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02-06-2009, 08:57 AM
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| came-came to-came to believe  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: east coast
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Completed 24 hours as of the end of 2/5/2009: GG-2/4/09 2 days Roxie-1/30/09 7 days Dave-1/30/09 7 days Jack-1/24/09 12 days Cali-2/4/2009 2 days Ananda Cheese Nina Mike Pony Spacecat Others I am doing all the right things for my food sobriety! I want to stay sober therefore will not drink alcohol today. Same applies to me food sobriety. If it's not conducive to the direction I am going, then NO is the answer! I know deyond a shadow of a doubt what is acceptable and safe for me to eat. For now, if I am not sure in any way, then I don't!
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02-06-2009, 08:59 AM
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| came-came to-came to believe Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: east coast
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Completed 24 hours as of the end of 2/5/2009: GG-2/4/09 2 days Roxie-1/30/09 7 days Dave-1/30/09 7 days Jack-1/24/09 12 days Cali-2/4/2009 2 days Ananda Cheese Nina Mike Pony Spacecat Others I am doing all the right things for my food sobriety! I want to stay sober therefore will not drink alcohol today. Same applies to me food sobriety. If it's not conducive to the direction I am going, then NO is the answer! I know deyond a shadow of a doubt what is acceptable and safe for me to eat. For now, if I am not sure in any way, then I don't!
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02-06-2009, 01:50 PM
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I just need to watch this over and over and days like today aren't so bad. I didn't cave, but I came damn close!!! YouTube - Keep Swimming
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02-07-2009, 04:57 AM
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Can you put me on hiatus please Cali, keep up the good work everyone.
__________________ Into each life some rain must fall,some days be dark and dreary. The Difficult is that which can be done immediately;the Impossible that which takes a little longer. |
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02-07-2009, 12:45 PM
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| came-came to-came to believe Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: east coast
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Completed 24 hours as of the end of 2/6/2009: GG-2/4/09 3 days Roxie-1/30/09 8 days Jack-1/24/09 13 days Cali-2/4/2009 3 days Dave Ananda Cheese Nina Mike Pony Spacecat Others Dave stay in touch despite you hiatus, k? Good Job GG-I know it's tough-and sometimes are tougher than others-hang in there!
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02-08-2009, 12:11 AM
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| Rockin 'n' rollin' everyday Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Midwest
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I am proud of my stretch...it's been the longest in quite a while for me...but...I didn't look away...I didn't say "No, thanks." I didn't wait for the craving to pass. My program just wasn't strong enough I pigged out. So be it. It's done. I can't change it. I want to be healthy...but there must be something else I haven't figured out. I was compulsive and agitated today over planning a get-together that worked out...but I was stressed over it. I ate cookies and cookies...and snitched a cigarette. Tomorrow is Day 1. I want to be strong to work my OS abstinant program. Take care all. |
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02-08-2009, 09:47 AM
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((((Jack)))) you didn't lose what you had! You are encouraging to say the least-and I have learned so much from you-thank you!!!  I have another "pot luck" tonight-that is where I failed last week-however, this week is different. I really have been eating well, and eating when I need to, not depriving myself. Completed 24 hours as of the end of 2/7/2009: GG-2/4/09 4 days Roxie-1/30/09 9 days Jack-working on one Cali-2/4/2009 4 days Dave Ananda Cheese Nina Mike Pony Spacecat Others
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02-09-2009, 03:17 AM
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Thanks Jack-keeping the count really helped me to get back on track-thanks for passing it around it's a great "commitment"! I did fine last night! I just said "no thank you" when I was offered an OS. If I quickly think it through to the end, the sweets just were not that attractive anymore-much like thinking the drink through to the end. Have a good day everyone!
