Odd...
I was about to write my usual OA Journal entries, but suddenly was awash with exhaustion. Waking up at 5:30 am and then staying up while being productive is apparently hard work. ;)
Anyway, today I'll keep it short. Let's see... went to a new OA meeting last night, which was formatted A LOT differently than my Monday or Sunday meetings. At this one we read from Overeaters Anonymous 12 Steps and Traditions (or the 12x12, as it is known in the recovery circles). We read a paragraph, and then we discuss what we just read. We probably only got through 2 pages of the first step, but I already love it! It is particularly exciting because we are actually engaging in discussion on how the program works, and I think that is something that is SERIOUSLY lacking in the normal Monday meeting. Hopefully through some service work I can help sprinkle some more honest programing in there, instead of letting it run like a bitching contest.* I also found out there is a workbook for OA! Another helpful guide to get the most out of this program! This should not excite me as much as it does.... but it do, it do.
Today I start a new rule of not staying near the kitchen (where the laptop is currently situated) after 7pm. It's just too easy to fix a "little snack", which ends up being about 5 or six snacks and soda once I am done with my regular eating schedule. So, no more! Also been thinking about something I thought I would never do: buying a food scale. Even when I use small plates I probably am eating alot more protein than I need to at every meal. As long as I never stoop again to counting calories. GOD, was that boring, frustrating, and pretty much miserable and useless.
Been working out still, which is been pretty cool, actually. Today I damn near had a religious experience because of a song that plays like a Spiritual I had playing on my MP3 "experimental" List. Loved it, and it's going on the Exercise List tonight. ^^
I'm planing on going to the Saturday meeting tomorrow morning, so help me GODS. I have been putting it off for too long and I have now been BEGGED to go by some of the members. I'll check it out and let you all know how it goes!
Other than that? I am damn exhausted and it's only 8 pm on a Friday night. I am such an old biddy. ^^
*Don't get me wrong, meetings are there for you to share. But it gets to the point where people are talking about everything but their program, and it ends up more like a timed social hour than a recovery meeting. It doesn't really help anyone, including yourself, if you don't connect your addiction to what you are upset about in this circumstance.My two cents anyway.
Anyway, today I'll keep it short. Let's see... went to a new OA meeting last night, which was formatted A LOT differently than my Monday or Sunday meetings. At this one we read from Overeaters Anonymous 12 Steps and Traditions (or the 12x12, as it is known in the recovery circles). We read a paragraph, and then we discuss what we just read. We probably only got through 2 pages of the first step, but I already love it! It is particularly exciting because we are actually engaging in discussion on how the program works, and I think that is something that is SERIOUSLY lacking in the normal Monday meeting. Hopefully through some service work I can help sprinkle some more honest programing in there, instead of letting it run like a bitching contest.* I also found out there is a workbook for OA! Another helpful guide to get the most out of this program! This should not excite me as much as it does.... but it do, it do.
Today I start a new rule of not staying near the kitchen (where the laptop is currently situated) after 7pm. It's just too easy to fix a "little snack", which ends up being about 5 or six snacks and soda once I am done with my regular eating schedule. So, no more! Also been thinking about something I thought I would never do: buying a food scale. Even when I use small plates I probably am eating alot more protein than I need to at every meal. As long as I never stoop again to counting calories. GOD, was that boring, frustrating, and pretty much miserable and useless.
Been working out still, which is been pretty cool, actually. Today I damn near had a religious experience because of a song that plays like a Spiritual I had playing on my MP3 "experimental" List. Loved it, and it's going on the Exercise List tonight. ^^
I'm planing on going to the Saturday meeting tomorrow morning, so help me GODS. I have been putting it off for too long and I have now been BEGGED to go by some of the members. I'll check it out and let you all know how it goes!
Other than that? I am damn exhausted and it's only 8 pm on a Friday night. I am such an old biddy. ^^
*Don't get me wrong, meetings are there for you to share. But it gets to the point where people are talking about everything but their program, and it ends up more like a timed social hour than a recovery meeting. It doesn't really help anyone, including yourself, if you don't connect your addiction to what you are upset about in this circumstance.My two cents anyway.