experiment

[mizkit]

I appear to be running an experiment in weight loss. It’s a very good experiment, because it proves out, conclusively, every time. It goes something like this:

If I don’t eat sweets, and do exercise, for a week, I lose about a pound and a half in that time. If I do eat sweets and don’t exercise, I gain about a pound and a half (if I haven’t been

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[janne]

Same experience here -- I suffered hellish tortures going off chocolate, and right now I'm at the 'perfectly fine without' stage. The trick is maintaining the non-eating, which experience tell me will last until the next major life crisis. I find the main motivation in posting a no-X log isn't that others will know, but that it's a countdown of sorts and keeps me mindful. Well, usually :P

Speaking of pilates: did you post something on that and I missed it over the holidays, or didnt' it happen?

[irishkate]

I walked 3/4 times last week - bought new black clothes and LOOK smaller...does that count?

And pilates - what she said?

[suricattus]

Yes, please post the pilates, so you can nooodge me into giving them a try!

I actually don't have much trouble giving up sweets. Wine, on the other hand... I could probably lose a pound or two a month, just by giving up wine....

T'ain't worth it. :-)

(I have, though, been going for long rambles in the Park every weekend, for several hours at a time. So at least I've got the walking thing down.)

[gows]

I actually don't have much trouble giving up sweets. Wine, on the other hand... I could probably lose a pound or two a month, just by giving up wine....

*nod* That's where I'm at. I switched from hard alcohol to wine in December, and that coupled with working out made a huge difference. However, I need to seriously cut down (as in nearly eliminate altogether) my alcohol intake. I never used to drink until my boyfriend and I started dating 5 years ago, but he's in the restaurant/service industry, and those folks drink like no tomorrow.

Having broken other bad habits and done things that require willpower, I find that when I get to That Point, telling myself "this isn't good for me, and I'm not going to do it anymore" has helped get through the withdrawal stages. Thank god I'm not hooked on sweets, though, because processed sugar is a bitch to get out of your system. However, alcohol converts into sugar, so it's not too far off anyway.

(And Kit--wasn't gonna nag ya. Figure I've done that enough recently. ;)

[la_marquise_de_]

My downfall is crisps -- I can take or leave the sweet stuff, but give me all that lovely salt... And I have low blood pressure so I get dizzy if I am too salt-low. (Which is not an excuse for lots of crisps, it's an excuse for one small salted cracker, but hindbrain is not logical). What works for me is to try and snack on other things which go 'crunch' and, yes, the exercise. Yogalates, in my case, and walking.

[debela]

I am very fortunate that berries do not pack on the pounds because god help me if I had to give them up. Or tea. Discipline in other areas doesn't, irritatingly, translate to discipline in our weak spots. I find this exasperatingly inconvenient.

That said, it may be a different process thing, but would gamely and determinedly counting through the days or hours until It Is Okay help? I'm thinking as a sort of mental mantra that takes advantage of the fact that you know the pattern and you know that it works.

[lianneb]

For me, the worst about waiting for my gallbladder to come out was going two months without most sweets (I could have gummy bears and angel food cake, but most sweets were too fatty for what I was allowed.) Amazing out weightloss isn't a good enough reason to be able to drop the sweets and chips and other fatty foods, but the threat of excruciating pain is all the motivation I needed.

I ended up losing 15 pounds, of which I've put a couple pounds back on, but I got out of the habit of fast food, so I get the urge much less often.

(But I wouldn't recommend the gallbladder disease method of weight loss. The three nights in the hospital getting morphine is something I would have happily done without. Especially the weekend before christmas)

[mizkit]

...I can't say I'm all that enthusiastic about the proposal of excrutiating pain as an incentive, no. Congrats on the weight loss, though...o.O :)