the bad news is my goals of choosing healthy foods and limiting my drinking to one or two glasses of wine while i was on my trip failed. not miserably - i did well some days. but overall, i could have done a much better job. it was my brother's wedding though, so i'm going to go easy on myself. although feeling fat and ugly in my dress did put a huge damper on things...something's seriously got to give here.
i really don't have more time to elaborate right now, but i just wanted to pop in with a mini report so you know i didn't die. since i was on a trip for one week and am now housesitting for a week i haven't had access to the internet on my own computer at home (the only place i feel comfortable blogging anymore). but i'll be back soon.
before i go i'd like to say a big hello to all our new members. i'm excited to see new kid, trillwing and all the other bloggers posting over here. i can't wait to read all the new posts and catch up on everyone's blogs and get my life back a bit.
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Hey Betty! Good to hear from you again. Don't look down on what you've done thus far. Acknowledging the difficulty is half the battle. Go forward from him with a positive outlook and things will get better.
Woohoo, Betty is back!!!
Hang in there. Take small steps!!!
Can I make a suggestion? When I work with clients on these things, waht I find works best is making one change at a time. Cut the amount of alcohol first - and then when that feels normal (and you feel *successful*) then change something else. There are three issues with making several changes at once: first it is hard to maintain over the long haul because you ahve made so many changes; second - it gives you more things you could do "wrong" (that is if you are trying to make a lot of changes at once - that gives a lot of opportunities to feel like a failure); and third - this could potentially lead one ot feel deprived due to all the changes - and I believe feelings of deprivation are a big predictor of overeating.
Hey everyone!
You guys are right - small steps and reducing my list to a manageable size is probably the best thing to do. Like other areas of my life, I tend to pack to many things on my to-do list because it looks so measly when it's small. That totally ruined me in grad school - and I'm not kidding. I NEVER felt good about myself because the list of To-Do's was always longer than the list of Have-Done's. I actually had to learn how to make a reasonable list as a survival strategy in the last months of grad school, otherwise I would have totally shut down.
So thanks for the tip shrinky and solace, I'll make my list shorter! Only one thing at a time.
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