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02-09-2009, 06:15 AM
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I'm still hanging in there. Still addressing my people-pleasing tendencies as a part of recovery. Tonight I am facing a situation where I know my partner will not be happy with what I have to say. My boundaries are my issue. His reactions to my setting them are his. As long as I am acting with grace, compassion, truth and honesty, then what I say is not wrong. I'm stating my needs in a straightforward manner. I'm accepting responsibility for me. I will not eat compulsively as a way to try to cope with the uncomfortableness of my feelings. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for the honesty, experience, strength and hope. All of it allows me to accept the imperfectness of the journey. I am not perfect. I cannot be perfect. Peace. |
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02-10-2009, 06:44 AM
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| Rockin 'n' rollin' everyday Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Midwest
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"OK...I'm back...and I can really shake 'em down. Do you love me? I can really move. Do you love me? I'm in the groove. Do you love me? Now that I can dance?" I was typing I'm back and the rest just flowed. Sorry. "No, thanks." Look away. Cravings pass...but they come back and come back and come back. My program isn't strong enough yet to handle withdrawl. Any tips or thoughts? Here's the list. Roxie-1/30/09 - 11 days GG-2/4/09 - 6 days Cali-2/4/2009 - 6 days Jack-2/8/2009 - 2 days |
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02-10-2009, 11:05 AM
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breakin out Jack, I love it!! This time was SO hard-at the beginning of this month I ate so much sugar.....the cravings were huge the first couple of days away from it...I almost had a few marshmallows last night....but again, I thought it all the way through....first of all, it wouldn't be a "few", becasue a few for me is the whole bag. It's just that simple.
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02-10-2009, 04:23 PM
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| Rockin 'n' rollin' everyday Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Midwest
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I've got to think about what I mean by withdrawl...I didn't have withdrawl symptoms when it was time to quit drinking...I still occassionally like the bar scene and can hang out for a while and not want to drink. I do often now, though, get the urge to smoke and act out on the urge more frequently now...than in the past. For OS, it's like the smell of something backing is all it takes for me to cave in and pig out. Sometimes it's the sight...the offer...I guess withdrawl is the taking back...the taking back of the addiction to have what is not good for me. |
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02-11-2009, 03:44 AM
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welp-for me, I am eating well however I am eating the "same thing", and I did not buy chicken breast this week which really helps fill me up, I forgot and thought I could do tuna all week....well last night I was really hungry and could not bare the thought of the sdame food, so I had some marshmallows...I will stop at the store after work today and get what I need to finish the week successfully. Still, I've had a great stretch thus far-although I will start my count over, I am "in progress"!!!
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02-11-2009, 07:30 AM
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I am a reactionary person. I grew to believe that everything required an action from me. In my recovery, I'm learning to let it be and let it go. The fine art of doing nothing. Today I am feeling surly and rebellious. I've got 12 good days "under my belt" and the scale has not rewarded me and I'm pissed. My past behaviors want me to "ratchet things up, work harder, be more you-name-it". Bend the situation to my will. So for today, I will just acknowledge that I am still quite amazed the power that the scale can hold over me and I will sit with the feeling and continue to do what I know are the right things, in a balanced and healthful way. Fake it til I make it. My deepest gratitude for each of you that posts here and make this place possible. My positive energies and thoughts go out to each of you this morning. Peace. |
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02-11-2009, 09:14 AM
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02-12-2009, 05:59 AM
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I can't remember what it was....but I thought I wrote something particularly profound yesterday...and I was surprised when I didn't see it posted with the list. I have false pride and grandiosity. There is a new digital scale at the fitness center I go to. The old one was a balance type of scale that I learned how to fudge the way I stood on it..and could change my weight by 5 pounds. The new one doesn't allow my fudging. I am not happy with the scale either. For me to get to where I want to be...I guess it's smaller portions of OS free, low fat foods. eaten at the right times of the day. I don't feel I am capable of doing that for now. Maybe I will ramp up the exercise. I don't know. Take care all. Roxie-1/30/09 - 13 days Jack-2/8/2009 - 4 days GG-2/11/09 - 1 Day Cali-2/11/2009 - 1 Day |
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02-12-2009, 12:03 PM
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02-13-2009, 07:52 AM
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I had an OS last night that I am not ready to call an OS. Sugar was third on the list of incredients after enriched flour and something else that probably wasn't great for me. I had a choice between that and something else where sugar was the second ingredient. Of course, I had a choice to "Look away." but I am not ready yet. Before I get honest, I want to know if anyone measures the grams of sugar listed in ingredients? What I'm trying to get at is if there is some number of grams of sugar that are "OK" in a OS abstinant program? Are we doing what diabetics do? Thanks. Roxie-1/30/09 - 14 days Jack-2/8/2009 - 5 days GG-2/11/09 - 2 Days Cali-2/11/2009 - 2 Days |
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02-13-2009, 08:13 AM
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I think each of us has to define what OS means to us. My definition, for the purposes of this board is no refined carbohydrates - no flour, no sugar, no baked goods, no "processed" foods and nothing that would be defined as a dessert. Those types of foods are triggers for me, so I find it best to avoid them. I have a history of disordered eating, so these are the things that work best for me.
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