Lily J
10-03-2004, 06:54 PM
I tried a different WW meeting to see how it goes. Totally different than the other. The scales weren't in a room, but out in the open and ... all sorts of differences.
She asked how our programs are doing. Of course, folks had issues. She said that proteins take a while to break down to someone's problem with not getting full.
Learn the Comfort Zone
She showed the chart, then a list of questions for us to answer to ourselves:
How would your weightloss be affected if you ate when hungry; stopped when satisfied?
How does waiting until you're overly hungry affect your food choices?
What are consequences of the other extreme - eating until stuffed?
What are the benefits of staying in the "comfort zone"?
[mentioned 4-6 meals a day keeps something in the stomach. Also said to drink a glass of water when hungry because dehydration is disguised as hunger sometimes.]
Next list of stuff when maybe hungry:
- wait 20-30 minutes; occupy your attention elsewhere
- identify environmental cues [beware the pizza commercials]
- take your emotional measure [sad? happy? bored?]
- ask yourself: when did I eat last?
- eat slowly
She said to copy the comfort zone chart and put it on the fridge, and other places to make you think about it.
In the kudos part at the end, a guy reached goal. She asked him for a tip and he said something that really registered with me. The others usually say "kept at it" and stuff, but *shrug*. He said that we need to make sure we have a reason for the lifestyle change He had a brother die because of obesity (100 pounds excess for too long) and he didn't want early death for himself or his wife. So he and his wife changed their lifestyle.
The leader asked us, then, if any of us have someone that we love so much that we'd die for them. Would we push them out from in front of a train? Well, we should do that for ourselves. Our excess weight is our train.
She asked how our programs are doing. Of course, folks had issues. She said that proteins take a while to break down to someone's problem with not getting full.
Learn the Comfort Zone
She showed the chart, then a list of questions for us to answer to ourselves:
How would your weightloss be affected if you ate when hungry; stopped when satisfied?
How does waiting until you're overly hungry affect your food choices?
What are consequences of the other extreme - eating until stuffed?
What are the benefits of staying in the "comfort zone"?
[mentioned 4-6 meals a day keeps something in the stomach. Also said to drink a glass of water when hungry because dehydration is disguised as hunger sometimes.]
Next list of stuff when maybe hungry:
- wait 20-30 minutes; occupy your attention elsewhere
- identify environmental cues [beware the pizza commercials]
- take your emotional measure [sad? happy? bored?]
- ask yourself: when did I eat last?
- eat slowly
She said to copy the comfort zone chart and put it on the fridge, and other places to make you think about it.
In the kudos part at the end, a guy reached goal. She asked him for a tip and he said something that really registered with me. The others usually say "kept at it" and stuff, but *shrug*. He said that we need to make sure we have a reason for the lifestyle change He had a brother die because of obesity (100 pounds excess for too long) and he didn't want early death for himself or his wife. So he and his wife changed their lifestyle.
The leader asked us, then, if any of us have someone that we love so much that we'd die for them. Would we push them out from in front of a train? Well, we should do that for ourselves. Our excess weight is our train.