#8 - 100 Day Goal - Abstinance from Obvious Sweets - Want to Join? Please Do!

[Fubarcdn]

Yesterday I thought I would tempt myself to make sure I had control over my OS beast as I am sure that I do of my drinking beast.
I walked by the bakery section of the supermarket and saw all my favorites, especially the chocolate fudge cake. Sure enough that feeling of excitement came over me as I looked at the big cake.
In the past I would buy it and eat the whole thing in one sitting. I laughed at my voice and it got timid but then they had the same cake in a mini size. That voice tried to convince me the small one wouldn't hurt too much and I thought of my OS free time and moved on. Thanks for the encouragement I get here. If not for you guys I probably would have bought that small cake.
Just kidding I woulda got the large and ate it all.

Now the chart.

Nina - 3/8/2009 - 49 Days
Cali - 4/1/2009 - 25 Days
Astro - 4/10/2009 - 16 Days
Fubarcdn - 4/13/2009 - 13 Days
Poppy - 4/13/2009 - 13 Days
Roxie- 4/13/09 - 13 Days
Rowan - 4/15/2009 - 12 Days
Jack- 4/16/2009 - 10 Days
Pony - 4/17/2009 - 9 Days
Cathy - 4/18/2009 - 8 Days
Dave - 4/19/2009 - 7 Days
Bamboozle - 4/19/2009 - 7 Days
Neagrm -4/24/2009 - 2 Days

I see there are a few of you that have joined us and welcome. If you wanted to be added to the chart just let me know and I will add you tomorrow. Being on the chart really keeps me fixed on not indulging.

[Rowan]

Oh Fubar I can so relate re the mini cake! But yeah since coming here and being accountable re OS I understand how you were able to move past it. Well done.

Checking in for another OS day. Starting to feel better from this dang flu. Giddy up.

[dave47]

Well I can sympathise with you Rowan and wish you well.
I was sick early this morning and something has knocked the stuffing out of me. I hope this isn't going to hang around too long, I have a half marathon in two weeks and wanted to get out for a long run this morning. Hopefully I will get out during the week, but in the evenings I can never manage the same intensity.
Being positive,there is absolutely no danger of any OS today, water and diluted orange so far.
Glad everything is going so well Cali, you were here when I first started and I always appreciate anything you have to say.Hope the rollercoaster keeps on going up for you.
Anyway, best wishes everyone for the week ahead.

[cali]

thanks Dave-always a pleasure to see you
Row-glad you are starting to feel better!

Fub-yes-I totally relate to what you said:

Just kidding I woulda got the large and ate it all.

I too would justify a mini "anything" then end up going full fledge!!

Wow-we all relate to these things-it's nice to know I am not alone!! I find myself nodding my head in understang as I read the posts here. And some of them I actually say out loud "I totally relate"!

I have stayed on the straight and narrow. We are taking the little ones out for icecream in a little bit. I don't have to worry about feeling sluggish and yucky later from eating a ton of sugar. I just had a bowl of FF vanilla yogurt with fresh strawberries spinkled with bran. I pretend it's bowl of "flavor of the week" from the local icecream shoppe. I go there already having eaten, and I am not tempted in the least!! Have a good night everyone--good work!!

[Nina Kay]

Hello GG, how are you? Good to see you back here.

[Astro]

[QUOTE=cali;2207438] I just had a bowl of FF vanilla yogurt with fresh strawberries spinkled with bran. I pretend it's bowl of "flavor of the week" from the local icecream shoppe.[QUOTE=cali;2207438]

That sounds perfect cali, I'll have to try that soon!

Ro, I had a cheat day too yesterday. Barely ate all day, was busy painting and doing yardwork. On the way to my son's game we stopped at Del Taco, I got a dbl. cheeseburger, taco, jalapeno rings, and had some of fiancee's chili cheese fries. Yummm, it was pretty decadent but I don't want to eat like that again anytime soon!

Still OS free, but I can't sleep tonight, too much coffee late in the day again.
Hope everyone had a great weekend, I really enjoyed reading your posts again.

[Rowan]

Thank you Astro!!! LOL Thank you!!!!

Good morning fellow abstainers! Monday morning and gearing up for another OS-free day. Dave I hope you're able to shake that flu thing off before it takes you all the way down. Try not to push yourself too hard.

Have a great day everyone.

