Oct 3 2011

I Choose! – Kristin250 and her new update

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Hey Bodyrockers,

I am back today after one week here to go over my progress and my struggles.

First I do want to say thank you for all of your support. I have had so many comments, and emails that I have just have not been able to respond to them all yet, but I promise I am reading and taking in all of the support and advice you are all giving.

I do have to say, this first week has been harder than I had thought. I did not work out as much as I had planned and a couple of days I did not do perfect on my diet. However, I want to focus on the good I did!.. I focused more on the food I did eat and not just the type but also how much I ate. Plus when I did work out, I pushed hard. I feel I used some of my time wisely instead of doing absolutely nothing I made sure I did something, whether it was walking or cleaning or push-ups. Whatever I chose to do was still better than before where I was doing virtually nothing. I know it is only the first week and I have a ways to go, I know I can do it this time because of all of you behind me. I cant give up. I AM worth this!!!!

There is something I would like to touch base on and that is emotional eating. Even in this one week I realized that I am definitely an emotional eater. So my goal this month is working on my emotions and figuring out how to control my emotional hunger.. I found a chart. There are 12.. that’s right 12 types of Emotional Hunger…Reading through them 5 of those types really hit home with me. 1,2,3,4 and 8 seem to fit me best. While I am not trying to use it is an excuse but more as a tool to help me overcome my issues. If I can not get my eating habits better it doesn’t matter how much I work out, I will never get to the healthy body I am trying to achieve. Do any of you deal with emotional hunger?.. Do you feel you overeat?.. I know that I sometimes will eat and eat and honestly don’t even realize I just sat there and ate an entire bag of chips until it is gone. So… Not only do I choose to work on getting more exercise in this week I am also focusing more on things that seem to trigger me eating more. I am going to start a food/exercise journal as well as an daily journal about my feelings and things I am dealing with. I hope in doing this i can overcome my overeating and emotional eating habits I do have.

The 12 Types of Emotional Hunger

Type 1. Dulling The Pain With The Food Trance.

If you get really hungry when you feel angry, depressed, anxious, bored, or lonely, you suffer from Type 1 emotional hunger, and you use food to dull the pain that these emotions cause.

Type 2. Sticks And Stones May Break Your Bones, But Cake Won’t Heal What Hurts You.

If you react by getting hungry when others talk down to you, take advantage of you, belittle you or take you for granted, then you suffer from Type 2 emotional hunger. You eat to avoid confrontation.

Type 3. A Full Heart Fills An Empty Belly.

If you crave food when you have tension in your close relationships, you suffer from Type 3 emotional hunger. You eat to avoid feeling the pain of rejection or anger.

Type 4. Hate Yourself, Love Your Munchies.

If you tend to become hypercritical of yourself, if you label yourself “stupid,” “lazy,” or “a loser,” you have Type 4 emotional hunger. You eat to “stuff down” self-hatred.

Type 5. Secret Desires Have No Calories.

If your hunger gets activated because your intimate relationships don’t satisfy some basic need like trust or security, you suffer from Type 5 emotional hunger and you use food to try to fill the gap.

Type 6. Forty Million Big Gulps And The Well Is Still Empty.

If you eat to make up for the deprivation you experienced as a child, you have Type 6 Emotional Eating.

Type 7. It’s My Pastry, and I’ll Eat If I Want To.

If you eat to assert your independence because you don’t want anyone telling you what to do, you have Type 7 emotional hunger.

Type 8. I Can’t Come To Work Today–I’m Eating

If your appetite kicks in when you’re faced with new challenges–if you use food to avoid rising to the test, or to insulate yourself from the fear of failure–you have Type 8 emotional hunger.

Type 9. Aroused by Aromas, Not by the Chef.

If you stuff your face in order to avoid your sexuality-either to stay overweight so that nobody desires you or to hide from intimate encounters–you suffer from Type 9 Emotional Eating.

Type 10. I’ll Beat You With this Eclair.

Emotional eaters often eat to pay back those who have hurt them, often in the distant past. They use their bodies as battlegrounds for working out old resentments.

Type 11. Peter Pan and the Peanut Butter Cookie.

If you eat to make yourself feel carefree, like a child, you have Type 11 emotional hunger. You eat to keep yourself from facing the challenges of growing up.

Type 12. That Stranger In Lycra Wearing Your Face.

If you overeat because you fear getting thin, either consciously or unconsciously, you have Type 12 emotional hunger.

