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millionthxthecharm:
As my user name implies, I have been at this diet thing for a very long time.  I first remember being teased about my weight as young as 6 and going on my first diets at 11 and 12.  At first, I was doing short lose a pound a day plans like those published in Cosmo.  When I was in high school I found that if I exercised a lot I could lose or maintain weight althought that often meant working out 2 hours a day.  When I went off to college, I did not have that kind of time and over 4 years put on a total of 40 lbs, with a lot of yoyoing along the way.   By the time I finished graduated school I had crossed the 200 lb mark despite the many diets I had tried on and off in including, Weight Watchers, Atkins, South Beach, etc. and was totally freaked out.  I decided that it was now or never, joined Jenny Craig, and lost more than 50 lbs.

Gaining the weight back started as soon as they started to try to wean me off the prepared foods.  I had loved Jenny, because it was a no brainer, 3 meals, 1 snack, lots of veggies all planned out two weeks at a time with my consultant.  No measuring, counting carbs or fat or calories.  But you can't stay on the full plan forever and I had not developed enough disapline to follow guidelines and portion sizes without all the support of the prepared foods.  I gained 15 lbs back in a year despite training to be a group exercise instructor.  Things continued to go down hill from there.  I discovered through an unfortunate visit to the emergancy room that I have a blood clotting disorder, this resulted in emergancy surgery and futher complications.  I spent the next year in severe pain waiting for diagnoses and treament.  I couldn't exercise and my only consulation was food.  Poof, but the end of the year I was almost back to 200 again.  At this point I just couldn't work up the energy to care anymore.  I was totally out of the habit of working out, I could not stand the idea of going on another deprivation diet, and my work life commitments were out of control and totally stressing me out. 

Then I crossed the 200 lb again by a good 10 lbs at first.  Again this freaked me out.  I knew I needed to find a plan I could live with, I started reading the "diet" books.  The Primal, Bob Green, etc.  Tried some things out and have decided I cannot live with any plan that eliminates an entire food group. Back to the drawing board.  I saw a book on Oprah called "Women, Food and God" by Geneen Roth.  Her speciality seems to be helping women with emotional eating.  This book is what led me to understand that I was a compulsive eater.  I had so long dismissed my issues as a "weight problem" when it was only 10 or 20 lbs  at  time, but when you hit the point where you need to lose 80- 90 lbs it's something else.  I considered therapy, but I didn't feel like I had any deep dark issues.  I know I am an emotional eater, I know why and I know the triggers, I just need a way to deal with it.  So I decided to try hypnotherapy.  Ya, that didn't work, back to the drawing board again.

I finally read a book called "The Diet Survivor's Handbook" by Matz and Frankel.  If your journy has been anything like mine, I strongly recommend this book.  It really helped me be more gental with myself and more accepting of myself the way am.  I have basically spent the last year just trying to maintain my weight which frankly is a totally new thing for me, my whole life I have either been gaining or losing, but maintaining is totally new.

Today, I weigh over 230.  I am at point where my weight is really in my way.  Flying is aweful, I get winded doing anything, almost every chair I sit in digs into my hips, my asthma is worse and I can't think of the last time I felt remotely sexy.  But I am not starting another fricken diet plan.  I have decided what I need to do is come up with a set of rules or goals that I can follow for the rest of my life.  I got some ideas for rules from previous plans, "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper and "Ada's Rules" by Alice Randall  (which is where I heard about SLD).  This is not to say that I'm going with all the rules in every book, just the ones I think I can do and live with.  So far I'm on my second week of Sensa, my 6th day of yoga, and my first day SLD.  Every week I plan to add more like drink a glass of water before every meal or only eat sitting down.  Until I've got it all figured out.

My husband is very skeptical about the SLD which I find very interesting as he has been very supportive of everyother crazy and not so crazy thing I have tried in our 20 years together.  I'm holding on to an optimistic "what the heck".  If it works, it will make this process so much easier and if it doesn't no harm no foul.

Here's to the millionth time being the charm  :D 

millionthxthecharm:
Today is day 3.  I am slowly adding the walnut oil (I'm allergic to fish, so it's great to find extra sources of Omega 3), as I don't want the bad side effects of too much oil at once.  I started with a teaspoon at a time and I'm up to my first tablespoon.  I'm not expecting to feel any differences at this point since my current dose is much lower than what the carts say I should be using for my weight.  I'm also probably going to need to do some of the things from extra credit too.

I do find that the walnut oil has a taste so I have been nose clipping.  I also have discovered this morning that taking it with water makes me burp, so I'll have to keep my nose clip on for a little while after.

I really like what Seth has said about thinking of the oil as a dietary suppliment, I think that outlook will make staying on this long term easier.

Happy Monday Everyone!

millionthxthecharm:
Day 5

I wasn't really expecting to feel AS yet as I am still working up to my 4 TBS oil dose.  However, I had no problems NOT finishing my dinner last night, which surprised me.  I also added 3 TBS of sugar in the raw to my program, both because I will need extra credit anyway and to get to the AS level of sugar water and oil faster.  Also noticed pretty good AS today, unitl dinner.  Ate a little more than I was expecting to feel full, but still less than ususal.  Will weigh in on Friday, really hoping to see this translate into a weight loss.

I am currently doing ELOO and Walnut oil.  I'm planning to add Flaxseed and Hemp, both for the Omga 3s and for variety.  So far no bad effects from the oil so I'm going to try 3TBS tomorrow. 

millionthxthecharm:
So I'm just about the end of my first week.  I have lost 2lbs so far which I am pretty darn happy about.  I am not loving the 4 TBS of oil it just feels like a lot, especially if I eat anything else with oil in it over the course of the day (ie the hubby made pesto last night and my system was not happy about it at all).  But 3 seems fine so I'm going to try to do some sugar water instead to balance it out.

It's also been hard to fit the yoga in daily, so I'm aiming for 4-5 days a week at more realistic.  I also want to increase my daily activity in general.  I work from home several days a week and have realized how much time I spend sitting those days.  I have ordered a BodyMedia FIT LINK Armband, it's a weight loss aid that keeps track of the calories in and out and helps you set activity goals like numbers of steps per day.  I think setting activity goals and having a tool to measure them will help me motivate me to meet those goals.

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