Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Day 60 Operation Waistline Deadline
Food Rules
• Take 15…
...minutes to cool down and rate your hunger on a scale from 0-10, 0=starving to 10=overstuffed.
• Stay away from the Frey (the kitchen)
• Walk it off
a. Walk
b. Listen to music
c. Read a magazine or book
d. Call a friend
e. Knit or Sew
f. Do a puzzle
g. Do a mix of several of these
• Record everything…food and drink
• Small
a. Plates
b. Glasses
c. Utensils
d. Bites
e. Portions
• Eat
a. preferred/favorite foods first
b. leave a small portion on your plate
• Only at the Table
• Atmosphere
a. No distractions
b. No food outside the kitchen
c. No eating while busy
d. No eating while watching TV
• Grocery-Shop in Groups ~with supporters who take your health seriously too
a. Stick to your list
b. Pre-plan meals for each day
c. Re-package food for each day immediately after grocery shopping
d. Make a time schedule to eat meals and snacks for each day
• If someone wants a snack, they have to make it themselves (so you aren’t tempted and don’t tempt others)
• Ask family and friends to stop using food as gifts or celebrations/rewards for you
a. Give them alternative ideas like:
i. Bowling
ii. Skating
iii. Mini golf
iv. Movie Night
v. $10 or $20 shopping spree together at your favorite store
vi. New book
vii. Favorite flowers
• Change your route when maneuvering your way elsewhere at work so you avoid the most tempting of foods
• Keep excess foods away from the table
a. everyone must get up to serve themselves more portions
b. Clear the table immediately after finishing the meal
c. Package leftovers in small portions
• Give away or throw away leftovers from parties
a. Sit or stand away from your favorite foods
b. Limit eating to one spot
c. Record what you eat
d. Choose small portions
• Decide beforehand what you’ll eat at a restaurant
a. Avoid long periods of deprivation before meals or eating at a restaurant (keep healthy snacks in conscientious portions on hand just-in-case)
b. At buffets, study everything offered before making your selections
c. Record everything still, discreetly if necessary
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Day 54 Operation Waistline Deadline
190.2 pounds
Time-out!
Yep, another woopsee-daisy.
I live in a rural, upper middle class subdivision, of which I am the least of.
I am not among the elite, or near elite as my immediate neighbors are.
We have upper class homes to the east and lower middle class homes to the west. I belong well within the west.
I could not possibly care less. They can opt not to ever wave back to me, but I will always grin and wave to them. They may look down at me from their luxury SUV's, but I will continue to blissfully, if not erratically, inline skate like a lemming lunatic down the street, praying to thwump into a Bradford Pear and not sploosh into the "lake" at the base of our 5-home street/subdivision.
I'd rather be looney than uptight. I'd rather have a mind and heart opened by wonder than closed by belief.
Anyway, my home appears to be a wealthy woman's home. It could be. If it were, the quirks would be fixed within days, I have no doubt. As it is, the house is a near money pit. I feel like Shelley Long in more ways than that alone. I'm accident prone.
That d@&#$d Irish Murphey and his law have cursed my Scottish line. I just know it.
Anyway, the latest in a three-year line of systematic red alert melt downs, was the well. The well is no longer housed in a wooden Holly Hobby like romantic housing. It's in concrete. It has a concrete lid that I cannot lift or even slide off without help. The handle bars are made of steel, very thick steel.
Lightening struck the steel.
The steel rods were touching the wiring to the pump.
Gee, who'da thunk steel, electricity and water would be a bad idea?
So, no water for a day, and a hefty bill for the extensive work entailed in removing everything (I swear, the thing is a quarter mile deep with all the gizmos and piping they pulled out).
Several days later, I went back to drinking water from the refrigerator dispenser as normal.
What I did not realize, was my fridge's filter was old. It should've been replaced.
I began drinking water with limestone.
I am now sick.
You see, I have no gallbladder.
It went berserk three years ago and had to be removed.
So. My body wasn't breaking down the chemicals before reaching my kidneys.
My kidneys got overworked and made a formal and loud complaint.
My digestive system is now on strike and production is painful. Did I mention, I am in pain? I am in pain.
With all of this rigmarole to deal with, Op Waist-Dead is gonna have to pause for a few until I can move again. Right now, all I can think about is curling up under the cover of 300 count Egyptian cotton and a heavy comforter and resting my head on a fluffy pillow.
My goal is to be 187.0 by the 15th for my first checkup since the Op began.
But, if life continues being, well, life, I may have to settle for 190.0.
I began at 212 pounds.
Day 60, if I am 187, I will have lost 25 pounds.
I want to make Dr Sharma proud. He's invested so much in my health these past three years; the least I can do is prove how well I've learned.
I'm almost to the 25 pound mark :D
Okay, this is how dorky I am.
I bought a black wall organizer that has a small cork board, dry erase board, a cubby box for markers, an eraser and thumb tacks, and three tiny hooks for light whatevers to hang from. It's from Targét; so it's simple and cute.
It's my 25 pound gift to myself. It's sitting on the floor near my bed, just waiting patiently to be hung in a place of practical cuteness.
Well, I'm off to rest.
Sorry if this blurb is sporadic and tangential, but that's how my mind works. It's just more pronounced when I'm ill.
Toodle-loo y'all!
Time-out!
Yep, another woopsee-daisy.
I live in a rural, upper middle class subdivision, of which I am the least of.
I am not among the elite, or near elite as my immediate neighbors are.
We have upper class homes to the east and lower middle class homes to the west. I belong well within the west.
I could not possibly care less. They can opt not to ever wave back to me, but I will always grin and wave to them. They may look down at me from their luxury SUV's, but I will continue to blissfully, if not erratically, inline skate like a lemming lunatic down the street, praying to thwump into a Bradford Pear and not sploosh into the "lake" at the base of our 5-home street/subdivision.
I'd rather be looney than uptight. I'd rather have a mind and heart opened by wonder than closed by belief.
Anyway, my home appears to be a wealthy woman's home. It could be. If it were, the quirks would be fixed within days, I have no doubt. As it is, the house is a near money pit. I feel like Shelley Long in more ways than that alone. I'm accident prone.
That d@&#$d Irish Murphey and his law have cursed my Scottish line. I just know it.
Anyway, the latest in a three-year line of systematic red alert melt downs, was the well. The well is no longer housed in a wooden Holly Hobby like romantic housing. It's in concrete. It has a concrete lid that I cannot lift or even slide off without help. The handle bars are made of steel, very thick steel.
Lightening struck the steel.
The steel rods were touching the wiring to the pump.
Gee, who'da thunk steel, electricity and water would be a bad idea?
So, no water for a day, and a hefty bill for the extensive work entailed in removing everything (I swear, the thing is a quarter mile deep with all the gizmos and piping they pulled out).
Several days later, I went back to drinking water from the refrigerator dispenser as normal.
What I did not realize, was my fridge's filter was old. It should've been replaced.
I began drinking water with limestone.
I am now sick.
You see, I have no gallbladder.
It went berserk three years ago and had to be removed.
So. My body wasn't breaking down the chemicals before reaching my kidneys.
My kidneys got overworked and made a formal and loud complaint.
My digestive system is now on strike and production is painful. Did I mention, I am in pain? I am in pain.
With all of this rigmarole to deal with, Op Waist-Dead is gonna have to pause for a few until I can move again. Right now, all I can think about is curling up under the cover of 300 count Egyptian cotton and a heavy comforter and resting my head on a fluffy pillow.
My goal is to be 187.0 by the 15th for my first checkup since the Op began.
But, if life continues being, well, life, I may have to settle for 190.0.
I began at 212 pounds.
Day 60, if I am 187, I will have lost 25 pounds.
I want to make Dr Sharma proud. He's invested so much in my health these past three years; the least I can do is prove how well I've learned.
I'm almost to the 25 pound mark :D
Okay, this is how dorky I am.
