If you had to give a dollar everytime you thought about food in some shape or form, how long would it take you to go bankrupt?

Well, since my fin. aid hasn't showed up yet I would say tomorrow! But in all reality probably in a couple of weeks. I think about food all of the time, not so much because I am hungery all the time but because I am trying to make good decisions in a terribly tempting places- the student quad, at work...damn breve's 1/2 and 1/2 is just soooo smooth, with friends, at the grocery store when I am trying to just shop the perimeter where all of the healthier stuff is, before I go to bed and when I get up in the morning. It's everywhere, but it's getting easier to make good decisions, especially now that I pack my own lunches and sometimes dinners. But the breve's and eggnog latte's are going to be the death of me if I don't knock it off asap!

Can't wait to hear from you all, take care!

Oh I would have been bankrupt a longggg time ago. I think about food a lot more then I should. I love food, especially deserts. It seems that I always go to the store to pick up little things throughout the week that I am soooo tempted everytime I go in to pick up a pie or tub of ice cream.

At my job we always have food and usually its full of calories and fat. I love going out to eat but have learned that in order for me to lose weight I need to stay away from restaurants. Darn yummy food!!!

i have realized that much of my struggle is due to the fact that I am ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT FOOD. I can't deal with it. The only times I don't think about food are
1. when I'm super super stressed (like studying for exams--but now that I've graduated I guess I can't rely on finals anymore to get rid of the pounds!)
2. when I'm just starting a relationship (but now it's been 5 mos. so i'm used to mr. man, it's great but it sure doesn't take my appetite away anymore
3. when I haven't eaten anything yet in the day.

Number 3 is really annoying, because I know that you're supposed to eat breakfast, so I do, but when I eat a healthy breakfast I ALWAYS end up bingeing later. If I wait to eat until 11 or later, then I stay on plan the whole day. Isn't that weird? And if i eat healthy, it helps keep my mind off food, but if I overeat, I just think about food more. And when I overeat, I'm always hungry first thing in the morning, but when I stay on plan, I can go almost the whole day without eating. Of course, then I don't want to starve so i eat a lot, and then I'm hungry the next morning....

jeez, my head is so messed up! why is this? why do I think about food this way? why is it that I can analyze my triggers and my mistakes and my motivations but when it comes to consistently taking action, I relax and forget about my plan, and eat more? I just want to scream!

Not that I have much money to lose, but I would have been broke a LONG time ago. Food is a constant thought. Like Jamie said, the thought might be about making healthy eating choices, but I'm still thinking about food. In fact, I think I would have been bankrupt and lost my car, TV, stereo, etc. -- anything I own that's worth anything would be gone to try and pay my debts -- all because of food!! Sad, huh??

Jina

Jina I can just see the repo peole coming into my apartment and gathering anything of value to pay off my food debt! LMAO!

Wow, eggnog latte....that sounds AWESOME! I'll have to try one of those sometime.

I'd say I think about food a fair bit, but not *all* the time or anything. It's actually better than when I used to binge on sweets a lot (like, the past 8 years before July!!!). I agree with the statement that a lot of the time, I'm thinking about how to make healthy choices while eating out, or at different events, etc....I'd say that's a good reason to be thinking about food!

Jen

I would have been broke ages ago..