This is what I´m doing with all my food nowadays: No food is forbidden, but I consume it in a state of awareness, so no television, computer or whatever, while I´m eating. It works very well for me.
I really appreciate your very balanced approach. It's so nice to hear someone suggest that there may be lots of different options, and you can offer some of them. It's so nice that you are simply asking people to be open to new ideas, not that you have ALL the answers. Yes, you do have some answers, some experience, and some study in this field. I appreciate your approach.
I'm 54 and ive struggled with obesity, sugar addiction and honestly lived most of my feeling like it was my fault I could never get control it. I finally decided to try glp-1 medication and it has quite literally changed my life! For the first time the food noise is much quieter and doesn't consume my life. Im not sure why some people are judgemental about it, I look at it like any other medication you need to take like cholesterol meds etc..I personally have no intention of ever getting off of it just much lower dose for maintenance. Im down 25 lbs so far with 40 more to go.
It goes the other way around too....I've found, that if I try to watch a movie, and NOT eating chips/chocolate, I don't have the patience to watch the movie to the end.... so I think you hit the spot on with the combination of screen>
I´m doing better today around foods high in sugar, when I eat my sweets after vegetables, and/or foods high in protein as a desert, having some applecider-vinegar with water before my meal, using certain bloodsugar regulating spices like cinnamon, or foods like sweetpotatoe and never eating sugar alone. There are a lot of things like that you could try and see how your body reacts to that. Good luck!
Thank you Sarah🤗 I can’t decide if sugar is my enemy or not. I had times when I didn’t eat sugar and felt great, but than it was a social event and I ate only small piece…🤦♀️ You look beautiful in this shade of green🥰
Yep!!!!! It’s the pairing for me. I’m reminded that it’s now what food I eat, but more when and how. I work at a desk job from my home and it’s VERY difficult to not have something to nibble on. It’s usually semi-sweet chocolate chips, and thinking of eating those without doing anything else….it’s not that tasty. But I’m SUPER resistant to giving up this coupling! Grrrrr…
This is what I´m doing with all my food nowadays: No food is forbidden, but I consume it in a state of awareness, so no television, computer or whatever, while I´m eating. It works very well for me.
I really appreciate your very balanced approach. It's so nice to hear someone suggest that there may be lots of different options, and you can offer some of them. It's so nice that you are simply asking people to be open to new ideas, not that you have ALL the answers. Yes, you do have some answers, some experience, and some study in this field. I appreciate your approach.
I'm 54 and ive struggled with obesity, sugar addiction and honestly lived most of my feeling like it was my fault I could never get control it. I finally decided to try glp-1 medication and it has quite literally changed my life! For the first time the food noise is much quieter and doesn't consume my life. Im not sure why some people are judgemental about it, I look at it like any other medication you need to take like cholesterol meds etc..I personally have no intention of ever getting off of it just much lower dose for maintenance. Im down 25 lbs so far with 40 more to go.
Well done and good luck. You should be very proud of yourself for what you have achieved.
@debraraby4376 thank you so much 💗
It goes the other way around too....I've found, that if I try to watch a movie, and NOT eating chips/chocolate, I don't have the patience to watch the movie to the end.... so I think you hit the spot on with the combination of screen>
🎉 you are so on target with this
Thank you.
When you have type two diabetes it feels impossible to have a moderate relationship with sugar. 😩
I´m doing better today around foods high in sugar, when I eat my sweets after vegetables, and/or foods high in protein as a desert, having some applecider-vinegar with water before my meal, using certain bloodsugar regulating spices like cinnamon, or foods like sweetpotatoe and never eating sugar alone. There are a lot of things like that you could try and see how your body reacts to that. Good luck!
Totally relate to this, I am right in that place now
Thank you Sarah🤗 I can’t decide if sugar is my enemy or not. I had times when I didn’t eat sugar and felt great, but than it was a social event and I ate only small piece…🤦♀️ You look beautiful in this shade of green🥰
Wish I would've seen this in 2013 when I went to OA!
Yep!!!!! It’s the pairing for me. I’m reminded that it’s now what food I eat, but more when and how. I work at a desk job from my home and it’s VERY difficult to not have something to nibble on. It’s usually semi-sweet chocolate chips, and thinking of eating those without doing anything else….it’s not that tasty. But I’m SUPER resistant to giving up this coupling! Grrrrr…
I relate 100%.
You gave me so many ah-ha moments, thank you so much
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