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Thank you all, I'm very happy to see my experience is useful to someone.
I just thought of another way my thinking sabotaged me. I used to think it wasn't fair that I had to diet. I'd see a pizza commercial and think the company wouldn't be paying for that unless it made tens of thousands of people across America immediately go out and buy a pizza. Why can they have it and I can't?
I don't know why it took me so long to look around and realize that most of those people are overweight. I could eat it too if I didn't mind staying overweight.
Yeah, there are a few people who can eat anything and stay thin, but they're in the minority. A former Boise State Bronco who is now a starting O-Lineman for the Denver Broncos has a food blog that I read. He blogged that he went to a fair with his family and ate only one fried Oreo as the rest of his family taunted him while eating several. In another blog he talked about how he found some big frozen burritos that he loved because they filled him up with only one tortilla that kept his carb intake down where with other brands he had to eat 2. I was shocked to see that a 300+ pound man who gets a ton of exercise has to watch what he eats!
If a professional athlete who earns a living by being HUGE has to watch what he eats, then I guess it IS fair that I have to eat right in order to look good and be healthy.
How do you use them? Just eat them, or put them in something?
I drink them, I add 1 TBS to a glass of water or add them to smoothies or juice, let them sit for 15 minutes, they form into a gel, then I stir it and drink. I try to drink this about a half hour before breakfast and dinner, they swell up in your stomach making you feel full longer.
I drink them, I add 1 TBS to a glass of water or add them to smoothies or juice, let them sit for 15 minutes, they form into a gel, then I stir it and drink. I try to drink this about a half hour before breakfast and dinner, they swell up in your stomach making you feel full longer.
Kind of like a trendier version of metamucil, right?
I drink them, I add 1 TBS to a glass of water or add them to smoothies or juice, let them sit for 15 minutes, they form into a gel, then I stir it and drink. I try to drink this about a half hour before breakfast and dinner, they swell up in your stomach making you feel full longer.
65 calories per Tbsp, I think I'll try them. I wonder if Fred Meyer has them in their bulk bins?
I drink them, I add 1 TBS to a glass of water or add them to smoothies or juice, let them sit for 15 minutes, they form into a gel, then I stir it and drink. I try to drink this about a half hour before breakfast and dinner, they swell up in your stomach making you feel full longer.
any side effects to using these? Do they make you constipated? I read a little bit on them and it's sounds like something to try. Maybe my local health food store carries them.
Lilly, thank you for sharing your thought processes with all of us. I'm not calling it "dieting" anymore; it's a change in my eating habits, that's all. The first place I'm starting is portion size, and just being aware of how much my diet has drifted away from what I know is healthy. I'm also trying to not drink my calories; I put so much cream and sugar into my coffee that a friend of mine calls it "dessert"! I was drinking two cups a day; now I'm down to one. I'm also drinking more water, which is better for me in general.
I've also started to exercise, but I've chosen something that's fun - dancing. Moving more makes me feel better (my joints loosen up, and I have a better outlook emotionally).
I'm going to weigh myself once a week, but measure myself only once a month. I'll be able to tell the difference by the way my clothes fit, anyway, but I need to track my progress.
The best way for me to cope is to think of this as: "I need to lose five pounds." If I think, "I need to lose twenty-five pounds", that's overwhelming. Anyone can lose five pounds, right? And then another five, and so on. I just need to stick with this until I lose about fifteen pounds and have gone down one size! That'll be all the motivation I need to keep going!
Self-sabotage is a dangerous thing. I tend to do the "F--- that, who cares?" inner dialog when I stop at McDonald's. It's an angry voice, so I need to identify where the anger is coming from and why it's self-directed. Food for thought! (Pun intended! )
Self-sabotage is a dangerous thing. I tend to do the "F--- that, who cares?" inner dialog when I stop at McDonald's. It's an angry voice, so I need to identify where the anger is coming from and why it's self-directed. Food for thought! (Pun intended! )
Yep, sometimes it's a hard problem to solve.
Me, after 10 years I still haven't figured out why I rationalize eating after I see what I weigh, nor have I figured out how to stop the rationalizing. But I didn't want to stay fat till I figured it out, so I had to just stop weighing except when I had a planned treat day anyway.
I've been using chia seeds twice a day, they make me feel full for hours and I've been able to lose weight just by adding these seeds.
You are soaking the chia seeds first before consuming, right?
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And then another five, and so on. I just need to stick with this until I lose about fifteen pounds and have gone down one size! That'll be all the motivation I need to keep going!
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