tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post8746474967926388458..comments2023-08-26T08:08:27.767-04:00Comments on The Hungry Little Caterpillar: Some Asides (And a Recipe... and maybe, just maybe, an actual post)Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102363251376084521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-38453593045233800792008-02-11T11:00:00.000-05:002008-02-11T11:00:00.000-05:00You know...I agree with everything you said, and I...You know...I agree with everything you said, and I also agree with what he said, about cutting yourself some slack. I also know it's a lot easier said than done...<BR/><BR/>What it sounds like to me is that you need to be able to feel good about what you are doing, without the reinforcement of the scale. (HAHAHAHA...again, easy to say!) I mean, we all know the scale does its own thing sometimes no matter how good you are. I think you need a reward for behaviors - you ate right all day, you exercised, you avoided a binge, whatever. You need a way to reward those good behaviors so you can feel positive enough about them, that when the scale is snotty, it's not so crushing. <BR/><BR/>The thing that it's hard for me to remember sometimes is that if I have done everything right, then I should know that the scale's fluctuations are just anomalies. Fluid, hormones, sunspots, El Nino, whatever, but it's not because I blew it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if you give yourself little "behavior rewards" it will be easier to remember that? A bubble bath, an hour to just read and be by yourself, a new bottle of nail polish or whatever...I mean, it's different for everybody (and I certainly can sympathise with the money situation, so it shouldn't be something expensive cause the last thing you need is another stressor) but something that makes you feel you're being patted on the back and told "well done!" because you deserve that.<BR/><BR/>Kudos for hanging in there when it's so hard. It's great that you and Thomas are doing this together - and really awesome that you are also talking through the process together.<BR/><BR/>V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com