Counting, weighing, missing…
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I don’t sit down and count calories, I pretty much know portion size and calories for most food I eat. If I get myself into a stale mate I just pay really close attention to what I am doing and it is pretty much effortless. I will not count calories or anything else the rest of my life either. Once you get the hang of this, it doesn’t have to be time consuming. Roxan
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – How many of you have spent most of your lives, counting calories, counting fat grams, weighing foods and yourself, missing meals, exercising until you can no more, sweating, pumping, walking, running, flaking exhausted in bed at night because you are tired? I was just wondering because I’ve spent most of my life doing these things and I’m tired, but I don’t know how to live life without it. One day, I hope, I won’t have to count, count, weigh, miss but I think I’ll always enjoy a walk. I’d love to be like some of my friends that eat what they want, when they want, exercise because they enjoy it and are never on diets. Ahhhh the perfect world, what a dream 
) By the way, still on that damn plateau!!!! I keep singing the song by Johnny O’Keefe that was "move baby move, get in the groove now, move baby move" But nothings moving so then I start singing "lets hold on to what we’ve got, don’t let go girl, we’ve got alot!" by Barry Manilow. LOLOLOL Gee I have to get better music sense!!! LOL Anyways, just letting you know I’m still around, reading posts, plateau’ng, still renovating (less than 2 weeks go before family arrive), and singing weird songs ) Keep up the great work fellow ASD people!!! — Rose "My friend is one… who takes me for what I am." (238/200/140 lbs) (108/91/63 kgs)
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I no longer do that. How many of you have spent most of your lives, counting calories, counting fat grams, weighing foods and yourself, missing meals, exercising until you can no more, sweating, pumping, walking, running, flaking exhausted in bed at night because you are tired?
– Diva "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." Eleanor Roosevelt
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How many of you have spent most of your lives, counting calories, counting fat grams, weighing foods and yourself, missing meals, exercising until you can no more, sweating, pumping, walking, running, flaking exhausted in bed at night because you are tired? I was just wondering because I’ve spent most of my life doing these things and I’m tired, but I don’t know how to live life without it. One day, I hope, I won’t have to count, count, weigh, miss but I think I’ll always enjoy a walk. I’d love to be like some of my friends that eat what they want, when they want, exercise because they enjoy it and are never on diets. Ahhhh the perfect world, what a dream ) By the way, still on that damn plateau!!!! I keep singing the song by Johnny O’Keefe that was "move baby move, get in the groove now, move baby move" But nothings moving so then I start singing "lets hold on to what we’ve got, don’t let go girl, we’ve got alot!" by Barry Manilow. LOLOLOL Gee I have to get better music sense!!! LOL Anyways, just letting you know I’m still around, reading posts, plateau’ng, still renovating (less than 2 weeks go before family arrive), and singing weird songs ) Keep up the great work fellow ASD people!!! — Rose "My friend is one… who takes me for what I am." (238/200/140 lbs) (108/91/63 kgs)
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Totally agree!! I have a friend that is so thin, she can eat anything and never gains weight. She has a compulsive disorder that she can’t stay still for a second. She is always rushing around and always looks tired. If its not one compulsion is another I wouldn’t want to be in her shoes either. Im glad that I am where I am. I count when I am not strong enough to say no and it works for me, but I am finding that I am counting alot less these days which is terrific. I use to count all day, now I may count once a week or at times once a fortnight, so I think I’m finding a new way of life. Sure on a plateau, but that plateau will shift one of these days and when it Rose!!!!! — Rose "My friend is one… who takes me for what I am." (238/200/140 lbs) (108/91/63 kgs)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I used to think there were others out there who could eat whenever and whatever…but I am not in their skins 24/7/365. When we see others eat, we are only looking at a sliver of their lives. I really think most people do watch what they eat at least part of the time. Absolutely. I think we just see a) they’re thin and b) they’re eating chili cheese fries in front of us, so they must "be able to eat like that and stay thin." Who knows how many salads that person eats the rest of the month. Or how often they run/go to the gym/play soccer/whatever. Granted, we all probably know one or two people who really do eat like machines and never gain weight, but they are the exceptions, and as we’ve seen here from time to time, that sort of metabolism doesn’t always hold out forever. On the other hand, there are certainly lots of people out there for whom food truly is fuel and not an emotional tool of some sort, which makes eating less (with an occasional big meal out) no big deal. Just a whole lot of peoples’ mileage varying, all day every day…! — –jd 239/196.5/179 again!, then 159