[dave47]

Feeling better today than yesterday, but not as good as Saturday-hopefully fine by tomorrow.
I think I have reached a stage with OS that has usually been my downfall these last few months. I get a few days OS free and the sugar cravings and thoughts have gone, and then bang- I have eaten something before I know it and am back to square one. Hopefully I can keep alert and as Jack says "Turn away". Saying that I feel positive and any time I am under the weather it makes me appreciate when I am feeling good, and drives home the need to look after myself.
I feel disappointed that I wasn't able to work last night or today and have lost a lot of much needed income. Do I plunge right in for the rest of the week to recoup the losses or write it off as an unavoidable loss? I will get up tomorrow morning and go from there.
Thanks to everyone here, take care all.

[Fubarcdn]

Good morning fellow food fighters.
Still OS free. I bought a new shirt with the money I didn't spend on that chocolate cake.
I noticed a couple of people haven't checked in for awhile so if you are reading give us a shout.
I will be glad when Jack is back.

Nina - 3/8/2009 - 50 Days
Cali - 4/1/2009 - 26 Days
Astro - 4/10/2009 - 17 Days
Fubarcdn - 4/13/2009 - 14 Days
Poppy - 4/13/2009 - 14 Days
Roxie- 4/13/09 - 14 Days
Rowan - 4/15/2009 - 13 Days
Jack- 4/16/2009 - 11 Days
Pony - 4/17/2009 - 10 Days
Cathy - 4/18/2009 - 9 Days
Dave - 4/19/2009 - 8 Days
Bamboozle - 4/19/2009 - 8 Days
Neagrm -4/24/2009 - 3 Days

Congrats to Nina on 50 days: half way through the 100 day challenge.
Is the prize for completing the 100 day challenge another 100 days?

[roxiestone]

I ate in a disordered manner on Friday evening.

My day one is 4/25.

May we all live in peace.

[cali]

Good morning!

Astro-I have to admit, that I am sick to death of it however it really does do the trick!! I even put it in our icecream bowls that we have at home.

My girls are proud of me when I have my "icecream" and not that of Dairy Queen's

I am in it for another day!!

[Rowan]

Congrats Nina on 50 days.
I'm still sick. I pushed myself too hard by going to work. I am back home and in bed. At the cafeteria this morning at the office, I eyed one of my favourite cinnamon buns and thought of picking it up. I feel so down physically and mentally that it briefly looked good. But remembering you all - and this thread - helped me to abstain.
Thanks.

[Astro]

Fubar, thanks for persevering and keeping the tally while Jack's away!

I'm back to normal and healthy with my eating habits, brought plenty of fruit and vegetables to work today. Started my day with a bowl of hot oat bran, had the consistency of wallpaper paste but tasted pretty good.

I don't know why I was so off over the weekend, didn't eat any OS's but the craving was certainly there a few times. I usually find that a little glass of milk and bread curbs it for me. Still, I just felt like eating junk food most of the weekend, thankfully my fiance made a healthy breakfast Sun. morning and we cooked a low-fat meal together for dinner.

OK cali, I've got fat-free vanilla yogurt on my shopping list. You ever tried freezing it?

[cali]

Congrats Nina!!

I am sorry I didn't shout out earlier! That's fantastico!!!

Astro:
Started my day with a bowl of hot oat bran, had the consistency of wallpaper paste but tasted pretty good.

omg I was laughing out loud at that!!

No I have never thought of freezing it!! How silly is that?? I see "frozen yogurt" everywhere!! But I don't think of it as "literally yogurt that is frozen". To me, it's icecream so I never have it but I am going to go home and freeze some variations of it--w/ fruit etc--THANKS for dawning the light on this marblehead lol

[Nina Kay]

Thank you guys for the Congrats. I am still OS free, just for today.

[Cathy31]

well done nina and thanks Fubar!

I am on day 4 today 28th April. Have been craving quite badly but managed to resist and went to yoga instead...got to ermember to eat well and eat regularly!

AWESOME everyone!!!

Cathy31
x

[cali]

Great Job Cathy!

I came home from work last night and threw some ff vanilla yogurt in a bowl with fresh cut up strawberries, mixed it up and put it in the freezer. I left it there for about 3 hours and wal-lah! It was very "au natural" but it absolutely felt like I was eating sorbet without all the sugar! Now I can really have "icecream" with my girls-yay!
Thanks again for the idea Astro!

It is beautiful out this morning--I really want to start walking during the day while I am at work. I really should just start today! I feel good not waking up with hangovers from sugar. I really want to stick with this way of living.

Have a great day everyone!!

ps Rowan hope you are feeling better and better each day!!

[roxiestone]

What is it about family drama that can cause me to want to revert to being a teenager again?