I bought a black wall organizer that has a small cork board, dry erase board, a cubby box for markers, an eraser and thumb tacks, and three tiny hooks for light whatevers to hang from. It's from Targét; so it's simple and cute.
It's my 25 pound gift to myself. It's sitting on the floor near my bed, just waiting patiently to be hung in a place of practical cuteness.
Well, I'm off to rest.
Sorry if this blurb is sporadic and tangential, but that's how my mind works. It's just more pronounced when I'm ill.
Toodle-loo y'all!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Day 48 Operation Waistline Deadline
193.8 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 194.8 lbs
Weight Lost: 1 lb
Highest Weight: 212 lbs
Goal Weight: 112 lbs
Weight Lost: 18.2 lbs
Weight to Lose: 81.8 lbs
Days to Deadline: 182
Average Daily Loss Needed: 0.45 lbs
I can definitely live with losing 1 pound in 1 day. I have no clue how I did it, because I snuck a mini bag of sugar-free Russel Stover chocolate covered peanuts last night :D But, I'm not complaining. I'm stoked.
I'll eat a bag more often if that's what it takes :P
So, in the spirit of full disclosure, and a quote I read recently:
"What I eat in private will appear in public,"
as well as the infuriating discovery that programs in place are tailored to the morbidly obese and leave the obese and overweight to fend for themselves, I am opening up even more. I'm miffed. I don't get miffed unless I see someone else hurt, and I see my country in a health crisis. The saddest revelation is that the majority are in denial or blissfully unaware. I am actually fighting back tears right now, I am so upset.
I've the time and resources at this period in my life to heal myself and my own unhealthy condition.
So.
So, I'm going to try to share everything I am taught along the way and that I have learned already.
It's daunting, but if y'all continue to ignore the anaconda slowly swallowing you, I'm going to do my best to pry him off one tiny fang at a time - and they have countless fangs down their throats. Gross analogy, but well, I hate being alone with John Voigt winking and dying in my nightmares :D You're welcome.
Fads do NOT last. They may work to stop a chunk of fat quickly in a few weeks. But. Be honest with yourself. Are you really going to follow the strict guidelines for the rest of your life? Can you really avoid pizza, burgers, ice cream, pasta, dessert, cookies, chips and dip, dipping your veggies in sour cream and chives, soda, sweet tea, chocolate milk, shakes, and so on forever? C'mon! Be honest with yourself! You will treat yourself now and again. Just like you take the elevator on occasion with the stairs available. Just like cycling could get you to work, you use your car. It's okay. You are human.
1. 80/20
80% of your time be healthy
20% of your time be human
That is one of the principles my psychologist has taught me.
That's right. I said psychologist. I ain't ashamed. If you don't know me by now and that I come from a loooooong line of genetically predisposed mentally ill persons than, well, Hello! My name is Charity and I have psychoses :D Nice ta meetcha ;)
Okay, back on point.
That's 1 principle of countless. But I'll be counting. So, I guess they will be counted. Oh be quiet y'all :P it sounded good in my thoughts; so Phbbtt! Ah, I love laughing at myself.
Oh, that's a good one too.
Learn to laugh at yourself. If you can shrug off stumbling and keep moving forward, and with a good attitude, you're already a success. That's how I see it anyway. It's kept me alive; I'd say that's success for a formerly suicidal chick wouldn't you?
2. Learn to laugh at life-affirming stumbles.
That's what they are. If you stumble and break a nail or stub a toe or bump a shin or hammer a thumb, you feel something. That means you're alive! :D that means you still have hope. Why? How? If you're alive, you have time to change. You have the chance to:
3. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Just like the man said, - the man would be Michael Jackson, who started with the man in the mirror.
4. If you focus on results you will never change.
However,
If you focus on change, you will get results.
The way to change? Simple.
5. Calories In vs Calories Out
That IS all it is. You are unique. There is no magic number that will work for every person. Your body composition is unique to you.
6. CaloriesPerHour.com
That's where you will find the calculators to your unique newts and needs.
BMI: Body Mass Index
this will classify you as Underweight, Healthy, Overweight, Obese, Morbidly Obese
BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate
this will give you an idea of how many calories you need to maintain your weight, AFTER cross-referencing it with the lifestyle below it - Sedentary to Active...
RMR: Resting Metabolic Rate
this will give you an idea, again after cross-referencing, of how many calories you need to maintain your current rate if you spend your entire day in a state of rest/sleep.
You can also discover how much you burn in almost every activity you can imagine, based on your gender, height, weight and the time you spend in that activity.
You can also calculate how many calories to deduct from the general 2000 the FDA suggests in order to reach your goal as well as how long it will take all based on your gender, age, height and current weight vs goal weight. The calculation can be performed to discover how many calories to deduct to be at your goal by a certain date, or how much time it will take based on how many calories you deduct, or how much you will weigh by deducting a certain number of calories for a certain period of time.
There is also a food calculator that has a somewhat large database of caloric counts for common foods and brands.
I think that about covers the site. It's absolutely free and I am there at least three times a day checking my numbers and goals and recalibrating.
7. Use small plates and bowls, as well as forks and spoons so your servings and bites are the healthy size.
8. Designate a spot for eating only. Allow no distractions while you eat - no tv, music, newspaper, chatter, etc
9. No food or non-water beverage is allowed away from the designated spot. Ever.
10. Drink water continuously throughout the day, totaling 64 ounces minimum. Don't gulp in a few sittings. Allow it to be an all day experience so you have hydration at all times.
I think that's plenty for one day. My brain hurts and John Cleese isn't around with his mallet :P
Toodle-loo!
Yesterday's Weight: 194.8 lbs
Weight Lost: 1 lb
Highest Weight: 212 lbs
Goal Weight: 112 lbs
Weight Lost: 18.2 lbs
Weight to Lose: 81.8 lbs
Days to Deadline: 182
Average Daily Loss Needed: 0.45 lbs
I can definitely live with losing 1 pound in 1 day. I have no clue how I did it, because I snuck a mini bag of sugar-free Russel Stover chocolate covered peanuts last night :D But, I'm not complaining. I'm stoked.
I'll eat a bag more often if that's what it takes :P
So, in the spirit of full disclosure, and a quote I read recently:
"What I eat in private will appear in public,"
as well as the infuriating discovery that programs in place are tailored to the morbidly obese and leave the obese and overweight to fend for themselves, I am opening up even more. I'm miffed. I don't get miffed unless I see someone else hurt, and I see my country in a health crisis. The saddest revelation is that the majority are in denial or blissfully unaware. I am actually fighting back tears right now, I am so upset.
I've the time and resources at this period in my life to heal myself and my own unhealthy condition.
So.
So, I'm going to try to share everything I am taught along the way and that I have learned already.
It's daunting, but if y'all continue to ignore the anaconda slowly swallowing you, I'm going to do my best to pry him off one tiny fang at a time - and they have countless fangs down their throats. Gross analogy, but well, I hate being alone with John Voigt winking and dying in my nightmares :D You're welcome.
Fads do NOT last. They may work to stop a chunk of fat quickly in a few weeks. But. Be honest with yourself. Are you really going to follow the strict guidelines for the rest of your life? Can you really avoid pizza, burgers, ice cream, pasta, dessert, cookies, chips and dip, dipping your veggies in sour cream and chives, soda, sweet tea, chocolate milk, shakes, and so on forever? C'mon! Be honest with yourself! You will treat yourself now and again. Just like you take the elevator on occasion with the stairs available. Just like cycling could get you to work, you use your car. It's okay. You are human.
1. 80/20
80% of your time be healthy
20% of your time be human
That is one of the principles my psychologist has taught me.
That's right. I said psychologist. I ain't ashamed. If you don't know me by now and that I come from a loooooong line of genetically predisposed mentally ill persons than, well, Hello! My name is Charity and I have psychoses :D Nice ta meetcha ;)
Okay, back on point.
