| DebbyC
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Anyone want to share reasons why they are "back" on SBD after a lapse? I can't figure out myself - when I look back at my previuos success, realize that I quit after a particularly indulgent weekend - one weekend! why didn't I just get back on track on Monday? I could have, should have...but I didn't.
I hate to read the quit, fell off, fell off again threads....not the people, just the concept. It's so darn easy to follow the plan and one or two days does not a lifetime make!!! So maybe if we pre-determine what our diet busters are from past experience, we can avoid making the same decision to quit next time.
Emotional eating - dang it, you can eat all you want 'emotionally' but it doesn't make you feel better past the moment you put it in your mouth - how to avoid that next time....
Stressed - as above, but sometimes, stress is created [I know it is for me!!!] and sometimes created because we aren't taking care of self.
Illness - now that's a decent reason....but why didn't I get back on within days, not months?
Pregnancy - yuck [all I can say about that!!!] jk |
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:13 pm |
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| Mayor_McCheese
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I never really quit but I wasn't as diligent as I should have been. I thought, "oh one of these won't kill me or a little McD's here and there won't hurt". Before I knew it, I was eating a lot of crap again.
Got back on it about 6 weeks ago and feel great again |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:29 pm |
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| Alisa
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| I've been doing it a lot lately. On and Off....on and off...It usually was "on" on the weekdays and "off" on the weekends. Weekends are really hard for me as I get lazy when it comes to cooking. I finally had to do a mind set. If I want to lose weight and feel good and stop envying all the thin ladies out there, I had to stay "on" this healthy eating plan. Now with the long weekend coming up....its gonna test me. But I am determined. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:23 pm |
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| Mayor_McCheese
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| We always take one day to eat off the plan or this way of eating but we do not over do it. I think if you don't do this from time to time you're bound to start really cheating. |
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:17 pm |
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| rainbow~beach
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This is my 4th time on the beach, and I hope the last! I want to make this a lifetime thing...
The first time I did it, I had a great 1st week, then slipped into "one little piece won't hurt" mindset. The second and third times, I just wasn't determined enough.
I compare changing my eating habits to giving up smoking. Giving up smoking HURT. I did it cold turkey and have been smoke free for over 2 years now. But changing my eating habits is SO much more difficult than giving up smoking - cigarettes are BAD for us...but we NEED to eat to stay alive, we can't just give up eating to lose weight or get healthy, we have to change what we eat. And that's the difficult part.
I've messed up my appetite and hunger responses by yo-yo dieting, starving myself, binge eating etc, that I'm having to relearn it all over again. Am I hungry or tired? Am I hungry or depressed? Am I hungry or thirsty? Am I hungry or just having a craving? I have to ask myself all these questions when my appetite rears its head yet again. |
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:04 pm |
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| PixiesMom
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| I know for me it's just chemistry... I have Insulin Resistance and PCOS so when I eat some foods it just turns into crazy endless cravings. I tend to be way more successful in following p1 as p2 is quite the struggle in trial and error. Honestly, sugar/refined carbs (even corn!) are completely like a drug to me... if I wasn't so prudish I'd have a shirt printed up that read "Sugar whore" bc that's where I'd probably end up if sugar were illegal. I hope that's an overstatement... |
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Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:54 pm |
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| volleyteach
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I don't fall off the wagon as much as "slowly slip off and drag behind". It is the long haul that is so hard. I have to keep reminding myself how great I feel when I am eating like I should. I feel great! Like I can do anything ~ I am Super-woman! As opposed to how I feel after eating a chocolate chip muffin from Dunkin Donuts ~ guilty, headache from the sugar, kind of tired and wanting another one!
It is so crazy! Why would I not choose option A when given those 2 results?
Well, I am on day 13 and feeling great right now. I need to hold onto this feeling.
PixiesMom wrote: ... if I wasn't so prudish I'd have a shirt printed up that read "Sugar whore" bc that's where I'd probably end up if sugar were illegal. I hope that's an overstatement... HA! When you get those Tshirts made up order me one that says "(Simple)Carb Whore" :wink: |
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Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:29 pm |
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| jools
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Well after being on SB for 7 months and losing 70 lbs, I fell of the wagon when I hit 40 and was taken out by different people at different times for my birthday. And I was close to not being in the 200's anymore and for some reason I got scared. So I slowly, very slowly fell of the wagon and now realize that I have gained everything back minus 6 pounds.
I started again this morning Phase I and I'm feeling the way I did the first time I did it, as gong-ho and very much into food, the good kind this time. So I know this time is the right time and I don't have a fear of going under 200lbs anymore which is a very good thing. One more thing, my next big birthday is years away so I'm safe there :-) |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:10 pm |
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| Jocelyn8185
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this is my second attempt at SBD. my first one went a little something like this:
i was in the air force and went home for thanksgiving. i ate what i wanted and figured i could just get back on the next day. up to that point i had not cheated at all. the day after thanksgiving i flew down to visit my boyfriend at the time before he left for a deployment. something was wrong with his car, so we were pretty much stuck at his dorm room the entire time, and didn't have access to the type of food i was supposed to be eating. then we broke up, and even after returning to where i was living at the time, i just couldn't bring my self to get back on track. i started going out every night and drinking daily. i gained all of my weight back, plus some. it's been about 3 years (wow! time flies!), and i've gotten to a point where i'm fed up with the extra baggage i carry around every day.
