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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 113448" data-attributes="member: 701"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sue C</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lisa -- Sounds like a good idea to change my way of thinking, not go on a "diet." And it makes sense to not totally deprive oneself of something. But for now, I think I really have to do that with chocolate or I go nuts and have to have it every day (and not just a little).</p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>The weight loss plan that I used between the birth of difficult child and easy child didn't deny any foods. The plan simply was to eat only when hungry and stop when you are full. Eat the foods you want and like, including chocolate. It took some time to really tune into the beginning signs of hunger and awhile to develop the discipline not to eat in between times but once I caught on I did well with it. </p><p></p><p>Ironically once I got into the habit of eating when I was hungry and stopping when full (ignoring what the clock said) on most days I wanted a small breakfast early in the morning, lunch on the early side at around 11 and then dinner quite late, around 8:30 or 9. I go to bed early so often I was eating shortly before bedtime and still was losing weight at a good clip. I don't know how my perimenopausal body will handle it though.</p><p></p><p>One of the reasons I liked this strategy is that I *like* good food and would rather have a small piece of good quality chocolate than a mountain of lesser quality stuff. I didn't walk around all the time thinking I was being denied all of my favorite foods. </p><p></p><p>My discipline was the problem and not the food. A limited amount of chocolate wasn't going to do me in--my inability to stop was.</p><p></p><p>SRL, </p><p>Kicking herself for not sticking with what was working</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 113448, member: 701"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sue C</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lisa -- Sounds like a good idea to change my way of thinking, not go on a "diet." And it makes sense to not totally deprive oneself of something. But for now, I think I really have to do that with chocolate or I go nuts and have to have it every day (and not just a little). </div></div> The weight loss plan that I used between the birth of difficult child and easy child didn't deny any foods. The plan simply was to eat only when hungry and stop when you are full. Eat the foods you want and like, including chocolate. It took some time to really tune into the beginning signs of hunger and awhile to develop the discipline not to eat in between times but once I caught on I did well with it. Ironically once I got into the habit of eating when I was hungry and stopping when full (ignoring what the clock said) on most days I wanted a small breakfast early in the morning, lunch on the early side at around 11 and then dinner quite late, around 8:30 or 9. I go to bed early so often I was eating shortly before bedtime and still was losing weight at a good clip. I don't know how my perimenopausal body will handle it though. One of the reasons I liked this strategy is that I *like* good food and would rather have a small piece of good quality chocolate than a mountain of lesser quality stuff. I didn't walk around all the time thinking I was being denied all of my favorite foods. My discipline was the problem and not the food. A limited amount of chocolate wasn't going to do me in--my inability to stop was. SRL, Kicking herself for not sticking with what was working [/QUOTE]
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