I joined 3fatchicks on March 25, and looked at some postings/forums, etc and heard a bout a book entitled Diary of a Fat Housewife. I purchased it and am in the middle of reading it. It is an amazing book. I could of written it myself, just with a different food addiction. I have been struggling with my weight for a few years now. No, I was not always big. I used to be skinny, some would say even too thin, but sometime in late 20s I started gaining weight. I didn't really bother about it at first.... oh well, I have horrible sleeping habits, I don't have a routine life because of my job, I have an inactive thyroid, and, well, I'm not 18 anymore..... I had the excuses of why I wasn't under 120 anymore. (I am 5'5"). Anyway, yes, I quit a 2- 21/2 half pack a day smoking, and yes, I now eat instead. I am now 220 pounds. The most I have ever been . Back in 2007, I went on a hospital supervised weighloss liquid program and I went from 188 to 144 in 3 months. I was just 7 pounds from my goal! Then, I just quit, and went back to binge eating, where I would eat cinnamon rolls and nachos EVERYDAY.... sometimes I would eat some healthy food ON TOP of that, but I ate that stuff EVERY DAY.... (need I mention that here we are 2010, and I STILL eat those things????!!!!)
Within a year of quitting the liquid diet, I went from 144 to 220. From January 2009 to present, I have been going up and down between 200 and 220.
I don't know WHY I can't get my rear end in gear.... I KNOW what to do. I KNOW what to eat. I have spent so much of my hard earned money on diet books/videos/gadgets/foods hoping that maybe one of these times, something is going to kick..... I have been on WW since the first of the year, and I now weigh more than when I first started..... I want to be thin again SO bad, but why am I not doing what I need to be doing? I am now on anti depressants due to this weight journey making me miserable. I have begged God to help me, like He did to quit smoking.... I feel like my relationship with Him has gone downward because of my addiction to food, which is now #1 in my life..... I don't know why I am writing all this.... maybe to see if something will kick in to get me going.... all I know is that I am in desperate need of SOMETHING.... I have tried the psychiological help, and that didn't seem to go anywhere.... it was expensive, and I know I just to have better control of my eating............................................ ..................................

Hi, I'm so sorry you're in such turmoil, and I have you in my prayers. I know how you're feeling, believe me. I know the how the cravings can get to you. What has worked for me has been to go low carb in order to get the cravings under control. Do you think this might work for you?

Good Luck

Hiya and welcome Good luck!

your thread caught my attention. So many of us here are having the same type of issues, and often one craving is substituted for another. I could say so amny things right now but there are threads here for everything under the sun. If it's binging...there's a thread for that...and yeah I'm a member... mostly it's for support... we all will do this, and you know what? These fatty salty, whatever foods are addicting! They're supposed to be! Half the ads on TV are for something ooey gooey, fatty carb... and they all know they're still killing us!

Ok, ok sry... I get going....anyway...it's a long journey... if you're ready to start there are so many of us here. there's every diet plan imaginable...my guess is as far as liquid diets go, they're hard to sustain, and hard to please the body long enough to have energy and not make it go into "food saver" mode. Maybe check out different ideas, see what might work for you.... it'll take a lot of work, but there's gotta be a method for you.

And yes, probably will need exercise...I know, I know....me too.... just see if there's something out there you might like... or tolerate...maybe see if someone else wants to do it too that you know...always good to have someone else not to disappoint

Ok, enough of my rambling... welcome, hope you check this place out... if you wanna track stuff there's lots of neat places, I like FitDay myself... 20 days and 20 posts will get you a neat ticker.... mine's at the bottom... (waited seemed like forever for it)

All I can say is I was there. I am there. I too have been a housewife for almost 6 years. After the birth of my twins I lost me! I finally woke up at 310 lbs and now that the twins are five years old! We also have a 13 year old who can watch them while I go for walks now woooo hooo. For my birthday this year I told my hubby I wanted to join the MRC and loose weight and that I wanted my life back. He of course was all for it. Something in me told myself this is it!@ This is the time I am going to loose it. It is hard work dont get me wrong, but I think there just has to be a switch change inside of you where you have just had enough of the overweight you and you want out! I told myself I can do anything I want to do, and I believe it! I have been op for 23 days and I have lost 21 lbs at my last weigh in. I am truly having issues though now that I see it can come off this fast. I think this is a super emotional ride to take the pounds off. I know it was emotional going from a size `14 to a 26. So I just say to you as I rambled... that you can do it! Look for a low carb diet to see quick results, but remain realistic that it takes time and you really can do anything you want. I have watched my life change in these short 23 days. I feel so much better, I wish I could bottle this feeling forever! Best wishes to you I know your switch will flip again

welcome, you are in a the right place to get help and support. we've all been there a time or two or more, and we can all get to where we want to be. start slow if you need to but once you start try like **** to stick to it, i know that is what i have to do. i have started and stopped so many times in the last 5 yrs since my last kid. i'm sick of it. i need to start and never stop. we'll get there and you can too. good luck

Welcome!

This is all new to me so I will post just a simple hello and shout out to everyone fighting the good fight, here's to our health!

I heard this from another member here on 3FC and it has helped me tremendously. I used to be an all or nothing dieter. This person stated that first of all....you have to be ready and willing to go through the bad and the ugly to make it to your goal. Next, you have to look at it as a change in lifestyle.....not dieting all or nothing. Make changes that you know you can live with and can keep doing for the rest of your life. Don't take away absolutely everything that you feel is "bad" to eat, or (in may case) it will be easier to give up than to keep fighting the will power. The thing that has worked for me is counting my calories. I use sparkpeople website to keep track of my daily intake of water, cals, carbs, proteins, etc. I exercise (for now) 30 min at a time 5 times a week with 20 min of strength training two times a week. I really hope you stick with it and find something that works for you, not just a diet- but a new lifestyle because after all the hard work it said and done, you will know that it was all worth it. Sites like this are good because you can talk and vent and seek advice from people that are going through and have gone through the same things.... Keep you chin up and I wish you the best!!!