Marsia's Diary

Well you all seem to know your stuff . My brain has been so conditioned from the likes of WW and other slim clubs it's a new learning curve for me . My son was looking at my breakdown of macros etc last night was was well impressed with my protein.
 
I know that I am always learning. I think we are all doing pretty well. Having that will to improve our health is spurring us on to improve our knowledge & our diet.
 
I just got back from an all day meditation class. Wow, am I tired!!! Who knew how exhausting meditating all day could be! I ate nachos last night, so haven't weighed myself and don't think I will until another day or so of eating around 1,000 calories to make up for my lapse in judgement! Didn't eat them with any cheese, but still ate lots of yummy whole grain chips that did me in - they had quinoa and other nice grains in them, but were still obnoxiously fattening.

I agree we are all doing really well. There may be little setbacks, but I think we are all headed in the right direction together!!
 
We needn´t be perfect, thankfully. I do find that if I undereat too much or too long to "make up for" overeating I set myself up for another outburst because it deprives my body of things it needs (or thinks it needs). Hopefully it´ll work for you! A whole day of meditation does sound exhausting for the brain. Was it fun?
 
Marsia
I have never mastered the art of meditation. I do listen sometimes to The Honest Guys when I'm in a bad sleep pattern and that's about it .
 
Not exactly fun meditating all day, but very interesting. I tend to fall asleep a lot when meditating, and have done this so long, I can tell when I am falling asleep and can wake myself up and go back to meditating. So the whole day was little dreams interspersed with being relaxed and energized. I am trying to master the part where you keep your attention energized instead of so relaxed you fall asleep. But I have always been able to fall asleep at a moment's notice, so that is the hard part for me. The talks in between meditating were very good though, and I learned a lot about not having meditating be just about training the puppy mind that always wants to follow thoughts instead of meditate. So it was a really good day, but I have never meditated anywhere near that long before, and that was exhausting.

I weighed myself out of curiosity, and I gained 4 pounds somehow. Ugh. But they should come off again pretty easily.
 
It will be water weight, but it sucks seeing the numbers go up instead of down. Hugs from me xoxo
 
Yeah, I guess the nachos weren't 14,000 extra calories! I weighed myself again and am down to 202.6 today, so it definitely was water weight. The half hour of shoveling gravel and wheel barrowing around really made me feel good. Think I will try to do that kind of thing every other day. Got my hubby to finally find the dvd player so now I can do my yoga and weight loss videos!!!
 
Also try weigh at same part of the day . I find for me first thing in morning is best and I’m sticking to once a week . I used to obsess but try to be disciplined about weighing now
 
I'm afraid I'll slip if I don't keep weighing myself. I guess I'll just take it in stride when the scale goes up and down with the water weight issue!
 
If I have been good & I weigh & the scales have gone up, I really feel like stuffing my face. I know there is no logic in it.
 
For me, it makes me eat less when the scales go up because I have such a fear of back sliding. I have lost weight and watched it come back so quickly every time because I felt I was through dieting and didn't pay good enough attention to the scale because I only weighed myself again when my pants started getting too snug, and then didn't think to do anything again. So I am determined not to let the scales sneak up on me again even if I have to count calories forever!!

On a completely different note, the friend I mentioned who ruined his marriage being an alcoholic looks like he is drinking again, so I sent him a PM on facebook, because we aren't that close anymore, and that is my only way of contacting him. Made me really nervous to do it, but I figure someone should say that they hope he takes care of himself and doesn't go back to the bad state he was in formerly. I have to be careful not to overeat thinking about it now. I am not good at challenging other people, even if it is a gentle, hopefully supportive challenging!!!
 
Weighing yourself more regularly is fine if you don´t get obsessive. And well done trying to help your former friend, even though it´s scary.
 
I used to obsess so much about weight and weighing myself . I would weigh myself about 10 times in morning moving scales about . With clothes on clothes off . Cate I too would want to stuff my face if scales were up . I feel more in control now one morning a week . It works differently for everyone I suppose .

Marsia well done to reach out to your friend . I’m afraid nowadays most people just don’t bother . You are a good friend
 
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