{"id":7446,"date":"2010-10-11T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T19:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=7446"},"modified":"2010-10-11T12:01:21","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T19:01:21","slug":"are-you-a-moderator-or-an-abstainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=7446","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Moderator or an Abstainer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When this article <\/a>came through my RSS Feed, I was immediately intrigued by the concept. The article defines both as:<\/p>\n

You\u2019re a moderator if you\u2026
\n— find that occasional indulgence heightens your pleasure \u2013 and strengthens your resolve
\n— get panicky at the thought of \u201cnever\u201d getting or doing something<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re an abstainer if you\u2026
\n— have trouble stopping something once you\u2019ve started
\n— aren\u2019t tempted by things that you\u2019ve decided are off-limits<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For me, I think I’m a combination of both. For the most part I am a Moderator.<\/p>\n

I eat good food in moderation. I drink wine<\/a>, I treat myself to dessert <\/a>once in awhile, I splurge on high calorie things like guacamole <\/a>or pizza<\/a>. But I eat those things in moderation and I don’t do it every day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I also balance it with consistent, daily exercise.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To be honest with you, though, for the 2 years I was trying to lose 100 pounds I was definitely an Abstainer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I was a Food Addict<\/a>. Specifically a Sugar Addict. When I decided it was time to get healthy and lose the weight, I purged my house of all temptations<\/a>. I stopped buying things like desserts, snacks, treats. I stocked my freezer with Lean Cuisines.<\/p>\n

I ate a pretty strict, low calorie diet for two years. I did not trust myself to have treats in the house–so I did not have them around.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I did not trust myself to make good choices at restaurants–so I didn’t go out.<\/p>\n

I didn’t think I could stop at one drink at happy hour and I refused to drink my calories–so I stopped drinking alcohol completely.<\/p>\n

I had trigger foods that I could not eat in moderation, like pizza–so I did not eat pizza for 2 years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I did not deviate my food plan or my calorie counting. Obsessive? Perhaps. But it worked.\u00a0 I like to think of it as Determined<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It taught me how to eat portions. It changed my metabolism and shrunk my stomach so I didn’t WANT to over-eat. I learned how to make better choices. Once I learned these things, I was able to reintroduce certain foods and eat them in moderation.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Once I lost the weight, I thought I could go back to eating some of the things I stopped eating. I quickly realized that I’m the type of person that needs to be accountable–even if it’s just to myself. I keep track of my calories and exercise in my iPhone. It’s second nature to me and I rarely even think about it, I just do it.<\/p>\n

Completely denying myself of all treats just sets me up to fail. I try to eat in moderation now and if I “slip up” it’s not the end of the world.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Are you a Moderator or an Abstainer?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When this article came through my RSS Feed, I was immediately intrigued by the concept. The article defines both as: You\u2019re a moderator if you\u2026 — find that occasional indulgence heightens your pleasure \u2013 and strengthens your resolve — get panicky at the thought of \u201cnever\u201d getting or doing something You\u2019re an abstainer if you\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,55,104,123,151,152,154,298],"tags":[8599,8628,1659,1662,1660,1067,1661],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7446"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7466,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions\/7466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}