The meeting I went to yesterday had the "Keep it Simple" as their theme, and I could not have thought of something better for my first OA meeting.

I listend to everyone tell their stories and how this related to their lives... and I thought about myself. I tend to over complicate things, I push myself too far into it... especially when it comes to my food problems.

I've paid countless $$ to weight loss. Including Slim Fast, LA Weight Loss and WW. But I never in a million years thought that I had an actual problem. I never would have assumed that.

So now I need to Keep it Simple, and take it one step at a time. My problem is not my weight, my problem is my compulsive overeating which can not be cured by a diet.

I love that saying because lots of us make things so complicated we can't handle the thinking (pick me), let alone the implementation.

We have a thread for calorie counters that's called Keep it Simple. All we do it try to use more calories than we eat. Keeping it simple.

You got it!! Alright! I love those Aha! moments. :-)

"My problem is not my weight, my problem is my compulsive overeating which can not be cured by a diet."

Yes! You rock!

Susan, I just can't believe how much we over complicate things on a daily basis in life in general! Let alone coming to weight issues, that gets way over the top rediculous!

Marny, It didn't really do much for me yesterday at the meeting! (I was too overwhelmed) but as I lay in bed this morning trying to get out of bed it hit me like a ton of bricks