A plan so cunning you could brush your teeth with it :)

savingwannabe

She is so clever and nice. Yay.

boredofbeingathome

You make some good points NL, when i am in a bad mood i head for the cupboards..cripes anyone who has read my diary may well be thinking..Bob is at the cupboard a lot!!

PS wish you hadn't been so bloody descriptive about the chocolate..i want some now and i have been good and avoiding.

ZTD

savingwannabe wrote: »

How many people are imagining Minstrels oozing into their mouth? I am not being rude but gosh, yum.

:silenced::silenced::silenced::silenced::silenced:

beanielou

I want minstrals.

ZTD

beanielou wrote: »

I want minstrals.

And I thought it was footballers the girls wanted these days...

elantan

NorthernLas wrote: »

SWB and anyone else interested in losing weight ... I am the bearer of bad news ... wait for it ... DIETS DO NOT WORK (all you need to know is that Weightwatchers is owned by Heinz and one could start to get a little cynical)

And do you know why .... (the audience gasps and shakes their heads) because most people who are over or under weight use food as a SUPPORT MECHANISM. They cope with the trials and tribulations of life and get through really awful situations and food helps them through.

Imagine the scene, you find yourself wanting to shout at a <rude beligerant customer> but can't because
- It is your job to smile and help them;
- They will report you to the authorities;
- Your job depends on them buying stuff;
- You are an adult;
- Actually them being awful says more about them than it does about your customer service skills so for the moment, they need your support;
- etc, etc

So how do you deal with the 'angry' emotion (or the happy, sad, scared emotion), do you do what I used to do and eat crisps and peanuts because of the crunch?
And when your nearest and dearest is across the other side of the world and you need a pat on the shoulder, what do you do? ... do you let a minstrel dissolve on your tongue so that when the caramel breaks the chocolate ooses round your mouth, or do you eat the whole bag and only notice when you search for another and find there are none left?

Maybe an interesting experiment would be to imagine if a friend decided that they would go on a restrictive diet, where they banned the foods that helped them through the day and then beat themselves up when they failed miserably.

How would you support them ... THEN take yourself by the hand and pretend that you are that friend.

Eat when you are hungry, put it on a plate, enjoy, stop when you are satisfied, move, eat exactly what will satisfy you and become interested in how the food feels in your tummy...

Final point ... 'SCALES ARE FOR FISH!'. It is not helpful to base your whole mood / success / failure one a number that can change over the month ... why not start the day with a smile and a stretch and think how am I going to be kind to myself today :T

RE-LURKING ...

NL x

i wish this were true for me .... sadly it isnt... i finally recognised i do eat emotionally but not in the way you talk about NL ... what your suggesting is very much the Paul McKenna way and it does work ...

good job i aint been on a diet in over ten years ... i think i would feel slightly foolish paying heinz my money for weight watchers lol

taxi73

I am on WWs but don't eat any WWs stuff.I also eat plenty of chocolate,biscuits,crisps etc all within my points allowance so I don't deny stuff that I like ..it's just a case of balancing calories in and calories out and learning coping stratergies for those stressful times we want to eat.

Butti

God, I think NL could actually be my twin sister

B (doesn't own a pair of scales!)

savingwannabe

Welcome back butti, how was Amsterdam? Did you have some of those tablets? I have never been stoned (but i reckon i have hypos and they have the same effect) What's it like?

Butti

Hi SW,

I can't tell you. I didn't have any. Did have too much beer on the first day :beer: - Got up in the middle of the night and had no idea where I was. Next morning wasn't very well - the guys encouraged me to have some water and when we were halfway down the main drag I had to prod this man who was standing over the drain so I could throw up. Not my best moment.

We did go to three breweries, the scenery was great and I saw lots of friends so that was good. Now back to my presentation on Thursday and my assignment a week on Thursday. ...oh and finding a job :(

B