Guest guest Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been reading posts for a couple of weeks and I decided to sign up for the class. I've yo-yo dieted forever and was down to my lowest weight ever a couple years ago. I bought a whole new wardrobe and felt great. I'm now back to my highest weight ever and have started all over once again. I've skimmed the first 3 chapters of the book. Now to go back and do the work. If you see this post elsewhere, I think I put it in the wrong spot earlier. Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Welcome to the group, Kim! Eldred > Hi, > I'm new to this forum. I've been reading posts for a couple of weeks and I decided to sign up for the class. I've yo-yo dieted forever and was down to my lowest weight ever a couple years ago. I bought a whole new wardrobe and felt great. I'm now back to my highest weight ever and have started all over once again. I've skimmed the first 3 chapters of the book. Now to go back and do the work. > If you see this post elsewhere, I think I put it in the wrong spot earlier. > Thanks! > Kim > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Copyright 2005-2007. A. s. All worldwide rights reserved.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Thank you! I have a question...I am a member of spark people and if I google my username my page comes up as well as blogs I've written. Considering my real name is my username on here and for the class won't people be able to see what we write in threads? Most of what I say here I'd like to keep private from my outside life as well as my ex husband! ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:41 PM Subject: Re: new  Welcome to the group, Kim! Eldred > Hi, > I'm new to this forum. I've been reading posts for a couple of weeks and I decided to sign up for the class. I've yo-yo dieted forever and was down to my lowest weight ever a couple years ago. I bought a whole new wardrobe and felt great. I'm now back to my highest weight ever and have started all over once again. I've skimmed the first 3 chapters of the book. Now to go back and do the work. > If you see this post elsewhere, I think I put it in the wrong spot earlier. > Thanks! > Kim > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Copyright 2005-2007. A. s. All worldwide rights reserved.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Welcome to the group, Kim! Feel free to post your responses to the Dig In exercises on this forum - you'll get a lot of helpful feedback. b. ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Mon, February 20, 2012 3:02:56 PM Subject: new  Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been reading posts for a couple of weeks and I decided to sign up for the class. I've yo-yo dieted forever and was down to my lowest weight ever a couple years ago. I bought a whole new wardrobe and felt great. I'm now back to my highest weight ever and have started all over once again. I've skimmed the first 3 chapters of the book. Now to go back and do the work. If you see this post elsewhere, I think I put it in the wrong spot earlier. Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Kim, You can set your SparkPeople page to friends only. So someone would have to actually be a member AND friend you to read your blogs. (Though I don't know if there's a way to hide your posts on team forums...) This site is private. Well, as private as anything is on the web! >________________________________ > >To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > >Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:42 AM >Subject: Re: new > > > >Thank you! I have a question...I am a member of spark people and if I google my username my page comes up as well as blogs I've written. Considering my real name is my username on here and for the class won't people be able to see what we write in threads? Most of what I say here I'd like to keep private from my outside life as well as my ex husband! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I know, but I'm a team leader so I hate to set it to private. I was just shocked to google myself and see my page and blogs come up. Most people outside the site don't know my username on there so hopefully it's all good. Thanks! ________________________________ To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:36 PM Subject: Re: new  Kim, You can set your SparkPeople page to friends only. So someone would have to actually be a member AND friend you to read your blogs. (Though I don't know if there's a way to hide your posts on team forums...) This site is private. Well, as private as anything is on the web! >________________________________ > >To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > >Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:42 AM >Subject: Re: new > > > >Thank you! I have a question...I am a member of spark people and if I google my username my page comes up as well as blogs I've written. Considering my real name is my username on here and for the class won't people be able to see what we write in threads? Most of what I say here I'd like to keep private from my outside life as well as my ex husband! