Well for all the soup I ate, I don't seem to have gained weight. I just didn't get to eat all that much other food, and on Saturday night I had the soup and then I had a bowl of fruit and I was so full that I hurt. First time for that in a long time.
So I ate too much at once, that is why I don't think that I quite ready for prime time. It is going to continue to be a constant battle but I have to stay on the course. I fear the weight coming back and I fear being out of control.
I know that it would be so easy to give it all up, all for a pint of ice cream. But afterwards then what? How long would that pint of ice cream sustain me? Oh well it is like taking it a day at a time.
I know I have talked about not going off the plan - only eating the allotted calories, and how the facilitators say it is okay to go off as long as you get back on. But other programs for addictions (AA, GA etc...) don't allow for going off. I know that overeating is not an "addiction" but the same thought process should apply. We are changing habits and trying to find a new way to live, so why would lapses be okay? If some of the people in group truly believe that they are food addicts, then they should treat the program as seriously as an addict would treat their program with lapses not okay. Right? Right.
So I ate too much at once, that is why I don't think that I quite ready for prime time. It is going to continue to be a constant battle but I have to stay on the course. I fear the weight coming back and I fear being out of control.
I know that it would be so easy to give it all up, all for a pint of ice cream. But afterwards then what? How long would that pint of ice cream sustain me? Oh well it is like taking it a day at a time.
I know I have talked about not going off the plan - only eating the allotted calories, and how the facilitators say it is okay to go off as long as you get back on. But other programs for addictions (AA, GA etc...) don't allow for going off. I know that overeating is not an "addiction" but the same thought process should apply. We are changing habits and trying to find a new way to live, so why would lapses be okay? If some of the people in group truly believe that they are food addicts, then they should treat the program as seriously as an addict would treat their program with lapses not okay. Right? Right.
Right!!!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, my name is TLL, and I'm a food addict.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it's clearly best to not overindulge, I think the facilitators are absolutely correct in saying that, once you have a lapse, get back on the program.
I know my beloved T3 has had times (maybe many of them) in her life when she's said, I "did ???" & therefore I'm done with the program.
Thai chicken soup in moderation is a great treat!
Good T3! Bike ride in 3 days!