Re: Intro and Request for Support

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Hi ,

For starters, I'd say listen to the podcasts *before* you're tempted to go for

more cookies. Listen when you're in a mood where you can really hear.

I'm getting some interesting impressions from what you write about the travel.

There's something about the phrase " airline lounges " that makes me suddenly feel

lonely. I rarely fly on my own, so the way out always has a feeling of adventure

to it. But on the way home, sitting on those uncomfortable chairs, watching

groups going by, I'm really conscious of missing my family. Does that strike a

chord for you? If so, there's a definite positive intent behind the food. It

gives you a purpose, something to focus on, so you're not so alone.

Something about relying on the free food also jumps out at me. You would never

buy it for yourself.... Why? Because you don't like it, or because you

" shouldn't " ? If you actually secretly like it but you're not allowing yourself,

maybe the solution is... to buy some on occasion. If the issue is more that if

it's free, you can't pass it up, then remind yourself how much that free food

costs, in terms of health bills and multiple wardrobes.... 

With all this travel, when do you have time to exercise hours upon hours per

day? Maybe the bingeing is an attempt to get you to slow down a little? Since

presumably you can't eat while you're actually exercising? There are also some

studies that show diminishing returns if you're doing much past 90 minutes at a

stretch. The body releases cortisol and other stress-related hormones, which

have the opposite effect from what you want. (Obviously if what you want is the

endurance to run a marathon, you'll need the extra time--but if your goal is

weight loss, it might not help as much as you think...)

Sorry--hope that wasn't too much for an intro message. Sometimes people's posts

fill me with questions--but I usually try not to ask them all at once! LOL!

Who discovered IOWL after gaining 11 lbs in 6 months with a new job.... 

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>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6:21 PM

>Subject: Intro and Request for Support

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>Hello all. Thank you for letting me join this group. I feel like was

reading my mind as I began listening to her podcasts. It all makes so much sense

to me, but yet I'm having so much difficulty changing anything. I travel all the

time and seem to want nothing more than to binge in airline lounges and

executive lounges on food i would never buy for myself and would never eat if it

were not there for free. I rely on this free food so much that I avoid any

social situations where I eat with others. I am exercising hours upon hours per

day to make up for all the food i am eating and am gaining weight at more than a

pound per week.

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>I am a bit at my wit's end. My mind tells me that I should listen to the

podcasts when i'm tempted to go for more cookies, but instead I continue eating

the cookings, in a daze, surfing the web for weight loss support. It makes no

sense! I feel like I'm going crazy.

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>Any advice and anyone intersted in going through the program together so that

we have a better chance of success? I used to eat only healthy food, was at an

ideal weight and had tons of energy. Now i'm just miserable.

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