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Kyoropaladin

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Hello everyone. I'll let you know without preamble that I am here in an attempt to lose weight (duh). Well, I have several activities that I do that keep my weight steady, but I have a habit of laziness and horrible eating that offsets them quite well. I'm hoping for the support I need to shed these unneeded pounds, and since I'm a firm believer in helping others before yourself, this is where I came to do that. I'll let you all now my own goals and the like when I get more acquainted. Thanks and good luck to us all.
 
Hello there,

I'm new to the forum myself. I've also got some of those wonderful bad habits that you've mentioned. I'm starting to realize that having a good support system is very important to achieve your goals. What are some of your triggers?
 
Ramzey said:
Hello there,

I'm new to the forum myself. I've also got some of those wonderful bad habits that you've mentioned. I'm starting to realize that having a good support system is very important to achieve your goals. What are some of your triggers?
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Triggers?

You're right about the support system. I've managed to coerce my friends into helping me a time or two, and they gained (or lost, rather) from it, but they always drop out in the end. It's not easy going it alone.
 
Kyoropaladin said:
Triggers?

You're right about the support system. I've managed to coerce my friends into helping me a time or two, and they gained (or lost, rather) from it, but they always drop out in the end. It's not easy going it alone.
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What I mean by triggers is things that encourage your bad eating habits. Here's an example. I'm an emotional eater. A trigger of mine would be feeling depressed. When I'm depressed, I usually go after some of those "feel good" foods of mine so I can feel better.

Another example (another one of MY triggers) is eating with a group of people. I usually eat until I'm past the point where I'm no longer hungry. If someone orders a pizza with an entire cow on it, and I know that I shouldn't eat it, I find it twice as difficult to say no because I don't like saying no to people.

You're absolutely right about going it alone. I don't want to bring anybody in to this that doesn't want to be a part of it anymore. I just don't want to disappoint anyone else when I don't succeed or when I start back with my bad habits. It's hard enough when you disappoint yourself. I joined this forum because I want to be with like-minded people who have a common goal. I hope we both get out of this what we want.
 
I figured that's what you meant. I tried not to think about them much. It's true for me as well that I'll eat when I'm depressed, but more often than not it's just because I'm bored, which I still don't get.

Yeah, much harder to break a promise to someone else than to break one to yourself, as they say. It's the truth for me, that's for sure. I'm sure we'll do alright in this environment. :)
 
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