Day 183 - 21 Charms & 10 Spacers

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Next Charm 84.9 lbs

Today a friend and I went to the Pallazo, Circustent of Mirrors. Here we were wined and dined, not to mention entertained in style. A glorious Fin de Ciecle ambiance, 2 michelin star food and great vaudeville and varieté act, the latter in the style of Cirque de Soleil. In one word FANTASTIC.

I enjoyed myself very much. Which was a suprise because today left me feeling down. In my personal life, read love life, something is not running as smooth as I wish, and it affects me. So much so I had fried food today! And the 5 course meal at the Pallazo.

all in all it is impossible for me to estimate how many points I had today, but I know it was too much

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Breakfast

4,0 points
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2,0 p - 40 gr. All bran chocolate

2,0 p - 2 dl skimmed milk

2 water

Lunch
12,5 points
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6,0 p - french fries
4, 5 p - sausage (Frikandel)
2,5 p - mayonaise
0,0 p - coke light
2 water

Diner

?22? points (estimated)

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5,0 p - 2 dessert wines
4 water

Diversen

8,0 points
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0,0 p - 2 tangerines, 1 apple
8,0 p - Japanese crisps
2 water

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Day maximum: 28,0 points
8 water/tea (19:00 AM), 2 vegetable, 2 fruit, 2 fat, 2 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved: 44,5,0/0,0
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 20,0/0,0
3. Exercise total: 1267 minutes/30 min walking (next spacer 1370 minutes)

***SUMMARY: water OK; Points needed 20,0; Extra excercise: 0 mins***

Day 182 - 21 Charms & 10 Spacers - on food pushers

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Dr. Phil continued.....

Phil's 7 keys to weight controll

1. Right thinking
2. Healing feelings
3. A no-fail environment
4. Mastery over food and impulse eating
5. High response Cost, High Yield Nutrition
6. Intentional excercise
7. Your circle of support

The cheering section, are they really?

Phil's four groups of saboteurs

1. The food pusher
2. The control freak
3. The green eyed monster
4. The statue

The food pusher

We all have them in our group of friends, and very often it is our mother! And this person loves us very very much! So what do we need to understand about these people? From what I read from Phil's book, there are two sub pushers:

1. the "need to be approved" pusher
2. the "nourishing" pusher

The first person suffers by his or her own low sense of self esteem, usually they are not even aware of it. To gain your approval, friendship, love, which to them are all signs of being worthy and having value, they lavishly offer you food galore; ÿou just have to try my home made cinnamon rolls!"

The second person is often your mother, or someone who has adopted that role. These people have not stopped loving the child, a child they used to stuff full of goodies (essentially "food in wrong quantaties at wrong times"). And are unable, ore have simply not adjusted their image of you as an adult, who does not need any feeding a nourishing to grow up to be big and strong. It is essentially their way of loving you, just as they did when you were a child.

Sound familiar to you? To me it does. My mother died some 10 years ago, but she was defenitely a the "nourishing" pusher. She would smother me in food just to love me. *smiles warmly*

As for the first one, I just realised something. I AM A the "need to be approved" pusher. WOW, that is quite a realisation. I have noticed it off late that I sort of drown my geusts in food, sumptious, rich, fatty, sugary, creamy food items. And I push them to take more! I do, I really do. How is that for a revelation.

Christmas changed.....

The advantage of this self appraisal, which was not intended I will ahve you know, is that I can make a difference this Christmas. Although honesty told, I have already changed, for my food items are healthy usually. But I could bring the quantity down.

Tomorrow, on to the Control Freak

Oh yes and it was weigihing day yesterday, I lost 0.7 lb. Not much but still a satisfaying result, if I look at my antics for last week. As for my Christmas challenge? I have another 15.8 lbs to go in 7 weeks. 2.3 lbs a week..now there is a challenge!

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Breakfast

4,0 points
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2,0 p - 40 gr. All bran chocolate

2,0 p - 2 dl skimmed milk

2 water

Lunch
5,5 points
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4,0 p - 100 gr. smoked salmon
1,5 p - 3 tbs mayonaise light
0,0 p - lettuce, tomatoes
2 water

Diner

8,0 points

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8,0 p - beetroot salad
0,0 p - chinese cabbage
2 water

Diversen

14,0 points
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6,0 p - 4 chocolate chip cookies
8, 0 p - 8 caramels
2 water

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Day maximum: 28,0 points
8 water/tea (19:00 AM), 0 vegetable, 0 fruit, 0 fat, 2 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved: 31,5,0/0,0
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 3,5,0/0,0
3. Exercise total: 1267 minutes/30 min walking (next spacer 1370 minutes)

***SUMMARY: water OK; Points needed 0,0; Extra excercise: 0 mins***