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Hi there! I currently weigh 214 (down from 240) and desire to get down to 150. I've been struggling for a loong time with my weight. I've even dealt with bulimia in my high school years (am currently 26), although I still have relapses every now and then.
I also have a horrid coke addiction which I am trying to break (coke-a-cola, not coccaine. :P )
I'm not really sure how this is supposed to work, so if someone could help me out I would very much appreciate it.
~Maharet

Nice name. See you enjoyed the Vampire books. Everyone is welcome here.

I don't think there is a wrong way to do this but maybe you should ask Mauvis, Den, Ellis, or Ruth. I could be doing this wrong all along and be oblivious. That is the joy of Chris.

Your cola addiction is a hard one. I think I just decided I would rather spend my calories on solid food, that makes drinking water easy. I still have 2 cups of coffee a day.

Have a good one!
Miss Chris

Hi Maharet! Welcome! :wave:
Feel free to jump into any of the threads that interest you on Alternachicks. We all just skip around wherever we please. There's usually a weekly weigh-in thread and a "daily" where we can just chat. Although that's really all we do ANYHOW! :lol:

HI MAHARET!!!!! WELCOME!!!!
YUP! We pretty much jump in where we want to and have fun. So just post when are where you feel like it!

Hi Maharet! Welcome!

I find with my own food addictions I have to just avoid certain things, or else I will eat them all at once, no control at all! Like diet ice cream sandwiches. And Wheat Thins (I have a box right now, for eldest DD but she doesn't need them either. I will just throw them out now) OK, Wheat Thins, crushed and thrown out!

Took me 4 days to go throw them out, though. In the mean time, I put them in a cupboard - that's my other trick, if I don't see it out, I often forget something is there..

Lidian

I use the "moderation" method. I count calories, but once a week I will let myself have one of my favorite foods and just cut back a little so that my calories are still alright. (I am a calorie counter)
Soda/pop has never been a problem for me-I have always enjoyed water and diet sodas...my addiction is chocolate, especially dark expensive kinds. My chocolate addiction is so bad that in the dark with my eyes closed I can tell the difference between a Hershey Krackle and a Nestle Crunch...and the difference between a Skor and a Heath bar...I am like a wine taster, only with chocolate. :lol:
If soda is your only thing that you totally are addicted to, you might drink water, diet soda, and unsweetened iced tea throughout the week, and allow yourself 1 can of coke on a certain day of the week-if it helps to keep you on track the rest fo the time. Don't keep a case of it at home, but run up to the gas station and buy a single can so you don't have it in the house.
I would get it in a 12 oz. can, rather than in a plastic 20oz. bottle, because a can of coke has 140 calories, and the larger 20 oz. has about 250...just like with food, it is all about portion sizes.
I do the same thing with my chocolate-I don't keep it in the house, because you can't eat (or drink) what isn't there. I will bring home a single chocolate bar (which usually runs about 250-300 calories) and when I get home I split it in half and share the other half with my two little children, and eat it very slowly.
Aphil

Welcome Maharet! :wave:

There are a few foods I know I can't give up, but I make a conscious effort to cut WAY back. I know if I ever try to completely cut out my favorites, I am just setting myself up to fail. I tired it once, and just made myself miserable.

Thanks for the warm welcome girls! I'm glad to report that for the last two days, I've had nothing but water! ::cheer:: Tomorrow (friday) I go out to eat with my husband (weekly ritual) and I'll have a cola. I'm trying to limit my intake to Fridays only kind of a special treat, yanno?
I'm glad to see so many with the other problem though, makes me feel a little less crazy for being addicted to a soda!

YUP!! I'm ;ile that with salty greasy things. Or anything crunchy. So even though I'm allowed nuts on the South Beach Diet I try not to eat them because I can't stick to the allowed amount!!

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Welll Im trying to get a grip on my eating. I have lost 50 pounds since January but Ive put on about 10 recently due to a major binge fest. I have no idea what thru me but I cant seem to get myself back. I need to get these last 10 pounds off. I always tend to blow it right around this spot. Its like I cant complete the job. This is so frustrating.
Im am making a conscious effort today to restart my motivation. Im going to go meal by meal. Its a start.
Im hoping to check in regularly. Im gunna need some help here. Thanks for having a place to vent...and share..Jules

jeepchik-I find that when I go off for a few days, that the first day back is the hardest. I really have to take that day hour by hour and make a conscious effort to watch what I am eating and to drink my water, etc. If it is really bad, then I keep busy doing ANYTHING that will prevent me from eating-cleaning the pool with the skimmer, doing a crossword puzzle, cleaning the bathtub-you can't put food in your mouth if your hands are doing something else! :D I have even resorted to taking a nap for an hour to keep from being in the kitchen-and it ended up being quite enjoyable!
Once I have completed that first day, then it gets easier again. Hey, I just realized you are from Indiana too-where abouts? My nearest large city is Fort Wayne.
Aphil

Jeepchik-You do better than me!! I usually blow it at the halfway point!!! The last 10 points are notoriously THE WORST to lose, so that is pretty normal.
By the way...WELCOME!!!!!!