I need support
I am once again trying to get a handle on my compulsive eating. A true junk food junkie, it is getting harder and harder to loose. When I was young I could eat anything and everything and not gain weight. It was as though I had a hollow leg.
After my third child, the same eating habits I always enjoyed became a problem. I didn't loose the weight after the last pregnancy as I had with the first two and in fact began to gain weight. I started to look way too much like my mother and her sisters (yikes!).
I've gone through a major career change, a move to a more expensive rent, and a divorce. I began to eat for comfort and the weight gain escalated. One day recently, a friend (someone I've been attracted to) asked me if I was pregnant since most of my weight is midsection. I was mortified! After the sting wore off so did the denial. I need to make changes and I need support.
Over the years I've done quite a bit of research into weight loss programs, tools, etc. Pulling from the knowledge I had accumulated, I figured sugar is my problem: bread, processed carbs, pasta, sweets, baked goods, whatever. I found a book called the Complete Idiots Guide to Low Glycemic Weight Loss and the ideas in the book have helped me to make better choices.
I have lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks and haven't had hunger, lethargy, anxiety, or mood swings, which always seems to go along with attempts to lose weight and/or the "normal" way of eating for me.
Anyway, I hope to achieve my weight loss goal of 30 pounds by March 2008, but more importantly, I want to feel healthy in mind, body and spirit.
Thanks.
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