Just today, I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. And I’ll weigh myself and use Nutribase and the tools of The Hacker’s Diet to help me reach (and keep) my goals.
And Just 4 Today, I’ll drink my fiber twice (done once), drink 2 liters of water (I’ve drunk about 1/2 liter), walk 2 miles (Probably mowing our hell-lawn will put me over the top), NOT eat between meals & NOT take seconds.
And after the Lawns? Patio Blogging!
What are you going to do today?
Just4today: I will walk on my treadmill for 7 minutes 3 times today. (Knees a little ouchy so don’t want to push it.)
Just4today: I will drink 5 glasses of water. Did 6 yesterday and spent so much time traveling back and forth to the bathroom I nearly wore the carpet out. Teaspoon sized bladder is a real problem. (That’s more about me than most ever wanted to know.)
Just4today: I will not eat anything after 6 p.m. No grazing mindlessly in front of the television as if I had been lobotomized and only a craving for junk food remained.
I weighed myself this morning and promise not to weigh myself until next Sunday morning just before breakfast. I will keep this promise because I know that I suffer from P.W.S. and cannot be allowed near a scale except on rigidly enforced visits. (P.W.S. for those that are not afflicted is Psychotic Weighing Syndrome. Those afflicted will run to the scale at the slighted provocation in hopes of seeing a miniscule drop in weight. “Wonderful, I just peed, why don’t a weigh myself and see if I’ve lost 1/1000th of an ounce?”)
Good Morning Marge! I love hearing anything you want to share. That issue of PWS is a recurring conversation at E4T because I’m a firm believer in daily weigh-ins and lots of people fear that.
I’ve got to run off and mow a lawn so I can’t develop that conversation right now. But, I promise — more later!
(waving)
Thanks Katiebird.
The P.W.S. is something that I have a problem with. All kidding aside, if I constantly weigh myself and have no loss then I get depressed and then I eat and yada, yada, yada.
Others have no problem. One of my best friends has weighed herself religiously forever. She claims that’s why she hasn’t gained very much weight as she grew older. She was able to stop before a few pounds became a whole lotta pounds going on.
I think I will adopt this plan once I lose enough weight that I start to feel comfortable with the eating plan I have worked out. I know what works best for me, I just need to stick with what works. It’s not about a diet, that never works. It’s about how to eat healthy for life. That’s what works best for me. (And I get to feel smug and self-righteous around people eating the same junk foods I used to shovel in.)
I like the fact that everyone here has their own idea of what works for them. Willing to share but not trying to push. Great strategy and a great site. I am so happy I found ya!
Good evening or morning in my case KB and kenoshaMarge.
It appears I slept just about the entire day away. I can see I’ll be up all night tonight.
J4T I’ll try and get down 2 liters of water and I’ll get the kitchen cleaned. It’s funny how to much sleep can make you as tired as to little sleep.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
FamilyMan & Marge,
We’ve had surprise visits from family and the day has flown by.
FM, I’m thinking of you often as I get closer to retirement (2 WEEKS!) — I look to you for guidance in my new life.
Oh KB…retirement is WONDERFUL. You will wonder how you ever worked and lived a personal life before!
Enjoy!
I agree Shainzona!
I love being retired! I never seemed to have time to do the things that “I” wanted to do. I used to run around like the proverbial chicken and didn’t get much done. Now I take my time, do what’s important to “me” and am far less stressed.
Wasn’t that way at first because I had a job that I loved. I was a Secretary/Receptionist at a Non-Profit and couldn’t wait to get up and go to work every morning. Then they shuffled me off to the back room to let someone “Young & Perky” have the front desk, then cut my hours and basically just had me data processing for everyone in the building. I told them thanks but no thanks and left. I think that may also have been part of why I ate compulsively. Being rejected hurts.
But I got over it and am now happily retired and one of my pet projects is making hats and head scarves for patients at our local hospital. (I made and sold hats, handbags, totes, and fabric shopping bags on ebay for years. I was Hatbatty in case anyone ever saw my products there. Now I make things for friends and family, the hospital and I make and give away fabric shopping bags to complete strangers I meet on the bus. If it saves a tree or helps the environment I feel I’ve done a good thing. And the look on the faces of those I give the bags too is priceless. As they say on the teevee
I’ve been looking forward to (and planning for) this retirement for a long time. But these final weeks are pretty scary. After a lifetime of working for other people, I’ve got a whole lot of changes coming soon and sooner. I know it’s what I want. But I’m still sort of shaky…
So your encouragement is perfectly timed! Thank you Shainzona & Marge!
(There’s a new Just4Today posted….)