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**Astro** · 07-20-2009, 10:30 AM

Thanks for the new thread Pony!

Poppy, (and everyone else) thank you for the continued encouragement. No I'm not going to treat myself with a sweet or go on a binge, as I've said before it's probably best that I continue to abstain since I've proven throughout my life that I have no clue how to moderate anything.

Right now I seem to have eating problems on the weekends, especially when my fiancee and I take road trips. This weekend I ate twice at fast-food restaurants and three buffet lines, I stepped on the scale this morning and freaked out

On weekends like that I don't even bother with the WW point charts, it's like a "gone fishing" day and I don't track my points or portion control. I think that needs to change or I just need to stop being so uptight with myself about it. Anyway, once again I'm watching my diet more closely.

As far as the OS abstinence, I've got to be honest with myself and everyone here by saying that I don't believe I've done it 100% perfectly. I haven't eaten anything obvious like desserts or candies, and I've been fairly careful about checking ingredients, but there have been a few times when I've questioned something I drank or ate at a social function where I didn't prepare the food myself. That's something I want to develop a heightened awareness about in the future. If I'm not sure if it contains sugar in any form, then I need to abstain rather than guess or make assumptions.

I feel good about my progress and I've had a lot of people from my AA group compliment me on my appearance, so I'm happy with the results thus far, and I really enjoy putting this much thought into what I eat. But I'll still say that it's much more difficult than trying to figure out what contains alcohol and what doesn't, this is a real challenge.

I wish you all the best, and I'm excited to continue this journey together. Again, thank you for the daily inspiration.

07-20-2009, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,837	Thanks for the new thread Pony! Poppy, (and everyone else) thank you for the continued encouragement. No I'm not going to treat myself with a sweet or go on a binge, as I've said before it's probably best that I continue to abstain since I've proven throughout my life that I have no clue how to moderate anything. Right now I seem to have eating problems on the weekends, especially when my fiancee and I take road trips. This weekend I ate twice at fast-food restaurants and three buffet lines, I stepped on the scale this morning and freaked out On weekends like that I don't even bother with the WW point charts, it's like a "gone fishing" day and I don't track my points or portion control. I think that needs to change or I just need to stop being so uptight with myself about it. Anyway, once again I'm watching my diet more closely. As far as the OS abstinence, I've got to be honest with myself and everyone here by saying that I don't believe I've done it 100% perfectly. I haven't eaten anything obvious like desserts or candies, and I've been fairly careful about checking ingredients, but there have been a few times when I've questioned something I drank or ate at a social function where I didn't prepare the food myself. That's something I want to develop a heightened awareness about in the future. If I'm not sure if it contains sugar in any form, then I need to abstain rather than guess or make assumptions. I feel good about my progress and I've had a lot of people from my AA group compliment me on my appearance, so I'm happy with the results thus far, and I really enjoy putting this much thought into what I eat. But I'll still say that it's much more difficult than trying to figure out what contains alcohol and what doesn't, this is a real challenge. I wish you all the best, and I'm excited to continue this journey together. Again, thank you for the daily inspiration. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"