That's 1 principle of countless. But I'll be counting. So, I guess they will be counted. Oh be quiet y'all :P it sounded good in my thoughts; so Phbbtt! Ah, I love laughing at myself.
Oh, that's a good one too.
Learn to laugh at yourself. If you can shrug off stumbling and keep moving forward, and with a good attitude, you're already a success. That's how I see it anyway. It's kept me alive; I'd say that's success for a formerly suicidal chick wouldn't you?
2. Learn to laugh at life-affirming stumbles.
That's what they are. If you stumble and break a nail or stub a toe or bump a shin or hammer a thumb, you feel something. That means you're alive! :D that means you still have hope. Why? How? If you're alive, you have time to change. You have the chance to:
3. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Just like the man said, - the man would be Michael Jackson, who started with the man in the mirror.
4. If you focus on results you will never change.
However,
If you focus on change, you will get results.
The way to change? Simple.
5. Calories In vs Calories Out
That IS all it is. You are unique. There is no magic number that will work for every person. Your body composition is unique to you.
6. CaloriesPerHour.com
That's where you will find the calculators to your unique newts and needs.
BMI: Body Mass Index
this will classify you as Underweight, Healthy, Overweight, Obese, Morbidly Obese
BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate
this will give you an idea of how many calories you need to maintain your weight, AFTER cross-referencing it with the lifestyle below it - Sedentary to Active...
RMR: Resting Metabolic Rate
this will give you an idea, again after cross-referencing, of how many calories you need to maintain your current rate if you spend your entire day in a state of rest/sleep.
You can also discover how much you burn in almost every activity you can imagine, based on your gender, height, weight and the time you spend in that activity.
You can also calculate how many calories to deduct from the general 2000 the FDA suggests in order to reach your goal as well as how long it will take all based on your gender, age, height and current weight vs goal weight. The calculation can be performed to discover how many calories to deduct to be at your goal by a certain date, or how much time it will take based on how many calories you deduct, or how much you will weigh by deducting a certain number of calories for a certain period of time.
There is also a food calculator that has a somewhat large database of caloric counts for common foods and brands.
I think that about covers the site. It's absolutely free and I am there at least three times a day checking my numbers and goals and recalibrating.
7. Use small plates and bowls, as well as forks and spoons so your servings and bites are the healthy size.
8. Designate a spot for eating only. Allow no distractions while you eat - no tv, music, newspaper, chatter, etc
9. No food or non-water beverage is allowed away from the designated spot. Ever.
10. Drink water continuously throughout the day, totaling 64 ounces minimum. Don't gulp in a few sittings. Allow it to be an all day experience so you have hydration at all times.
I think that's plenty for one day. My brain hurts and John Cleese isn't around with his mallet :P
Toodle-loo!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Day 45 Operation Waistline Deadline
195.0 lbs
Yep, I've stumbled backward.
No excuses,
Just results
Good or bad
That's all I have
Yesterday ended last night
I have today to make it right
Okay, so I'm in a rhyming mood today :P Please just laugh at me and dismiss it :D
What I'm going to do is begin another 21 day restart to unlearn the bad behaviors and implement the good. Bad: skipping salads and indulging in lots of tasty food with little to no nutritional value.
Good:
1. Opting for salad with my grilled chicken (instead of rice or pasta).
2. Hooping and banding at the same times every day for a grand total of an hour.
3. Eat only in the kitchen.
4. Say "No" to unhealthy food, meaning "Yes" to a healthier me.
Again, it takes the human brain 21 days to make or break a habit. So, here I go again.
I want to feel healthy for my birthday in August this year; do I move toward 30 with one less life goal :)
Furthermore, Halloween and my size small Sassie Lassie costume are only 183 days away; so, I must keep that in mind or I will fail myself.
This is one time, I will do much more than survive... I will succeed and thrive.
Like Chuck, my closest older brother, wrote to me, I can let that fire defeat me. Or, I can let that fire forge me into an incredible sword, an incredible weapon, that can cut through anything, that can make it.
After all, the best way out is always through ;)
And, I kinda like the image of me fierce, in cute bronze armour with a sword and shield ready to defend myself and every child who needs someone who understands and will fight for them... :D What woman wouldn't ;)
First things first. Before I can wield a sword, I should probably learn to swing a baseball bat without smarting myself in my toosh :P
(then again, no one would suspect...)
Okay, off to hula to some Heart
I look forward to being a loser ^_^
Yep, I've stumbled backward.
No excuses,
Just results
Good or bad
That's all I have
Yesterday ended last night
I have today to make it right
Okay, so I'm in a rhyming mood today :P Please just laugh at me and dismiss it :D
What I'm going to do is begin another 21 day restart to unlearn the bad behaviors and implement the good. Bad: skipping salads and indulging in lots of tasty food with little to no nutritional value.
Good:
1. Opting for salad with my grilled chicken (instead of rice or pasta).
2. Hooping and banding at the same times every day for a grand total of an hour.
3. Eat only in the kitchen.
4. Say "No" to unhealthy food, meaning "Yes" to a healthier me.
Again, it takes the human brain 21 days to make or break a habit. So, here I go again.
I want to feel healthy for my birthday in August this year; do I move toward 30 with one less life goal :)
Furthermore, Halloween and my size small Sassie Lassie costume are only 183 days away; so, I must keep that in mind or I will fail myself.
This is one time, I will do much more than survive... I will succeed and thrive.
Like Chuck, my closest older brother, wrote to me, I can let that fire defeat me. Or, I can let that fire forge me into an incredible sword, an incredible weapon, that can cut through anything, that can make it.
After all, the best way out is always through ;)
And, I kinda like the image of me fierce, in cute bronze armour with a sword and shield ready to defend myself and every child who needs someone who understands and will fight for them... :D What woman wouldn't ;)
First things first. Before I can wield a sword, I should probably learn to swing a baseball bat without smarting myself in my toosh :P
(then again, no one would suspect...)
Okay, off to hula to some Heart
I look forward to being a loser ^_^
Monday, April 23, 2012
Day 37 Operation Waistline Deadline
No change thanks to weekend b-day BBQ, cake and ice cream. I still feel ill :P
Some geeky quotes:
(I've long since forgotten who penned these; so sorry :D)
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death, but to inspire yourself to life
Where you start is not as important as where you finish
Act as if everything you do makes a difference. It does
Sacrifice is TRADING-UP something good for something better - Me <3
It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't quit
The beginning is always today
It's the mind that makes the body
Don't be average. Be a model citizen
Wherever you do a thing, act as if the world is watching
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do
All great achievements require time
Be unafraid of doing things slowly. Be afraid of standing still
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out
Don't expect results from excuses
Tribulations teach patience. Patience teaches experience. Experience teaches hope. Hope is shameless (that's a Bible verse, but I forget which)
Be strong
Have courage
Don't be afraid
Don't get discouraged
God is with you
God is your life coach
God is your personal trainer
God is your cheer captain
Attitude and outlook are a choice
Fight through the fatigue that stands between you and success
How poor are they that have no patience
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short
This be madness yet there is method in it
(Shakespeare)
Strong reasons make strong actions
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope
Self-love...is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting
You know what you are, but you know not what you may become
Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and you'll not fail
(Shakespeare)
Don't give up what you want most for what you want at the moment
Minds are like parachutes. They only function properly when open
Observe everything. Judge nothing
Never be afraid to do something now. Remember amateurs built the ark, professionals built the titanic.
