Wow, it's so hard to believe I haven't posted since April of 2013?!
Guess I wanted to eat more than I wanted to blog INSTEAD OF EATING.
However I had a epiphany in November. Something finally clicked for me.
After 16 years of fighting it, I finally have a food sponsor.
Wow, sounds great right?? But what the heck does that mean?
It means I am accountable to another person for everything I eat.
Every evening (or the next morning, depending on my schedule) I go to Myfitnesspal.com and report what I plan to eat that day, along with making any corrections to the previous day's food.
Then I can create a .pdf of the two days and I send it to my food sponsor.
It has been amazing. I have lost 13lbs since 11/20. That's right. I lost weight over the holidays.
Unbelievable, but true!
I commit to blogging more each week and to telling you more about my life, all the ups and all the downs.
Is anyone still out there??
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Monday, March 5, 2012
Boy how time flies!
I cannot believe I missed an entire month of posting?
Well, let me rephrase that. I CAN believe it, but I'm not happy about it.
I have recovered from my friends passing...boy was that difficult. I was really depressed and eating out of control!
BUT, once I recovered and the sadness lifted, my eating mostly righted itself...mostly.
Oh, that and I got a food sponsor.
What is a food sponsor you ask?
In my Overeaters Anonymous, my 12 step eating program, we sometimes have food sponsors.
I have a spreadsheet where I document what I ate, approximately when, how I felt about it, then I document any exercise, any program work, and and worries/thoughts I have at the end of the day. And before I send todays food, I plan tomorrows.
It's fantastic!
And, since I started I have lost 5 lbs and KEPT it off! THAT is HUGE for me!!
I find that because I had to admit everything I eat, I am more conscious of my fruits and vegetables, and how often I go out to eat, and what choices I'm making when I DO go out to eat. Those are HUGE differences to my more lax eating habits!!
It's only been a month, and I told her I'd do it "for today" so we'll see how it progresses, but "for today", I'm am grateful for my food sponsor.
Well, let me rephrase that. I CAN believe it, but I'm not happy about it.
I have recovered from my friends passing...boy was that difficult. I was really depressed and eating out of control!
BUT, once I recovered and the sadness lifted, my eating mostly righted itself...mostly.
Oh, that and I got a food sponsor.
What is a food sponsor you ask?
In my Overeaters Anonymous, my 12 step eating program, we sometimes have food sponsors.
I have a spreadsheet where I document what I ate, approximately when, how I felt about it, then I document any exercise, any program work, and and worries/thoughts I have at the end of the day. And before I send todays food, I plan tomorrows.
It's fantastic!
And, since I started I have lost 5 lbs and KEPT it off! THAT is HUGE for me!!
I find that because I had to admit everything I eat, I am more conscious of my fruits and vegetables, and how often I go out to eat, and what choices I'm making when I DO go out to eat. Those are HUGE differences to my more lax eating habits!!
It's only been a month, and I told her I'd do it "for today" so we'll see how it progresses, but "for today", I'm am grateful for my food sponsor.
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