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Originally Posted by daizy hotrocks (Post 3122656)

What feelings are you trying to keep away? That was my first indication of what was wrong... seeing which emotions made me look to food. Being uncomfortable is my biggest one. My therapist told me that some people get heavy because they are uncomfortable with the attention they get if and when they are thin.

There is a phase 2 set of connections classes that go along with getting through stabilization and maintence and one of the classes is "How did your fat suit you?" It made me think of the things I have to deal with since I have lost weight that didn't come up when I was overweight... an example is having unwanted looks and comments from men. I have never been one for lots of attention from men. I love attention from my boyfriend but I don't like random guys staring at my body. Its uncomfortable.

Hope some of this helps!

Daisy Hotrocks,
Thank you, you have given me something to think about. I seem to eat for comfort. I like the satisfied full feeling of treating myself', and I know of nothing else that makes me feel that way. I like to celebrate with food even if I'm by myself. I've got to find a way to convince myself that feeling good, looking better and staying healthy are more important than that comfort feeling.

Roadqueen,
I think you are the most impressive person on here. I don't know anyone else that has stayed 100% on program. You go girl and be proud of yourself! :carrot: Maybe the time has come when your body is just catching up. You may be doing nothing wrong at all? Just stay the course and see what happens. I started program 2 weeks before you and I too was loosing all along until this last two weeks. I kept telling myself that I was on a plateau and my body was just catching up. When in reality for me I have eaten out a lot this month. Even though the food was on program I wasn't able to control the portions. I just guessed the best I could and I also didn't really know if my grilled chicken was free of seasoning.
I had to resign for 10 more weeks and I'm almost 3 weeks in. My fear of not reaching goal this time is huge! I talked to Bev at our center and she was wonderful. Not only did she point out the eating out she also found that I have had a mealbar and a creamy in the same day. More that once this month. I thought I was being so careful and somewhere I just completely forgot about it. I am renewed and know what to look for. And now I'm hopeful to see goal before the end of my 10wks.
So just a suggestion let the center know how you are feeling and see if there is something you are missing? After all they missed my creamy and mealbar four times this month! Hang in there it will be worth it.

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Originally Posted by dance4ever (Post 3124276)

Thank you Dance4ever,
Maybe we will get to stabilization together. I know what you mean about the little things...This diet is so specific. Seems like I have to be perfect to lose.

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Originally Posted by RonnieAdl (Post 3120480)

I am having a hard time with sweets at this point. I am only 7 lbs away from my goal and for some reason am sabotoging my self with junk. I don't know what to do and am getting very discouraged. My center has been trying to help me, but this is not a physical thing, but a mental thing and I am at a loss as to what to do. It is just awful and I am really having a hard time. I follow the diet perfectly and then at night( I work at night) I eat all kinds of candy and sweets at work then I feel awful about it but I can't make myself stop doing it.. I have until the 1st of March to lose this weight and I am afraid I am not going to make it. I have already resigned once and am not going to do it again, especially it is me that is causing the problem.. Any help or ideas would be welcomed!

Ronnie

I love sweets as well and bombed the program during Christmas, but have been OP since December 27th! When I crave something sweet I drink a Chocolate Light 100 calorie Muscle Milk it has 15 grams of protein. There are several of us that drink it instead of a HNS, and it is really sweet and has no sugars. I purchase them at SAM'S Club because their cheaper there. It's not a meal replacement either.

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Originally Posted by SalaamDementia (Post 3122358)

Gah, this is my fear too. Only 15 lbs lost so far, but I'm so afraid that I'm going to step on the scale and its magically going to all be back again. I guess its more of a motivator for me to be super careful about eating just On Plan, but its just this horrible lurking fear for me.

Are you working out??