Choice, not chance determines destiny
If you focus on results you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change
We must be the change we wish to see in the world
Stumbling is not falling
A stumble may prevent a fall
Success is a staircase not a doorway
Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones
A man may walk over the mountain one step at a time
Little by little does the trick
You must act as if it is impossible to fail
Start doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you'll be doing the impossible
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness
Happiness begins on ourselves
There is only one person who could ever MAKE you happy, and that person is you
Insist on yourself. Never imitate
The only journey is the journey within
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true
Every artist was first an amateur
Try not to become a success but a person of value
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
We are masters of our fate. We ate captains of our souls
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do
Fortune favors the brave
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
The best way out is always through
A man's best successes come after his greatest disappointments
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes
The self is continuously forming through choice of action
To accomplish a great thing, we must dream as well as act
Movement and methodical physical exercise save and preserve good human condition
Strength lies solely in tenacity
Action is a key to all success
Success is not spontaneous. You must set yourself afire to it
Success continues, you grow and develop, achieve one thing to step up to the next success
Set the goal YOU want
Keep everything in perspective, ask, "How important is this in the overall picture of my life?"
Success is action. I stumble, but I get up and don't quit
Keep most of your thoughts in the present, don't dwell on the past, don't obsess for the future
Replace old bad habits with healthy new habits
Value yourself to value your time to do something valuable with it
Do the best you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in any place you can, as long ad ever you can
(Sir Winston Churchill)
Behind me is infinite power
Before me is endless possibility
Around me is boundless opportunity
I have no fear
Let go of feeling responsible for others.
(You can only control yourself; so you have enough responsibility as it is, especially if you have children or aged/I'll family depending on you)
Plan Purposefully
Prepare Prayerfully
Proceed Positively
Pursue Persistently
Success is never final
Deal with yesterday's guilty feelings by doing what you can today to like yourself more
Change one behavior at a time
Self-trust is a key to success
Success is measured by the courage with which I maintain the struggle against overwhelming odds
Advice only works when I work
Avoid the self-sabotage of isolation and inactivity
Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
There is no success without sacrifice
Behavior is learned and can be unlearned
Praise your efforts even if you aren't perfect
Take failure in stride. Each tie you fail, you ate that much closer to succeeding
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not action then, but habit
Decide what you want
Energy ad persistence conquer all things
Things do not change. We change
Energy creates energy. It is by sending oneself that one becomes rich
Victory belongs to the most persevering
That which we persist in doing becomes easier...because our ability to perform it had improved
Nothing is stronger than habit
Concentrate on reaching your goal(s) in a relaxed manner and setting
The highest reward for your work is not what you get for it but what you become by it
Never underestimate your power to change yourself
Do something every day to make your dreams come true
Stay true to you
Refuse to accept limitations and labels... Be daring!
Don't wait. Open your own doors
Don't let what others think decide who you are
(Dennis Rodman)
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief
Don't wish for it. Work for it
Don't just dream it. Do it
You only fail if you stop trying
Some of my favourite passages in the Bible:
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance
Proverbs 15:13a
One that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast
Proverbs 15:15b
Cast all your cares upon Him; for He careth for you
Isaiah 49:16a
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine
Proverbs 17:22
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the boned.
Proverbs 16:24
...The lips of knowledge are a precious jewel
Proverbs 20:15b
Better is the poor that walketh in ones integrity...
Proverbs 19:1a
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1
One that hath hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed...
Proverbs 22:9a
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver
Proverbs 25:11
A wise one is strong, yea, a person of knowledge increaseth strength
Proverbs 24:5
Rejoice in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes
Ecclesiastes 11:9a
Better is the poor that walketh in ones uprightness
Proverbs 28:6a
[Give your tithe, your 10%, in private, so no one knows]
Matthew 6:1-4
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart
Ecclesiastes 11:10a
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, continue to habitually pray, be given to hospitality
Romans 12:12-13b
[Pray in private, alone, so no one sees or hears]
Matthew 5:5-6
Pursue peace, and look for ways to edifying others
Romans 14:19
As much as possible, live in peace with everyone
Romans 13:18
[daily fruits of the spirit:
love, joy, peace, faith, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, and temperance]
Galatians 5:22-23a
Do everything with charity (unconditional love)
1 Corinthians 16:14
There is hope...so eat, drink, and be merry; live joyfully in love, labour with all your might.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-10
[Anger is okay and natural, but no excuse to sin. Do not go to bed angry]
Ephesians 4:26
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Wisdom is better than strength
Ecclesiastes 9:16a
[Put on:
mercy, kindness,meekness, humbleness of mind, long suffering, forebearance, forgiveness, peace of God, grace of speech, charity-the bond of perfectness]
Colossians 3:12-15a, 4:6a
[Focus and think on:
truth, honesty, justice, purity, loveliness, good reports, virtuosity, praise]
Phillippians 4:8
[Think about what you're about to do then do it with purpose]
Proverbs 4:26
[If you want friends, be a friend, to everyone, out of unconditional love]
Proverbs 18:24, Hebrews 13:1-2
Be meek and ever in a mindset of learning and good conscience
1 Peter 3:15-16a
Have compassion, and make a difference
Jude 1:22
Having food and clothing, be content...be gentle and patient
1 Timothy 6:8, 2 Timothy 2:24b
Sanctify God in your heart.
[Be ready answer why and how you have hope and believe in God]
1 Peter 3:15-16a
with God all things are possible
Matthew 19:26
Blessed is the one that endureth temptation
James 1:12
On that note, these next quotes are easy to take to an unhealthy extreme. So if your still technically a teen, run these by your parent(s) first. Once they've screened them and defined the boundaries, then you can discuss applying them to your weight loss journey. Bright side :D boundaries give you power. They are made to protect you and you get to enforce them when your parents aren't there to stand up for ya. You can control your own actions and thoughts; so once your parents set the parameters, you are free within them. Safe. If anyone tries to breach your walls, your parents can take them down if they don't back down for you when you state your warnings. So, don't let anyone put unrealistic expectations on your appearance. Don't let your supposed "friends" use bully tactics to have you questioning your body image. If they try to, Wham! Have comebacks ready. Chat with your parents and come up with a few phrases to bat back the bully talk. Being prepared for the bully is a kind of power. It's foresight, a kind of knowledge. So, you're smarter than they are because you were ready for them :D As silly as it will feel to role play with your parents, it works. Seriously. Think of it as making a battle strategy. Planning and building and fortifying your defenses. These quotes are to help, not to be taken to a harmful extreme like Ana or Mia ("Mee-uh") aka anorexia and bulimia. If you start thinking along those lines, step back and chat with your parent(s). Maybe you just need a buddy (parents make for a great audience) ;) to cheer you on and cheer you up, not quotes on paper :)
Anyway, here are the zany quotes floating around cyberspace, support groups and so on:
I'm like a sculpture, a perfect piece of art that is not attained until there is nothing left to be taken away
I do not live to eat
I eat to live
Eat in the presence of others
(whenever possible. Imagine them measuring your every bite)
Write IT away
(cravings, anxiety, boredom, discouragement, etc)
I've come too far in life to take orders from food
Sugar is poison!
(really, it serves no nutritional purpose, it damages organs and withdrawal is as bad as that of cocaine)
Junk food is garbage, trash
Do you really consider it a Treat to eat trash?
Calories canNOT make you happy
So why stuff your feelings with trash?
Processed foods extend shelf life and your waist line
Everything looks cute on a healthy figure
I'm losing this fat ninny
To be a winner, brave and skinny
This is forever. I will do whatever...it takes. I want a long healthy life
The thinner is the winner
Because she's a loser :P
My body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what I write down
Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks
What I eat in private will show-up in public
(I had a nightmare that I turned into a carrot-colored woman *shiver* But I eat em anyway :D)
Stressed is desserts spelled backward
You become what you think about
So think thin!
(Try not to think about You-Know-Who 24/7 or you'll switch places and you're not an artist!)
You are what you eat
(so I should eat a gorgeous perfect version of myself??? Where is that chick?...)
