Good Morning..uhm, almost afternoon here.
Leenie..that overeating at night is so hard to overcome.
I totally know better..but it is just such a compulsion..oy.
Well, hopefully I will get stronger and overcome it someday. I read in a magazine the other day that when you binge your body goes into conservation mode and stores more of it as fat..even if you have been "good" for most of the day.. I was like, OH NO!!! So, I am going to try to keep that in mind. I feel for you Leenie..cause I find myself struggling too. I have heard so many suggestions for distracting yourself, etc. but I guess that in some ways I am just very weak, not very self disciplined.
Lynnie, keep up with the weight watchers. It is paying off big time for you so far. That is great.
Tippy, hope that your tummy is better today.
Cathy, it is really weird how I lost the weight. I started 2003 with giving birth at home, unassisted to our third child, a son..who weighed nearly 10 pounds. God is good. I don't know how heavy I was..though I suspect a lot over 230 because I was 235 at 6 or 7 months into my pregnancy and I know that I gained quite a bit more in the last few months. Even counting a 10 lb baby, placenta, etc., I was BIG. I knew that I needed to lose weight..but I kept on putting it off. I made half hearted attempts, ..but not really,etc. Some of the weight was lost when I cut out the bags of milky way darks, etc. (By doing this and cutting out eating 3,4, or even more servings of meals, plus snacks, etc.) after I had the baby. But I was still out of conrol with late night binging, etc. yet managed to get down to about 200 lbs. Then....fast forward to June of 2003. I had the worst pains I have ever had..even worse than my childbirths and I went unmedicated for those. Turns out I was having gallbladder problems. Several of those attacks was all it took. When I would have these attacks I would be out of commission for hours or even whole days..so weak, out of control and in pain. If anyone has kept up with the news lately..this is what our Mr. Ashcroft is being hospitalized for right now.
I was so humiliated hooked up to an i.v in the hospital pumped full of demoral, vomiting, diareah, sweating uncontrollably shaking...then had an allergic reaction to the the drugs...all this while my husband sat in the corner with our baby who needed to be nursed..just scared out of his mind.. I am a person who would avoid drugs and hospitals to the death, if you knew what I mean. I just had an awakening that I needed to change. At the time I had just turned 22 years old..had 3 small kids..I thought, I am too young to be destroying my body..I just felt..so..toxic. I just knew that I was killing myself slowly. I was scared into change. I started exercising daily with the treadmill or pilates..dancing around the house.., anything to get moving,..I switched to a mostly vegetarian diet and I ate more whole foods..fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc. I kept it up until October or so..and I was about 161-163 and a size 12. (I am five foot nine). Then I went to visit my dad and fell into depression while I was gone and totally slacked. Since then I have put about 10 pounds back on..a tight, tight 12 and now 170-173, so I am getting back on track and vowing to start phase 2 of my weight loss challenge. I know that God will probably send us more children and I would like to be healthy for them, ya know? My last pregancy was very hard on my body because of the extra weight--I do NOT want to go through that again. Pregnancy is much easier on your body when your baby doesn't have to compete against the fat, ya know? Anyways, I am not going as extreme for the weight loss this time..not vegaterian or anything but I am making an effort to include more fruits, veggies, etc. into my daily diet. I really find that when I get into a routine of exercising that I feel so much better, less depressed and a better wife and mom.
Sorry for the novel.
Tuesday Chat, March 9th
I'm so PROUD of you. 
OY thats a loaded question huh 
how did you do that? I see you exercise a lot! that's awesome! keep up the good work.
and will be back.
(yes .I know I am in the minority!)