I would love to hear back from you guys and see what you guys think about emotional eating?.. Good or bad.. I want to hear it. Once again I do want to say I am taking full responsibility for the state of my body, and that I am not blaming it on emotional eating. I am the only person and only thing to have control of what I choose to eat and how much of it I eat, but I am using this information as a tool to help me progress in my journey to a healthy and happy me!

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will see results!”

I hope next week I can come back and say I have lost weight! I currently weigh 250. So I did not even lose a lb, but I know I did not gain it overnight and I will not lose it overnight..

Thank You,

Kristin250



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  • bodyrocker from Virginia

    It is easy enough to write down what needs to be done, but your actions need to show more than words.  I know it is hard, but you need to forget your old habits and move forward.  I hear excuses for your past behavior and you need to look forward and move past those bad habits.  The reason you have put yourself out there is to make a change.  Make a commitment to each day moving in a different lifestyle.  If you don’t physically make a change for yourself than your lifestyle will not change.

  • Anonymous

    changing your diet doesn’t happen overnight…no new habit does. Try and pick one thing you think you can make happen every day for at least a week. And once you are successful with that, add another habit. Keep building up week by week and eventually it won’t seem like such a drastic change anymore. 

    For me personally, diet is the hardest thing to change. I have never eaten particularly “bad”, but I came from a family that heavily relied on the 3 meal a day perspective. I have tried to do the 5-6 meals a day thing, but it always seems to defeat me. What I am trying now, is pre-cutting up vegetables and my other healthy snack options so that they are ready to go when I am in a hurry to get to class/packing up my bag for the day. This will be my new “habit”. What will be yours?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524971258 Courtney Riddles

      I do this now, since I don’t have a lot of time during the week to make myself grab and go snacks in college. :) Also, another way to make sure you get in your 5-6 meals a day is to set a timer, or even simply write out five times that you want to eat at. Both have worked for me, and then your body will get used to that and start expecting food around then. :)

      • Anonymous

        I definitely get the college food schedule problem lol. It’s a nightmare! What are your favourite pre-prepared snacks?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524971258 Courtney Riddles

    Hey Kristin,

    First off, I have to say congrats on completing the first week! I know it’s hard, and at times it’ll feel like it sucks, especially because your body wants things you don’t want it to have, but it gets better. Your body adapts quickly to what it’s fed and you’ll eventually be craving beans (or at least I did and I used to hate their texture!) and other healthy stuff.

    I don’t do it as much now, but if I am ever down and want some food to make it better here is what I do:
    1. I allow myself only one serving of whatever it is I want. No more. You can “trick” yourself by breaking this single serving down even further so that you consciously note that you get more refills without actually eating more.
    2. I try to deliberately emphasize how ineffective this habit is by seeing how I feel before I eat the food and how I feel after. I don’t think it’s ever made me feel better, and I often feel guilty afterward, which obviously is counterproductive.

    That being said, I’ve noticed I do tend to eat more lately because I typically take a break from school stuff to eat, which means relaxation. I’m fighting off being burnt out, and I’ve caught myself doing this, so it’s something I know I need to watch personally. Noting things like that is helping me out so maybe it’ll help you too.

    That trick I mentioned about breaking up servings into smaller amounts works with any meal, too, so it may be worth a try. :) Also, make sure you get a ton of water! Sometimes you may feel hungry but your body just wants water. (Zuzana recommended one liter/50 lbs awhile back, I’m pretty sure.) Try to get in a minimum amount each day but remember it’s a guideline. So if you get less, that’s fine, don’t beat yourself up over it.

    I can’t wait to hear how this next week goes!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1395292098 Sherice Potter

    Kristen~
     you are so brave for putting yourself out there.. I feel that it might be a good idea for you to understand that to lose 1 lb of weight you must burn 3500 calories.It’s a math equation plain and simple calories in calories out… I’m not telling you this to discourage you! I’m telling you this because I’m a firm believer in knowledge is power.. you must find out what your goal weight is and then find out how many calories you should be consuming daily in order to meet that goal. A food journal is a great Idea.. I know that Z & F aren’t big on calorie counting but I feel that at your weight for you to see progress you are going to need to be watching those calories, at least until you have a better understanding what your daily caloric intake should look like… I loved your quote “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will see results!” you should write this in your food journal so you can see it everyday. It also might be fun to do a vision board. Have you heard of this? basically it’s like a collage of all the things you want in life.. and can put anything you want on it! It’s your daily reminder to stay on the right path to get to where you want to be. I’m reading a new cookbook I got called The Healthy Kitchen by Andrew Weil M.D. and Rosie Daley. Andrew was just talking about how Americans don’t enjoy the food.. we often sit and eat in front of the computer, TV at our desks at work. It was an “ahha” moment for me.. because it is so true! a few tips he suggested where to obviously turn of the TV eat meals as a family but also to really savor the smells and the way the meal appeals to your senses before you take a bite and to really TASTE the food when your eating.. we have taken the pleasure out of eating.
    I hope that these tips will help you. Please feel free to friend me on Facebook if you have an account! I’d love to help keep you motivated and you can keep me motivated as well. :)
    All my best, Sherice :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1395292098 Sherice Potter