An unhealthy body reflects an unhealthy person to potential employers, clients, etc
I'm not healthy yet, but I'm healthier than I was yesterday
Not eating right makes your clothes tight
(like chocolate. It keeps shrinking my blue jeans!) ;)
Every time I say, "No, thank-you" to junk food, I'm really saying, "Yes, please!" to a healthy body
Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels
Taste everything. Eat nothing
(Dinah Shore)
Drink a glass of water before each meal
You'll feel full faster
And hopefully skip dessert aka not get "stressed"
Cleat an exercise space in your bedroom
(15 minutes of stretching when you wake up and before you go to bed is better than no activity)
Craving junk food? Imagine all the disgusting nasty gunk that goes into it.
(the metals, minerals, oils, fats, dyes...)
Make a Look Book of cute clothing styles you hope to wear once you reach your goal, along with photos of celebs your age and height who are within the healthy weight range (BMI) and browse it anytime you need
Food cannot move. As long as I don't touch it, it cannot force itself on me.
Distract! Distract! Distract! Wash dishes, do laundry, vacuum, dust, garden, go for a walk, read, sketch, paint, sing, whatever, just busy yourself
Clothes too big? Take them to the donations box. Not going back there. Ever
Eating at home? Only in the kitchen, sitting down, with no distractions. Focus on eating so it registers. No food outside the kitchen. Period
Craving candy? Suck on a sugar-free vitamin c drop (5 calories Halls and yummy)
Exercise first thing every morning
(you'll think twice before self-sabotaging your hard work, and you'll feel better about yourself throughout the day)
Secretly compete with healthy women your age and height. Clip photos of celebs to motivate yourself. Pretend you're about to be her in a play or you won one of her red carpet gowns and have to model it, whatever...
Take a good multivitamin daily
Make your bed every morning
It burns up to 10 calories
You'll feel better about your space
and it's so comfy to slide between neat sheets ^_^
Choose parking spots farthest from entrances
Use YouTube and Google for pep and motivation
Photos, articles, comedians, videos, etc
Pamper yourself
Who doesn't love a bubble bath with sparkling wine, a mini mani-pedi, a mini facial, deep cleansing and deep conditioning your hair, a full body lotion lather, perfect makeup, killer hairstyle, cute outfit, whitened teeth, treating yourself to lunch at a cafe and look mysterious sitting all alone nibbling at your salad :P Go window shopping and take photos of the clothes you try on so you know what you want to buy in that smaller size...?Whatever! Have fun distracting yourself :D
Don't get bored. Stay cheery and mentally active
Stay away from that kitchen!
Stay hydrated! Sip water constantly throughout the day, not gulps of one or three bottles here and there
A craving is just a feeling. Healthy is a honed skill
Booyakah!
A moment on the lips, forever on the hips
Feel deprived of junk food? Just imagine all those cute clothes you're being deprived of by being unhealthy, and all the other things you're missing out on because you're unhealthy
It's better to exercise 1/2 hour than to be unhealthy 24 hours a day, every day for the rest of a shortened life
This last collection of factoids are tidbits I've gathered in research over these past weeks. Read on if you're either very bored, trying to put yourself to sleep or as obsessive as I am when it comes to perfecting a project to microscopic testing standards :P
Like Dante warned, there's no undoing this trip :P
Never sit still. Fidget so you're in constant activity, burning calories
Focus on upcoming events
(birthday, Halloween and a small costume :D)
Set out, in the next size down, a cute outfit you want to wear
Weigh yourself regularly, at the same time and record it
Shy about explaining yourself when others question your restaurant or snack choices? Use your health as the reason. "I have a health issue and need to avoid certain foods."
They aren't entitled to any more than that. If they push for details, either out of rudeness or concern, "I'd rather not go into detail, it's too personal. But I'll be okay. It's not too serious."
People are nice, or passive or just don't care enough to be honest and, well, lie. The scale, bmi tester and measuring tape do not lie
Never eat a meal larger than your fist
Eat every 2-3 hours (min-max)
Never eat within 3 hours of sleeping
Get 8-9 hours of sleep
Eat until you are no longer hungry, not until you feel full/stuffed - that's a sign you've eaten too much
Brush your teeth when a craving hits. Nothing tastes good after toothpaste
Keep a journal/log of food and beverages consumed, activity, cravings, thoughts of food, temptations and dealing with them, restaurant experiences, eating with others and how you managed, etc
Rid the entire house of junk food. If your family and friends truly care, they'll support you and help you while you transition. They can hide their stash somewhere else
Number your bites. Limit yourself to X amount of bites when you know you need to
Exercise to music. It helps the time pass more quickly
Cut your food into tiny bites
Eat with your non-dominant hand
Put the utensil down while chewing
Cold showers burn calories
Wear as little as possible when exercising. Your clothes will be less forgiving; so you'll want to exercise longer
Read the ENTIRE nutrition label
Friends eating junk food? Opt for sugar-free candy or gum
Keep a stash in your purse or pocket
Do a 10-day detox every year or six months
Wear lip color and gloss
You won't want to smudge it by eating or drinking
These last few are questionable and I only include them because they are given me in advisement, be they wise or nutty who "helped me out"
*insert dramatic eye roll here*
Do this for that little black dress and the strappy heels :)
Do this for that itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini :D
Do it for the traffic-stopping body?
Do it for the wolf whistles, stares, double takes and once overs?
Do it for shorts, tank tops, mini skirts and mini dresses :P
Do it for sleeves that don't pinch :D lol
Do it so your thighs no longer communicate with cicadas :D lol
Do it to make the mean girls jealous
Do it for the surprised looks on "their" faces
Do it for the whispers and gossip about how you did it because they're jealous
Do it to prove "them" wrong
Do it to be so svelte you no longer care what other women think
DO THIS FOR YOURSELF!
Okay, these are food related and, I admit, sound goofy, but they're useful
To an extent
(sure, I got laughed up one side and down the other by my family when I was making my little flash cards, but I endured for the cause! and just stuck my tongue out at them, got haughty and pouted while trying not to laugh at myself too :P)
Your friends are:
Chicken broth
Plain air-popped popcorn
Sugar-free gum
Salsa with chiles
Spinach leaves
Hot chocolate or cappuccino in water
Seaweed (the algitate or whatever it's called)
Sugar-free vitamin c drops
Diet sodas (not dark colas - too much phosphorous is bad for your kidneys)
Coffee with nonfat milk (caffeine is an appetite suppressant too)
Water with lemon
Green tea
Sugar-free hard candy occasionally
Jelly beans occasionally
Eating out? Order a salad with dressing on the side
Avoid sandwiches
(so much bread and sodium in the meat and cheese)
Hate butter!
(really, it has no nutritional value and only harms your body and health)
Okay, these break my heart. I found them, circulating on websites run by teenage girls. I cried as I read their blogs and stories. I do NOT promote these ideas, but I have friends with young daughters and sons who are exposed to this at school.
They promote laxatives and the like
Stomach growling? Imagine fat being gnawed away
Don't eat.
If you want food inside you, just look in the mirror at your gut, thighs and arms
I don't care if it hurts
I have the control
I'll have a pretty body
I'll have a pretty soul
I'm not yet a winner
I could be thinner
I will not eat dinner
Or
I'm not yet a winner
I could be thinner
I must go throw up dinner
You see why I cried. That's just the tip of the iceberg for these kids. Tragic.
Eating one small meal, the size of one's fist, every two to three hours will speed up the metabolism.
Learning your BMR, RMR and what your BMI should be will help you. You can adjust the calories you consume logically, safely to lose the unhealthy weight over a realistic period of time.
