Whatsoever Things Are Good

[carollynne]

hi again. hope all is well, and that you are doing great too.
encouragement is coming your way.

[LoriJenny]

Thanks Carollynne...I guess I've learned what you and Jim were saying...but the hard way. When I fall off a little, I seem to fall off alot. I just have to hope that it is part of my learning process and now I have learned. I'm gonna just keep trucking along. Holidays are so fun, such good family times...also can be hard for some of us who are missing family members. So, all in all, I hope to enjoy the holidays and not enjoy the SAD treats...but I will not be sorry to see January come!!

Christine...thanks for dropping by, hope all is well with you!

Kristy, thanks also for dropping by

I must pull myself out of this slump now!!

[janluvs2heel]

Hi LoriJenny,

Glad to hear that you had a nice Thanksgiving with your family.

I did fine on TG, because I didn't go anywhere. But on Sun. & Mon, I was stewarding at an obedience trial (dog show). It was a big show & part of working it was getting fed. Well, I showed up on Sunday, at 730 & did not get home until after 6 pm. I ate my normal breakfast of oatmeal, cherries, & I was not starving at lunch. Unfortunately you could not bring food into the building so I had no choice but figured there might be a little bit of friendly food. I was wrong, but it wasn't horrible. It came from Papapavlos restaurant. So I did the best I could & when I got home, ate the last of my Split Pea Soup. Monday was the same, they had a great Lentil soup, I do not think that it had oil in it or at least not much. It was delicious but because it was served, I could only get a small bowl. However, I stuck to a sandwich, which amounted to bread since I took the meat out & salad, which was already dressed, but again, not an oily dressing or tons of it on the salad which was nice. I did have a few small homemade treats, but that's ok. I was not out of control which I like. I am sure it will reflect on the scale on Sat. though, but that is the way it is. I knew it was coming, knew I could not take food into the building where I would be stewarding & the club escorts you to the building where the food is so there you go.
You know what, I was thinking, when I was a girl & when my daughter was young, we had TG & Christmas traditions. TG was not that big a deal but Christmas always was. We had fun baking Christmas cookies, things like that. I hope that she is going to pass that on to her daughters & not just forsake them because they are not McD. friendly. I mean she can do some stuff McD friendly, but you know most of the stuff for Christmas is not going to be McD friendly. But "we" dont have to eat it & we dont have to have it around during the whole holiday season.

Have a great day!!

Jan

[carollynne]

LoriJenny!! Hey I am starting to overeat... darn it all!
happy day and night to you!
the path is not easy and has many pitfalls. all over the place!! Keep thinking of your health and how you are so worth this WOE... no matter what anyone tries to say to you!!

[LoriJenny]

Hi Jan, thanks so much for stopping by and for those thoughts, yep, hard to know what to do with the traditional cookies and christmas treats, I think I've pretty well decided to go ahead and make the treats, at least some this year, and not to have any at all...not even one taste because I know that right now, I will just want to eat more and more if I eat even a little!

Carollynne, Thanks so much for stopping by! I feel so confident that you will get through the holidays in a really good way...and you are right, we just need to keep our health in the forefront of our minds.

Actually, I'm doing quite well, after my Thanksgiving pitfall. I'm back up on my feet and really feeling stronger than ever. I passed up some treats this morning...like others we get so many treats at work this time of year. And I was all set to "blow it" and have some this morning, but I couldn't do it...I just couldn't, I thought "I'm just done doing this to myself". So that was nice, and I hope this strength will hold up through the holidays. Well, Christmas...I have no New Years plans this year, so far. But for me...that is only a minor type holiday. I think I will start posting my food and weight here again, through December...probably a great idea to keep me accountable.

B: Oatmeal with Almonds
L: 3 Bean Chili (yum) carrots
D: Split Pea soup with potatoes.
S: Pomegranates, blackberries
EX: It's extremely cold today, but was very active at work.

[janluvs2heel]

Hi LoriJenny,

Good for you. That is just what you have to do, most of us are not perfect. So when we fall off that horse, we just climb right back on.

Great that you avoided the treats today. See, you are stronger than you think.

I love it when I do that, suprise myself that yes, I can say no thank you & the world does not come to an end.

[LoriJenny]

Jan, thank you for those thoughts...you are so right, the world continues right along even when we don't indulge. In fact, I was thinking, the truth is the opposite. If I keep indulging, the world could in fact come to an end for me.

I don't want to keep making exceptions and then trying to climb back on the wagon...it's completely stalling my progress and not leading me to good health. I need to stop making excuses and stop falling off the wagon, I need to put my health foremost in my thoughts, and really put an end to my addiction to SAD food.

[LoriJenny]

Taking a little breather...be back soon!!

[janluvs2heel]

Hey LoriJenny,


Hope everything is okay. Miss you on the boards.

[f1jim]

Don't give up Lori. Time can be your friend or your enemy. Make it work for you.
f1jim

[LoriJenny]

Thanks Jan, Thanks Jim...the holiday season is a tough one for me...just trying to get through it and hoping for 2012 to come quickly!!! I did throw away all the holiday treats that have been accumulating today...and I'm going to try to do a fast tomorrow to bring myself back into compliance.

[carollynne]

great idea!! this is a tuff time of the yr for me too!

[janluvs2heel]

Thanks Jan, Thanks Jim...the holiday season is a tough one for me...just trying to get through it and hoping for 2012 to come quickly!!! I did throw away all the holiday treats that have been accumulating today...and I'm going to try to do a fast tomorrow to bring myself back into compliance.

Good for you, LoriJenny,

Is it hard for you to throw out food? It is for me, although not so much now that I live by myself. It just seems so wasteful, I remember my mom always telling my sister & I that there were so many starving children somewhere in the world, like eating what was on our plate would help them. But still, I think her message was really we should feel fortunate that we have food on our plate. When you are a little kid though, you dont understand. Oh, well.

My worst thing now is having to throw away potatoes or fruit, something like that has gone bad. I hate to go to the grocery store every other day but it seems like sometimes that is what I am doing, so that I can have fresh fruit, veggies, etc.

Oh, well. Yeah, a one day fast, that might get you back on track now that all the goodies are gone.

[LoriJenny]

I gotta tell you what happened today...I just had to laugh...

3 more boxes of goodies arrived...3!!!! O my goodness, I've never had so many goodies sent to me in all my life. All chocolates too. I suppose if I throw these out then 6 boxes will arrive tomorrrow...hahahaha. I don't feel so tempted by these I'm glad to say, so they are on the piano, and I will let the younger ones enjoy them for a few days...and then out they go!!!

The fast went pretty well, I think it definately brought me more self control. I did have some beans and veggies though for dinner, so I did not last all day...but even for 20 hours or so, I felt it was a good thing to do. Onward towards the goal.

[LoriJenny]

Today is the one year anniversary of the day my dr told me to go vegan. I've sure had my ups and downs, but I'm happy to report that my cholesterol has gone from 443 to 307. It's still really high, but that's a big drop and I'm happy about it!

I was overwhelmed by support from my family at Christmas time. I got so many gifts and nearly all of them were in support of my new WOE. I got some beautiful knives, and a salad spinner, and some pretty veggie keepers for the fridge, and even some veggie ornaments! I feel so spoiled!

I did put back on some pounds over the holidays...so now I really need to get back on the wagon and lose the gained pounds and then lose some more and get my cholesterol down even further. I'm a big fan of the biggest loser, and their motto this season is "no excuses" and I'm gonna endeavor to make it my motto too!! Back on track I go!!!