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Stress… it’s a killer

Larry — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:38:47 +0000

Batty Koda hit the nail on the head with that line.

The more stressed I am the more I want to eat. But the more I eat the more stressed I become. You see where I am going. Scripture tells us to be anxious for nothing. That’s NOTHING or NO THING. I say that to myself every day especially since we are going through some “financial issues” at the moment. I know that GOD is in control but my fleshly self has a tough time internalizing that. so what I do is at least say to myself that I am trusting HIM and leaning on JESUS.

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It’s been too long

Larry — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:17:20 +0000

The reason it has been a long time since I last posted is I am still struggling, or perhaps the better term is fighting, to get back on track with weight loss. Your prayers are appreciated. It’s been too long is a post from: CH3NOW

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Mindlfull eating… What do you think?

Larry — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:36:37 +0000

My weight loss method of choice has always been calorie counting which, when kept to, always succeeds. I am looking at trying what is called mindful or intuitive eating. This is just “eat when you are hungry” and “stop eating when you are full”. With regards to exercise it is “be more active”.

Please read these 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating from IntuitiveEating.org and let me know what you think.

10 Principles of Intuitive Eating

Reject the Diet Mentality Throw out the diet books and magazine articles that offer you false hope of losing weight quickly, easily, and permanently. Get angry at the lies that have led you to feel as if you were a failure every time a new diet stopped working and you gained back all of the weight. If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.
Honor Your Hunger Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating are fleeting and irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for re-building trust with yourself and food.
Make Peace with Food Call a truce, stop the food fight! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can’t or shouldn’t have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing When you finally “give-in” to your forbidden food, eating will be experienced with such intensity, it usually results in Last Supper overeating, and overwhelming guilt.
Challenge the Food Police .Scream a loud “NO” to thoughts in your head that declare you’re “good” for eating under 1000 calories or “bad” because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. The Food Police monitor the unreasonable rules that dieting has created . The police station is housed deep in your psyche, and its loud speaker shouts negative barbs, hopeless phrases, and guilt-provoking indictments. Chasing the Food Police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.
Respect Your Fullness Listen for the body signals that tell you that you are no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show that you’re comfortably full. Pause in the middle of a meal or food and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what is your current fullness level?
Discover the Satisfaction Factor The Japanese have the wisdom to promote pleasure as one of their goals of healthy living In our fury to be thin and healthy, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence–the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want, in an environment that is inviting and conducive, the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satisfied and content. By providing this experience for yourself, you will find that it takes much less food to decide you’ve had “enough”.
Honor Your Feelings Without Using Food Find ways to comfort , nurture, distract, and resolve your issues without using food. Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, anger are emotions we all experience throughout life. Each has its own trigger, and each has its own appeasement. Food won’t fix any of these feelings. It may comfort for the short term, distract from the pain, or even numb you into a food hangover. But food won’t solve the problem. If anything, eating for an emotional hunger will only make you feel worse in the long run. You’ll ultimately have to deal with the source of the emotion, as well as the discomfort of overeating.
Respect Your Body Accept your genetic blueprint. Just as a person with a shoe size of eight would not expect to realistically squeeze into a size six, it is equally as futile (and uncomfortable) to have the same expectation with body size. But mostly, respect your body, so you can feel better about who you are. It’s hard to reject the diet mentality if you are unrealistic and overly critical about your body shape.
Exercise–Feel the Difference Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie burning effect of exercise. If you focus on how you feel from working out, such as energized, it can make the difference between rolling out of bed for a brisk morning walk or hitting the snooze alarm. If when you wake up, your only goal is to lose weight, it’s usually not a motivating factor in that moment of time.
Honor Your Health–Gentle Nutrition Make food choices that honor your health and tastebuds while making you feel well. Remember that you don’t have to eat a perfect diet to be healthy. You will not suddenly get a nutrient deficiency or gain weight from one snack, one meal, or one day of eating. It’s what you eat consistently over time that matters, progress not perfection is what counts.

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A Four Notch Goal

Larry — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:45:21 +0000

That’s right… I’ve put on some weight which is why I haven’t posted anything in awhile. It’s real easy to proclaim when you are succeeding. Not so much when you are struggling or worse yet going backwards. Later in the day and at night are my biggest issues along with weekend parties or dinners with friends. Hey it’s a special occasion so let’s eat and eat and eat and eat… Well you get the idea.

Here’s to four notches…

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A Three Notch Goal

Larry — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:19:12 +0000

When I started this weight loss journey in 2006 I had a waist size of about 52″. At my lowest weight I had a waist size of about 36″. I am now up about three notches in my belt from my lowest which is how I measure my progress as I never use the scales.

I’m feeling better every day that I stay on track by eating less and moving more. Isn’t that the way it works though? When we rely on our power things don’t work out so well but if we rely on God we can “feel” results. Not just physically but emotionally and spiritually as well. I’m now over 16000 (virtual) miles on my exercise bike and have a current calorie exercise savings of 1700. If you are not sure what that means click on the “How I lost weight tab“.

Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement and I will keep you apprised of my “notch success”

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Two days and still counting

Larry — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:55:10 +0000

Calories that is… and Thanking Jesus for the strength to continue. Two days and still counting is a post from: CH3NOW

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No more excuses

Larry — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:34:36 +0000

Well today is Easter and it also happens to be my birthday. A perfect combination for renewing my commitment to eating right. My hope is that my journey may help someone else and with Christ’s help I will overcome this addiction to food or more accurately my addiction to “certain” foods. Those of you that struggle with weight loss (and gain) know what I mean by that.

I want to honor God with all and my health is a big one.

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I need to add a “tweak” to my comittment

Larry — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:31:07 +0000

My last post was a commitment to keep within calorie counts and do an activity/exercise every day. Well yesterday was a friends 50th birthday and like an alcoholic I gave in to temptation and ate too much because of all the food around me. My “tweak” is can be one of two things. Either I commit to NEVER eating over my limit OR I commit that if I do overeat I make up for the calories in subsequent days. What does anyone think?

For now I am committing to the latter as the former sets me up for, in my mind, certain failure. Also because I periodically like to fast for a day I could use those times of fleshly failure to prompt a fast.

For JESUS,

Larry

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A commitment to those are watching/following me

Larry — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:36:25 +0000

Today I am committing to my CH3Now Blog world the following:

Today I will start to conscientiously keep track of the calories I am taking in
Today I will not go over my allotment of calories
Today I will do some form of exercise/activity
Today I will seek Christ for the power to accomplish the above

Now since it says “Today” that applies to tomorrow when it becomes today. I also give anyone who sees this permission and in fact ask for you to keep me accountable to these promises. God did not intend for us to struggle alone.

For JESUS…

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Still Struggling

Larry — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:27:12 +0000

I know everyone struggles with keeping the weight off or even just staying on track. Every day I get up and say “just for today I’m going to stay on track” and then I don’t. I take comfort in Paul’s words in Romans 7:15-25 where he is open about his struggles with the flesh so today I say again “just for today I’m going to stay on track”. With the help of Jesus through the indwelling Holy Spirit I CAN be victorious.

Praise HIM

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