    Kristen~
     you are so brave for putting yourself out there.. I feel that it might be a good idea for you to understand that to lose 1 lb of weight you must burn 3500 calories.It’s a math equation plain and simple calories in calories out… I’m not telling you this to discourage you! I’m telling you this because I’m a firm believer in knowledge is power.. you must find out what your goal weight is and then find out how many calories you should be consuming daily in order to meet that goal. A food journal is a great Idea.. I know that Z & F aren’t big on calorie counting but I feel that at your weight for you to see progress you are going to need to be watching those calories, at least until you have a better understanding what your daily caloric intake should look like… I loved your quote “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will see results!” you should write this in your food journal so you can see it everyday. It also might be fun to do a vision board. Have you heard of this? basically it’s like a collage of all the things you want in life.. and can put anything you want on it! It’s your daily reminder to stay on the right path to get to where you want to be. I’m reading a new cookbook I got called The Healthy Kitchen by Andrew Weil M.D. and Rosie Daley. Andrew was just talking about how Americans don’t enjoy the food.. we often sit and eat in front of the computer, TV at our desks at work. It was an “ahha” moment for me.. because it is so true! a few tips he suggested where to obviously turn of the TV eat meals as a family but also to really savor the smells and the way the meal appeals to your senses before you take a bite and to really TASTE the food when your eating.. we have taken the pleasure out of eating.
    I hope that these tips will help you. Please feel free to friend me on Facebook if you have an account! I’d love to help keep you motivated and you can keep me motivated as well. :)
    All my best, Sherice :)

    • Anonymous

      i second the idea of  a vision board. definitely helps!

  • Anonymous

    “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will see results!” – love it! Where did you find it and who is it from?
    I like the way you’re sharing things with us. I’m an emotional eater myself and find it really hard to control my eating and cravings. I continue to use the food to distract myself from things that really bother me. Like what do I want to do in my life, what do I want, how do I feel (about myself) etc. It’s fear that’s holding me back and the only way to conquer it is to go straight into it and face it. The more frequent we face our fears, the more powerful and confident we become. Then the food looses its power over us, we become the strong ones.
    This is my theory (which I hope comes in handy to some of us), now action must follow! Bodyrockers, I believe that we are more likely to succeed, if we do things together. And this community is really strong tool for support. Let’s continue supporting each other!
    Best to all! :)

  • Pavlina

    Anyone with such issues, I cannot help myself but recommend (just Google it):

    Beyond Chocolate (Sophie and Andrew Boss; it’s a book but they have an online blog too; I prefer the book)
    Eating The Moment (by Pavel Somov, it’s a book and the name of the blog too; check the mindful eating tracker!)
    Shrink Yourself Slim (again, the same name is the name of the blog; you can subscribe for free to get some interesting articles on a regular basis)
    Mindless Eating – Why we eat more than we think (Brian Wansink; that’s some food for thought for everyone)

    :)

  • Anonymous

    keep it up! and these workouts will do it for you, even if you modify everything!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/FitMindy?feature=mhum Mindy McT

    I have the type 1 of emotional eating. I am a full time student, stay at home mom, and my husband is deployed. The student part makes the emotional stuff come out more. My husband and I have a great and strong relationship and he supports me through my daily struggles with our two difficult boys (15mo and 4 1/2 yr). But when it comes down to it, it is school that makes me grab a bag of pretzels (like last night) and gulf the whole bag down (the 16 ouncer). I swear I have a great day eating right and staying busy, then the kids go to bed and I sit down to do school work. If the feeling of confusion or hits me or I begin stresses over an assignment I can’t help but go eat! 4/5 times I eat when doing school work. Not healthy.
    Thank you for this post. Reading the types of emotional eating helped me focus on my trigger and like you I will begin focusing on how to prevent that trigger from getting the best of me (and my love handles).