Mycaloriecounter.com is a great site that does the math for you
Tata y'all ^_^
Some geeky quotes:
(I've long since forgotten who penned these; so sorry :D)
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death, but to inspire yourself to life
Where you start is not as important as where you finish
Act as if everything you do makes a difference. It does
Sacrifice is TRADING-UP something good for something better - Me <3
It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't quit
The beginning is always today
It's the mind that makes the body
Don't be average. Be a model citizen
Wherever you do a thing, act as if the world is watching
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do
All great achievements require time
Be unafraid of doing things slowly. Be afraid of standing still
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out
Don't expect results from excuses
Tribulations teach patience. Patience teaches experience. Experience teaches hope. Hope is shameless (that's a Bible verse, but I forget which)
Be strong
Have courage
Don't be afraid
Don't get discouraged
God is with you
God is your life coach
God is your personal trainer
God is your cheer captain
Attitude and outlook are a choice
Fight through the fatigue that stands between you and success
How poor are they that have no patience
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short
This be madness yet there is method in it
(Shakespeare)
Strong reasons make strong actions
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope
Self-love...is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting
You know what you are, but you know not what you may become
Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and you'll not fail
(Shakespeare)
Don't give up what you want most for what you want at the moment
Minds are like parachutes. They only function properly when open
Observe everything. Judge nothing
Never be afraid to do something now. Remember amateurs built the ark, professionals built the titanic.
Choice, not chance determines destiny
If you focus on results you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change
We must be the change we wish to see in the world
Stumbling is not falling
A stumble may prevent a fall
Success is a staircase not a doorway
Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones
A man may walk over the mountain one step at a time
Little by little does the trick
You must act as if it is impossible to fail
Start doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you'll be doing the impossible
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness
Happiness begins on ourselves
There is only one person who could ever MAKE you happy, and that person is you
Insist on yourself. Never imitate
The only journey is the journey within
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true
Every artist was first an amateur
Try not to become a success but a person of value
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
We are masters of our fate. We ate captains of our souls
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do
Fortune favors the brave
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
The best way out is always through
A man's best successes come after his greatest disappointments
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes
The self is continuously forming through choice of action
To accomplish a great thing, we must dream as well as act
Movement and methodical physical exercise save and preserve good human condition
Strength lies solely in tenacity
Action is a key to all success
Success is not spontaneous. You must set yourself afire to it
Success continues, you grow and develop, achieve one thing to step up to the next success
Set the goal YOU want
Keep everything in perspective, ask, "How important is this in the overall picture of my life?"
Success is action. I stumble, but I get up and don't quit
Keep most of your thoughts in the present, don't dwell on the past, don't obsess for the future
Replace old bad habits with healthy new habits
Value yourself to value your time to do something valuable with it
Do the best you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in any place you can, as long ad ever you can
(Sir Winston Churchill)
Behind me is infinite power
Before me is endless possibility
Around me is boundless opportunity
I have no fear
Let go of feeling responsible for others.
(You can only control yourself; so you have enough responsibility as it is, especially if you have children or aged/I'll family depending on you)
Plan Purposefully
Prepare Prayerfully
Proceed Positively
Pursue Persistently
Success is never final
Deal with yesterday's guilty feelings by doing what you can today to like yourself more
Change one behavior at a time
Self-trust is a key to success
Success is measured by the courage with which I maintain the struggle against overwhelming odds
Advice only works when I work
Avoid the self-sabotage of isolation and inactivity
Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
There is no success without sacrifice
Behavior is learned and can be unlearned
Praise your efforts even if you aren't perfect
Take failure in stride. Each tie you fail, you ate that much closer to succeeding
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not action then, but habit
Decide what you want
Energy ad persistence conquer all things
Things do not change. We change
Energy creates energy. It is by sending oneself that one becomes rich
Victory belongs to the most persevering
That which we persist in doing becomes easier...because our ability to perform it had improved
Nothing is stronger than habit
Concentrate on reaching your goal(s) in a relaxed manner and setting
The highest reward for your work is not what you get for it but what you become by it
Never underestimate your power to change yourself
Do something every day to make your dreams come true
Stay true to you
Refuse to accept limitations and labels... Be daring!
Don't wait. Open your own doors
Don't let what others think decide who you are
(Dennis Rodman)
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief
Don't wish for it. Work for it
Don't just dream it. Do it
You only fail if you stop trying
Some of my favourite passages in the Bible:
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance
Proverbs 15:13a
One that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast
Proverbs 15:15b
Cast all your cares upon Him; for He careth for you
Isaiah 49:16a
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine
Proverbs 17:22
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the boned.
Proverbs 16:24
...The lips of knowledge are a precious jewel
Proverbs 20:15b
Better is the poor that walketh in ones integrity...
Proverbs 19:1a
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1
One that hath hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed...
Proverbs 22:9a
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver
Proverbs 25:11
A wise one is strong, yea, a person of knowledge increaseth strength
Proverbs 24:5
Rejoice in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes
Ecclesiastes 11:9a
Better is the poor that walketh in ones uprightness
Proverbs 28:6a
[Give your tithe, your 10%, in private, so no one knows]
Matthew 6:1-4
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart
Ecclesiastes 11:10a
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, continue to habitually pray, be given to hospitality
Romans 12:12-13b
[Pray in private, alone, so no one sees or hears]
Matthew 5:5-6
Pursue peace, and look for ways to edifying others
Romans 14:19
As much as possible, live in peace with everyone
Romans 13:18
[daily fruits of the spirit:
love, joy, peace, faith, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, and temperance]
Galatians 5:22-23a
Do everything with charity (unconditional love)
1 Corinthians 16:14
There is hope...so eat, drink, and be merry; live joyfully in love, labour with all your might.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-10
[Anger is okay and natural, but no excuse to sin. Do not go to bed angry]
Ephesians 4:26
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Wisdom is better than strength
Ecclesiastes 9:16a
[Put on:
mercy, kindness,meekness, humbleness of mind, long suffering, forebearance, forgiveness, peace of God, grace of speech, charity-the bond of perfectness]
Colossians 3:12-15a, 4:6a
[Focus and think on:
truth, honesty, justice, purity, loveliness, good reports, virtuosity, praise]
Phillippians 4:8
[Think about what you're about to do then do it with purpose]
Proverbs 4:26
[If you want friends, be a friend, to everyone, out of unconditional love]
Proverbs 18:24, Hebrews 13:1-2
Be meek and ever in a mindset of learning and good conscience
1 Peter 3:15-16a
Have compassion, and make a difference
Jude 1:22
Having food and clothing, be content...be gentle and patient
1 Timothy 6:8, 2 Timothy 2:24b
Sanctify God in your heart.
[Be ready answer why and how you have hope and believe in God]
1 Peter 3:15-16a
with God all things are possible
Matthew 19:26
Blessed is the one that endureth temptation
James 1:12
On that note, these next quotes are easy to take to an unhealthy extreme. So if your still technically a teen, run these by your parent(s) first. Once they've screened them and defined the boundaries, then you can discuss applying them to your weight loss journey. Bright side :D boundaries give you power. They are made to protect you and you get to enforce them when your parents aren't there to stand up for ya. You can control your own actions and thoughts; so once your parents set the parameters, you are free within them. Safe. If anyone tries to breach your walls, your parents can take them down if they don't back down for you when you state your warnings. So, don't let anyone put unrealistic expectations on your appearance. Don't let your supposed "friends" use bully tactics to have you questioning your body image. If they try to, Wham! Have comebacks ready. Chat with your parents and come up with a few phrases to bat back the bully talk. Being prepared for the bully is a kind of power. It's foresight, a kind of knowledge. So, you're smarter than they are because you were ready for them :D As silly as it will feel to role play with your parents, it works. Seriously. Think of it as making a battle strategy. Planning and building and fortifying your defenses. These quotes are to help, not to be taken to a harmful extreme like Ana or Mia ("Mee-uh") aka anorexia and bulimia. If you start thinking along those lines, step back and chat with your parent(s). Maybe you just need a buddy (parents make for a great audience) ;) to cheer you on and cheer you up, not quotes on paper :)
Anyway, here are the zany quotes floating around cyberspace, support groups and so on:
I'm like a sculpture, a perfect piece of art that is not attained until there is nothing left to be taken away
I do not live to eat
I eat to live
Eat in the presence of others
(whenever possible. Imagine them measuring your every bite)
Write IT away
(cravings, anxiety, boredom, discouragement, etc)
I've come too far in life to take orders from food
Sugar is poison!
