A year of No S (it went on so fast!)
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:02 am
I meant to do this a couple of days ago, but I didn't have the time, so here it goes:
On the 14th I celebrated Valentine's Day and a year of NoS (with doughnuts)!.
On this past year I have re-learned a lot about food and myself, I lost the fear of spending more than two hours without eating, started listening to my stomach again... well, you have read about this over and over, I won't bore you with it all again.
The weight-loss?, it hasn't been anything spectacular but, the most important thing I've learned?
The weight I weight and the weight I gain and the weight I lose is a 100% my choice.
I could weight far less than I do?, but I just don't want to get there, I'm fine at where I am and that is because?:
I'm at peace with myself, I'm in absolute control of my choices and most of all, I'm doing as much as I want to do about my weight.
Let me tell you this: my husband made a bet with his athletic best friend: that by the next 4th of july he would be much much thinner and in shape; well, he is in much better shape, but he isn't any thinner (I'm guessing all that snacking has something to do with it), so now, he is freaking out a bit and it sometimes can get out of hand; a few days ago, we had lunch out at about 1:00-2:00 PM, at dinner time at about 8:00-9:00 PM, I naturally decided to have dinner, well my husband told me that he was not hungry, how could I be hungry, man, how much do I eat! (this all being his guilt about his eating choices being reflected on me), well... a year ago, I would have felt guilty, bad about myself, bad about needing nourishment and dissolve in a pool of tears, eating anyway because, well, I needed it and then having a sour stomach for eating in such a state.
Not this year, not anymore, I told my husband that that was all good and everything, but I had had lunch hours ago and I needed dinner, which I calmly ate without an ounce of remorse.
That's right: doing things right removes all doubt and guilt and therefore, the most important thing that has happened to me in this past year?:
I haven't cried about food, my body or myself once.
This is the most important point, the most important thing one can do about oneself: stop being the victim and start doing things.
In my case, I had forgotten how to eat right and I would remember and then forget about it again, until a nice way to remember it came my way:
"No Snacks No Sweets No Seconds except Sometimes on days that start with S"
Thank you again, Reihard, I wish I could say "here's hoping for another happy year of NoS" but that would be a dumb thing to say; quitting No S will never, ever happen.
And now I gotta go; it's time for dinner!.
On the 14th I celebrated Valentine's Day and a year of NoS (with doughnuts)!.
On this past year I have re-learned a lot about food and myself, I lost the fear of spending more than two hours without eating, started listening to my stomach again... well, you have read about this over and over, I won't bore you with it all again.
The weight-loss?, it hasn't been anything spectacular but, the most important thing I've learned?
The weight I weight and the weight I gain and the weight I lose is a 100% my choice.
I could weight far less than I do?, but I just don't want to get there, I'm fine at where I am and that is because?:
I'm at peace with myself, I'm in absolute control of my choices and most of all, I'm doing as much as I want to do about my weight.
Let me tell you this: my husband made a bet with his athletic best friend: that by the next 4th of july he would be much much thinner and in shape; well, he is in much better shape, but he isn't any thinner (I'm guessing all that snacking has something to do with it), so now, he is freaking out a bit and it sometimes can get out of hand; a few days ago, we had lunch out at about 1:00-2:00 PM, at dinner time at about 8:00-9:00 PM, I naturally decided to have dinner, well my husband told me that he was not hungry, how could I be hungry, man, how much do I eat! (this all being his guilt about his eating choices being reflected on me), well... a year ago, I would have felt guilty, bad about myself, bad about needing nourishment and dissolve in a pool of tears, eating anyway because, well, I needed it and then having a sour stomach for eating in such a state.
Not this year, not anymore, I told my husband that that was all good and everything, but I had had lunch hours ago and I needed dinner, which I calmly ate without an ounce of remorse.
That's right: doing things right removes all doubt and guilt and therefore, the most important thing that has happened to me in this past year?:
I haven't cried about food, my body or myself once.
This is the most important point, the most important thing one can do about oneself: stop being the victim and start doing things.
In my case, I had forgotten how to eat right and I would remember and then forget about it again, until a nice way to remember it came my way:
"No Snacks No Sweets No Seconds except Sometimes on days that start with S"
Thank you again, Reihard, I wish I could say "here's hoping for another happy year of NoS" but that would be a dumb thing to say; quitting No S will never, ever happen.
And now I gotta go; it's time for dinner!.
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