so, that's my story. i feel better about this time around. i feel like i'll really be able to stick with it because i'm doing it for myself. that first try was for the guy i was dating, and that's never a good reason to lose weight. |
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:59 pm |
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| onehotmama1125
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| The first time I stopped, was because I moved. I had to drive across country and it got easy to grab something and go. And oh it tasted oh so good. But then I started dating and of course what do most people do to get to know you... go to dinner. So there is was. Then I went to go back on and won a radio contest to try this new "cookie diet" I thought i would do that and get the rest off. Well I did some, I got to about 194 and was one percent away from winning that diet for a year, but didn't. I wanted the other 20 off though. But then Life happened again, stress, kids at thier dad's and I am the only one home it was easy to just go grab something. But now I have gained about 15 of the last 31 lost from the radio thing and I see it in my belly and I get upset. So I want the rest gone for good. I am geting married next July and I will not try on a wedding dress untill I am a 10. :) I am a 14 right now. So hopefully this other 40 off I will be good and then maintain. The o nly downer is my boyfriend eats like crap and wont change. He is average size though, so he can, so it is hard. |
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Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:56 pm |
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| hypatia
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rainbow~beach wrote:
The first time I did it, I had a great 1st week, then slipped into "one little piece won't hurt" mindset. The second and third times, I just wasn't determined enough.
I compare changing my eating habits to giving up smoking. Giving up smoking HURT. I did it cold turkey and have been smoke free for over 2 years now. But changing my eating habits is SO much more difficult than giving up smoking - cigarettes are BAD for us...but we NEED to eat to stay alive, we can't just give up eating to lose weight or get healthy, we have to change what we eat. And that's the difficult part.
I had a great two weeks, then July 4th weekend came and I had the "one little piece won't hurt" which extended to about 2 weeks of it and still going. I am also trying to give up smoking, which is another tough battle.
I want to get back on again, for sure, and I'd really like to succeed this time. |
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Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:50 pm |
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| liamylime
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Well, let's see... life caught up with me, I think!
My husband and I separated, he moved out of state, my house got foreclosed on, I was forced to move in with relatives with my two young children, and I've been eating poorly ever since. I've gained 12 lbs. in three weeks! Ugh!!!!!!!
Tomorrow's a new day, tho! FINGERS CROSSED!!! :D |
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Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:51 am |
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I developed a real bad case of "poor Me" When I first did SB I lost 6 lbs in two weeks and felt great. Work got hectic and at first it was just a little cocktail after work :!: Then it progressed into afull fledged brownie fest :oops: and even tho I bought the book and read it twice now and knowing how easy the life is, I still am having trouble getting back on track. I am insulin resistant and need to do the eating program and especially the exercise. I have maintained the 6 lbs lost but that is it. I get up every day with good intentions!! :roll:
Dotty |
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:49 am |
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| fab50
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I've thought about posting in this thread, and never did, but here goes.
This is my third time on SBD -- my history is:
Pre-beach, lots of yo-yo ing...lots of different approaches...many round s of 30+ pound losses, followed by gaining it all back and usually more. From age 20 - 45, the range was always 140-200. But, after age 45, I gained a lot of weight beyond that magic barrier.
Since starting SBD, my weight has gone:
243 --> 206 -->248 --> 203 -->250 -->194 (today, and still going strong)
Clearly, I know how to lose weight, and I know how to sail smoothly for a while, using this or other food plans, always with modifications that make sense to me and work for me.
When I hit a rough patch, though, often around managing holidays and special occasions, I get into struggles that lead to old, comfortable, compulsive eating patterns. Old habits can lurk in the background and then come back in full force. In the past, it's felt like I just didn't have the ability get back from the brink of the old patterns.
Part of me is a very stubborn, very complusive overeater. Part of me is very disciplined and consistent. Part of me knows how to manage special occasions well. Part of me finds them very challenging. It's a matter of which part is in charge.
What I believe and hope is different this time is that in between the last round and this, I've developed a cardiac condition, and managing my weight feels literally like a matter of life and death to me. I've been journalling my food virtually every day and exercising about 6 times a week, both of which are different than the past rounds for me.
So, I've been back on the beach since the beginning of this year, and I'm down 56 pounds so far, and going very strong. |
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:35 pm |
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Hi, I'm starting over so I can really relate. Holidays, weekends, birthday parties, going out to eat with co workers are my struggles. I am also stubborn and feel I deserve to eat along with others. Well, the others don't have my weight problem. I go off my diet and I instantly gain weight, which makes it hard for me to get back. So I went off the SBD 2 years ago and gained the weight back. I determined to get stubborn about sticking with it.
Virgi
fab50 wrote: I've thought about posting in this thread, and never did, but here goes.
This is my third time on SBD -- my history is:
Pre-beach, lots of yo-yo ing...lots of different approaches...many round s of 30+ pound losses, followed by gaining it all back and usually more. From age 20 - 45, the range was always 140-200. But, after age 45, I gained a lot of weight beyond that magic barrier.
Since starting SBD, my weight has gone:
243 --> 206 -->248 --> 203 -->250 -->194 (today, and still going strong)
Clearly, I know how to lose weight, and I know how to sail smoothly for a while, using this or other food plans, always with modifications that make sense to me and work for me.
When I hit a rough patch, though, often around managing holidays and special occasions, I get into struggles that lead to old, comfortable, compulsive eating patterns. Old habits can lurk in the background and then come back in full force. In the past, it's felt like I just didn't have the ability get back from the brink of the old patterns.
Part of me is a very stubborn, very complusive overeater. Part of me is very disciplined and consistent. Part of me knows how to manage special occasions well. Part of me finds them very challenging. It's a matter of which part is in charge.
What I believe and hope is different this time is that in between the last round and this, I've developed a cardiac condition, and managing my weight feels literally like a matter of life and death to me. I've been journalling my food virtually every day and exercising about 6 times a week, both of which are different than the past rounds for me.
So, I've been back on the beach since the beginning of this year, and I'm down 56 pounds so far, and going very strong. |
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:52 am |
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