Quoted message said:Quoted message said:If tracking is paramount to your (plural) exercise or weight loss, then
you are screwed. I point to the evidence of those in the alt.support
groups who yo-yo diet and to a one, those that tracked stopped and the
yo-yo began.
Cynthia P said:I hope eventually to get to the point where this is all
well-entrenched habit and I can pretty much not worry wo much about
it. I agree, stopping tracking has its bad points.
You won't track all this [censored] for life, will you? No one, I said no one
does, not one on these alt.diet.groups do.
Quoted message said:I may experiment some with tracking food less, but just results
instead. That would take off some of the day to day hassle, but make
me keep tabs on measurements (taken monthly) and overall weight
(usually daily).
Sweetie, losing weight is not about constantly Gestapoing yourself.
Become your own best friend, Cynthia Evil is looking over Cytnthia Good
and driving your best side, Let it go.
Quoted message said:Right now though, I feel like the tracking is a good idea for me. I'm
hoping to get the good eating habits well set in stone, but it's all
too easy to regress. One thing tracking does, if you eat something not
so ideal... you have to confront just how many calories it cost you,
as well as seeing how little protein/fiber, how much fat/sugar you've
put in your system.
As if you didn't intuitively know this? You weren't blind on your way to
obesity, you were blinded but never blind
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Having watched this for a decade on alt.support.diet.xxxxxxxx groups, I
see the pattern clearly. They stop tracking, gain weight, and my bet is
that they stopped tracking so they could walk blind to overconsumption
without accountability.Heaven knows, I've been there, and done that. Though it has usually
been a stress/life event thing that has first thrown me off good
eating habits and then I start to lose the tracking and ah, "walk
blind".The only thing I can say is that so far, I've at least never exceeded
my highest weight. So at some point, I take the blinders off again.--
Cynthia
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God love you, Cynthia. You found this alt.Usenet place, that means you
have all the tools of effort in your corner.
Step back and ask yourself, how do I no longer war against myself? In
that, you will find all your answers,
--
After four months and being an American in Taipei I never want to hear
´Oh your koala very cute¡ ever again. If there is an off chance that if
I do encounter a koala, I may have to punch it in the face as a result.
Even a pretty koala looks ugly with a broken nose.