12-13-2006, 06:46 AM
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TT Master
Join Date: Jan 2005 |
Location: Hemet,CA |
WLS Type: Gastric Bypass |
Surgeon: Dr. Callery |
Start Weight: 315 |
Current Weight: 150 |
Goal Weight: 165 |
Surgery Date: 10/24/2005 |
Age: 38 |
Posts: 2,294 |
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Recognizing the behavior is so key! Because now you KNOW what it is! My suggestion, other then counseling which I think we should all be in anyway, is to journal. I used to write all the time. It was cathartic. But over the years gave it up. Now I'm back to it again per a suggestion from Bridget. And when I find myself standing in the pantry, or getting ready to make a poor food choice, I stop for a few minutes and just write down what I am feeling. WHY? Why am I craving this or that? WHAT am I feeling at that very moment. It really has been so very helpful and insightful. I'm learning a lot about myself. And after a few minutes I am finding that I have become empowered because I am understanding what motivated me to be standing in the pantry in the first place! Self-sabatoge is a real b*tch, and stems from our lack of self-confidence. Just as we are starting to be successful we look for failure. How many times in the past, on a diet, would you see that you had lost 4 pounds in a week, and celebrate by having a candy bar? Then you'd be mad that you had it, and have a cheeseburger... Don't let YOU sabatoge YOU... write write write!
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~~Robin~~
~~Dr. C was impressed by me!~~
315/150/165 ..... -112 inches, From a size 32 to a size 10. Below Goal :P 165 pounds no longer linger on my ass!
October, 24 2005
Sometimes I feel like all I am doing is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic 
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln
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