This reader comment from Lyn is so helpful, I had to put it up top! Thanks Lynn- these are great suggestions. <\/p>\n
Julie, <\/p>\n
I have always had a weight problem, I am very large, but I gained 40 pounds when I finally got diagnosed and put on meds, and played with them until they got it right. This year so far I have lost 30 pounds. I did just a few things differently and it seems to have had a ripple effect. I stopped buying sugar in bulk and changed to packets, and started using a sweetener. I add a small amount of sugar to the sweetner when I add it to something hot since heat makes the sweetner taste flat unless I do. This way I feel like my hot cocoa and homemade puddings are still tasty treats. I also stopped buying butter\/margerine. I used this in baking and I did a lot of that, and now I can’t. I have found I eat less bread now, who knew I only like butter on my bread! The last change is I put my upbeat music in my MP-3 player and I move a bit faster, and sometimes even dance about. (upbeat music is very irritating when I am depressed but I do it anyway) I do not have rules like diets, I just changed the 2 things; not buying those two things has made a difference. No guilt, since no rules. Guilt kills self-esteem and promotes depression. I have slowly seen a change in my eating habits, portion sizes, and junk food purchases. My doctor wants me to loose 10 pounds a year, and no pressure. That really helps too, she accepts slow loss. And I always remember, you cannot lose weight if you do not eat. So even when I do not want to eat, I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This reader comment from Lyn is so helpful, I had to put it up top! Thanks Lynn- these are great suggestions. <\/p>\n
Julie, <\/p>\n
I have always had a weight problem, I am very large, but I gained 40 pounds when I finally got diagnosed and put on meds, and played with them until they got it right. This year so far I have lost 30 pounds. I did just a few things differently and it seems to have had a ripple effect. I stopped buying sugar in bulk and changed to packets, and started using a sweetener. I add a small amount of sugar to the sweetner when I add it to something hot since heat makes the sweetner taste flat unless I do. This way I feel like my hot cocoa and homemade puddings are still tasty treats. I also stopped buying butter\/margerine. I used this in baking and I did a lot [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11868,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions\/11868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}