Hello there,
ida!
Welcome to 3FC!! I'm relatively new to the Chicks In Control forum, but I've been posting on 3FC for almost 9 months now... And I have to say, it has been a HUGE help in my weight loss. I don't know if I could have done it without all the support that I've gotten from the ladies on this site! It's truly priceless.
Btw, personally I didn't really have a "trigger" moment that made me really, really get serious about losing weight... I think it was just a looong time coming (i.e. I had been wanting to lose weight for pretty much my entire life, but never actually made the commitment). This is going to sound corny, but I guess it's just something that you have to be "ready" for--and it sounds like you are, or at least will be very, very soon. Good luck!! Keep posting around here!
fatmad - LOL, don't blame me, blame my stupid professors for assigning all those d*mn papers!
WTG bringing home the leftover Chinese! The last time I had Chinese food was Christmas Eve (family tradition, hehe) and I'm pretty sure I had like 2.5 platefuls of the stuff. Mmm, it's so addictive, hehe. And resisting all that temptation at the work potluck, too?! You deserve some serious kudos!
WormwoodDoll - WOW, congrats on being OP for so long! I hope you are just feeling GREAT, cuz you deserve to be! 25 days is a REALLY long time - almost a month! - and it is very admirable that you have been binge-free for that long! You're my new hero.
LOL! And I'm also really glad to hear that you're forming a more healthy relationship with the food--not letting the cravings control you! I still have the
really bad attitude of "If I indulge, I have to
iiiiinnnnddduuullgggee!!!" i.e. if I'm going to have a cookie, I have to eat an entire box in order to really feel satisfied.
So I do alright as long as I can hold off those cravings (and I've been doing pretty well with that lately!) but I fear for myself when the moment comes that the cookies finally win! Hehe.
Hey, today was my 11th binge-free day! Not too shabby, eh? Here's hoping that I can power through the next couple days and make it my second consecutive binge-free weekend!