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hi all, I have been reading and listening for a while now. I have downloaded all the podcasts, but have not had the time nor the 'energy' to sit, listen, and concentrate. I have purchased a journal to begin this process and I have the ebook on kindle. I am going to commit myself to this starting tomorrow, which will be the first day of my 53rd year on this earth. (and most likely my 52nd year struggling with my weight). I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off. I can so relate with most all of what has been written in the past couple of weeks. Family issues, compulsive and emotional eating, self destructive eating, drowning feelings with food.... and on and on. I have so detached from my feelings that I find it hard to identify and describe what I am feeling and what triggers either my binges or my days of not eating at all. If there is anyone out there that would like to partner and share this journey via email, text, calls, or whatever PLEASE let me know. I am in california on Pacific time, if that matters. Looking forward to reading more and learning from you all who are further along in this journey..... all advice, suggestions, and opinions are welcome. Bless you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Welcome , I'm joining you today on a new journal & commitment to listen & WRITE (vs just listen when I walk and be tired enough by the time I get home to more or less 'forget' to write down the homework -- and writing down 'ah ha' moments when you're walking just doesn't work!) I also find I try to listens to too many at once, so am going to take 's advice to two or three a week vs. one a day ... at first, it's always been easy to listen to a lot of them, but then I get overwhenlmed & 'behind' my own schedule then stop ... crap! Colleen ________________________________ To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:26 PM Subject: Re: New  Hi all,  I have been reading and listening for a while now. I have downloaded all the podcasts, but have not had the time nor the 'energy' to sit, listen, and concentrate.  I have purchased a journal to begin this process and I have the ebook on kindle. I am going to commit myself to this starting tomorrow, which will be the first day of my 53rd year on this earth. (and most likely my 52nd year struggling with my weight).  I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off.  I can so relate with most all of what has been written in the past couple of weeks. Family issues, compulsive and emotional eating, self destructive eating, drowning feelings with food.... and on and on.  I have so detached from my feelings that I find it hard to identify and describe what I am feeling and what triggers either my binges or my days of not eating at all. If there is anyone out there that would like to partner and share this journey via email, text, calls, or whatever PLEASE let me know. I am in california on Pacific time, if that matters. Looking forward to reading more and learning from you all who are further along in this journey..... all advice, suggestions, and opinions are welcome. Bless you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Sent from my iPod > Welcome , > > I'm joining you today on a new journal & commitment to listen & WRITE (vs just listen when I walk and be tired enough by the time I get home to more or less 'forget' to write down the homework -- and writing down 'ah ha' moments when you're walking just doesn't work!) > > I also find I try to listens to too many at once, so am going to take 's advice to two or three a week vs. one a day ... at first, it's always been easy to listen to a lot of them, but then I get overwhenlmed & 'behind' my own schedule then stop ... crap! > > Colleen > > ________________________________ > > To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:26 PM > Subject: Re: New > > > > Hi all, > > I have been reading and listening for a while now. I have downloaded all the podcasts, but have not had the time nor the 'energy' to sit, listen, and concentrate. I have purchased a journal to begin this process and I have the ebook on kindle. > I am going to commit myself to this starting tomorrow, which will be the first day of my 53rd year on this earth. (and most likely my 52nd year struggling with my weight). I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off. > > I can so relate with most all of what has been written in the past couple of weeks. Family issues, compulsive and emotional eating, self destructive eating, drowning feelings with food.... and on and on. > > I have so detached from my feelings that I find it hard to identify and describe what I am feeling and what triggers either my binges or my days of not eating at all. If there is anyone out there that would like to partner and share this journey via email, text, calls, or whatever PLEASE let me know. I am in california on Pacific time, if that matters. > Looking forward to reading more and learning from you all who are further along in this journey..... all advice, suggestions, and opinions are welcome. > Bless you all > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hi , What if this is the year it comes off and stays off... AND it's not a struggle? I don't mean that there's no effort involved--but the effort doesn't have to involve struggling with yourself. A few years back, on an earlier part of this weight loss journey, I was also pretty detached from my emotions. I started setting my watch to beep on the hour. When it went off, I'd check in for a moment to see if I could name the dominant emotion. Didn't matter if it was positive, negative, or neutral. I wonder if something like that would help? If you start noticing your emotions more in general, it might be easier to pinpoint the dominant emotion when you're analyzing a binge. (Or a non-eating day.) Another approach you might want to try when you realize you're bingeing, or realize you aren't eating, is to remind yourself that there is positive intent behind it. Even if you can't see the positive intent at the moment, even if you can't identify the emotion behind it--acknowledge that you are trying to do something positive for yourself. I sometimes find that this acknowledgement is enough to create a shift that helps me to move to more positive behaviors. Hope that helps.... >________________________________ > >To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss > >Sent: Friday, July 6, 2012 1:26 AM >Subject: Re: New > > > >Hi all, > >I have been reading and listening for a while now. I have downloaded all the podcasts, but have not had the time nor the 'energy' to sit, listen, and concentrate.  