[i76]

Let me say hello...

Over the years I have always been chubby, although in my 20s I became more sporty (10ks, biking, gym) but my diet wasn't great. So when I look at pics of me I realise I was carrying a lot of weight. Pah! I tried different things and my weight was a bit up and down.

So I hit rock bottom in august and got a personal trainer who introduced me to weight training and the idea of reducing carbs .Big success, taking my weight to a low 130p and control over my previous carb sugar driven roller coaster of emotional eating.

Soooo....since July I have allowed bad habits to creep back in and also carbs creeping up to. I know I didn't apprecaite my success and there is a part of me that didn't believe I could ever be "thin" and didn't deserve it. So I think I may have been sub consciously sabotaging my fantastic efforts.

Well, thats it.... I have decided to go for it again. This time for keeps. I am going to get back to the basics of good nutrition and exercise that got me there the first time round. I reckon I am about 150p at the moment. I am also going to wrestle the binge eating demon within. No more crazed trips to the supermarket for loads of nasty sugar ridden "treats".

I am sick and tired of letting food control. I want to feel and look fantastic and I am not going to wait any longer to do this. I can't wait to run a 10k when I am at my target weight. I will be flying!!

I hope you get what I am trying to say.....if I can do it, then so can you.

[Onederchic]

Hi and welcome to 3FC.

Good luck with your goals.

Hugs
Michelle

[DhaniCauldwell]

Welcome and good luck!

Dhani

[islandchick1]

Hi! & to 3FC

[JanetJ]

Well done for getting back on track!

It took me years to finally get that if I didn't make a lifetime commitment to this lifestyle, I was never going to change. It takes time, but it works!

There's a couple of books that helped me with the emotional eating. If you're interested, here they are:


1). It's Not About the Food: End Your Obsession with Food and Weight, by Carol Emery Normandi and Laurelee Roark.

2). Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, by Geneen Roth.

Geneen Roth has written many good books on food and emotional eating.

Keep at it!

Cheers!

Janet

[sailyn]

Hello I am new here too! You story sounds very much like mine. I am active and love to run / triathlons, etc. but am starting to slip away from that! I also have a major emotional eating problem that I am trying to control, which puts all of my hard work for nothing. Good luck with your goals!

[i76]

Thanks everyone! I am rockin it at the moment and feel so strong mentally.

Sailyn: I read your intro too. Sounds good, imagine how I am going to fly round that 10k. Its frustrating to think I have to chip away at things again but I am prepared to do it. Have you thought about weight training? Its really opened my eyes up, all those squats, deadlifts etc. Totally changed my body shape. It means I am no longer a cardio slave. Good luck.