beautiful day in the neighbourhood

freebird · 07-11-2006, 03:57 PM

hi y'all

i'm in another one of those beautiful day in the neighbourhood, nothing wrong with the world type of moods. i was just wondering if making healthy food choices and cutting out the junk can be helping to attribute to this? i am usually a happy person but not happy dancing as much as i have been lately. so i got to thinking about it and have noticed that as i slowly change what i'm eating, and how i'm eating my good moods have been increasing in volume and raising the arrow on the happy meter. so i just thought i'd ask what y'all thought?

skinnydip · 07-11-2006, 04:27 PM

It is so wonderfully freeing to not be mired in guilt, embarrassment, frustration, failure, isn't it?. Yup, me too. Sometimes I actuall feel happy for no reason at all. Guess I don't need a reason. Being down on myself no longer has to be my normal state of being.

Vicki

freebird · 07-12-2006, 08:10 AM

it does feel great to feel happy for no particular reason. usually i'm a bear first thing in the morning and you can't talk to me for the first hour or so but that's been changing too. wow, and i haven't even had the surgery yet

Pillows · 07-12-2006, 10:45 AM

okay so yes to your question Freebird....have you ever seen the documentary called Supersize Me?....in the documentary a man goes on a fast food diet of eating only McDonalds food for like 30 days and documents the changes to his body in the meantime. They discovered that his new unhealthy diet was making him addicted to the food and also contributed to depression and a feeling of lethargicness. So there is deffinately a connection to what we eat and our moods. granted this doesn't unfortunately mean that eating a nice ceasar salad will cure depression...but in my case it might help mine...lol. Good point to bring up.
Janae

DocSanae · 07-12-2006, 11:32 AM

Could be, all this comes from all the artificial stuff loaded into junk and fast foods....

P.S. I just noticed 8 more to go for you to get to the next plane, Pillows!

freebird · 07-14-2006, 07:20 AM

i am still so amazed at the changes in me since i've been changing what how when and where i eat. usually at night i crave junk food but in the past little while i've been finding cravings for good food instead. last night i craved strawberries so bad and all of the stores were closed. and i am so happy lately. i'm sure it has something to do with eating healthier. just knowing that i'm doing good for my body for once in my life, Already find myself becoming more of who i want to be and haven't had the surgery yet. Hope you guys don't mind me musing out loud. i just have to share with somebody and as much as i love Roo and share everything with him he just hasn't been there so can never truely understand, although he is happy for me.

wannabethin · 07-14-2006, 07:55 AM

Free, I think you're on to something. In the past when I've been eating healthy and losing weight it gives me a sense of empowerment and well-being. I can't wait to be post-op and get that feeling back again.

freebird · 07-14-2006, 03:28 PM

wannabe... don't wait till your prost-op. start now. i've never cut the junk out this way, a little at a time. i used to cut all junk at the same time and last a few weeks and then binge on the junk i was craving. i think that by doing it slowly that i have given my body time to adjust and it is amazing me that i am doing so well. i started by trying to drink more water and cutting regular pop to diet pop. then i cut the diet pop to flavored water, the dietician said the one i'm drinking is just as good as regular since it has nothing extra. Then the chocolate went, then the chips.

07-11-2006, 03:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	beautiful day in the neighbourhood hi y'all i'm in another one of those beautiful day in the neighbourhood, nothing wrong with the world type of moods. i was just wondering if making healthy food choices and cutting out the junk can be helping to attribute to this? i am usually a happy person but not happy dancing as much as i have been lately. so i got to thinking about it and have noticed that as i slowly change what i'm eating, and how i'm eating my good moods have been increasing in volume and raising the arrow on the happy meter. so i just thought i'd ask what y'all thought? __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

07-12-2006, 08:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	it does feel great to feel happy for no particular reason. usually i'm a bear first thing in the morning and you can't talk to me for the first hour or so but that's been changing too. wow, and i haven't even had the surgery yet __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

07-12-2006, 10:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	okay so yes to your question Freebird....have you ever seen the documentary called Supersize Me?....in the documentary a man goes on a fast food diet of eating only McDonalds food for like 30 days and documents the changes to his body in the meantime. They discovered that his new unhealthy diet was making him addicted to the food and also contributed to depression and a feeling of lethargicness. So there is deffinately a connection to what we eat and our moods. granted this doesn't unfortunately mean that eating a nice ceasar salad will cure depression...but in my case it might help mine...lol. Good point to bring up. Janae __________________ "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have learned to see past the imperfections. " Surgery date April 4th 2006

07-12-2006, 11:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,692 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Could be, all this comes from all the artificial stuff loaded into junk and fast foods.... P.S. I just noticed 8 more to go for you to get to the next plane, Pillows! __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself

07-14-2006, 07:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	i am still so amazed at the changes in me since i've been changing what how when and where i eat. usually at night i crave junk food but in the past little while i've been finding cravings for good food instead. last night i craved strawberries so bad and all of the stores were closed. and i am so happy lately. i'm sure it has something to do with eating healthier. just knowing that i'm doing good for my body for once in my life, Already find myself becoming more of who i want to be and haven't had the surgery yet. Hope you guys don't mind me musing out loud. i just have to share with somebody and as much as i love Roo and share everything with him he just hasn't been there so can never truely understand, although he is happy for me. __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)



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07-11-2006, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
skinnydip Big Loser Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 159 Please Enter Height:	It is so wonderfully freeing to not be mired in guilt, embarrassment, frustration, failure, isn't it?. Yup, me too. Sometimes I actuall feel happy for no reason at all. Guess I don't need a reason. Being down on myself no longer has to be my normal state of being. Vicki

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wannabethin Guru In Training Join Date: May 2006 Location: In the country Posts: 336 Weight Statistics August 2006 Surgery Date: Please Enter Height: 210 lb Start Weight: 141 lb Current Weight: 125 lb Goal Weight: 69 lb Weight Loss: 16 lb Lb Left to Lose: 32.8571428571 % % Lost: August 2007 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 38 BMI Start: 25 BMI Current: 22 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Free, I think you're on to something. In the past when I've been eating healthy and losing weight it gives me a sense of empowerment and well-being. I can't wait to be post-op and get that feeling back again. __________________

07-14-2006, 03:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	wannabe... don't wait till your prost-op. start now. i've never cut the junk out this way, a little at a time. i used to cut all junk at the same time and last a few weeks and then binge on the junk i was craving. i think that by doing it slowly that i have given my body time to adjust and it is amazing me that i am doing so well. i started by trying to drink more water and cutting regular pop to diet pop. then i cut the diet pop to flavored water, the dietician said the one i'm drinking is just as good as regular since it has nothing extra. Then the chocolate went, then the chips. __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

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