  • http://www.facebook.com/Latifah.Nadiyah Nadiyah Abdul

    Its a lifestyle change! It wont happen overnight. The important thing is that each day you try to do a little better than  the day before. You will look up in a few months and be miles ahead of where you started. Keeping a food diary will help keep you more aware of your eating habits. You will be surprised at how doing this one thing can make a major difference in your diet. Whenever i feel like Im off track I pull out my food diary, as it is my biggest struggle.

  • Anonymous

    Kelly and Kristen – glad you talked about emotional eating K. It’s a bit of a monster and sneaky too. because there are often numerous reasons we emotional eat it’s hard to conquer. I’m a boredom eater.
     
    There’s a great book about addiction called Rational Recovery. Their big thing is Addictive Voice Recognition. It applies to any bad or habitual behaviours. There’s lots of info on the web about it.

    What the book says is think of the addiction/emotional eating/lazy pants non-exerciser self as not you but a beast that lives in your head. So when you hear “I want a cookie” it’s really the beast wants a cookie. You’re in control of whether or not you give the beast a cookie.

    It works really well when trying to get a handle on behaviours you’re trying to extinguish.

    LeMe

  • Anonymous

    Hi Kristin,
    First of all, when I saw your picture I just tought “Omg she is so pretty and she looks really happy” :) I hope you enjoy your new life, your big step forward! (sorry for my bad english by the way :P)

    Secondly, I am a emotional eater too. The thing is, I stay slim even if I eat a lots of chips, chocolat or whatever so I am not feeling toooo bad and I continue doing it. But this year I realised that I have a real problem because I am angry if I want to eat chips and I don’t have a bag at home! I want these chips so bad that I go to the store just to buy them… and all this time I had fruits and vegetable at home…waiting to be eat. :P 

    Here is a link that make me realised that I am an emotional Eater and this year… I will win over this :) http://innerself.com/content/articles/health/weight-loss/4719-emotional-eaters-by-doreen-virtue.html

    I am with you all the way and I am really proud (even if I don’t know you) that you made this choice :)
    Have a good day

  • Alana Pacey

    Have you done the maths and worked out basic stuff like your BMR (google BMR calculator) and Daily Energy Expenditure?  I know Zuzana does not count calories but she has clearly got her eating nailed.

    At 250 I would imagine your body wants to let go of the excess weight as it will be causing it to work harder and is damaging your health.  As you have pointed out that you’re an emotional eater I think it might really help you to log your calories for a month or two (you can use My Fitness Pal to do this).  Only when you are honest with yourself about what you are putting in your body, and how much, will you be in a position to analyse this and make healthy changes and substitutes.  It is also the only way you are going to make the calorie deficit needed to shed pounds.  Eat 500 fewer calories than needed and do at least 20 minutes exercise every day (and I mean work up a sweat).  You’ll soon see the pounds drop off but it’s not going to be easy.  If it was we’d all look like Zuzana and there would be no need for this community.

    So – no more excuses.  Make the changes and commit to them.

    Sorry for the tough love but telling people they are doing great when I know they could have tried much harder doesn’t really help in my opinion.  Make us all proud.  You know you can do it. x

  • http://www.youasamachine.com You As A Machine

    Something strange happened on the way to the cupboard…seriously.
    Once I started really analyzing what I was eating but assessing how the food actually made me feel, physically – in my gut, energy-wise, that’s when things really started to change for me.

    Interesting (short) article for you to read which in a nutshell talks about how if the foods we choose don’t supply our body with the required nutrients for our system to function –  we keep on eating. The article is called: “More Food Doesn’t Necessarily Mean More Nutrition” by Brendan Brazier who is Vegan, though I don’t think we all have to be vegan to be healthy, but I do believe that the information in the article applies to everyone and by taking a closer look at how we consume food would be helpful. 

