The Nerdy Mom

Some day I’ll get it together.

Gym today

It felt really great at the gym today. I did 2 days of 5 factor fitness and 45 min of cardio. My feet started feeling too tingly at the end of the elypsys so I knew I had enough.

I’m still feeling like I’m addicted to food. Evidence of it is what happened at work today. Often when there’s food served at a meeting or a party, the leftovers are left at a desk in our office for everyone to take. It sits next to the printer. And I cannot pass that table without taking something again and again and again. Then I just had to get up and get some more and kept coming back till it was all gone. It was only fruit, but still. Its the fact that I wanted to keep eating it. Even if I could have stopped, I still had that compulsion to keep eating it. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Its the same when I went out with my sister. She had no appetite. Well, she has reasons for no appetite. But I always want more. If she has stuff left over in her bowl, then I want it. She will keep talking but all I am thinking about is how gracefully and subtly can I lick off all the rest of the food off the plates.

Ok that was my small segue into the state of my mind about food. I don’t know why that is and I don’t know if I will ever feel differently about it. I was hoping that I would with hypnosis. But I have hope that I can control my urges with practice. Every day, I’m trying to recognize the behaviours around food that simply don’t serve me and that perhaps are not very healthy.

I had a taco bell wrap today. I could have eaten something smaller. But I am still on track. I went to the gym. I had the food that I had, and then I stopped.

September 26, 2008 - Posted by zhannacleary | Goals, Weight Loss, exercise | , | 2 Comments

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  1. This is an excellent post, your really focusing on your conscious thoughts when eating, not just eating. I think your doing great and really on the right track.

    Changing your behaviour does not happen over night. Your addiction will not go away in a week but your habits will change with practice. Smokers who quit usually still want a cigarette but they don’t have one. Drinkers always want a drink but they dont and its the same with food. The important thing is your maintaining control. That’s great.

    Comment by mamaandthecity | September 26, 2008

  2. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a worldwide organization and 12-step fellowship that has been successful in helping thousands of people recover from the bondage of food addiction. Many men and women overate, over-exercised, binged and purged. Some had over 100 lbs. to lose while others had little or no weigh to lose. We just all had an obsession with food, weight, dieting, how we looked, etc. Check out the website http://www.foodaddicts.org for meetings in your area and any other information you may need. Bless you!

    Comment by Mary B. | September 28, 2008


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