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Old March 10th, 2004, 05:11 AM
Perple Gyrl
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Hi Nevje and welcome to the group.

I understand what you are going thru and I used to have the same problem. I
am also emotionally addicted to the wrong types of food and it used to be
easy for me to lose focus. It is all about making a choice, not will power.
You have to choose to eat how you know you should.

For me, it was realizing that I was turning 35, weighing nearly 300 lbs and
being a smoker. I hit that wall where I knew I had to change. If I can do
it, anyone can. I've lost 70+ lbs in 7 months, haven't smoked in 4+ months
and currently exercise 4-5 days a week. A year ago, I would have not
believed that I could do this or be this much healthier.

What I use to motivate myself is realizing how good I am feeling. I WANT
to feel better, I choose to make better choices. I also don't give up if I
have a bad food day. I just get back to it the next day and not make myself
feel bad. It won't be easy at first, but it gets easier.

Best wishes to you and post often..


"nevje" wrote in message

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.