Wed, Dec-19-12, 19:23
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Senior Member
Posts: 235
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Plan: The Stress Eating Cure
Stats: 239.2/225/160
BF:48%/45%/33%
Progress: 18%
Location: So Cal
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Originally Posted by makeitwork
BF- usually tends to be 2 fried eggs, and 2-3 pieces of bacon. I
usually also have a cup of decaf coffee with cream and like to have it
with my breakfast and not have the coffee later as a snack. With my
meals I still try to drink it within 15 minutes but don't freak out if I
don't. I am pretty sure the 15 minute rule about coffee is meant more
if you use it as a snack as you don't want to be continuously
stimulating insulin release all day.
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I was wondering about this too. Is it the caffeine in the coffee and the resulting release of cortisol? Is this why we need to limit to 15 minutes? Or just keeping our CM food/drink confined to mealtime so we are not "snacking on coffee" all morning? I do tend to elongate my coffee drinking over a span of a couple hours. But unless I know the reason for something, I tend to disregard it, lol.
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Originally Posted by makeitwork
I do not overeat, nor do I starve myself. I simply eat what sounds
good, and do not gorge. I am way more intune with my body now. An
example is the other day we ordered pizza. I was so hungry I "felt"
like I could eat 6 pieces of pizza like I used to be able. I only ate
two and was totally full. I also had an 8 ounce glass of sierra mist
with it instead of two 12 oz glasses like I used to. These are the
changes this diet has made on my physiology. I have not consciously
made these changes other than telling myself in the first couple of
weeks to listen to my body and honor what it tells me.
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This is so true! Today, I almost fell off the wagon. But instead, I decided to have an early RM. I started off with one cookie and then one cupcake...and that was all the sweets I could take! Amazing! Usually, it's several cookies or 3-4 cupcakes, but I was unusually disinterested after I finished the cupcake. After that, I had a couple tacos and then I was full.
I don't know why I stopped this WOE before. It's by far the easiest and most rewarding.
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