(really, it serves no nutritional purpose, it damages organs and withdrawal is as bad as that of cocaine)
Junk food is garbage, trash
Do you really consider it a Treat to eat trash?
Calories canNOT make you happy
So why stuff your feelings with trash?
Processed foods extend shelf life and your waist line
Everything looks cute on a healthy figure
I'm losing this fat ninny
To be a winner, brave and skinny
This is forever. I will do whatever...it takes. I want a long healthy life
The thinner is the winner
Because she's a loser :P
My body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what I write down
Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks
What I eat in private will show-up in public
(I had a nightmare that I turned into a carrot-colored woman *shiver* But I eat em anyway :D)
Stressed is desserts spelled backward
You become what you think about
So think thin!
(Try not to think about You-Know-Who 24/7 or you'll switch places and you're not an artist!)
You are what you eat
(so I should eat a gorgeous perfect version of myself??? Where is that chick?...)
An unhealthy body reflects an unhealthy person to potential employers, clients, etc
I'm not healthy yet, but I'm healthier than I was yesterday
Not eating right makes your clothes tight
(like chocolate. It keeps shrinking my blue jeans!) ;)
Every time I say, "No, thank-you" to junk food, I'm really saying, "Yes, please!" to a healthy body
Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels
Taste everything. Eat nothing
(Dinah Shore)
Drink a glass of water before each meal
You'll feel full faster
And hopefully skip dessert aka not get "stressed"
Cleat an exercise space in your bedroom
(15 minutes of stretching when you wake up and before you go to bed is better than no activity)
Craving junk food? Imagine all the disgusting nasty gunk that goes into it.
(the metals, minerals, oils, fats, dyes...)
Make a Look Book of cute clothing styles you hope to wear once you reach your goal, along with photos of celebs your age and height who are within the healthy weight range (BMI) and browse it anytime you need
Food cannot move. As long as I don't touch it, it cannot force itself on me.
Distract! Distract! Distract! Wash dishes, do laundry, vacuum, dust, garden, go for a walk, read, sketch, paint, sing, whatever, just busy yourself
Clothes too big? Take them to the donations box. Not going back there. Ever
Eating at home? Only in the kitchen, sitting down, with no distractions. Focus on eating so it registers. No food outside the kitchen. Period
Craving candy? Suck on a sugar-free vitamin c drop (5 calories Halls and yummy)
Exercise first thing every morning
(you'll think twice before self-sabotaging your hard work, and you'll feel better about yourself throughout the day)
Secretly compete with healthy women your age and height. Clip photos of celebs to motivate yourself. Pretend you're about to be her in a play or you won one of her red carpet gowns and have to model it, whatever...
Take a good multivitamin daily
Make your bed every morning
It burns up to 10 calories
You'll feel better about your space
and it's so comfy to slide between neat sheets ^_^
Choose parking spots farthest from entrances
Use YouTube and Google for pep and motivation
Photos, articles, comedians, videos, etc
Pamper yourself
Who doesn't love a bubble bath with sparkling wine, a mini mani-pedi, a mini facial, deep cleansing and deep conditioning your hair, a full body lotion lather, perfect makeup, killer hairstyle, cute outfit, whitened teeth, treating yourself to lunch at a cafe and look mysterious sitting all alone nibbling at your salad :P Go window shopping and take photos of the clothes you try on so you know what you want to buy in that smaller size...?Whatever! Have fun distracting yourself :D
Don't get bored. Stay cheery and mentally active
Stay away from that kitchen!
Stay hydrated! Sip water constantly throughout the day, not gulps of one or three bottles here and there
A craving is just a feeling. Healthy is a honed skill
Booyakah!
A moment on the lips, forever on the hips
Feel deprived of junk food? Just imagine all those cute clothes you're being deprived of by being unhealthy, and all the other things you're missing out on because you're unhealthy
It's better to exercise 1/2 hour than to be unhealthy 24 hours a day, every day for the rest of a shortened life
This last collection of factoids are tidbits I've gathered in research over these past weeks. Read on if you're either very bored, trying to put yourself to sleep or as obsessive as I am when it comes to perfecting a project to microscopic testing standards :P
Like Dante warned, there's no undoing this trip :P
Never sit still. Fidget so you're in constant activity, burning calories
Focus on upcoming events
(birthday, Halloween and a small costume :D)
Set out, in the next size down, a cute outfit you want to wear
Weigh yourself regularly, at the same time and record it
Shy about explaining yourself when others question your restaurant or snack choices? Use your health as the reason. "I have a health issue and need to avoid certain foods."
They aren't entitled to any more than that. If they push for details, either out of rudeness or concern, "I'd rather not go into detail, it's too personal. But I'll be okay. It's not too serious."
People are nice, or passive or just don't care enough to be honest and, well, lie. The scale, bmi tester and measuring tape do not lie
Never eat a meal larger than your fist
Eat every 2-3 hours (min-max)
Never eat within 3 hours of sleeping
Get 8-9 hours of sleep
Eat until you are no longer hungry, not until you feel full/stuffed - that's a sign you've eaten too much
Brush your teeth when a craving hits. Nothing tastes good after toothpaste
Keep a journal/log of food and beverages consumed, activity, cravings, thoughts of food, temptations and dealing with them, restaurant experiences, eating with others and how you managed, etc
Rid the entire house of junk food. If your family and friends truly care, they'll support you and help you while you transition. They can hide their stash somewhere else
Number your bites. Limit yourself to X amount of bites when you know you need to
Exercise to music. It helps the time pass more quickly
Cut your food into tiny bites
Eat with your non-dominant hand
Put the utensil down while chewing
Cold showers burn calories
Wear as little as possible when exercising. Your clothes will be less forgiving; so you'll want to exercise longer
Read the ENTIRE nutrition label
Friends eating junk food? Opt for sugar-free candy or gum
Keep a stash in your purse or pocket
Do a 10-day detox every year or six months
Wear lip color and gloss
You won't want to smudge it by eating or drinking
These last few are questionable and I only include them because they are given me in advisement, be they wise or nutty who "helped me out"
*insert dramatic eye roll here*
Do this for that little black dress and the strappy heels :)
Do this for that itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini :D
Do it for the traffic-stopping body?
Do it for the wolf whistles, stares, double takes and once overs?
Do it for shorts, tank tops, mini skirts and mini dresses :P
Do it for sleeves that don't pinch :D lol
Do it so your thighs no longer communicate with cicadas :D lol
Do it to make the mean girls jealous
Do it for the surprised looks on "their" faces
Do it for the whispers and gossip about how you did it because they're jealous
Do it to prove "them" wrong
Do it to be so svelte you no longer care what other women think
DO THIS FOR YOURSELF!
Okay, these are food related and, I admit, sound goofy, but they're useful
To an extent
(sure, I got laughed up one side and down the other by my family when I was making my little flash cards, but I endured for the cause! and just stuck my tongue out at them, got haughty and pouted while trying not to laugh at myself too :P)
Your friends are:
Chicken broth
Plain air-popped popcorn
Sugar-free gum
Salsa with chiles
Spinach leaves
Hot chocolate or cappuccino in water
Seaweed (the algitate or whatever it's called)
Sugar-free vitamin c drops
Diet sodas (not dark colas - too much phosphorous is bad for your kidneys)
Coffee with nonfat milk (caffeine is an appetite suppressant too)
Water with lemon
Green tea
Sugar-free hard candy occasionally
Jelly beans occasionally
Eating out? Order a salad with dressing on the side
Avoid sandwiches
(so much bread and sodium in the meat and cheese)
Hate butter!
(really, it has no nutritional value and only harms your body and health)
Okay, these break my heart. I found them, circulating on websites run by teenage girls. I cried as I read their blogs and stories. I do NOT promote these ideas, but I have friends with young daughters and sons who are exposed to this at school.
