tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post9146840276409853145..comments2023-10-26T04:42:50.820-07:00Comments on Garden Girl: Food Sober Halloween 2019- Nine years into remission, my best tools Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-23638280659918751882019-11-22T09:06:25.905-08:002019-11-22T09:06:25.905-08:00Hi Mary Beth!!! So glad you found me. When I was s...Hi Mary Beth!!! So glad you found me. When I was starting maintenance I always told myself there were people like Vickie, Sarah (bubbly heart on twitter) and many others, including all the folks that Dr. Berkeley- author of Refuse to Regain book and others in the Paleo/LC world. I TOLD myself I WOULD be one of them, so I applaud your efforts. I used to work in Oncology in the medical lab - still do but support staff now. <br /><br />Lots of post oncology patients at the Low Carb Keto events. Thinking good thoughts for you as you go about long term weight maintenance. Yes... OMG., I'm ready to hit the thrift stores for sure. I love going . One of my long term maintainers, Kim, is post BC also. She is public about it. Find us on Twitter, I'm there and on IG stories a lot. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm ending my side hustle food addiction work today, so more time to blog weight maintenance coming up. Under talked about topic IMO. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-84882889137255913192019-11-12T12:55:50.196-08:002019-11-12T12:55:50.196-08:00Hi, Karen! I just found your blog while trying to...Hi, Karen! I just found your blog while trying to see if there were any weight loss MAINTENANCE groups out there on FB. Happy to find your FB page and blog. I am in my first year of maintenance after 2018 was spent in successfully losing 75#. I had mentally prepared ahead for maintenance, and have been successful so far, thank God! But it's hard to find other people who have DONE it and are doing it for the long haul, as is my hope and my goal. Now that I am at your site, I see you have lots of links to other maintenance resources. Thank you for your compilation! I look forward to checking these out. My long term goal is to continue to stay off of tamoxifen or similar meds after bilateral (stage 0) BC in 2017-2018. My oncology team was so impressed with all the changes in my numbers from 2017 to late 2018 (besides the scale.) Keeping my BMI in normal range, exercising, etc., should give me the same if not BETTER benefit than taking one of these very potent drugs for 5 to 10 years. So I am using every tool out there to stay focused and committed to living healthier. Plus clothes shopping (I'm a thrifter) is so much fun. I certainly did ID with your Halloween candy post. Glad to find you! Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443994462169750739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-90589289613739886482019-11-02T09:07:04.433-07:002019-11-02T09:07:04.433-07:00Me too on the dark chocolate without binging. And ...Me too on the dark chocolate without binging. And yes, everyday on that scale. No better data collection for me. So good. :) I had one binge urge when I was exhausted one night and just wanted to throw in the towel and start eating at night. It lasted 15 seconds, told myself, hey you're tired, go to bed. And I did. No acting out my thoughts. Good to hear from you and food sobriety feels good. KPKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-54945935083836424062019-10-28T08:43:49.289-07:002019-10-28T08:43:49.289-07:00Yes to all this, Karen. We do have a global obesit...Yes to all this, Karen. We do have a global obesity pandemic. I was just having this conversation today with a close friend who is one of the fit, normal sized people I'm friends with in middle age. People seem to just give up the older they get and resign themselves to be heavy. I can eat a little bit of sugar daily now without it leading to a binge (dark chocolate is what I eat), but I get on the scale every day to keep myself accountable. That is very key.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17817568743485129053noreply@blogger.com