I have purchased a journal to begin this process and I have the ebook on kindle. >I am going to commit myself to this starting tomorrow, which will be the first day of my 53rd year on this earth. (and most likely my 52nd year struggling with my weight).  I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off. > >I can so relate with most all of what has been written in the past couple of weeks. Family issues, compulsive and emotional eating, self destructive eating, drowning feelings with food.... and on and on. > >I have so detached from my feelings that I find it hard to identify and describe what I am feeling and what triggers either my binges or my days of not eating at all. If there is anyone out there that would like to partner and share this journey via email, text, calls, or whatever PLEASE let me know. I am in california on Pacific time, if that matters. >Looking forward to reading more and learning from you all who are further along in this journey..... all advice, suggestions, and opinions are welcome. >Bless you all > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hello! Oh boy am I with you (all) on this new start. I too have the book (on my nook) as well as having listened to the Podcasts. I've listened to all of them but always done so at work, while working, so have not done any journaling though I've been able to write down some of those wonderful " Ah HAH! " moments. I found that just listening to the Podcasts back to back to back did something subliminally because I've no interest in sugary stuff and a lot of my favorite snack foods no longer hold my interest. I've shed 12 pounds but I've still got a good 20 - 30 that I want to lose. Severl years ago I managed to shed a total of 60 pounds through an expensive weight loss program and kept it off as long as I had to report in on a weekly basis and be accountable for my weight. As soon as that stopped, the weight started to return. UGH! I had a " normal " childhood as far as food went but once I started back to work after my kids were born I didn't get the exercise that I used to and worked a sedentary job. The weight would come and go until finally my kids were moving out of the house and that made more room for snacks etc. in my grocery budget. Oh MY!! Heaven and Hell all wrapped in one!! So... long story short... here I am 54 years old and DETERMINED to get a grip on my eating habits and weight. So... starting today I have finally started journalling, am taking the Podcasts one at a time and letting them really sink in and " put more into it " as likes to say. I'm also on the Pacific Coast (Tacoma, WA) and open to having a buddy (or buddies) to work through this with. I admit I'm a bit envious of those who live in dryer climates because I love to walk. I'm not a runner or cyclist but I love a nice walk on a nice day. Unfortunately they don't call this WASHington State or the EverGREEN State for nothing!! We get a LOT of rain and I'm not a fan of getting wet and/or cold. Well... Here's to all of us and our " new " start!! Sue in Tacoma, WA I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Sue -- I'm in Everett, WA and had to laugh at your heaven & hell - know that one all too well! got a treadmill in the garage for our 'normal' weather ... can't believe summer has actually started! Colleen ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 3:44 PM Subject: Re: New  Hello! Oh boy am I with you (all) on this new start. I too have the book (on my nook) as well as having listened to the Podcasts. I've listened to all of them but always done so at work, while working, so have not done any journaling though I've been able to write down some of those wonderful " Ah HAH! " moments. I found that just listening to the Podcasts back to back to back did something subliminally because I've no interest in sugary stuff and a lot of my favorite snack foods no longer hold my interest. I've shed 12 pounds but I've still got a good 20 - 30 that I want to lose. Severl years ago I managed to shed a total of 60 pounds through an expensive weight loss program and kept it off as long as I had to report in on a weekly basis and be accountable for my weight. As soon as that stopped, the weight started to return. UGH! I had a " normal " childhood as far as food went but once I started back to work after my kids were born I didn't get the exercise that I used to and worked a sedentary job. The weight would come and go until finally my kids were moving out of the house and that made more room for snacks etc. in my grocery budget. Oh MY!! Heaven and Hell all wrapped in one!! So... long story short... here I am 54 years old and DETERMINED to get a grip on my eating habits and weight. So... starting today I have finally started journalling, am taking the Podcasts one at a time and letting them really sink in and " put more into it " as likes to say. I'm also on the Pacific Coast (Tacoma, WA) and open to having a buddy (or buddies) to work through this with. I admit I'm a bit envious of those who live in dryer climates because I love to walk. I'm not a runner or cyclist but I love a nice walk on a nice day. Unfortunately they don't call this WASHington State or the EverGREEN State for nothing!! We get a LOT of rain and I'm not a fan of getting wet and/or cold. Well... Here's to all of us and our " new " start!! Sue in Tacoma, WA I am determined that this will be the year it comes off and stays off. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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