They promote laxatives and the like
Stomach growling? Imagine fat being gnawed away
Don't eat.
If you want food inside you, just look in the mirror at your gut, thighs and arms
I don't care if it hurts
I have the control
I'll have a pretty body
I'll have a pretty soul
I'm not yet a winner
I could be thinner
I will not eat dinner
Or
I'm not yet a winner
I could be thinner
I must go throw up dinner
You see why I cried. That's just the tip of the iceberg for these kids. Tragic.
Eating one small meal, the size of one's fist, every two to three hours will speed up the metabolism.
Learning your BMR, RMR and what your BMI should be will help you. You can adjust the calories you consume logically, safely to lose the unhealthy weight over a realistic period of time.
Mycaloriecounter.com is a great site that does the math for you
Tata y'all ^_^
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Cox Hospitals, Burrell Behavioral Health
Cox Hospitals
Burrell Behavioral Health
Springfield, Missouri
Nixa, Missouri
Milano House, Residential Facility for At-Risk Teens
If you or someone you know or know of is directly or indirectly "involved" with this agency, I urge you to do considerable research and digging before moving one step further with them.
I know, as a parent of a child who is Mentally or Behaviorally or Emotionally Ill child, you may be at your wit's end, but being well-informed may make all the difference between healing and further regressing in your child's condition.
I speak from first-person experience, as a former patient.
This facility is to be compared with a minimum security prison for teens.
Every day, every night, for two and a half years, I felt I was being punished for being sick and scared.
It got so traumatic that I "played the system" and "graduated" to self-medicate and strike out on my own as an under-informed young adult.
I've written previously about the lack of nutrition and how it contributed to a bad habit of poor eating that lasted nearly 15 years.
I've also written of depressing living conditions in which my only solace was a bed near a window once in a while as beds rotated.
I've written of the lack of privacy and dignity.
Oh, how I wish St John's/Mercy Hospital would build an alternative. It's night and day, the dichotomies of Mercy to Cox. Tragic.
It takes less than 5 minutes to note the differences as you go through admitting.
I ache for the children of this area, knowing they have no alternative unless they have considerable means.
So, please! Warn parents. If they exercise their right and authority as patent, it could make a difference in their child's care at a facility.
Don't be afraid to breath down the necks of care providers.
If they aren't caring, they aren't doing their job. It's as simple as that.
Burrell Behavioral Health
Springfield, Missouri
Nixa, Missouri
Milano House, Residential Facility for At-Risk Teens
If you or someone you know or know of is directly or indirectly "involved" with this agency, I urge you to do considerable research and digging before moving one step further with them.
I know, as a parent of a child who is Mentally or Behaviorally or Emotionally Ill child, you may be at your wit's end, but being well-informed may make all the difference between healing and further regressing in your child's condition.
I speak from first-person experience, as a former patient.
This facility is to be compared with a minimum security prison for teens.
Every day, every night, for two and a half years, I felt I was being punished for being sick and scared.
It got so traumatic that I "played the system" and "graduated" to self-medicate and strike out on my own as an under-informed young adult.
I've written previously about the lack of nutrition and how it contributed to a bad habit of poor eating that lasted nearly 15 years.
I've also written of depressing living conditions in which my only solace was a bed near a window once in a while as beds rotated.
I've written of the lack of privacy and dignity.
Oh, how I wish St John's/Mercy Hospital would build an alternative. It's night and day, the dichotomies of Mercy to Cox. Tragic.
It takes less than 5 minutes to note the differences as you go through admitting.
I ache for the children of this area, knowing they have no alternative unless they have considerable means.
So, please! Warn parents. If they exercise their right and authority as patent, it could make a difference in their child's care at a facility.
Don't be afraid to breath down the necks of care providers.
If they aren't caring, they aren't doing their job. It's as simple as that.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Day Dunno Operation Waistline Deadline
I'm eating when someone puts food in front of me, whatever anyone puts in front of me and that's all I know.
I might be stumbling backward a few pounds, but I've been knocked back a few paces from any perspective.
The only "I hope something fits" moments I'm having are staring at my black wardrobe and trying to make sense of it all.
I hate fashion at the moment. There are inappropriate styles, unseasonable styles, clashing pieces and the worst part of it all, remembering other funerals I've worn ensembles to.
Would it betray the memory of the other person I loved to wear the same outfit?
On top of that, how can I continue segregating parts of my wardrobe for mourning? Every time I glance that way, a pang, however brief, stops my heart.
Is it healthy to have a mourning wardrobe? Or is it simply practical and respectful?
I'd like to think it's respectful, practical and a little sentimental in a reminiscent way.
I know, I'm over-thinking. I always do. At least I'm aware of it nowadays and not paralyzed by it.
I've carefully chosen the pieces. A long black skirt, a Victorian black satin and lace blouse, black flats with a kitten heel, a barrette to pull my hair halfway-up loosely.
I bought several packs of Pocket Puffs tissues for any ladies in embarrassing need, waterproof makeup, über-strong hairspray for the wind, I have a black fan from my Great Aunt Vī,who lived in Spain, in case it's sweltering or the sun is glaring.
I hate that I think do much.
I wish there were a switch to dumb myself down. I might say Duh a lot, but the trade-off could be worth it. No more obsessing when what's important is just paying respect and saying goodbye, getting closure. If there really is so certain and sure a time. It's always been gradual to me.
Anyway, at days end tomorrow, there's no switch to flip and shed light on one's life again simply because the formalities are finalized. Our senses carry memories. It takes the human brain 21 days to break a habit. Those two premiss alone are sufficient to conclude that a sense of peace/closure/normalcy won't occur for those closest to the lost when they awake Thursday morning.
I am removed now. I'll pray for the family every time they cross my mind, and try to make that often. They have a lifetime of reminders, memories to put to rest in a place of peace within themselves.
OWD can be put off. Grief cannot.
I might be stumbling backward a few pounds, but I've been knocked back a few paces from any perspective.
The only "I hope something fits" moments I'm having are staring at my black wardrobe and trying to make sense of it all.
I hate fashion at the moment. There are inappropriate styles, unseasonable styles, clashing pieces and the worst part of it all, remembering other funerals I've worn ensembles to.
Would it betray the memory of the other person I loved to wear the same outfit?
On top of that, how can I continue segregating parts of my wardrobe for mourning? Every time I glance that way, a pang, however brief, stops my heart.
Is it healthy to have a mourning wardrobe? Or is it simply practical and respectful?
I'd like to think it's respectful, practical and a little sentimental in a reminiscent way.
I know, I'm over-thinking. I always do. At least I'm aware of it nowadays and not paralyzed by it.
I've carefully chosen the pieces. A long black skirt, a Victorian black satin and lace blouse, black flats with a kitten heel, a barrette to pull my hair halfway-up loosely.
I bought several packs of Pocket Puffs tissues for any ladies in embarrassing need, waterproof makeup, über-strong hairspray for the wind, I have a black fan from my Great Aunt Vī,who lived in Spain, in case it's sweltering or the sun is glaring.
I hate that I think do much.
I wish there were a switch to dumb myself down. I might say Duh a lot, but the trade-off could be worth it. No more obsessing when what's important is just paying respect and saying goodbye, getting closure. If there really is so certain and sure a time. It's always been gradual to me.
Anyway, at days end tomorrow, there's no switch to flip and shed light on one's life again simply because the formalities are finalized. Our senses carry memories. It takes the human brain 21 days to break a habit. Those two premiss alone are sufficient to conclude that a sense of peace/closure/normalcy won't occur for those closest to the lost when they awake Thursday morning.
I am removed now. I'll pray for the family every time they cross my mind, and try to make that often. They have a lifetime of reminders, memories to put to rest in a place of peace within themselves.
OWD can be put off. Grief cannot.
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