Need a Pat on Head Please

[morgan]

Before I started on the FtS a week and a half ago I agreed to do a bake day for a friend who was going away.  We belong to a small group of women who run the local craft shop which sells cakes of a friday morning.  I didn't want to really deal this closely with temptation, but I had promised.  I have spent the last 6 hours baking brownies, mini baked cheesecakes, sausage rolls, quiches, biscuits, trifles and still to prepare pizza scrolls. I have not had one lick of a finger or spoon.  The cravings are edging in it all looks so good.  On the plus size I drank my quota of water in a relatively short time.  Everytime I wanted to eat ..taste..devour ... I had a glass of water.  So I want my Pat on Head Please.   

[BigTex]

Before I started on the FtS a week and a half ago I agreed to do a bake day for a friend who was going away.  We belong to a small group of women who run the local craft shop which sells cakes of a friday morning.  I didn't want to really deal this closely with temptation, but I had promised.  I have spent the last 6 hours baking brownies, mini baked cheesecakes, sausage rolls, quiches, biscuits, trifles and still to prepare pizza scrolls. I have not had one lick of a finger or spoon.  The cravings are edging in it all looks so good.  On the plus size I drank my quota of water in a relatively short time.  Everytime I wanted to eat ..taste..devour ... I had a glass of water.  So I want my Pat on Head Please.   

Congratulations Morgan very proud of you!! I don't know if I have said it or not but welcome to the Family  

[morgan]

Hi ho BigTex - what are u doing up in the early hours of the morning?  The time difference really throws me - here in Australia it's 7.05pm and Thursday 3 May.  So it's sort of like talking back to the future for me.     Thanks for the welcome.

[shawn116]

Great job Morgan!!   I know how tough that can be 

[umpa]

yeah You!!

[Andrea]

Congratulations, Morgan.  You are right to be very proud of yourself.  Keep up the good work!

[SarahC]

Smart lady! Yay, Morgan!

[BigTex]

Hi ho BigTex - what are u doing up in the early hours of the morning?  The time difference really throws me - here in Australia it's 7.05pm and Thursday 3 May.  So it's sort of like talking back to the future for me.     Thanks for the welcome.

I'm up all the time it seems lol   my sleep pattern is way off I wish I had a normal schedule lol

[Maddysmom]

Way to GO Morgan!!! You Rock!!!

[Andrea]

Tex,
How much sleep do you get?  Enough sleep is a pretty important component of good health and weight loss.  I struggled with not enough for many years.

[Waterlilly]

Doesn't that feel GOOD?!

This diet is VERY powerful. Once you get into FTS, you will find it easier and easier to walk away from that stuff. I can walk by the sugar laden junk that everybody brings on wednesdays and literally go "bleech...that doesn't look very good". Whereas two months ago, I was visiting the chocolate "bucket" (yes, they have one) at least every hour because I could not stop.

This diet gives me freedom and a peaceful feeling of being in control. I LOVE IT!! 

[owensmath]

Waterlilly, that is awesome! It is now becoming your new way of thinking and living...not a temporary diet!
I remember several "Aha!" moments I had when I first started living FTS.
1. Kids were baking pizza and the smell was heavenly....the dough rising smell....all of a sudden, I thought "I can get pleasure from smelling this. I don't have to ingest it to enjoy it."  I mean, I don't drink perfume and I still enjoy it. I don't eat flowers to enjoy their aroma.

2. A student at my middle school was drinking a sugary frozen drink one morning, and I literally had to take a second look because the literal image I saw was that the cup was filled with sugar and when I looked again, it was a frozen red slushy looking thing.

[Waterlilly]

2. A student at my middle school was drinking a sugary frozen drink one morning, and I literally had to take a second look because the literal image I saw was that the cup was filled with sugar and when I looked again, it was a frozen red slushy looking thing.

That's funny. I think you were right when you saw it the first time! I'm starting to "see" sugar in ALL KINDS of things!  (Doug did that in FTS and I think that's helpful imagery).

[umpa]

That is my favorite video! Adults or children that watch it get it instantly!1 Both their responsises are the same"EEEHHH YUCK" I love shock and awe!

[Waterlilly]

That's Doug's master plan, isn't it? SHOCK and AWE