I got a big dose of the drama yesterday, but am happy to report that rather than taking it to my partner or the fridge or a department store, I took it to the gym for a second workout of the day.

I came home and ate the dinner that my partner had prepared for us, took a soaky bath and went to bed early. I am so thankful not to be "hung over" today - from either action or addiction. I just felt the anger and the hurt without hurting myself over it.

May we all live in peace.

[Cathy31]

Awesome ladies well done!

[Fubarcdn]

Good morning all.
Weigh in day today and I only lost one pound. This is getting a bit discouraging but I plan on giving it a good go. I have the last five pounds to lose and they don't seem to want to leave my belly.
No sugar and I have cut down on the coffee and Splenda to one a day.
Jack should be back tomorrow so if I messed up the chart he will fix it.

Nina - 3/8/2009 - 51 Days
Cali - 4/1/2009 - 27 Days
Astro - 4/10/2009 - 18 Days
Fubarcdn - 4/13/2009 - 15 Days
Poppy - 4/13/2009 - 15 Days
Roxie- 4/13/09 - 15 Days
Rowan - 4/15/2009 - 14 Days
Jack- 4/16/2009 - 12 Days
Pony - 4/17/2009 - 11 Days
Dave - 4/19/2009 - 9 Days
Bamboozle - 4/19/2009 - 8 Days
Cathy - 4/24/2009 - 4 Days
Neagrm -4/24/2009 - 4 Days
Roxie- 4/25/09 - 3 Days

If you haven't reported in for a while please do or Jack will be looking for you.

[cali]

roxiestone:
I got a big dose of the drama yesterday, but am happy to report that rather than taking it to my partner or the fridge or a department store, I took it to the gym for a second workout of the day.

Thank you for the awesome reminder that we DO have choices when it comes to tough times!! I will remember this the next time drama comes knocking...usually about 5:16 when I walk in the door lol

[Astro]

Originally Posted by Astro

I'm back to normal and healthy with my eating habits, brought plenty of fruit and vegetables to work today.

I quoted my own post so I can be accountable and rigorously honest about how healthy (NOT) and normal (NOT AGAIN) my meal pattern was yesterday.
I was doing great until we got home from my daughter's softball game. Had 4 points left on my WW diet, enough for a small square of pizza and a salad which would've been perfect. I lost control, completely blew it with the willpower. Had 3 glasses of milk and 4 large squares of pizza, and of course my weight was up when I jumped on the scale this morning.

I'll try again today. Cali, glad to hear the yogurt was good, I picked up some this morning along with a bag of unsweetened blackberries and I'm looking forward to trying it tonight. I like to warm up the berries before I put them in my oatmeal so I might try that with the yogurt.

Still OS free and lovin' the new me, but discovered that pizza bingeing is a no-no

[Rowan]

I've been binging too, Scott. I'm still sick, but mostly depressed because of life events. I ate a whole bag of sugar-free biscuits but they tasted like cookies so I feel like I cheated. And I had three sugar-free chocolate pudding cups today. Nothing else. I've been home sick in bed again. This will pass, it always does - but I am very discouraged right now.

I don't know if I should change my OS date - I would appreciate any feedback.

[cali]

Astro-
There is NO WAY I could never have a "small square" of pizza! I mean maybe it would last a night, but I'd abuse it for sure!! When I lost a lot of weight last year I was on *alli. It forced me to stay low fat in addition to abstaining from sugar.

TRUST ME, ya don't want to take in too much fat with alli in your system (google alli treatment effect)! I am on it again since the beginning of April. It's sort of like my "antibuse" for food. It forces me to make healthy choices, to take those few extra minutes in the morning to prepare my meals and snacks for my day at work. It's amazing how fast fat adds up especially if I am at a party etc. I don't reach for nuts and cheese and crackers anymore. I want to eat well everyday!! I really do think of this as health and wellness for life, NOT just weightloss--although weightloss is a total bonus!

I must also say that last year I was on it for about 4 months, and not once had a treatment effect. It was when I went off it--or should I say hadn't taken one for about 4 days and had a few truffles and a fried chicken salad that I found out what the wrath of a "treatment effect" is LOL
I know that when I do the right thing I don't have to worry!

I am just not safe to leave myself "out there" right now...I mean on my own with food choices. This forces me stay focused and on track. I hope I am not on it all that long as it is costly however I justify it to get healthier in the long run.

Anyway I know this may be "TMI" however it also might help someone in some way, so I am willing to put it out there!

[Neagrm]

To my surprise, I'm finding it "easy" to avoid the sweets for a couple days now. I surely hope that continues!