The Intuituve Eater

Posted on 3fc Well all week I have been praying for a 2lb (would put me at 339) loss which would put me in to the 330s. Weigh-in isn't until wed, but i got on the scale anyway....335...woo hoo. Make me much closer to the size I wanna be to buy summer clothes much more attainable. Well I can say it here. Next weigh in is March 14th. I would really like to be at 329 by then. My Official weigh-in isn't until Wednesday so I'll be playing the game with the scale until Wednesday morning. Also I am waiting for the time I get on the scale and nothing happens......blah...but trying to stay positive. Something else people would day the weight is falling off, but I worked this crap off. LOL

Well I was thinking this weekend, my blog is always so positive, nothing bad has really happened. Well here is a negative. Being jealous of other peoples weight loss. It isn't that I don't want them to lose, but I wonder why can't I lose the way they do..... I've lost 16 pounds so far (I take the lowest number I see on the scale) and that's good and all, but there are people who have lost 25 lbs.....why can't that be me blah...There is also a woman who was exercising every day and did everything she was supposed to and every time I read her posts rather than be inspired I felt like whats the point I suck. I think it was she just made it sound so easy. Then she feel off the wagon and I said OK ...she isn't superwoman. I guess what I am thinking is I need to do it the way I can do it...what works for me. She can't do what I do and I can't do what she does.....and hopefully we will both end up at the same place. But I think it is because the

Well applebees is one of my favorite places to eat...I have have absolutely no idea why, but it is....so this weekend i went and I wanted the riblets and chicken platter....2000 Calories, but I wanted it and I hadn't had the boneless buffalo wings in a while, easily 700 calories if not more. Here is the nice thing, 3/4 of the buffalo wings and all the chicken fingers are sitting in a take out bad in my living room (soon to be moved to my fridge). I ate what I wanted of the boneless buffalo wings and left the rest. I ate the fried and riblets and left the rest. No soda just water for the whole meal. Didn't have any desire for dessert. This is kinda of a big deal for me, because it means I've changed. I realized I was eating easily 3000-4000 calories when I went for one meal. I would have a couple glasses of some sugary drink, and appetizer, full meal, and a dessert....and eat all of it. Sometimes this was all I ate for the day, but still... Anyway, kinda of nice to know

Posted on 3fc the Obie Plan Intuitive Eating-Helps with portion control and emotional eating Very unofficial calorie counting-helps me realize exactly what I am eating, avoid mistakes like eating a muffin I thought was 200 calories and it is actually 600 (yeah that happened). I might eat it anyway, but I like to know. I have calorieking book marked on my blackberry for when i am out. LOL Wholefoods/Education-Whenever possible I try and eat the organic version of something, but I refuse to throw out all the stuff I already bought. With the IE I started avoiding oily sauces and eating more fruits and vegetables.I takes me a couple of hours to do my big grocery shopping (and I live alone) I care more about what I am eating. I only drink water. No particular amount, but I have a 32 ounce water bottle that I fill up and I usually drink at lease one of those a day. I do drink soda and juice usually when I am out some where eating and I try to drink the soda/juice after I have finished a

I think when you are on a long life journey of some kind you usually come to forks in road that will decide how the rest of the journey will go. Obviously with weight loss everyday you make little decisions to eat better, exercise and so on, but then there are moments when you have to decide if your stopping your journey and getting permanently derailed. This week I had my period and I had been craving donuts. Thursday I went ahead and ate a donut and a danish, but I was ok with it and everything returned to normal. Last night I felt like I had one of those choices. I went to the supermarket to buy little things like eggs, milk bread. I wasn't hungry and wasn't even really thinking about food....until I got to the bakery section and saw the donuts. I know it wasn't PMS and I wasn't hungry...it wasn't even a special craving for sugar. I was just thinking i want 2 of those donuts and no one will know...its late...and in my head i was thinking they wouldn't co

Well lately I have been noticing my clothes are loser so I decided to pick a dress I want to buy from a store I can't shop at now in my goal size. Size 18/20 So this is from Newport New Glamorous deep V-neck dress in soft polyester mesh over a nude nylon lining. Back zip. 30" from the waist. Hand wash. Imported. Women's 9H G9025 Was $84.00 Now $64.00

I think I am experiencing PMS for the first time. By that I mean I went crazy for chocolate last month and today I just had to have something other than my usual lean cuisine and fruit. I realized before I would just eat whatever popped into my head without thinking about why i wanted it. Now since I am much more attentive I realize I do have weird craving.....

Well I haven't posted in a while. Seems like I learn something new everyday. I went to my parents this weekend and just ate. I don't think I overate as much as I normally would have, but I ate more than I should have. I also had a few days where I went over my 2000 calories, but since I need 3000 to maintain my current weight I am still pretty ok. I kinda fell of the excercise wagon. I am trying to build up to Mon-Fri and weekendos off but just can't seem to get motivated to workout as soon as I get home. I have a part time job at night starting thursdays so we'll see what happens. I am guessing I am going to have to adjust to nights. So I weigh myself twice a month I know I have lost inches because the black jean that were once super tight even after I wore them a few times are now pretty lose. So thats night. But here is more proof the scale is wacky. Weighed myself last night 345. I didn't gain or lose. Weighed myself this morning after first bathroom t

I ate alot today, more than I have in a good long while. I think it is the "in my head I am taking a break thing" I was pretty concious of it. I had some really bad pasta and a foot long subway sandwich (which I haven't had in months since I started IE). I was aware I was doing it and managed to pick thigs that weren't that horrible. I am totaled it to about 2300 calories today. I think I average about 1500 to 1700 so that is alot. I kinda feel like I ate all the stuff I had been craving. Next week I think we're going to limit my "break day" to just my meal at work and one meal on saturday and not the whole day. I also know how I was eating 3000+ calories a day. I had a muffin for breakfast. Normally it would have been potatoes, sausage, toast and so on, and then lunch and then a big dinner. I would say all of those are about 1000+ calories each. The othing thing is I feel like I really don't want anything else for the rest of the night.

Post on 3fc I did the big food shopping yesterday. You know when you wonder did you actually put all that stuff in the cart. Took me 2 hours since I read EVERY LABEL I think I did pretty good in terms of buying things that aren't processed. Funny story on my scale...I wanted to do a weigh in twice a month so the last night of Jan. I got on and had gained 3 lbs. I was ok because overall I am still losing. I shrugged my shoulders and headed to bed. Just for kicks I pulled the scale out from under the bed once again first thing in the morning and I was down 4 lbs. Eating has been ok.