Giving and getting advice...

momsy55
on 7/12/12 3:32 am - ME

Thanks for the reality check Happy! I also can't do just 10 ( or 1, or 100)! Thought I could handle a dollop of whipped cream here and there on berries, as this has never been a trigger food for me. For a long time, it's been okay. Guess what? - surprise! - it is now a trigger food, and the little dollop here and there has turned into a mound, almost on a daily basis. Found myself thinking last night that we were on the last can (bought a 3 pack at Sam's for the 4th), and once it was gone, I'd be done. The next thought was that this is old, compulsive thinking and behavior, and I need to put the can down now, not when it's all gone. Bye-bye whipped cream! Your post, is driving that point home!

HW (recorded) 323 Start of Journey 298.9 SW 263.6 CW 177.8 GW 180

Happy966
on 7/12/12 4:53 am

VSG on 08/29/11

You know what's crazy? I *always* feel relieved when I throw the trigger food out. Always. That monkey just *tells* me how horrible my life will be without X, when it's really a relief to not be drug around by the hair by X. Hugs!!

:) Happy

53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206

momsy55
on 7/13/12 2:05 pm - ME

VSG on 08/22/11

It was a relief to finally admit that it was getting out of hand, and to say "enough!"

HW (recorded) 323 Start of Journey 298.9 SW 263.6 CW 177.8 GW 180

tripmom02
on 7/12/12 3:40 am - NJ

VSG on 08/01/11

Courtney - Lap band to VSG revision

slatond
on 7/12/12 4:12 am

Beautiful posts ... thanks for the reflection. While I probably could do just 10 M&M's as that isn't my weakness ( I won't do it)... I have issues w/ chips, ff, dips. Someone posted abt the parm crisps. I have tried them and LOVE THEM. Beginning to think I might have to ban parm cheese from my fridge for awhile. While it isn't bad it comes real close to my weakness.

Happy966
on 7/12/12 4:52 am

VSG on 08/29/11

Ooo, I wanted to try those but they sounded scary-good. I think that *is* something I'll wait a while for!!

:) Happy

53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206

Lee ~
on 7/12/12 4:28 am - CA

VSG on 02/17/10

Happy, Isn't it great when the "For Today" applies just perfectly? Thanks for posting this excellent reminder.

June 30th was my last cookie. I realized that one made me want two if they were available. While eating two is not the worst thing I could do, it's the accompanying mental chatter that keeps me from finding my joy in the moment. It takes me back to those days before OA when I spent so much energy figuring out where to get sugar, how to hide it, when to eat it, where to et it and how to pretend I did not eat it.

My food is really so much easier when I don't pretend I can eat just one.