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28 January 2009

Weigh-in: 188.0 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 18.0 lb Diet followed N/A

19 March 2008

Okay so I have decided not to diet so to speak (I am watching what I am eating and how much). However, on Sunday night I watched "I Can Make You Thin" on TLC. I love his rules and so far they are working great! I am finding that I am never hungry (right now I am ready for lunch but not starving) and I am eating less then I was.

I put on a pair of capris from last spring and they FIT! That was very exciting. I have not been eating much lately because of my surgery however, I am glad that my clothes are starting to fit again! Spring is my time to get skinnier! Last year I lost a ton of weight then Winter rolled around and I gained it right back. I am hoping this year will be different!

http://www.mckenna.com/default.aspx?pid=39

His rules:
1) When you are hungry, EAT.
2) Eat what you want, not what you think you should.
3) Eat CONSCIOUSLY and enjoy every mouthful
4) When you think you are full, STOP eating.

Why would anyone eat if they weren’t hungry?

Because it is simply a habit. Many people are so desensitised to their body’s messages that they’ve forgotten how to pay attention. Real physical hunger is different to emotional hunger (which we will deal with later). Physical hunger comes on gradually. Emotional hunger comes on suddenly, when you feel bored or upset. If you starve youself you will end up binging. That’s how your body gets thrown off balance. In future when you feel physical hunger, eat! When you starve yourself your body goes into ‘survival mode’ it slows your metabolism and your body starts to store fat. When you eat when you are truly hungry you tell your body there will always be enough food and so you metabolism is likely to speed up.

Take a few moments right now to look at the hunger scale and tune in to your body. How hungry are you right now? Each person is different, but as a general rule, you want to eat whenever you notice yourself between 3 and 4 on the scale – that is when you are fairly hungry, but before you become ravenous. If you wait until you get down to one or two your body will go into starvation mode and you’ll wind up probably eating more than your body needs and storing the excess as fat. Ideally, you’ll want to stop eating at right around 6 or 7 on the hunger scale – when you are feeling pleasantly satisfied or full but not yet stuffed or bloated.
From now on never go into the RED areas!

The Hunger Scale

1 - Physical Faint
2- Ravenous
3- Fairly Hungry
4- Slightly Hungry
5- Neutral
6- Pleasantly satisfied
7- Full
8- Stuffed (red)
9- Bloated (red)
10- Nauseous (red)

Of course, if you have been a serial dieter you may be so used to overriding your body’s signals that you may at times ‘forget to eat’ until you’re ravenous or keep eating until you’re full or even stuffed before noticing it’s time to stop.

If you think this might be you, practise tuning in to your body once an hour until you begin to notice differences between different points on the scale. The more you practise tuning in to your own hunger, the sooner you’ll be able to recognise your body’s subtle signals long before your stomach growls and your brain starts to get fuzzy.

19 March 2008

Weigh-in: 188.0 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 18.0 lb Diet followed N/A

16 March 2008

16 March 2008

Weigh-in: 190.0 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 20.0 lb Diet followed N/A

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