When a commercial has the opposite effect than the one expected.

A commercial about a stressed out Santa's Elf surprised me.
This poor elf came home after a long, bad day, where he had to do overtime. When he got home, his smiling wife and family were waiting for him with a beautiful table with KFC on it.
yuck.
I thought I liked this fried chicken. But not when tired and stressed. I felt sick just thinking about the greasy chicken.

Maybe the reprogramming CDs are working! I wonder if I will ever feel like eating this again.

I have been slowly getting back to following the 4GRs. It seems something has fallen into place. French toast this morning without guilt. Leaving food on my plate. Eating more slowly. I hope this lasts.
I go see my dietician next week and I might stop after that. When I think I haven't lost weight, it stresses me and start thinking diet mentality thoughts. I have been with her for a very long time. I lost some pounds in the beginning, but I did the WW program at the same time and just couldn't keep it up. I got fed up of counting points along with the food journal where I was supposed to note where I was on the hunger scale, the emotions, etc. I should have just done what my dietician said. Then my sister passed away suddenly 2 years ago and I gained about 20 lbs. Seeing her on a regular basis has saved me from going back to 250 and then going beyond. But I am not sure staying with her now is in my best interest. I will have to think this through.

I would like to wish Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating it.
Take care

The Pleasure of Walking

I just remembered that I enjoy walking. Since I started my swimming classes, I have been going less frequently for walks, thinking I was doing OK for exercise. Since I have been walking less, I haven't been following the program well either. And Halloween didn't help.
Walking is much more than exercise. It is a time to get back in touch with myself. Sometimes I listen to a Paul Mckenna cd, or just some other music. I always feel better after a long walk.
I get in the habit of waiting till it is too late to go out before thinking about it.
This is a new goal: A nice long walk at least every other day.
Another one is to strive to reach 10,000 steps.



Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada. Thoughts and Prayers to the military doing a dangerous job trying to make this world safer. And for those who gave their life: