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Timber99

Timber99

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I have eaten breakfast, snack (which I normally do not eat in the mornings) and lunch and I am still grabbing anything that I can find. MY GOD!!!!!!!!! I even drank tons of water hoping it would suppress my hunger. ...Halloween killed me this year :(
 
I'm PMSing right now, so you'd be sickened to know how much (and what :() I've eaten in the last 3 days. But it only lasts 2 or 3 days a month, so I usually let it go.

Just as a side note, green tea or decaf coffee hinders my appetite sometimes (not always). Worth a shot if you have any around. A nice, easy walk does, too.

Good luck! It's ok if it's only a day!! :D :D Feel free to come here and let us know every time you're thinking of giving in to something evil!

Sara
 
Don't feel bad. I am right there with you. I have been eating Tootsie Rolls w/every meal since Halloween night. Have you been more active recently? If so, maybe you just need to increase your calories a bit?
 
I'm having an awful time of it too, Christine.

I'm trying to figure out what's doing it. I've decided that I'm anxious about work, so I don't have much of an appetite and can't get much pleasure from food, so I keep eating more hoping to get some pleasure. That's my working hypothesis for the moment.

-Nancy
 
Try eating an energy-dense (i.e. high fiber/high water content) snack first and then add a little protein, e.g. 2-3 egg whites or 1-3 T hummus. See if it helps curb the cravings. Maybe you are hungry, though???

So make a deal with yourself: try the high fiber option first with protein and see if it works.

I go through phases where all I crave is boxes of cereal, carbs galore and struggle to get through these periods and stick to my goals.

Sometimes too much cardio and heavy weights leaves me feeling starving and I have to work to find a balance between eating enough carbs and sticking to whole grains, but not overeating.

For me, it really works to try the heavy-veggie and a little protein option first to test the waters and see if I am struggling with a mental/sugar craving thing or if I really need to re-evaluate my calories and maybe up the whole-grain carbs or add some fruit to support exercise I am doing. It's a constant struggle for me....

-Barb :)
 
Well, I do go through phases and it is "that time of the month" but this is horrible! Plus there is stress at work AND home right now. I know, anything else? :)

I am adding a bit of cardio to my workout tonight and ELIMINATING the treats for a few days. I just need to "reset," I guess.
 
I can't stop, either. I've so far today eaten a tuna burger for breakfast, with pumpkin seeds alongside, a mini twix, mini snickers, mini pack of M&Ms, for lunch, frozen green beans/mushrooms/edamame mix, with 2 baked eggs, cheez its, and more chocolate. That is so unbelievably disgusting. I've also had no plain water all day. :-(

I am off to do Imax 2 right now and I hope I can make it through. After that, I'm thinking I should register again for Weight Watchers and do the online journal thing for a few months. I'm really unhappy about that, since I lost 45 pounds more than 3 years ago, but this 2nd year of law school is sending me in the wrong direction and I want to stop it. x(
 
I hate when I get like that, it seems like I go through an eating binge every couple of months and I always feel terrible after when my pants don't fit. It is so hard to get back on track.
 
I confess,,, I am in that over eating mode too, everything started the day I went to the freagging bride shower, it's been 3 weeks, and I still keep going and going, I definetily gained some weight, my pants are tight to the point of disconfort, but since cold is here I can manage hiding my deffects with big jackets!!! and elastic pants, how long it is going to last???? who knows? I am going with the flow, I havent running, I only do Step with Cathe and weights, but I cant skip, I keep it low intensity, I avoid jumping, around the step, it is sad but I am not going to beat me up, I know hormones, the sugar I have been eating and all the things that probably is going on in my organs causes my swing moods, the empty nest syndrome, the cold weather, gosh I feel so old hahahaha, maybe its time for some changes in my life, I am listening to myself, trying not to respond to the craves of overeating, eating is so good, but afterwards I am miserable, the Mr. Guilty sits by me, and not only that, the disconfort, breathing so deep due to the chocolates I avoided for so long, I go to this pizza place where you can ask Jumbo size slice, God they are not helping either .... hhahaha, they are darn good. my advice ... just breath, so much to deal with, meanwhile do not,,,,, you hear me... do not stop excercising and doing weights, all will come up fine, ,,,, after the Holidays,,,,, b/c they are so near, who can diet?... I am watching the food network every day, I love to watch Good Eats, this corky guy is hillarious, and the new shows, like Quick Meals, is a new one at 5 pm... I will stop this typing cause I feel like a snack, ta ta for now.
Norma

http://www.geocities.com/norma123nyc/Mygreatjourney.html

http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/df/success/chavez.html
 
Gosh. I was going to post something similar to your post! I have gained ***10*** pounds since the July road trip! Aarrggghhh! Wouldn't you know that I started to gain them in late August when I went to Italy. I have been eating all the wrong foods ever since (well, with a couple of exceptions). I need help in getting motivated to eat clean again! Each time I try I'm always sooo hungry or too tired to cook. So, I instead eat something quick and full of those sugary simple carbs!