    “We are living in a very strange time, a time in which people who are overweight or obese can be (and most likely are) malnourished. Yet how can it be that a person who eats an inordinate volume of food can show signs of malnourishment? After all, isn’t food synonymous with nourishment?…” http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/more-food-doesnt-necessarily-mean-more-nutrition/

    At the beginning of his article he talks about how some people can wolf down a loaf of white bread for example and still not feel satisfied.  I had a similar thing happen to me and now that it has happened enough times I can actually tell which foods trigger this empty nutrient reflex!  
    I found a new brand of chips made with lentils and adzuki beans, I thought awesome, looks totally healthy – I’ll give them a try.  Got home, ate the whole bag.  Felt terrible.  Next day went back to the store in search of the same chips.  Bought two.  Got home, ate one bag…COULD NOT STOP, then opened the second bag and only stopped half way because my husband showed up and with a worried look on his face asked, “are you going to eat that entire bag?” (not knowing I had already polished off the first!).
    So then, feeling really lousy, and not just because I’d eaten a bag and half of what I thought were healthy chips, but because they just didn’t sit well in my gut.  That was when I was just beginning to consider the relationship with Blood type and beneficial foods; so I cracked open the Eat Right for Your Type book…interesting: Lentils – AVOID, adzuki beans – neutral.
    Since then I’ve noticed that when I eat the foods on my avoid list this kind of nutty, obsessive eating pattern takes over me.  And it truly feels, as the article writes –  that my body is not absorbing any usable nutrients, so I just overeat in a manic way to fill up.  It is very strange indeed.  But I do wonder if there is a place for this possibility for those who THINK they are overeating as a result of emotions.  Maybe the food choices are simply not doing what the food is supposed to be doing in the first place which causes this vicious cycle?
    By the way, since I’ve been eating from this approach, I don’t overeat, I end up eating regular sized meals and feeling completely satisfied.  However, I do have to eat more often, every 1.5-2.5 hours.  So I have to be VERY organized and have healthy food prepared in the fridge otherwise, like my son would say, ‘why are you such a grump’. 

  • Pavlina

    You’re welcome, I really hope they will be of help to you and I’m sure if you’re a little bit easier on yourself you’ll get better :)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZD3AKHNGT7XHPUQG62F223FTUI j

      thanks again.

  • Anonymous

    I keep a food diary and a binge diary, so I can track what I was feeling or doing when I overeat. I know I overeat when seriousy angry (the heating was off at work, I was really cold after doing two sleepovers in a row, so very tired and I ate 600 cals of crisps)

    I’ve also found that, I’m peckish, I don’t want supper yet, even though it’s two cals of toast. I’ll just have a wee choccie biccie, 100 cals. Well, then I fancy another. and another. And maybe another.

    If I just have the toast, it’s 200 cals and I don’t eat other rubbish. So next time, I know I’ll just have the toast  and head off the binge at the pass.

    It’s really about working yourself out and how to make your habits work for you not against you

  • Pavlina

    This is a nice, simple yet thoughtful article I read today and I would like to share it with you all:

    http://blogs.psychcentral.com/healing-together/2011/10/overeating-reasons-why-and-strategies-for-stopping/

  • http://www.janetspreiter.com Janet

    I view your first week as great progress.  
    You said you increased your overall activity level, perhaps not always with “exercises”, but just kept active in general.  Big success!
    The second thing you are developing is your awareness of food and what it means to you.  You are teaching yourself to eat mindfully.  That awareness is crucial.  Even just being aware of your stomach saying it’s full is progress, because as you (mindfully ;) ) eat less, you will need to readjust to getting full sooner than you habitually did before.  
    It is all about consistent little steps and developing that positive communication with your body.  
    This is about a total life change, not a fad.  You’re absolutely right…you cannot let yourself get impatient.  It is really not a goal so much as a process.
    Keep up the great work!

  • Robin

    I have a friend who is no.9.  She had trouble in her marriage with having affairs.  She was very thin and cute and men were attracted to her.  She like the attention so went with it.  She told me she stays big so men won’t be attracted to her.  That’s sad for me to know.  I knew her in both of these lives.  She’s still overweight but happy in her marriage and she’s still my friend.

    As for me, I’m the opposite.  When Im upset, I tend Not to eat so I have to be mindful to eat something healthy but comforting.  You have to know yourself and take care of yourself  no matter what is going on in your life.  It helps you to cope with your issues to eat right.  My mantra, it’ll be better in a minute.

    Take care, everybody.  xo  Kristen, you will succeed.  Remember it’s the journey, not the destination.  You are young.  so no rush just be consistent.  If you get off tract just get back on.  That’s how it goes all of your life.  You will eventually find your gym within.  You won’t need support because you’ll know what needs doing.  Off ya go!   Robin 

  • Anonymous

    What I like about the 5-6 meals a day thing is that you never really feel “hungry” or starved. I find that I’m less likely to splurge and eat more than I should have if I have something periodically all day long, meaning that I’m eating less. 

