Hello everyone...I just wanted to share something with you guys today. First just to explain my situation I moved to Barrow, Alaska ( literally top of the world...its a city in front of the artic ocean! lol ) from Louisiana. So we are a major culture shock. But my point is there are no fast food places here. In a way I am very lucky. But also its opened up my mind to how addicted I was to fast food. You don't realize how much you were addicted until you can't have it. But I noticed I am losing weight. I haven't really done anything different just I don't have all that junk I used to eat. Now I know we could just go to the store and buy all the junk we want..but its not the same you know? At least its not the same on my body. I was just wondering if any of you guys actually felt withdrawls from not eating all that fast food? But I am very happy I can see it and my DH sees it as well that I have lost weight...BUT none of my clothes fit different..? Its really strange. Aren't you suppose to see it first in your clothes? I mean I know I have at least from the looks of it lost 10-20 pounds. We are waiting on the rest of stuff to be shipped here...i can't wait to get the scale! lol Well I hope you guys have a good day!

michelle

I didn't have any withdrawals at all from fast food. Once I started doing WW I had almost no interest in it. I don't know what to tell you about the clothes- maybe wait and see how some of your other stuff fits when it arrives.

Hope you're having a great day too!

I also didnt have any withdrawls from food..but...I did from Starbucks!! I was used to going to Starbucks every day! When I stopped drinking them everyday, I would get the worst headaches all week, now I only start getting headaches on Thursdays (today!!) And now I only get it on Saturdays AND if I have points for it! I hope you start seeing it in your clothes. That would irritate me, knowing ive lost all this weight and my clothes still dont fit! Ive only lost 13 lbs so far in my 3 week journey, so I cant tell yet, but im excited to fit into my "cute jeans" again!!

Good luck!! Im sure you'll see results soon!!

You're stronger than me- I couldn't give up Starbucks or my weekly outing to Panera's if I had to! I always get my coffee drinks with FF milk, no whip cream and sugar free syrups if they're available.

hey guys thanks for the replies....

Well I am glad both of you do not have fast food withdrawls! ITs not fun. But I guess lucky for me I don't like coffee...plus there isn't a starbucks here anyways! lol I mean when i look at things it sort of sucks being in the middle of nowhere...but being in the middle of nowhere means less bad things to eat! lol Plus if any of you were wondering why I am in BArrow alaska my husband works for the NAtional weather serive..and its currently -25 here right now! And this is someone who never saw more than an half of inch of snow living in louisiana! lol

Purple that 13 pound weight loss is awesome! You are an inspiration! Keep at it you will lose a lot more!

That is a great change you've made, way to go! (Even though it was kind of forced...) I had the opposite experience moving here to Brownwood where heaven forbid there be a nice restaurant in town...yet they still manage to have a Taco Bueno, McDonalds, Sonic, DQ, etc etc etc. Good thing I hardly ever eat fast food...Subway is a treat for me! Then they also have TCBY in the same building so I will splurge.

When we lived in a larger area we still didn't eat a whole lot of fast food but we ate out at restaurants more because there were great ones to check out. Now I do almost all of our cooking at home.

lizz~ yeah any eating out can still be bad for you. But I really had horrible eating habits. I mean its not a wonder I don't weigh way more than I do now. Yes it was forced situation...but maybe everything has its reasons you know? I mean I know a lot of people out there who eat fast food everyday...and I am just lucky now that I can't..its just I miss it! lol Thats sounds horrible huh?
Once again thanks guys for your replies!

Thanks Mechell, its a start!
My best friend just moved to Alaska too, shes at Eieslon (sp) AFB and shes constantly complaining its cold LOL. Here in Oregon, where im at, we dont get snow, so now shes freaking out cuz its so snowing and cold. I think its funny hehe.
Tribefan- I only get non fat, no whip white chocolate mocha. I get a venti, so its 10 points for me, but thats what Flexpoints are for LOL

I would never ever move anywhere where there wasent a Starbucks. There are Starbucks around every corner!!

This was a pretty good subject for me.....
I have been getting headaches and I have been trying to give up the coffee that I kicked back up a month ago for the last couple weeks. And this week and last week I have had migranes from the depths of h-e double hocky sticks
Well to the food portion, If I eat something greasy like for a cheat meal its just messes up my stomach. So it tends to keep me on the straight and watch what Im eating.
Ive been on a good low fat low,sugar and high protein meals so when I eat something thats to bad for me my stomach gets the massage to me real quick.

