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I had a good day yesterday. I had oatmeal for breakfast, had some grocery shopping to do...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

6 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Making better decisions I had a good day yesterday. I had oatmeal for breakfast, had some grocery shopping to do...

Reply: A1 anyone?

LOL! I'm glad that day is over. I'm trying to take things one day at a time. I'm making a...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

7 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:A1 anyone? LOL! I'm glad that day is over. I'm trying to take things one day at a time. I'm making a...

Reply: Darned if you do; darned if you don't

This person you speak of must have never been 265 lbs and felt it like you used to or like...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

25 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Darned if you do; darned if you don't This person you speak of must have never been 265 lbs and felt it like you used to or like...

A1 anyone?

After consuming all but 16 calories worth of my goal calories today (I didn't plan my meals...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

7 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:A1 anyone? After consuming all but 16 calories worth of my goal calories today (I didn't plan my meals...

Reply: Day 9/Happy Halloween

Thank you I'll have to try that

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

44 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Day 9/Happy Halloween Thank you I'll have to try that

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I believe part of it is their food choices. Their way of thinking is We're old. We're going...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

I believe part of it is their food choices. Their way of thinking is We're old. We're going to enjoy what we want to. I've been encouraging healthier eating since I've been here. Although I have, the unhealthy and junky foods still make their way onto the grocery lists. Since my aunt had her stroke, she is no longer able to do the cooking. My uncle will cook sometimes. I think he just prefers not to cook anything that requires a lot of effort. Part of his thing, I think, is that he's not aware of which foods are really good for him and which ones are really bad for him. He's diabetic now. Growing up I've always noticed they keep things handy such as Banana Twins, Donut Sticks, Marshmallow Cakes, and some other Little Debbie treats. They still do. Since he's been out of the hospital from his injury, he's been drinking mostly water, eating whole wheat bread, brown rice. He's still got to have his coffee and the occasional 1/4 of a 12 oz Coca Cola. He's lost a bit of weight. While he seems to be willing to cooperate with some of my encouragement, mainly the whole wheat and whole grains, he doesn't seem interested in actually staying on a healthy eating regimen. He's commented that as soon as he's done healing, that his sugar should go back to being checked only at doctor's visits and he can go back to having his sodas and snack cakes. This has helped to discourage me from eating the unhealthy stuff. But, I'm still starting out and having to really work on my self-discipline.
I believe that once I'm done helping out here and go home permanently again, that I'll be better able to restrict my own eating habits. I don't ordinarily keep a lot of sweets at my house. The main thing I'll have trouble with at home is probably going to be sweet tea. Other than sweet beverages my biggest and most enormous weakness is chocolate. I'm a chocoholic. And I LOVE fried chicken. Growing up, my mother was either unknowledgable of eating nutritiously or just ignorant of it. There were not many meals in which she didn't fry the meat we were about to eat. She's always been big and for the most part so have I. Now she's diabetic and had a stroke in 2009. My aunt, I'm helping care for, when I was a kid she would always encourage me to clean my plate. This mentality was nearly drilled into me as I was always so eager to please her. Now I have a difficult time deciding to stop when I feel like I'm almost full. I read somewhere it takes the brain 20 minutes to register that you've had enough to eat. Once I can bring myself to consciously stop eating when I'm no longer hungry, I think I'll be able to make more progress.

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SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted byMandy29

44 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Day 9/Happy Halloween I believe part of it is their food choices. Their way of thinking is We're old. We're going...

Reply: Day 9/Happy Halloween

Thank you I actually did do the thing with the fruit. We've run out of fresh fruit. It's...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

44 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Day 9/Happy Halloween Thank you I actually did do the thing with the fruit. We've run out of fresh fruit. It's...

Reply: Day 9/Happy Halloween

Thank you

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

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Day 9/Happy Halloween

My aunt wanted some peanut butter cookies. After they were made, she asked, "Don't you want...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

44 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Day 9/Happy Halloween My aunt wanted some peanut butter cookies. After they were made, she asked, "Don't you want...

Reply: Day 7

Thank you Barb. I'll have to pick up some next time I go grocery shopping. My husband used...

SW-265 GW-185
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Posted by Mandy29

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