Jennie's Journal

jencita · Post by **jencita** » June 26th, 2011, 8:16 am

you are all just so strong! Thanks for all the ideas! I blew it again yesterday. I am going to restart strong today. I will put a pic of myself skinnier on the fridg and pray.
Breakfast: refried beans, eggs
lunch: leftover hamburger from Red Robin but without the bun
dinner: watermelon
I can do this!

witheraway1 · Post by **witheraway1** » June 26th, 2011, 10:47 am

Jencita, we come off strong....That's because we are trying to help in anyway. But truth some of us are very weak if we let our mind wonder and fall into the trap. So just keep your mind focused towards your goal. Yes you can do this! :rose:

For good luck next week.

jencita · Post by **jencita** » June 26th, 2011, 11:45 am

Thanks Wither!! I need all the luck I can get, and then some!

EllenSue · Post by **EllenSue** » June 26th, 2011, 11:01 pm

Jennie: I can't recommend this from my own personal experience, yet. However, I am reading a book called "Think Yourself Thin" written in the 1980's. I tracked it down after my sisters were telling me of a slender fellow that they knew back then who said that he used to be quite large and read a book that taught him how to think thin. If it worked for even one person...it could work for me!

In the book, one of the exercises that she recommends is putting up a skinny picture (of yourself or someone else that you would like your body to look like) and see yourself in that body in a scene that you can relate to in your mind's eye. Ex. You are in shorts playing volleyball on the beach and you smell the ocean, feel the sand with your feet, you look down and see your slender legs and flat stomach...etc... (make up your own scene...it will have more impact). You rerun that scene for 5 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes in the evening. It is said that our subconscious understands pictures with feeling attached. Using that to our advantage by visioning ourselves as slender and healthy and feeling awesome instructs the sub-c to make that happen AND we start making better choices to get what we want. Instead, we so often do the opposite. For me, I critically look at myself and find my flaws instead of visioning a positive picture. I think I am motivating myself by being negative. However, it has actually demotivated me! Yikes!

Seeing myself in a positive light will provide positive motivation to stick to the LDL protocol. That, I could buy into.

I figure that LDL will do the trick for the pounds. This technique will help me to be kind and love myself and give my sub-c a positive pattern to keep my motivation strong.

I mention this because you said that you put up a skinnier picture of you on your refrigerator; you are instinctively thinking yourself thin already! :thumbsup:

jsprik · Post by **jsprik** » June 26th, 2011, 11:15 pm

you don't need luck, honey...you just need some prayer and a little self confidence. you CAN DO THIS!! you have the power to say no to anything you don't want to put in that mouth of yours!! YOU DO!!! you just have to want it bad enough!! :shock:

that is the point i got to....i want to be healthy (and thinner) more than i want chocolate...i want to be healthy (and thinner) more than i want potato chips....i want to be heathier (and thinner) more than i want pizza!!!! the list goes on and on... :shocked:

bottom line, end of story!!! *grrr*

it's simply a matter of if you want it bad enough...i'm not trying to be rude or mean, i'm just saying when you want it, when you REALLY WANT IT, you will do it!!

we are here for you, rooting you on, encouraging you, pushing you, helping you up and dusting you off, now get back on that train girlie cause we're headed to skinny town!!!!! AAAAAALLLLLL AAABBOOOOAAAARRRDDDD!!!!!

many blessings and lots of love darlin'... :rose:

jo

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 9th, 2011, 12:05 pm

OK I have been bad and with the wedding just around the corner :sad:

Thank you all for your advice. I have not weighed myself but I probably gained at least five pounds. I changed my profile picture because seeing the progress will help.
Breakfast: fruit salad, refried beans, eggbeaters
lunch: corn on the cob, fruit salad
dinner: may be going out - if so, baked potato and lean meat and salad

Post by **LINDA RN** » July 9th, 2011, 2:04 pm

I LOVE the new picture!
Hang in there, you can do it.

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 9th, 2011, 2:47 pm

Thanks Linda - I almost had to email you for help but remembered how to post myself. Yay! :happy:

Post by **LINDA RN** » July 9th, 2011, 6:11 pm

Yay! Good job!

cameron · Post by **cameron** » July 9th, 2011, 9:39 pm

Jencita- I love your photo!

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 10th, 2011, 7:21 am

Thanks Cameron. I stayed on track yesterday. I ended up not goint out for dinner and had salsbury steak, potato, and corn.
Today:
Breakfast: refried beans and eggs
lunch: soup
dinner: fruit salad

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 12th, 2011, 6:07 am

I stayed on track yesterday until evening and then I caved for ice cream.
Today will be better.
Breakfast: refried beans eggs
lunch: skip, no time
dinner: big salad with eggs and beans, apple

jsprik · Post by **jsprik** » July 12th, 2011, 2:16 pm

just remember jen....ice cream is the *evil*

!!!!! ice cream is the *evil*

!!!! ice cream is the *evil*

!!!!! LOL

best wishes love...
jo

Post by **LINDA RN** » July 12th, 2011, 10:40 pm

Ice cream - Corn Syrup Yuk Yuk Yuk and so not good for your health.
Frozen smoothie MUCH BETTER! :angel:

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 13th, 2011, 5:20 am

If ice cream is so bad then why is it so good . . . . . I think part of my problem is that I don't have enough LDL food in the house. I need to go shopping but can't until Friday. I have very little fruit : (
Breakfast: refried beans, eggs
lunch: soup
dinner: salad
snack: popcorn
Please God help me to be good today.

Post by **LINDA RN** » July 13th, 2011, 7:04 am

Frozen fruit is great in the summer.
Instead of buying Ice Cream load up on frozen fruit so it is always handy.
And if you buy too much fresh fruit, before it goes bad, throw it in ziplock bags and into freezer.
Then you always have something handy for smoothies.
You can make the smoothies ahead and freeze them too.
Frozen graples are a great substitute for icecream.
I even like frozen blueberries mixed with a little raw yogurt.
Knowing what HFCS does to the body makes ice cream not so tasty.
The frozen fruit really does taste better. You just have to have it handy and eat until full.
Then you will not reach for the ice cream any more.

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 14th, 2011, 3:05 pm

Thanks for the advice. What exactly is HFCS?
Today
Breakfast: refried beans, eggs
lunch: stir fry
dinner: potato and salad at Roadhouse

bludaffodil · Post by **bludaffodil** » July 14th, 2011, 3:08 pm

HFCS= High Fructose Corn Syrup :thumbdown:

jencita · Post by **jencita** » July 26th, 2011, 8:36 am

Awww so that is what HFCS is. I'm guessing that is very bad. Well back from vacation - gained 4 pounds, not as bad as I thought. I hope to fast today for the most part but in case I get hungry - fruit. Might make a soup. I really have to get back on the ball here.

Post by **LINDA RN** » July 26th, 2011, 1:45 pm

Check put Dr. Mercola's site:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... art-2.aspx

or this one:
http://boards.letsdolunch.com/boards/in ... ic=10189.0

or even google High Fructose Corn Syrup for info.

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