My biggest pitfall is that I just love food!! I obsess about it. I plan my day around it! If I'm going out somewhere I am trying to figure out where I want to stop to get something to eat, or if I'm going to a party I'm trying to figure out what kind of food will be there. Pretty pathetic huh?!

No not at all. I'm the same if we leave the house i got to get this or that, No matter what im doing or around im always thinking about food what to eat next.

I couldn't agree more with you two... I'm the same way. I'm not sure how it started, because I know it wasn't always like that... but I'll be sitting in lecture, not able to pay attention because I'm daydreaming about what I'm going to order when I get to Panera (which somehow has become my after-class destination, almost without my consent! Weird how that work...) Or as soon as I'm done with a meal, I'll start watching the clock for when it's "okay" to eat again. Not because I'm hungry, but because I want to be chewing on something. It's pretty frustrating

Lately I've actually been really lucky and it hasn't been such a problem. I just got put on a new medication (not for anything diet/weight-related) and the doctor was talking about the "worrisome side effects." All the standards, like nasea, vomiting, stomach cramps (haven't had any of those yet), but then he got to the big one... "Loss of appetite, loss of weight." He informed me that some people worried about that. I was like.... GODSEND!!

Anyhow. That's a side effect that's been helping me out lately. In a way I feel like I'm cheating, because it's not me being in control, it's my medicine having a side effect that makes me not driven to food at all hours of the day. Any thoughts?

-Sarah

By the way, welcome Amy! I'm glad you started posting. And don't worry, we won't take offense if we don't hear from you for a day or two! Everyone's busy with their lives, so don't think of it as a daily chore to post on here.

I thought you two might be interested in something we recently were talking about in my Psychology class-- it's called "Set Point Theory" and it's a theory of body weight. Basically it says that our brains have set a weight for us that it likes us to maintain (remember how we all 3 have been "stuck" at a certain weight for ages?) and that whenever our fat cells get depleted beyond our set level, they start secreting hormones that make us really, really hungry, and motivate us to eat again (presumably more than we intend to). So basically, our brains are trying to sabotage our dieting attempts I thought it was pretty interesting, it explains how it's relatively easy to lose 5 pounds or so, but after that you feel like you're fighting a never-ending battle with yourself.

That's all for today!

-Sarah

I have been sick with the flu for the past three days so i ahven't really ate anything. Let's see i didn't feel like makeing supper so i ate a bag of baked Laye's chip's and deit soda (and that taste like rotton egg's). I got to set limte's but i just can't do it, I blam it on pregnancy the reson i eat all the time, Cause that's what i did was eat 24/7 and now that's all my body know's. I sometime's wish there was a Miracle pill we could just take and bam We go back to are normal size over night

What's up ladies! Yes, we all wish there were a "magic" pill that would magically turn you into this amazingly thin person, but there isn't, despite the unhealthy and outright lies of many big time drug makers. I mean, honestly, you can take a pill that will reduce your appetite, but you can't take it forever and you never know the devastating consequences on your health until it's too late. I went to school with a girl who was obessessed with her weight, and she was in no way shape or form fat! She began taking a stimulant type diet weight loss pill and ended up dying from a heart complication related to it. Scary huh! On a happier note, I didn't do to bad on my eating today. I had to be at work at 6:30 this morning but still managed to make time for breakfast, two packs of oatmeal kept me going all morning. I was in such a hurry though that I forgot to bring my lunch and ended up eating two blueberry muffins instead. They had a combined fat content of 9 grams so that wasn't too bad. When I got home I popped a lean cuisine in the microwave b/c I was starving! While waiting for my meal to cook I ate a small cup of fruit cocktail and later had a pb sandwich. I still ate a plate of spaghetti and a half a slice of garlic toast for dinner but all things considering I could have done alot worse! I still haven't started my exercise routine but I've been running around my workplace like a chicken with its head cut off so that has to be burning some calories... I hope! Well, I'll try to stop back in tomorrow, take care and have a blessed evening.

Amy

Just a tip on the diet soda thing...I was told a good thing to do is if you are say a Coke drinker, try a different brand in diet drinks, i.e. diet pepsi, diet dr pepper, etc. It's easier to switch and it truly worked for me. I loved Coke but didn't like diet coke... but now am a die hard diet pepsi vanilla fan. Coke doesn't even taste good to me anymore.

Hello,
I am new here, and have never actually posted anything ever. If anyone has any tips or pointers, please share them with me. It is nice to be able to read what people actually do to get in, and stay in shape! Hopefully someone can help me.

Thanks,

Rhonda