I don't know where to turn
 

I;m a 50 yr old man, married, grand kids, and doing well at what I do. Last march I started WW and lost 63 lbs by September. It has been going down hill since. I started feeling boxed in by the diet, I love food, all kinds of food, but my weight had gotten to 343 and even I know that's not good.

I teel everyone I'am still on the diet. I'm lying, I am sticking food in my pocket and going to the computer. Am I sick, I want to do better, I just can not seem to get going.

Weight watchers for a man has been a joke so far. When you lose they bravo you, when you gain they hang thier head and stamp your book sadly. Help!

Have you considered another weight plan?

I can say I have done my fair share of shoving food in my mouth while no one was looking... that and 5 years of bulimia got me up to close to 190 pounds. This past year I have lost about 40 pounds on a on-line program that has taught me how to eat. They give me portions and make out my menu (all the food come straight from the grocery store) relearning what a "portion" of food was, was a huge break through. Stopping eating when I am full and drinking TONS of water..

This website has been a life saver! I can come here and vent when I have had a really bad week or when I have been off program for a few days. These people here are real... and they have a lot of insight. Don't lose hope... lose weight!

Hugs,
Amy

I really am sorry that you are feeling this way. To lose so much is quite an accomplishment so be proud of yourself. Concentrate on you successes not the food in your pocket. That food can disappear into your mouth in and instant, but a healthy body lasts forever.
May I suggest that you find a therapist who specializes in eating disorders..God bless!

Once again into the breech
 

I trying again even though I gained back 20 lbs of the 63 I lost. This first week was a fluke and a blessing. I was doing my WW points, drinking 3/4 gal of water each day and then I got the stomach flu.

The gal at WW though her scale was broken, or she didn't use the calulator correctly. I lost 16 lbs ( results are not typical, kids don't do this at home.)

I congratulate you on your loss.

I have tried most everything, had gotten down to 269 from 297 and am now back up to 283. It is simple loss of control, compulsive overeating.

The thing I don't understand about myself if the compulsive overeating part of this. I have a great husband, a 17 year old whose worst habit is she doesn't like to get up in the morning. I have a job I love. Yet, I still eat compulsively. My family wasn't ever poor (and we aren't now). Food was never unavailable to me. My parents didn't beat me (although neither were particularly affectionate.) I have been eating compulsively since high school. I have watched a friend have a heart attack this week and I had heartburn so bad I thought I was having one last night.

Here is my plan of attack for this (Don't know if anyone will read this but sometimes just seeing it in print is good for the soul)

1. I am strengthening my relationship with the Lord, and finally have become smart enough to ask for His help. I am firmly convinced that He expects me to do some of the work.

2. I am not going to be obsessive with writing down the calories. I generally can be pretty accurate in my head on how many calories I have had. It is when I start to journal these calories on paper that I become a slave to it, erasing if I took a few less bites than I had planned on. I know how to make smart choices, now is the time to put that intelligence into action!!!

Elaine

297/283/225 (first goal)

Elaine:
God is the only one who can help me. I pray for his guidance every morning and help me to make the proper choices. There are a lot of times when I don't listen and take back my own will about what I want to eat and not what He wants me to eat. If I ask for help each and every time just before I start to eat there is a small voice inside that will tell me. My problem is that klots of times even when I ask I ignore that still small voice.

God Bless
Georgie