I know how to eat clean. In fact, that's how I lost those last 20 pounds! It's just a lack of motivation on my part.
 
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS
Today I learned something new, while listening to a nutritionist.... the diets that cut carbs (complex carbohydrates), fats or proteins are inbalance diets,,,, sooooo..... our bodies that are wise because that is nature, are looking for balance when we cut one of these nutrients I've just mentioned, making us go back like hungry lions to the nutrients we denied the most for a while, when we see an overweight person we think they need to cut on fat intake, but in reality we dont know what make them fat? too much sugar too much protein or carbs, or too much of all three!!!! we need to eat all these nutrients in MO DE RA TION, good fats, we all know what they are, lean protein, and complex carbs, lets not cut any of these and celebrate the fact that our bodies are wise and is looking for balance, so those cravigs are not us being powerless is our wise body saying: hello?!!! I need this nutrient you haven't gave me in a long time.... the nutrionist also says: that the studies are not enough to find out the goodness of good fat, there is more to it, and technology is tyring to find out, remember that fat works with hormones, digestion, and tissues, lets not deprive them from it, lets just give our body the right ones, and in moderation, did I say that alredy..... I HOPE I BRING SOME INFO TO MY CATHETIEES FRIENDS AND PARTNERS IN THIS JOURNEY CALL FITNESS and apply them in our lifes, I am going to try really hard, but BOY! IT WAS GOOD TO KNOW MY BODY IS DOING JUST FINE, they deserve a medal for the wisdom.... they keyword is BALANCE!
 
This is sooo true! When I mentioned eat too many sugary simple carbs. I meant exactly this: sugar, sugar, sugar in the forms of ice cream, candy, cake, chocolate, and alcohol. I need to replace these with the complex carbs such as sweet potato and sprouted grain breads. Well, at least I am still including flax seed oil into my diet during my 3 month binge...
 
I just had an interesting thought. A few people have mentioned a weight gain since a major event, such as a bridal shower or the road trip. I know I was very careful about what I ate for my stepson's wedding in September, and have sort of been on a rampage ever since. I wonder if we don't deny ourselves a little too much and then rebel against it. Just a thought, but it rings true for me.
 
>I just had an interesting thought. A few people have
>mentioned a weight gain since a major event, such as a bridal
>shower or the road trip. I know I was very careful about what
>I ate for my stepson's wedding in September, and have sort of
>been on a rampage ever since. I wonder if we don't deny
>ourselves a little too much and then rebel against it. Just a
>thought, but it rings true for me.

You hit the nail right on the head! I was really strict with my eating prior to the road trip. In fact, I didn't even splurge on my birthday (no cake, no ice cream, no eating out). Then, I started eating poorly on the plane ride home. I got back on track for a few weeks until Italy. After that, I've been too stressed at work to even think of eating well. We need to eat well 6 days a week and then eat whatever we want on the 7th day. The problem is that the 7th day has been extended by several weeks! x(
 
Lorrayne, and the bridal shower that was on October 15 is still going on, but, knowing this about our wise bodies seeking for balance, makes me think how NOT in tune we are with it, I just think I am going to overcome this, my mind is ready, my reasoning, but my system is not, is sooooo afraid to be depleted of such nutrients, its holding unto it, and overloading in case another depletion.... hahahaha, I am so happy my body has a mind of its own, nevertheless I am going to work with it, no more NO THIS OR THAT, just BALANCE, wish me luck!!!!

Norma

http://www.geocities.com/norma123nyc/Mygreatjourney.html

http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/df/success/chavez.html
 
Hey Christine, remember, it's just a small bump in the road! :D I know halloween has been tough on everyone! But listen to this...and it might actually help you cause it definately helped me. Okay, so for 4 months, I'm not kidding, I ate very restrictively, nothing much whole wheat bread, chicken/tuna, occasional fruit and veggies. I deprived myself of anything sweet or that wasn't 'good' (I use that term loosly). So...I started to binge on massive amounts of peanut butter sandwiches cause that was the sweetest thing I had in my house.
So I decided, which I did, to have one day where I eat whatever I want and however much of it I wanted. I was able to get my fix of everything and now I'm starting fresh. But!:eek: I know now that I can't deprive myself of a treat every now and again because it causes me to 'fall off the wagon' much more easy. Thought this might help. I know it sounds like a bad idea, but it helped me readjust my eating habits after I got my cravings reliquished.:D :7 :)
 
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