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Old March 9th, 2004, 12:53 AM
Chris Braun
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:03:52 -0000, nevje
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hi, im a fat guy and i need help ....


Well, welcome, Nevje. The thing is, losing weight isn't going to work
unless you really decide you want it. Otherwise, what's happening to
you will happen: you will just give in to temptation after a few days.
If you do really want to go for it, participating here will help.
What sort of diet approach are you using? What is happening to make
you go off the diet? Maybe we can help you find some solutions.

Chris (of the female sort)
262/155/ (holding in 152-165 weight class)


thats it though .... i do want it

i start off well, i eat all the right things and sometimes i can go 1
week, other times 3 or 4 weeks but then i seem to lose the will for it -
someone will ask me to go for a meal or somewhere i know i shouldnt go
(food wise) and then thats it, will to stay on track is blown away and
its like impossible to say no to anything .... this is definately a high
addiction to food type of response

and then it takes me a week or several weeks to build up the will again
to stop me doing this .... at which point i hate me.


I think the problem here isn't so much that you eat a meal that's not
on your diet, but that you can't get back to it. I think you need to
allow yourself these occasional splurges without feeling like you've
blown it and giving up. Just decide to splurge and feel good about
yourself anyway because you've been doing great most of the time.
Then just go back to doing great most of the time.

I've lose 100+ pounds by doing great most of the time. I've averaged
around one splurge meal a week during that time, with no guilt. Would
I lose faster without it? Probably a bit, but I wasn't in a hurry.

Chris
262/159/ (holding in 152-165 weight class)