    I read once that by the time you feel thirsty, you’re already dehydrated, and I have started to wonder if it’s the same deal with when you feel hungry, you are already entering starvation. (may sound strange, but it seems logical, I suppose…)

    I think it all depends on everyone’s individual outlook on everything. I don’t necessarily have 5-6 “meals”, per say…but even if I have yogurt with oatmeal as a snack, or carrot/celery sticks in between the main meals, I find that it makes a difference.

  • http://www.youasamachine.com You As A Machine

    Hey Kristin,
    It’s been about three weeks since we’ve had an update from you…how’ve you been doing? 

  • Anonymous

    Hi Kristin, 

    How are you?  It looks like alot of us are thinking of you :)

    Jess

  • Elizza

    Don’t forget guys it’s not just a program;  it’s the start of your new life…a healthty lifestyle, a healthy way to live.  This new lifestyle has to become part of who you are, as a person, and not just a program to try out.  For me and i’m sure a lot of people, food will always be THE (my) main issue…not the exercising part, nor the motivation…the food.  Becoz we all have to eat…even drug addicts (I think) have it easier because they know they can’t incorporate “shooting up” into a new and healthy lifestyle.  But we all have to eat…We can’t just cut it off.  For me what worked is, I just allow myself treats occaionally.  I allow myself to ENJOY it, savour it…like chocolate Kisses…I just let them melt on my tongue slowly, instead of popping three or four at a time and then gobbling up half the bag before I know it.  I try  not to psycho-analyze my my mistakes or my lapses of reverting back into bad habits, becoz it just makes me feel bad.  I’ve learned to just pick myself up push forward.  We are going to have to do this lifestyle change FOREVER if we want a better, healthier (emotionally & physically) life for ourselves.  Believe it or not, I ate pizza, fries and chocolate during my weightloss journey…Thats probably why it took me two years to get it off,  but I believe you NEED fun food as well as GOOD-FOR-YOU food.  And we have to learn how to incorporate these things we used to use dysfunctionally, in a healthy lifestyle.  Some people may not agree,  but for me, this frame of thinking helped me come from a 213lb unhappy, stressed-out mind and body to a 120-118lbs happy, healthy, well adjusted, contributing human being;)   just my two cents…;)  Don’t stress on the sweets,  focus on a healthy new lifestyle…a new way to live and love yourself!  I truly hope this helps and encourages  someone.

  • Elizza

    Don’t forget guys it’s not just a program;  it’s the start of your new life…a healthty lifestyle, a healthy way to live.  This new lifestyle has to become part of who you are, as a person, and not just a program to try out.  For me and i’m sure a lot of people, food will always be THE (my) main issue…not the exercising part, nor the motivation…the food.  Becoz we all have to eat…even drug addicts (I think) have it easier because they know they can’t incorporate “shooting up” into a new and healthy lifestyle.  But we all have to eat…We can’t just cut it off.  For me what worked is, I just allow myself treats occaionally.  I allow myself to ENJOY it, savour it…like chocolate Kisses…I just let them melt on my tongue slowly, instead of popping three or four at a time and then gobbling up half the bag before I know it.  I try  not to psycho-analyze my my mistakes or my lapses of reverting back into bad habits, becoz it just makes me feel bad.  I’ve learned to just pick myself up push forward.  We are going to have to do this lifestyle change FOREVER if we want a better, healthier (emotionally & physically) life for ourselves.  Believe it or not, I ate pizza, fries and chocolate during my weightloss journey…Thats probably why it took me two years to get it off,  but I believe you NEED fun food as well as GOOD-FOR-YOU food.  And we have to learn how to incorporate these things we used to use dysfunctionally, in a healthy lifestyle.  Some people may not agree,  but for me, this frame of thinking helped me come from a 213lb unhappy, stressed-out mind and body to a 120-118lbs happy, healthy, well adjusted, contributing human being;)   just my two cents…;)  Don’t stress on the sweets,  focus on a healthy new lifestyle…a new way to live and love yourself!  I truly hope this helps and encourages  someone.

  • Ambernf86

    Yeah how is her progress? I’m interested in doing this myself @ 192lbs and nothing would be better than seeing another big girl being transformed!

  • Idil_ali

    Very interesting thanks for keeping us updated and do hope your journey goes smooth for you. Always remember how your life was before you have embarked on this journey and that will reveal great facts for you. Remember you deserve to be happy and have a fulfilling life with a healthy and good physique.