RollCall 9/25

[Outback Jess]

Morning STACers. Up early, worked out with a friend and started day for and my self talk. Today I am in control of the food, the food is not in control of me. The farther I get to the substances that are controlling in my world the better. You know my husband is sitting in the kitchen eating a totally carb breakfast. No protein in sight. He weights 152 and has been with in 5lbs of that for 18 yrs of his married life. Food doesn't control his choices or his weight. He eat when he is hungry and stops when he is full. He can eat any thing, and then He can leave it....box it up and have left overs. I cannot seem to do that! My girlfriend and I ate alot recently. She ate til full and then pushed the plate away....amazing. I can't do that either.

I have to step away from foods that have a controlling addictive trigging hold in my world. Once I do that and get over it physically and mentally I am free! If I don't give that control back over, things go fine. So I am in the early days of establishing the control, keeping the control and not giving it up....It's not so easy to reproduce!
No giving control over to the cookie!

[blueberrylady]

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I was like that too, Jess. I had to eat it all, there were no leftovers! But all the fat on Atkins makes me feel fullness. Now my husband complains that there are too many leftovers for him to eat, and he reminds me of the time when there weren't any and how much I used to eat compared to now.

And it's true, I was eating so much that it was actually scaring me but I couldn't stop. I would watch those shows on TV about people who weigh 600 pounds and wondered how they ever got that big until I realized that I was headed there too if I didn't do something. It's all about pushing that plate away because the stuff on it will kill you if you let it.

Good morning Stacers. Have a great day!

[Barb1965]

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Good morning STACer's. I look forward to reading the morning inspiration from each of you. I'm on day 2 of induction and doing well. Hope you all have a great day!

[Brook]

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<sneaks in to whistle at Jess and her pic>

<sneaks back out>

[tljack]

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Good Morning and thanks for the great message today! I hear you about food addictions - while I don't have any food addictions, I do have a nicotine addiction so I know how it feels to "need" that addicting substance. Good luck to all today!

Tracy

[SandyL2002]

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Hello... Went out to water aerobics this morning.. I have to tell you I almost caved yesterday I had to fight my flesh soooooooo bad... But I did it.. I took a sneak peek at the scale and I wasn't suppose to until Sunday.. Looking like a good number Nice reward for fighting my flesh..

Daughters boyfriends birthday dinner tonight..Having to take my own meat... but I am bringing the salad.. They are use to me eating this way so they won't try to make me eat anything..

[mygoyal]

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My hubby is skinny too, eats whatever he wants and doesn't gain an ounce and I used to look at him with envy over that knowing that I will never be able to eat the pure junk food that he does with that same wild abandon and not gain wait. Now I am realizing that I really shouldn't want to eat it in the first place.

It's amazing how much control I've given to the wrong types of food. It's amazing to me that I've let my control go to any type of food.

Will I ever get the point where giving control won't happen and therefore becomes a non-issue?

[Grniidgrl]

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One thing my family and friends would say about me is that I am a control freak So how does someone Soooo in control of everything be way out of control with food? I cant tell you - I have been searching for a way to be in control of my food/eating/exercising for years and the only place I am in control is on this plan and it works for me. That's it.

No other woe is safe for me. On this woe I KNOW I wont lose control - I am so much more comfortable at meal time - no more guilt from eating too much or too much of the wrong thing. All because I dont have to think about what I am eating... I just cant deviate from the plan

Anyhow, enough rambling ... hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
Drink that water and think healthy!

[redfoxglove]

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Hello, I missed checking in yesterday due to the time requirements for school. Today I only had to be there until 11. I usually have a snack from home at 11, so I thought I would be safe to just wait til I got home. Nope, at 1130 when my husband came to pick me up (I usually have my car there), I had to stop by the store to get salad greens. By 1130 I was thinking bad thoughts about food that I knew I could get at the store and not have to wait until I got home to fix a chicken salad. Somehow I walked right past all that deli food that's up front and went to the produce section, got what I wanted and went home. Just finished up a great chiken salad with good greens, bleu cheese, roasted peppers, and tomatoes!

But for those few moments I had to tell myself over and over, just wait a few more minutes, just a few more minutes, you'll be home in just a few more minutes. That little trick works for me more often than not, like talking to a kid.

My husband still weighs the same as high school, he just turned 56. He is trim and muscular and outdoes all the younger men he goes snowboarding with, in how high up the mountain he goes and in how many times he goes down. He makes me kind of envious when he sits there at night eating ice cream out of the carton with a spoon. He annoys me when he tries to tell me that just a little bit of pasta is not going to hurt me, b/c he just doesn't understand that a little bit just won't do it for me. But on the whole he is supportive and does not try to convince me otherwise.

I just praise and admire all you wonderful STACrs for sharing your journey, it is making me stronger to feel that I am not alone in this walk.

[momtomany1]

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Do we all have skinny hubbies? Mine wears 29 waist jeans and they are a little on the loose side. They don't even make them in a 28 waist long enough!

Having a very good day here!

Sandy, I am proud of you for doing water aerobics! I am going to start varying my workouts to include the pool more at the indoor pool center... you burn tons of calories in the water!