Re: OK I have joined the flipping out club .. .. ..

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In a message dated 03/25/2000 8:10:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,

kwjw@... writes:

> what is the 7 secrets?

I'm glad you asked . . . " The Seven Secrets of Slim People " is a book

that I found and started studying when I was about 4 months post op. Since I

had been either on a diet and losing weight, or between diets and gaining

weight most of my adult life . . . I really didn't know how, what, or when

to eat post op. I grazed my weight loss to a stop when I was 4 months post

op . . . pretty scary. Anyhow the principals of 7 secrets are simple,

natural and easier said than done . . . It is and isn't head work . . . for

me, my obesity was caused by a combination of genetic propensity, poor eating

habits, and diet rebound . . . 7 secrets helped with the last 2 components

and helped me to maximize the physical changes of my WLS.

The Seven Secrets are . . .

1) Listen to your body, not your mind. (Block out or forget childhood food

messages, like dinner before dessert, cleaning your plate, breakfast is the

most important meal of the day, ect.)

2) Eat with awareness and without judgment. (Really Feel how food makes you

physically feel, rather than eating by the clock or a book, you'll be

surprised how many times eating takes your energy rather than gives you

energy!)

3) Eat only when physically hungry. (Always honor physical hunger, this keeps

the metabolism revved up . . . non-hunger eating causes obesity! The trick

is to learn what the signs of physical hunger are for you!)

4) Stop eating when your hunger is satisfied, not until you are full.

(Eating is most satisfactory and enjoyable when you are eating what you want,

just until you are no longer hungry, eating past that, food loses its flavor.

Food doesn't taste better the more you eat of it, the opposite is true.)

5) Eat what you really want most, don't settle for less, because you think

you should or shouldn't have something. (There is no satisfaction in not

having something you really want . . . but take #1 and #6 into consideration

as well. If you don't eat what you really want you will feel deprived and

end up overeating because you won't be truly satisfied.)

6) Really notice how your body feels after eating. (Surprise! Some of those

foods you thought you loved actually make you tired and less ready to take on

life! Or you may notice you can only eat something's in combination or never

on an empty stomach! )

7) Honor your feelings rather than avoid them or lessen them with food.

(Food doesn't make anything bad better, nor does it make anything good great!)

These are very simple principals that slim people that don't fight

the scale or struggle with their weight practice. Requires no special

equipment other than a mind and a body and being willing to work hard and

rethink your relationship with food . . . Without it, I don't believe that

my WLS (prox. RNY) would have been more successful long term than anything

else I ever did.

Vicki

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what is the 7 secrets?

Jana

OK I have joined the flipping out club .. .. ..

From: Haasevp@...

My DH and I joined a health club today. I said to the manager, I'd

like to lose 20 more pounds, she said, " I don't think so . . . said it to my

husband . . . " I don't think so, said it to my 19 year old son, " he's said

" Mom (the Psych 101 student he is) Mom, no way . . . you don't need to lose

anymore weight " . Well as you all kind of know, I do Seven Secrets, so

there

is nothing for me to quit or go off of . . . I need to just accept where my

weight loss stops! Now I am wondering . . . I feel so great and I'm not

depriving myself of anything either! I feel so great! I don't weight, so

I

hope I'm not heading into trouble myself now . . . I had aproximal RNY . . .

so there is not much beyond my control . . . Is there?

Vicki in CA

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Hey Vicki--

Should I be inviting you to my Olderfolks with EDs list? Keep things in

perspective, ok?

--El

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In a message dated 03/26/2000 9:06:09 AM Pacific Standard Time,

elfeline@... writes:

> Hey Vicki--

>

> Should I be inviting you to my Olderfolks with EDs list? Keep things in

> perspective, ok?

> --El

Gosh, I hope not! LOL . . . I am eating when I'm hungry and just to

satisfaction . . . Where it stops, I don't know . . . The weight loss is

still steady but slower, around 3 - 4 pounds per month is what the doc said .

.. .

Vicki in CA

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In a message dated 3/26/00 12:18:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, Haasevp@...

writes:

<< The weight loss is

still steady but slower, around 3 - 4 pounds per month is what the doc said

..

. . >>

That's ok!! Remember, the thing that got me into so much trouble was the

dynamic weight loss coupled with the loss of the electrolytes and the

compounding malnutrition. I worry about peoples' mindsets, though, with the

ed experience and all. I've learned to recognize the signals all too well, I

guess...

--El

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In a message dated 03/26/2000 3:35:21 PM Pacific Standard Time,

elfeline@... writes:

> I long for the day when I'm singing the same song

> as you are--man, it's harder work than I've ever done in my life!

It is the hardest, most rewarding work I have ever done in my life .

.. . for my life! I only wished I learned this as a child, it would have

saved me much heartache and wasted worries!

Vicki in CA

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In a message dated 3/26/00 7:24:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, Haasevp@...

writes:

<< I only wished I learned this as a child, it would have

saved me much heartache and wasted worries! >>

....and a whole lot of post-op pain!

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In a message dated 03/26/2000 4:37:20 PM Pacific Standard Time,

elfeline@... writes:

> << I only wished I learned this as a child, it would have

> saved me much heartache and wasted worries! >>

>

> ...and a whole lot of post-op pain!

>

You can say that again and again and again and again !

Vicki