Hi Mechell81, , Your not alone! I knew when I started to exercise and count calories FOR REAL, that fast food had to go. But I had been eating it , every day pretty much, (sometimes twice a day ) At first I got all of the nutriton facts from all of my fav. places, and tried to eat it, and count calories. But that just didn't work out, there was just no way to eat 1000 calories for lunch and go the rest of the day on 400. So. . . I tried going and only getting salads, but, well I'm sure you can guess how long that lasted.

Anyways, I finnaly vowed to quit cold turkey. And it was bad!! It was all I could think about. I know it sounds crazy, but I was really addicted. No headaches or any physical withdrawls, but mental. Luckily around that time I read somewhere that it takes 21 days to break a habit. You know to like reprogram your brain or something. So I figured, what the heck, worth a try. And seriously for weeks I craved, and obsessed. I gave in probobly once a week for a few weeks, but it started to get easier, and now even a few more weeks after that, I still think about it sometimes, but I have the power not to go anymore.

It's hard because my boyfried is a F. food junky, but every time I don't go with him, I feel a little better about myself. I like that I had to work through my problem, but I could almost say I envy you for not being around it at all! But, yes, long story short, there is someone else out there ( far away in MI ) that went through withdrawls too. I'm really happy for you that you have lost some weight. I will be looking for your post when you get your scale ! Good luck, and keep up the good work ok? O.K.

Lindy yes its so hard to quit...but I know it will be worth it in the end!

Also I think my other MAJOR problem is I do not eat enough. I know there is this sterotype that O you know because you are fat you must go home and eat 5 cakes a day. I have so many skinny friends that eat twice what I do. ( but thats a whole other topic lol ) But since I am trying to learn how to change my lifestyle...its really hard to come to terms that there are so many times I am actually putting my body in starvation mode. But I have been so bad about skipping breakfast and lunch....so then by the time I eat dinner I just pig out. But it really is hard at 330 to think I could put my body in starvation mode. So, do you guys think its good to eat a bunch of small meals? or 3 meals? I also have thyroid problems...and it was suggested to eat a bunch of small meals a day. Just trying to learn all I can...I hope you guys had a good day! Once again you guys are great and an awesome inspiration!

michelle

I was only eating 2 meals a day. Now I'm eating 6 meals a day.

B: Oatmeal

S: Blackberries

L: Lean Cuisine Lasangna, can of asparagus

S: Carrots

D: Tuna/Crackers (only because I got lazy tonight and didn't cook a meal)

S: Yogurt or v8 juice, I haven't decided...maybe both..heheh.

Each day I might get more or less food, but I try to stick to my time frames to get used to eating more often.

BTW, I find that eating more often means I don't have time to get hungry and I don't crave non healthy food as much (I didn't say never). You are talking to the previous person who could eat an entire bag of chocolate in one night! BTW, those creamsavers hard candy (carmel and chocolate) really hit the spot.

Fast food is the enemy. That is just it. It is murder if you live off of them. I know. I had gotten away from them a long long time about two years ago, and as long as I didn't eat there everyday, I could lose weight.

I was on a two year weight loss from 257 and got all the way down to 178. It took me two years and I blew it.

I am an emotional eater and where I was working everything changed on me for the worse. I had end up in the hospital over gallbladder surgery, off for a week, came back to work on restrictions which they came back and deny, changed my shift, I knew my butt was on the way out the door and I tell you, I was on an emotional slide big time. I not only through my "Change of life" right out the door, I had broken all rules with in myself. I went back living a taco bell and when I felt force to resign from my job, I had gone on a deep chocolate ride. I couldn't stand it, I was upset, cried, had no way to stay on the job that I had liked so much until the pressure went up, and I just craved chocolate, ice cream, candy, donuts, cake, little debbies, taco bell at its worse. I flat out stopped exercising. And I just about gain a little over half my weight back. But before I did I stopped at 238...

I'm back to my "Change of life" again I don't call it a diet; it's a change of life.
I Haven't been to fast food for a month, but I still had to readjust my habit at home, I had realize that when I went and grab the chocolate I wasn't feeling all that good, I could no longer taste it, I was just sticking something down my throat I couldn't taste. I need to stop that. Which I did.

I was pretty happy today that when I went to the store I had walked by the little debbies, the ice cream, the candy and didn't feel any urges of needing them, or wanting to taste them. I was glad to leave them behind and on the shelf.

My change of life consist calorie counting and exercise

But that's the thing, hon... it's our choice whether or not to eat that crap every day. The food isn't our enemy... *we* are our own enemy by choosing to eat foods that are bad for us.

A grocery store is filled with just as many bad choices as, say, a McDonald's is. What we throw into our cart is our choice.

Weight loss boils down to eating fewer calories than your body burns, regardless of what you eat.