MOUGHI's CalorieKing blog
Thursday, Jun 18 2009 - mental fortitude
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Sometimes I wonder which is harder when changing ones food habits. The actually food changes or the mental part. So, I ask you all which has been harder for you. For me it has been the mental game and not the actual changes in my diet. I like the food changes and don't miss too often not eating greasy fried foods. Except for sweets and crackers, I don't miss my former foods. I have gained my weight back surprisingly eating healthy foods. 
( So, control and mentally changing my behavior has become my issue ).
This is one of the reasons why I stayed on CK. NOT only had I not reached my goal weight and needed the motivation to do so, I needed to work on my behaviors that got me heavy in the first place. These haven't gone away. I am still struggling with as evident with some weight gain over the past five months. I realize now I will have to conquer these mental problems to lose and keep the weight off. How can I do that is the question then when so far I haven't found the answers ?
Over the next few weeks I will be examining these questions and trying to find the answers for myself. If you have found the answers for yourself, please share. Here are some things I am going to try this week.
Eat food for fuel and not pleasure. I am a pleasure eater. I am a foodie. I am a cook. I love to experiment with food. Maybe if I can change my attitude about food it will help me. My son in law eats like this and lost his weight like this. Don't know if this mind set will help me or if I can achieve it
Fuel if necessary to exercise, but don't eat back exercise calories since I don't use up that many calories to begin with. Sometimes with diabetes I have to eat after exercise, but I'm going to try to time it just right. Someday with a HRM I'll know exactly what I'm doing here, but for now I doubt I use up more than 200 calories at a time exercising since I walk and not run for 45 minutes a day.
Eat three snacks a day, but make them small ones and not the two large snacks. In other words eat every 3-4 hours and keep my blood sugar more even. No eating past 9pm.
I'll start out with going back to these basics and making sure I follow these.
I have to remember...It's a way of life that has to become my ingrain habit so that the other unwanted behavior doesn't come back again.
( So, control and mentally changing my behavior has become my issue ).This is one of the reasons why I stayed on CK. NOT only had I not reached my goal weight and needed the motivation to do so, I needed to work on my behaviors that got me heavy in the first place. These haven't gone away. I am still struggling with as evident with some weight gain over the past five months. I realize now I will have to conquer these mental problems to lose and keep the weight off. How can I do that is the question then when so far I haven't found the answers ?
Over the next few weeks I will be examining these questions and trying to find the answers for myself. If you have found the answers for yourself, please share. Here are some things I am going to try this week.
Eat food for fuel and not pleasure. I am a pleasure eater. I am a foodie. I am a cook. I love to experiment with food. Maybe if I can change my attitude about food it will help me. My son in law eats like this and lost his weight like this. Don't know if this mind set will help me or if I can achieve it
Fuel if necessary to exercise, but don't eat back exercise calories since I don't use up that many calories to begin with. Sometimes with diabetes I have to eat after exercise, but I'm going to try to time it just right. Someday with a HRM I'll know exactly what I'm doing here, but for now I doubt I use up more than 200 calories at a time exercising since I walk and not run for 45 minutes a day.
Eat three snacks a day, but make them small ones and not the two large snacks. In other words eat every 3-4 hours and keep my blood sugar more even. No eating past 9pm.
I'll start out with going back to these basics and making sure I follow these.
I have to remember...It's a way of life that has to become my ingrain habit so that the other unwanted behavior doesn't come back again.
6 comments so far.
6.
a decade ago
Gosh, that is a toss up. But I am sure like most things it is 80% mental. For some reason some times are just so much harder.// Thanks for the Galveston advise. I haven't been since the storm. A lot of the houses we have browsed are repos with storm damage.
by TDBHALL
5.
a decade ago
Lory, I'm sitting here at 240 which I see is your starting weight. I just started on CK a couple weeks ago and I've been really trying hard to at least record my food and exercise but have not turned the corner to eating completely healthy. For the last few minutes I was looking up calories for Dairy Queen Blizzards as I want one so bad. I decided to look for motivation to not make that choice and came across your blog. You are inspirational and yes, it's mental, mental, mental. When a person like me knows the nutritional value of almost anything she could possibly put in her mouth and still get to 240, it's got to be something besides the food. Anyway, I just looked at what you ate today and wow, I can't believe how much you can pack into 1300 calories. Very eye opening to me. Thanks, Vicki
by VICKI.Z
4.
a decade ago
Lory, I'm sitting here at 240 which I see is your starting weight. I just started on CK a couple weeks ago and I've been really trying hard to at least record my food and exercise but have not turned the corner to eating completely healthy. For the last few minutes I was looking up calories for Dairy Queen Blizzards as I want one so bad. I decided to look for motivation to not make that choice and came across your blog. You are inspirational and yes, it's mental, mental, mental. When a person like me knows the nutritional value of almost anything she could possibly put in her mouth and still get to 240, it's got to be something besides the food. Anyway, I just looked at what you ate today and wow, I can't believe how much you can pack into 1300 calories. Very eye opening to me. Thanks, Vicki
by VICKI.Z
3.
a decade ago
Hey - I hear you - you are doing wonderful - but then ounces creep back in - and they become pounds. Well, a few of the members have been reeading The Beck Diet Solution - and I started it yesterday - paid $22.00 here in Canada - but they are on Amazon for less than $2.00 YES TWO. It is a way of THINKING yourself thin - it's not a FOOD diet - it's a thought process. Perhaps that's what you need. Amazon is good - have dealt with them dozens of times, even SOLD stuff on it. Hope this will inspire you - Hugz - Kel
:rock1:
by KELOSE
2.
a decade ago
It is definitely mental! If my mental attitude is strong and true making food choices is so much easier. I am trying to get back to the basics too. One day, one meal, one snack, one step at a time!!
by MEYDEE
1.
a decade ago
Thanks for visiting my offsite blog, Lory!
=D 
:kiss: Back to the basics is the way to go...I know you can do it!
by AMY13