Re: I m all talk

[Guest guest]

I feel your pain. I m the same way. Sometimes I think there is no use even

trying anymore, but if I don t try I can t ever suceed. And I firmly,

wholeheartedly beleive I can reach my goals. I just have to throwing stuff at it

till something sticks. I don t go in for diets or plans generally, but I do a

lot of research into healthy fitness and nutrition. When my mind is in the right

place, that is what I look to. It might last a couple days. It might last a

couple of months, but that s however many more days I did something right for me

and my body. Someday it has to click, right?

On Tue Apr 13th, 2010 4:48 PM CDT labillsy wrote:

>Hello Ladies,

>Just wanted to share that I'm all talk. I say I want to do this and that, I do

well a few days, then BAM, back to same old habits and routines. I've been at

this for years and I'm still overweight and miserable. My highs are too high

and the lows too low. I don't know what to do. I'm eating my life away. I

evidently want the food more than the weight loss. I think there is something

wrong with my head. Why would any sane person act this way? I hate the way I

look and feel. I pray about it, cry about it, then go ahead and eat. I could

start my own library with the books I own.(exchange diet/ low carb diet/ carb

addict diet/ south beach/ cabbage soup diet/ weigh down diet/ weight watcher/

low fat diet/ dash diet/ slim fast/ self hynosis diet/ Shrink Yourself written

by a psychiatrist) diet journals, computer food journals, I've belonged to TOPS,

OA, online groups like and Calorie King. I think I'm crazy.

Anyone else ever feel

crazy? Anyone have a solution? I haven't posted for a few days cause I feel

like such a complete failure.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Joy, whatever works is the right way to go! I liked your idea of learning healthy habits.

I want to believe that I can eat intuitively and with mindfulness naturally. I even practiced it for almost a whole year once, being able to maintain my weight but not lose. I hope I can go back to it when I am at a normal weight, but if it eludes me, I will continue to monitor my eating.

I wonder sometimes if those of us who gain lots of weight (as opposed to those who struggle with 50 pounds or less) just have a tendency to eat with a different mindset than those who know when to stop eating without thinking about it. I do well guided by an eating plan, when I know where the boundaries are. In fact, it gives me a sense of the right place to stop eating and not having to give it a great deal of thought and attention.

Just musing. I was thinking about the comment that "eating healthy" is so elusive for me when it comes to when to stop eating. Since I have never really been into junk food (except when bingeing) and my notion of eating healthy seems to lack a boundary.

Does anyone else feel they will "most likely" have to monitor eating in some way when the weight is off, or are you thinking that it will somehow come naturally or that the foods chosen will be the guide? Curious! How do you perceive how it will be at a normal or your best healthy weight?

Ann

From: Joy Rudder

Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:10 PM

100-plus

Subject: Re: I m all talk

I feel your pain. I m the same way. Sometimes I think there is no use even trying anymore, but if I don t try I can t ever suceed. And I firmly, wholeheartedly beleive I can reach my goals. I just have to throwing stuff at it till something sticks. I don t go in for diets or plans generally, but I do a lot of research into healthy fitness and nutrition. When my mind is in the right place, that is what I look to. It might last a couple days. It might last a couple of months, but that s however many more days I did something right for me and my body. Someday it has to click, right?