Wishing you all have a fantastic week and enjoy christmas! As always new members are welcome to join us

I am so glad I found this site. I work in an office and I find myself eating, not because I'm hungry, but bored. So I'm taking the challenge.

Welcome, cagraham!

I have done poorly for the last few weeks. I feel like a failure, like I am going to gain every bit of weight back. Where has my mojo gone?

I really need to paticipate in this challenge to get back on track. I did great until I had a miscarriage a few weeks ago and eveything went downhill. I'm hoping to get back on track soon.

I am sorry for your loss, bluemommy.

thanks wardhog. food was my comfort during that time but i have accepted my mistakes and looking forward to hitting my goal.

Good afternoon....may I join you?

This will be day 2 for me....things have been pretty up and down lately, and I thought maybe this would help...good luck to us all this week

Veggie

I think that since my Dad had his surgery last month, I have been exhausted.
I am really draggin now, trying to get ready for Christmas.
I have to get my parents a day early, 'cause another big winter storm is coming. After a long work day, went shopping, then home to clean their room, rearrange furniture.
We haven't even put up the tree yet.
I am grumpy, tired, snappish etc.
Am not bingeing, there just isn't time in the day.
But the kitchen is finally painted and put back together, the house is about halfway cleaned, and life will go on now matter what eh?

Wardhog, have noticed that you are really struggling with controlling this binge monster.
Hope the holidays don't make things worse. I'd tell you to go for a walk when the urge hits, but if your weather is like mine, you might get lost in a blizzard or fall into a snowdrift and never get out.

oh this is very sad, how far along were you?
Take your time working back to fitness so you don't tax your strength. This can take so much out of you physically, and the first little while the emotional healing is more necessary usually.
Even though its very common, each womans experience is very special and unique to her, and if food was a comfort for a bit, so be it. Hope your DH is also supportive and understanding, has he also been grieving in a productive way? So hard for both of you.
good thoughts to you.

i was between 6-8 weeks. it was really early.

Hey blue and veggy, nice to meet you both

Ward.. I feel totally out on control, I've been eating horrendously for weeks now and just cant seem to stop. I feel physically and emotionally awful and have gained weight. So I'm with you, we'll get through it.

Thanks for the welcome...
Day 3 for me today. I am already anticipating what my eating will be like on Christmas...sweet stuff always sets me off...but since I'm the baker in the family all the sweet stuff is piling up here...I'm ok as long as I don't start...I never learned to eat just one and move on...

I hear ya, WardHog! I'm totally disappointed in myself lately, too. Normally I'm really good about eating healthy when I'm at work. I only eat what I pack for lunch that day and that's it. Well, I just sat in the lunchroom and stuffed an entire piece of chocolate cake (frosting and all) into my face. I feel like such a pig right now...a very fat, disappointing, pig.

Don't be so hard on yourself Northgirl...you're not a pig, you're human....you probably wouldn't call someone else a pig, so don't be any less kind to yourself...

Working on day 4 for me...I am afraid I won't have time to get in exercise today with last minute Christmas plans, but we'll see...

Veggie

I am up and down - I can stay in control if I can stay away from sugar.