to change or eliminate, and then list several ways you will go about it.
Unfortunately I have more than one poor eating habit, but I am not going to confront and overwhelm myself with them all. Here is the one that I have never conquered, and starting today, I will take valuable advice of others who have told me before: To set the fork done in between bites. To chew at least 20 times. To not watch TV as I mindlessly eat. To sit at a dining table. To savor and actually taste my food.
After writing this, I don’t have confidence that I will do any of these things. But for today I will and I will report back to you with my experiment. I want to remind everyone and myself, it takes 21 days to change a habit. Can I do it? Can you? Let’s get a jump on the New Year with resolutions we can keep!
Monday, December 19th 2005
Be therfore of sound mind (1 Pet. 4:7)
posted @ 2:31 am in [ Overeaters ]
* no embarrassing calorie count today–overboard
I am actually a positive person in Christ. Except for that area when it comes to an evaluation of me. I have battled to get out of this negative area, and on occasion I do. But I know when it comes to my weight, my self-esteem and confidence are below par. That is also a hidden side-effect of obesity–depression. So I will be working on believing (and getting) to a decent weight again. I offer you this poem and hope that you will begin concentrating on changing your thinking in this area. How are your thoughts about you?
By Changing Your Thinking
By Unknown
By Changing Your Thinking,
You change your beliefs;
When you change your beliefs,
You change your expectations;
When you change your expectations,
You change your attitude;
When you change your attitude,
You change your behavior;
When you change your behavior,
You change your performance;
When you change your performance;
You Change Your Life!
Sunday, December 18th 2005
Serving God night and day (Acts 26:7)
posted @ 2:19 am in [ Overeaters ]
*1596 calories
Weight loss all in your head~~newsbrief
THE key to losing weight is mental exercise and not hitting the gym, research shows.
Newspoll surveyed 700 adults across five major cities and found 65 per cent believed they had not been able to shed unwanted pounds because they were unable to give up bad habits. Sixty seven per cent said they failed because they did not want it badly enough.
Asked what needed to be done to successfully lose weight and keep it off, 91 per cent of respondents said it required a change in diet while 85 per cent cited exercise.
What do you say? Why can’t you lose weight? Personally, it is because I don’t want it bad enough. Personally, it is because my life is in a rut and actually, I must be awful happy in my comfort zone. Personally I only give God a few hours of the day and the rest is spent on me, myself, and I, especially at the dinner table.We are apt to think ourselves zealous for the Lord, when really we are only zealous for our next meal and the next “flesh food feast”.
We can lose weight if we choose. We can also keep it off if we choose. Life is indeed all about choices. We have a meal-to-meal choice. I cannot guarantee my behavior at my next meal, but I can guarantee that I am pretty tired of making excuses. How are you feeling about your individual diet plan today?
Saturday, December 17th 2005
Try my heart and my mind (Psa. 26:2)
posted @ 2:24 am in [ Overeaters ]
* 1553 calories
A return to normalcy today and in my sound mind. Not giving up, not giving in and still looking up.
I do have a very tempting day coming up. We only get take out pizza when it is a sale price. This week it is—two for one. I normally can devour almost a whole pizza by myself. For those that know me, they know this is a food item that I think belongs in the food pyramid as an essential. If I could get it classified as a staple I would be meeting and going above my daily recommendation. I have never even attempted to give it up. I have never even attempted to amputate it from my trigger–must avoid– foods. Somewhere in my heritage there must be an Italian screaming to come out.
I hope I come here tomorrow and report a good calorie day. I hope you don’t take the weekend off from your plan.
Friday, December 16th 2005
Be sure your sin will find you out (Num 32:23)
posted @ 2:45 am in [ Overeaters ]
* 1560 calories before binge with potato chips, pretzels, muffins and cookies
“Food addiction is a disease characterized by obsession with weight and body image.”
I would deny all three of the above sentence; food addiction, weight and body image. I would confess to loving food, but not to addiction.
But the truth is we cannot gain weight without taking in more than our caloric needs each day. That spells obsession.
I would almost bet that all that are reading this are all familiar with the Lord’s Prayer: Mat 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.”
I am obviously eating more than my daily bread. I hope to get it together soon–real soon. And if yesterday wasn’t a poor example of my self-control, the scale did register a pound loss today. Talk about learning mixed messages.
Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you.~~ George Mueller
Thursday, December 15th 2005
The race is not to the swift (Ecc. 9:11)
posted @ 2:22 am in [ Overeaters ]
* 1589 calories
www.mydietblogger is all about diet/health blogs. That is why I joined for the extra incentive. There are now about 90+ users.
The average dieter endures for about 2 weeks. It will be interesting to see how many remain active. This was a long way around to my point today. I have been blogging/dieting since November 27. Well over the two weeks. But the proof is in the pudding. I have only lost an official one pound since then. EEK! I talk a good talk. Now I have to buckle down and walk a good walk. I am counting on my being the turtle rather than the hare. I hope you never give up. “The race is not to the swift.”
Wednesday, December 14th 2005
Turn From It (Prov. 4:15)
posted @ 2:32 am in [ Overeaters ]
No calorie count–ate out at Chinese Buffet
Forbes ran a list of the most fattening holiday foods:
Apple pie
Almond kulfi
Christmas cheeseball
Christmas pudding
Churros con chocolate
Egg nog
Gebackener karpfen (Fried carp)
Holiday creamed corn
Julekake
Latkes (Potato cakes)
Melkkos (Milk food)
Roast goose
Roast pork with pineapple
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows
Never to soon to start planning our small Christmas dinner. I congratulate myself for not having planned any of these traditional foods. I also congratulate myself for years ago quitting the tradition of Dick and I going to an all-you-can-eat buffet on a holiday. I am in charge and there will be no one to blame if I overindulge. What about you? How are you going to handle your diet on Christmas Day?
Tuesday, December 13th 2005
Whether it is fat or lean (Num. 13:20)
posted @ 2:25 am in [ Overeaters ]
*calories 1608
I had an interesting lesson about why calorie counting is necessary for me. I made a sensible salmon pattie for lunch and had already counted putting it in a sandwich bun which is another 120 calories.
We had been shopping and Dick picked up two packages of Thomas’ New York Style Bagels. At a whim I thought I would use the bagel instead of the bun. I figured the calorie count was not that much higher. After a pang of conscience hit me, I decided to check the label for calories. It was a whopping 300 calories. Not exactly a diet choice, and exactly why counting calories and writing down the content counts when attempting to lose weight.
Monday, December 12th 2005
And he dealt wisely (2 Chr. 11:23)
posted @ 3:11 am in [ Overeaters ]
*1524 calories today
I am finding out even when our intentions are good, it takes a kick in the pants or a loving moment to motivate us. A kick in the pants just does not work with me. It might have worked before we are fully recovered through Christ, but after that it must be a gentle nudge. I am grateful for the many online Christian friends I have that give me a gentleman’s nudge because they know the Holy Spirit’s operations intimately.
Thank you all who have come here to support my public outcry and love and encourage me anyway. Even if you don’t post a comment, my heart tells me I am being heard, and perhaps that is all I needed this time around.
I did good yesterday as you can tell from my calorie count. I just wanted the opportunity to thank you all for bending your ear to my heart and hearing me out.
