Is anyone else a bit worried about "Little Black Dress" season? I will have several functions to go to: my work, his work, church & friends...and everything involves food...lots of food. I've lost over 20 pounds in the last eight months, and managed to keep most of it off. I can't wear the "Little Black Dress" from last year because it wasn't "so Little". I'm trying to develop a strategy to survive the holiday season, and enjoy it fully without eating every sweet thing in sight. That's always been my problem...sweet things: chocolates, cookies, candy and cakes...have you noticed they all start with "C"? And, this is the time of year that everyone, even your Mom and best friends inundate you with every form of sugar known to womankind. This is the best and the worst time of the year for me. I love Christmas but I hate my relationship with sweets and how hard it is to refuse them when they are in such plentiful supply where ever you look. Everything about them is so inviting, the colors, the textures and those incredibly delicious smells. If I could have "taste" and "smell" turned off for the next 6 weeks...Christmas would be perfect. I want to be able to get into a "Little Black Dress" and feel wonderful, but I also want to be able to go to these various functions and fully enjoy them without coming away full of guilt because I over indulged, again.
I know the 4 Golden Rules for eating, but in situations like this, I really wonder how well I will do. I know that a lot of nutritionists say that it is OK to indulge once in a while, and that it won't cause excessive weight gain. But, I do worry that if I get back into this indulgent mind set, that I won't be able to get back on track again. I know that January follows December, and it's always easy to start the new year with all kinds of healthy resolutions, but do I really want to put my body through another bout of inflate and deflate? No, I don't , and that's why I need a strategy.
All ideas greatfully accepted. I'm Bettter than Ever...and I want to keep it that way.
Amanda
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I sure hope someone has ideas, I just flunked the Halloween Test!!! :(
Everything going on on the Mckenna site kind of shook me into action again. This morning I had breakfast at the table instead of in front of a screen. I just missed the #2 Rule. I didn't eat consciously enough.
Maybe you could figure out which rule you have the most trouble with and concentrate on that one.
That is what I will do. Hopefully I will persevere and not forget as I often do.
Amanda,
All I can say is anytime I think I want to have some Halloween candy and it is sitting there I don't know how many times I have gone over to that bowl and grabbed one held it in my hand and closed my eyes, imagined eating it feeling and tasting what is would be like to have that right then and there.
Once my brain sends the signal to my belly it then is welcoming to it or says no way it will make me feel nauseous.
Of coarse there is always the repulsion. Feeling tempted and know you don't need to eat a cookie on a platter at that holiday party? Picture a bucket of worms were just dropped all over them. Or maybe you saw some one picking there nose and touched a cookie and now they are all infected!
Once you have thought of that replace those feelings of how great you look and feel about how far you have come and you can say no!
We can get through this together! Through Thick n Thin remember.
Take care and be well
Jamie
Hi Amanda,
I have a sweet tooth myself and they have always been my trigger foods. I have also consistently packed on pounds during the holidays. This has been something on my mind lately.
I came to much the same conclusion as Denise and I am bumping up my awareness. I am choosing to continue on the path of intuitive eating, even during the holidays. If I am not hungry, I won't be eating. Likewise, I will not be eating past my full point.
However, if hungry and offered a delectable treat, I am going to savor and enjoy it thoroughly, with complete awareness.
I think traditionally, I always slipped into "Last Supper" thinking around the holidays. I would see it as the final food blow out before the new year of good intentions. I'm choosing to experience the holidays differently this year.
Yes, the food is wonderful and I can enjoy it with intuitive eating principles firmly intact. However, there are many other enjoyable aspects to the season and I'm going to try to focus on those a bit more and not make it all about the food. After all, this year I don't have to start a diet January 1st.
I am also going to bump up my stress management and self care. The season can be hectic and I think there is a great temptation to use food for pleasure and relaxation. I figure if I make my stress management and self care top priority, I will be laying the foundation for a successful holiday season.
So, I will enjoy walks around the neighborhood, enjoying the festive lights. I'll take bubble baths by scented candlelight in scents of pine and cinnamom. I'll cuddle up with a cozy blanket and watch holiday movies.
You get the picture. I am going to find new ways to enjoy the season that will support me in this journey I am on. I wish you the best and a joyful season experienced in new ways that keep your feet frimly planted on the road to success.
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