OH i guess that my dh would be mad at me

well you can get the chromium at walmart not as expensive. anf if you are that hungry at this time get your body used to eating food do not go hungry eat some rolled up ham or a hnk of cheese. so not worry about how much you eat at this time eat like a pig but let it be good food. meats and if you take in more fat at this time it also willl help with the hunger. if it is just the fact of the rolls look good and youfeel like you must stuff them in the mouth then that is another story. the biggest thing is to not get to hungry cuz then you can loose control and fall hard. so when you get that hungry onew thing I do is eat a protein bar and then wait 30 min i usually are not hungry after that. I do take chromium daily though and that DOES help. but it helps more with the cravings than hunger. OK???

I put off getting on the scale and I don't know what good it did me! I am exactly the same as 2 weeks ago!

Starting weight: 185.5
Current weight: 185.5
Goal weight: lower than 185.5~

But I am feeling better, so maybe next week will be better.

Thanks, Sue. I think it was a combination of hunger (The soup was good but not a filling as I wanted it to be. Should have ate more salad.), the smell of fresh baked bread (my weakness), and the idea that I shouldn't eat it therefore I had to have it.

My plan of attack on those GD rolls next time (yes, there'll be a next time because DH and the kids love them and they are not trying to lose weight (yet)) is to only bake the number of rolls needed for them. I won't cook any "extras". They don't need the extra calories and neither do I.

DottieJon -- No gain in 2 weeks. You go, Girlfriend! I'd say that was an accomplishment worth celebrating! How about a nice stroll around the neighborhood to "strut your stuff"?

Tonight I'm making Hamburger Helper for them. It's one of my 13-year-old step-daughter's favorites. Now here is a girl who needs to lose weight. Like most teens her favorite food is anything that is not good for her. She makes smug remarks every now and then about how "SHE'S not on a diet". She should be. Jennifer is carrying about 25 extra pounds on her 5'5.5" frame. However, she is in for a shock. Junk food is going to be limited to a small amount of snacks for after school (things like popcorn; Cheeze-Its; cookies, etc.) No more munching through half a box of Cheeze-Its and then asking what's for dinner! I can't make her diet but I can make it harder for her to put on any more weight. Jennifer would be devistated to know that she now weighs what I did at 13 (of course, at 13 I was only 5'2"). I've decided not to let her know that little bit of data. Teenage phycies are too fragile. Wouldn't want her decided to diet the wrong way (like purging or starving).

Gotta go. DH wants to use the computer to search the job engines. We were both layed off recently and unemployment in this state . . . . well, let's just say I could live on it if I lived in a cardboard box.

Have a truly inspirational story or even a dire warning to what can happen if you don't take control of your eating habits! Has anyone ever seen the TLC show Chrissy's Story? It was on TV last night and I just couldn't stop watching it. This woman was over 512 pounds and she chose to get her stomach stapled. She lost over 350 pounds and was still losing by the end of the show. She had a tummy tuck to get rid of the extra layers of skin and lost 9 inches around her middle and another 15 pounds with that operation. It went through what her emotions were through the whole experience and how she is handling her life now. Before she was basically a shut in and unable to work and now she decided that she can "relive" her teenage years and drink and party and all that and she still can't hold down a job. Very interesting comment at the end by a doctor--you can provide the surgery and repair the damage physcially, but the damage emotionally, unless dealt with will always be a factor in someone's life. I thought that was very interesting--unless we understand exactly how we got this way, even though we will lose the weight, we will reach out for other things to fill the void. May have to think about how this applies to my own life, you know, what is it that caused me to be this way?

How awful for Chrissy! I sincerely hope she gets professional help.

I know my eating is all emotion trigger. With the exception of some cravings triggered by odors (like fresh baked bread), I can usually say "No" to something if I'm not truly hungry and I'm feeling OK. Even chocolate which is my strongest craving when I'm not feeling OK. That's why I keeping a complete journal this time. Not only am I logging in the food, I'm also loggin in my thoughts/emotions for the day. Gonna have to keep it hidden. Wouldn't want DH or anyone else reading it after an emotional letting on paper.

Gotta go get my son from school.

Jo,

I'm the same way as far as emotional eating goes. As a matter of fact, my latest (& LAST!!) binge was triggered by being mad at DH & feeling lonely. Instead of going to the store and buying tons of no-no's I wish I would have vented in a journal. I'll do that in the future.

Jennifer

Jennifer -- I wholly condone the use of a journal for venting your deepest feelings. Better to write it on paper (or type it in a file) than stuff it down with food!

Just remember to keep that journal in a very safe place (or password protect your file). I kept a journal in my late teens. Shortly after a family secret was revealed to me that I found to be devistating, I wrote my feelings over 14 pages in my journal. Unfortunately, the journal (which I assumed was safe as it was in my bedroom) was read by another family member and all heck broke loose.

Spare the fights and hurt feelings by keeping secret thoughts to yourself. I.e., if it's not something you would actually say to this person, make sure it's not something that they can accidently read.