Re: *sigh*

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Dawn,

Please don't give up. On January 1 I started an 1100 calorie/day

diet plus walking 3-4 times/week.

I didn't weigh myself until my doctor's appointment in mid February,

which was about seven weeks. I just knew I was going to lose at

least 15 lbs as it was easy for me to drop the weight in the past.

Before DM, when my pants got tight all I had to do was cut out the

butter and the soda for a month and I would lose 10 lbs. So I

figured by going on a full-blown diet combined with exercise I would

lose the weight with no problem.

Well in seven weeks I only lost 6 pounds. I was so disappointed I

stopped dieting. I went back to my old, evil ways. By my next

appointment six weeks later I had gained 4 lbs. and my next

appointment I gained 5 more.

Now I wished I had stuck to the diet. By now I would have lost the

20 lbs. I was aiming for.

Please don't give up. You haven't lost any yet, but during your one

week you didn't gain. So you are doing something right!!!!

> Well, after 1 week of doing absolutely perfect on my diet and

drinking

> tons of water and not ONE SIP of Coke, I weighed myself this

morning and

> haven't lost a pound~!! I am so discouraged. I have always been

one to

> lose weight very easily and just don't understand this. I'm

presuming

> it's the Prednisone, could this be the case? I feel like throwing

in

> the towel. No sense in torturing myself if I'm not going to see any

> results. However, I will give it another week and see what next

> Friday's results are. *sigh*

>

> Dawn from Blimpville.....

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Geez Beck, it just makes my blood boil when

the dr & insr co do that. They should have

given you at least a months notice so you

have a chance to find another dr. I have had

to change drs. 5 times in the the 5 yrs I have

been here.......all for insurance reasons. Here's

a site that might help you find a dr. Were

you going to one in ee or did you have

to go to OKC?

http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

I vote with you about the roughing it. Tenting

was fine when the kids were little but these

sore old bones need a few more amenties

now. AC is a must for me to go anywhere

in OK in the summer.

Hope you get Lems situation all squared

away soon. Don't forget to get his medical

records from the old doctor.

hugs & prayers

Teddi

mailto:teddifromok@...

[Guest guest]

Casey

very interesting, self-knowledge is something! can you get that " rush " from

something else in your life?

Foggy

>

> I think all of these responses have been so wonderfully *supportive* that

> it's really helped me to realize the beauty of a group like this. And even

> though everyone has been 'supporting' Styxia I'v found all of the messages

> very enlightening too!

>

> Katcha, your statement " perhaps instead of working so HARD at this... "

> really drove something home for me. It's taken me a long time to learn (and

> I still have to remember it constantly as it goes so against my grain) how

> opposite of everything about a diet IE is. That it's not about being

> perfect, or doing " good, " or working hard or any of those things. I've been

> having a rough time lately, constantly emotionally eating, and I keep

> thinking about how I need to " do better " at IE. And while I really do want

> to get at the root of what's causing my emotional issues and focus on being

> satisfied when I eat, I've only now realized that this is all very different

> from the diet mentality I'm so used to. Meaning that last night I thought

> " Now I'm really going to DO IE. " And after I thought it I realized how silly

> it was, that I was treating IE like a diet, that I needed to " get back on

> plan. " I have been doing IE all this time, I'm just having a hard time and

> turning to food for it and need to take it as a learning opportunity. I

> realized that I'm never going to have that pre-diet rush. You all know the

> feeling, right? The " I'm going to be so good and so perfect...tomorrow

> morning " feeling. Because IE isn't about doing the plan or being good or

> bad, it's just about living and learning about our bodies and emotions. It's

> NOT about working hard (so much, there are points thought that are very

> hard).

>

> So much of what I have a hard time leaving behind from diet-land is the

> " rush. " The giddy feeling of starting a new diet. Or the high when decide to

> throw out the diet and just eat a whole lot of treats for the night. I need

> to find a new way to be ok with this non-exciting, rush-free lifestyle. It

> takes a long time to learn how not to live in that " hard work, must be good

> and perfect " diet-land.

>