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I used to think there were others out there who could eat whenever and whatever…but I am not in their skins 24/7/365. When we see others eat, we are only looking at a sliver of their lives. I really think most people do watch what they eat at least part of the time. Absolutely. I think we just see a) they’re thin and b) they’re eating chili cheese fries in front of us, so they must "be able to eat like that and stay thin." Who knows how many salads that person eats the rest of the month. Or how often they run/go to the gym/play soccer/whatever. Granted, we all probably know one or two people who really do eat like machines and never gain weight, but they are the exceptions, and as we’ve seen here from time to time, that sort of metabolism doesn’t always hold out forever. On the other hand, there are certainly lots of people out there for whom food truly is fuel and not an emotional tool of some sort, which makes eating less (with an occasional big meal out) no big deal. Just a whole lot of peoples’ mileage varying, all day every day…! — –jd 239/196.5/179 again!, then 159
The one person I have known who truly could eat anything and everything in mass quantities had such a nervous disposition that she was really hard to be around. We were co-workers and "Jane, calm down" was our boss’s constant plea to her. I wouldn’t want her metabolism for anything in the world! Also, remember Kate Moss, the model who was thinner than Twiggy. She claimed that her skinniness was just due to her high metabolism. Turned out the she had a raging cocaine habit; that’s what fueled her metabolism. Again, I wouldn’t want to be her. The old cliche is true: the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In our cases, the fat is always thinner on the supermodel, actress, or co-worker. But there is always a reason why that’s so. In the case of the former women, they either spent four or five hours a day in the gym when they’re not working, or have themselves a nasty drug habit or they’re anorexic. And sadly, Jane is so hard to live with that no one will. That’s not how most of us want to live our lives. Just some thoughts. My humble opinions. Tonia
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Good post and so true. Roxan
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I used to think there were others out there who could eat whenever and whatever…but I am not in their skins 24/7/365. When we see others eat, we are only looking at a sliver of their lives. I really think most people do watch what they eat at least part of the time. Absolutely. I think we just see a) they’re thin and b) they’re eating chili cheese fries in front of us, so they must "be able to eat like that and stay thin." Who knows how many salads that person eats the rest of the month. Or how often they run/go to the gym/play soccer/whatever. Granted, we all probably know one or two people who really do eat like machines and never gain weight, but they are the exceptions, and as we’ve seen here from time to time, that sort of metabolism doesn’t always hold out forever. On the other hand, there are certainly lots of people out there for whom food truly is fuel and not an emotional tool of some sort, which makes eating less (with an occasional big meal out) no big deal. Just a whole lot of peoples’ mileage varying, all day every day…! — –jd 239/196.5/179 again!, then 159
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I used to think there were others out there who could eat whenever and whatever…but I am not in their skins 24/7/365. When we see others eat, we are only looking at a sliver of their lives. I really think most people do watch what they eat at least part of the time.
Absolutely. I think we just see a) they’re thin and b) they’re eating chili cheese fries in front of us, so they must "be able to eat like that and stay thin." Who knows how many salads that person eats the rest of the month. Or how often they run/go to the gym/play soccer/whatever. Granted, we all probably know one or two people who really do eat like machines and never gain weight, but they are the exceptions, and as we’ve seen here from time to time, that sort of metabolism doesn’t always hold out forever. On the other hand, there are certainly lots of people out there for whom food truly is fuel and not an emotional tool of some sort, which makes eating less (with an occasional big meal out) no big deal. Just a whole lot of peoples’ mileage varying, all day every day…! — –jd 239/196.5/179 again!, then 159
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How many of you have spent most of your lives, counting calories, counting fat grams, weighing foods and yourself, missing meals, exercising until you can no more, sweating, pumping, walking, running, flaking exhausted in bed at night because you are tired? I was just wondering because I’ve spent most of my life doing these things and I’m tired, but I don’t know how to live life without it. One day, I hope, I won’t have to count, count, weigh, miss but I think I’ll always enjoy a walk.
Sometimes the weighing and measuring and counting feels like a security blanket, sometimes a noose around my neck…it all depends on the mood I am in at the time. I’d love to be like some of my friends that eat what they want, when they want, exercise because they enjoy it and are never on diets.
I used to think there were others out there who could eat whenever and whatever…but I am not in their skins 24/7/365. When we see others eat, we are only looking at a sliver of their lives. I really think most people do watch what they eat at least part of the time. IMO and all that. — Lisa B. *proud poster since 8/13/99* 243/153.5/145
