Topic : Back to get it right and need help/support

P.20 As I lay in bed last night I made the decision to not wait another day to delve into the keys so I said out loud that I would start immediately. At 10pm I committed my time, energy, and all that stuff to the keys.

P.28 My optimum weight is 120lbs but I'm going for 139lbs (63kg) to suit my lifestyle, genetics, and doability. I am 152lbs (69kg) now.

P.33 With specificity, what I hope to achieve:
I will get my waist-to-hip ratio under .80. I will get to be 139lbs (63kg).
I want to be able to buy clothes from any shop. I want to want to shop. I want to smile at myself when I see my reflection.
I want to be free from overeating and free from dieting.

To do this:
I won't buy junk food. I will cook from scratch. I will walk daily. I will read the entire book without skimming the pages and will do all of the audits.
I will not wear baggy clothes.
I will not allow negativity from others get to me.

P.36
Measurable goals:
I will lose 13lbs (6kg) in the next 7 weeks (1st September '08).
This equals 1.8lb (0.85kg) per week.

P.37
Timeline:
Mon 14 - 152.1lbs (69kg)
Mon 21 - 149.8lbs (68.1)
Mon 28 - 148lbs (67.25)
Mon 4 - 146.2lbs (66.4)
Mon 11 - 144.4lbs (65.55)
Mon 18 - 142.6lbs (64.7)
Mon 25 - 140.8lbs (63.85kg)

Mon 1st - 139lbs (63kg)

P.38
Steps:

I will turn my smile upwards.
I will use the keys.
I will move daily.
I will not eat processed sugars.
I will not eat white flour from now on unless it's a special birthday celebration .

P.39
Create Accountability:
Dolly, Kathleen, Leigh, Mick and myself. (In alphabetical order )

p.41
Readiness Profile:
The time is now!

While the audit on page 109 was excellent, I managed to still score with number 13 - do specific people trigger me to eat? Yes, they do and they don't even have to be here! An overall good score though.

P.111
External cues that trigger the hunger pangs are:
sight of cake
aroma of hot bread
sitting doing nothing
the dining table (of all things )

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, yes! I finally read it properly!! Programming means for life. Not just until I think it's all right to allow those foods to come back into the house.

Over the past couple of years I've kept saying to Mick that it's all right to start buying biscuits and other crap for him/Grots/family because I'm not going to touch them because I've changed my habits. How the heck was I supposed to stay fit and healthy if I was going to let the things that I was most prone to, to come back?

P.117 says it right at the top of the page. - The best and most effective way to deal with cues (to eat) is to wipe them from your environment or lessen your exposure to them.

STEP ONE: Mick's white bread is gone (when I ran out of wholemeal I gutsed (is that a word? ) on his white. Out go the Atkins low carb/low calorie bars because they are simply a substitute for chocolate.

STEP TWO: I'm not going to put my fruit in a bowl on the table any more because I've been eating too much of it. Especially the grapes!

STEP THREE: I've generally shopped to a list since 2004 so that's a good ingrained trait that I have.

STEP FOUR: My main problem has been that we've started going to the club where it's an all-you-can-eat type of deal and while I choose pretty carefully I know that I salivate over the cake and dessert bar and that sets a chain reaction inside me where the insulin bucks up a treat and I begin to actually put on weight without eating any of it. Sheesh.


The strategy is to either not go there any more or at least write out what I'm going to eat, and how much of it, before I go.

STEP FIVE: My closet has not had any fat clothes in it since 2004.
 

This is another key that I've allowed to fall into the abyss.

But no longer!

Even in the first page of this key I realized that I have been lacking a big thing called discipline.

Yes, I said again, that I have been choosing what to put into my mouth and also how much exercise I do so I have always been the one in control of the consequences.

I'm going to be in control once more seeing I got a score of -3 in the Behavioural Audit.  The last time I took this audit I got a score of 6!  Now I'll be aiming for that again.

The behaviours I have to replace are:

2. Eating dessert even when not really hungry

5. Taking my time to eat properly

6. As I said before - I've been using low-carb treats as a replacement for chocolate

14. When I'm tired I've been snacking

Some of the other questions were b's and I only got one 'a' so I have a fair bit of work to do.

P.132 I like the idea of  enjoying the consequences of my new behaviours.

I've been overdoing it because of the following -

Pleasure (mainly)

Irrational Rewards

The Appeal of Immediate versus Delayed Gratification

I'm about to go onto New Ways to Cope on page 139 and iwll report what I find.

It's never too late to get it.  I am soooooooooooooooooooooo lucky to be able to get my favourite book out and learn new things that will only enhance my life.

Who cares about weighing-in when size matters!?!?!?!?!

I went shopping today and was going to buy a size 12(AU) pair of jeans and ended up trying on size 10(AU)!! 

(I think a size 10 Australian is equal to a size 6 American)

I did it! I got into the jeans of my dreams

I have glaucoma. I was going to text you but that seemed even more informal than right here.

I thought I needed new glasses so went off to my optomestrist (on Thursday evening) and he puffed some air onto my eyeballs among other 'normal' things. He got very stern and told me that I had to see a specialist right away and so I got to see a wonderful doctor (yesterday) who told me the news. Left eye is much worse than the right but it's in both eyes. I also have cataracts forming in both (cloudy lens').
I am the luckiest person on this planet!

Because the optometrist did the test, I am now confident that I should retain my sight. Catching this so soon was the difference between seeing and not. So I am grateful and lucky and feel like I've been blessed.

AND I get to have new glasses that have purple frames (because eyesight is weak)!

The treatment has already started with drops in the eyes at night and I have laser treatment in 3 weeks. The cataracts get dealt with when they get bad enough.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I wasn't scared, that I didn't emotionally eat, or that I didn't get gut-aches over it because that would be lying. But I can tell you that I didn't cry.

Key 1 and Key 4 are inside my head thank goodness.

Back on Monday to finish off Key 5.

SUU - Had a difficult time finding you.   I put in all that you told me to do but Dr. Phil's site came back and said that they could find no such board.    Then I finally clicked on to "find posts by this person" (or something like that) in your Profile and through that I found the site "Back to get it right and need help/support".

I saw a gorgeous before and after picture of you.    You must be so proud of yourself.    You look fantastic.   

I also have glaucoma in my right eye and I am having laser treatment this Friday, August 8th.   It is a very simple and easy procedure, according to the specialist.    They have to dialate your eye so it is good to take someone with you so they can drive home.   We will have to compare notes.     My doctor said that there is a possible chance after laser that I won't have to use the drops......but time will tell.

Hugs,

Shirley