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Life is hard but I'm finally starting to see the happier side of things. I just joined today (nov 27th) to truly deal with my weight. I've only lost 23lbs in the last 6 months and know that I need to struggle harder. I really need to do this for myself because if I don't my life will be over, I hope I can do it with a bit of your support. My biggest issue is eating less of the bad and more of the good ... veggies rule ! LOL
 
Hiya, firstly it slightly concerned me that you say your lifes over if you dont do it. If say that, if u do mess up, youl get really down. But you can do this! Welcome to the forum, and well done on the 23lbs.
 
23 lbs in 6 months is great - no only's about it... congratulate yourself for doing that.. keep dooing what you are doing it's 50 lbs in a year... :D
 
congratulations on your success so far...23 pounds in 6 months is awesome! Keep it up and stay positive and keep us posted :D
 
Thanks everyone :) I feel great so far but I am having the biggest problem, my feoncee is really sweet and says he will support me no matter what but I find that he really won't. We were out to dinner last night and you can barely get much in Olive Guardan without pasta, so i took this new Mediterranean shrimp they had. I really just had a lot of salad first and ate my shrimp, took a few fork fulls of pasta ( it was in this light sauce ) The thing was that I sat there watching him eat 3 bread sticks and finish off an ENTIRE plate of fettuccine alfrado. I don't want to limit him, he's not fat, but it just seems like a bit of a slap in the face after he says he wants to support me. *sigh* I'm just all over the place and probably reading too much into it. Quick heads up ... this is how everyone who isn't overweight supports everyone who is in my family. So I'm a bit stressed at the moment and don't know if I'm being irrational or if its ok to feel this way.
 
A small bit of advice: If you concern yourself with what other people eat you will drive yourself crazy. Seriously, worry about what you eat and the heck with everyone else.

Another bit of advice: Find the support you need in yourself---if you find the strength within you will not need to rely on the support of others.

Keep up the good work.
 
Wow, 23 lbs is really good! Try not to get too stressed out. The thing about weight loss is usually you have to lose the weight in a slow but steady manner in order to keep it off, so 23 lbs in 6 months is deinately satisfactory! About what other people eating bothering you.... Well, my mom always told me "When you gain weight you gain it together, when you lose weight you lose it alone." This is because everybody gets motivated at different times and can't be forced into it. I don't think he's trying to sabotage you. My husband still eats just as much as he used to (which is quite a bit, even though he's skinny). But it hasn't even occured to me to be bothered by it. I guess just try to keep your eyes on your own plate and when you're looking all sexy and delicious maybe he'll start trying to change his lifestyle too!
 
Today was like any typical day, I had breakfast and went to the gym ... a bit under 2 hours. I drove home just fine but when I got home and sat down I literally melted. I felt so awful so I had a sip of water and checked my blood sugar .... it was so LOW I was surprised I didn't pass out 0_0 it was really scary so I had to eat my sweeties peace of candy. My sugar is about 130 right now so its ok but it was really strange to have it drop THAT low.
 
Life just plane sucks, I always get really hungry at night and I'm starting to hate it, cause I get really agrivated. Any suggestions??
 
I don't eat after 7 pm but if I feel hungry I drink tomatoe juice ( V8 juice ). It usually tides me over.
 
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I totally get what you're saying about eating in the middle of the night. I get HUNGRY and can't sleep. But I've told myself that if I'm hungry then I must need to eat something. But my portions are getting better and I know I will get some satisfaction if I try to keep it to 200 calories. I had about 3 Tablespoons of p.b. and half a cup of granola last night at about 3 a.m.

Then again I had two walks yesterday.

I think the most important thing is simply to acknowlege it and that seems to take the power out of it. I include it in my fitday tally and that helps me feel in control. If we weren't hungry we wouldn't do it when we're trying so hard the rest of the time.

When it was bad in the past I put tape up across the kitchen to remind myself. It used to be a compulsion for me, to eat when I'd get up to pee. At least now its only because I'm hungry now and then in the night.
 
I've been doing better about eating at night ... ether tomato juice or very very light snack like a cucumber or a banana. once i had to get a whole wheat peace of bread but I let myself slide on that since my sugar level was extremely LOW

to be honest I've been so busy I have no time to care about food. unfortunately the STRESS isn't helping keeping the weight and sugar level down :(
 
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