I'm new, but not to the weight loss battle!

Lady Foodaholic

Lady Foodaholic

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Hi everyone. My name is Bridget, and I am a total food addict. :piggy:

I was a chubby kid, a chubby adolescent, and finally a chubby teenager. In high school I got sick of being totally self-conscious all the time. I went from being 5'9" and 200 pounds to 5'9" and 150 pounds in about six months. I was a size 10-12, and I looked great. I didn't think I looked good at the time, because I wanted to be a size zero like my friends, but when I see pictures of myself from then... I WISH I had appreciated that I was healthy and looked good at that time.

I stayed between 150 and 160 throughtout most of college. When I was 21 years old my "first love" and I broke up. I spiraled into a crazy depression where all I did was crawl out of bed occasionally to drive to McDonald's and buy 15-20 cheeseburgers, or to drive to Dunkin Donuts to buy a couple dozen eclairs. I didn't even change my clothes, brush my teeth, or shower on a regular basis for a while there. I gained a lot of weight in a SUPER short period of time.

Once I decided to start "acting" semi-normal again, I started dating. I used dates as a way to go to restaurants and just binge on as much as I could shove down my throat... And I can shove a LOT down my throat.

I started seeing one guy regularly, and we both just ate and ate and ate. The ammount of debt I racked up on credit cards for food is seriously amazing. I quit hanging out with anyone but him. He said I was beautiful, and wasn't fat... Which I wanted to hear/believe. I had quit looking in mirrors and was wearing sweat pants all the time, and by the time I did finally LOOK at myself - I was over 250 pounds.

I got married. I was the fat bride I had never wanted to be. I love my husband, but we're comfortable - and I just kept eating to fill the gaps in my life that I was miserable about. Now I'm here. I'm almost 28 years old, and I'm super close to weighing 340 pounds.

It has to stop somewhere. No one else is going to do it for me.

I hope I can get to know some cool people here, and have an extra support network to turn to when I feel like Ronald McDonald or the Burger King are my only friends.

Thanks for listening, and I'm really happy to be here.
 
good luck, I know you can do this! :) I have found a lot of support in this forum, and I'm sure you will too :)
 
I can see where you see the similarities! My boyfriend is a big guy, and we tend to enjoy food too much, too. It's hard to get him to go on a weight loss plan with me, so that's why I turned to this forum.
I would definitely like to be your friend! Sounds like we both need the motivation! :)
 
Food!!!

The very first thing I've addressed is my tendency to eat large quantities of lard with reckless abandon. Seriously, I'm one of the creepy people who goes through the drive-thru at McDonalds and orders 3 drinks to make it look like all the food is for at least 3 people... When in reality I was driving around the corner and shoving it all down my throat as fast as I could so I could get home on time without my husband suspecting I'd stopped anywhere...

Seriously... It's an addiction.

So what I have been doing (for the past 3 days since I decided to face the scale and get real) is writing down what I eat, sticking to a calorie guideline, and *planning* on getting active. Today I finally got a little active, I went on a walk for 25-30 minutes. It was nothing strenuous, but at least I was moving!!

What is your plan of attack for this battle?? I'm always all ears for new ideas!! :bigear:
 
Omigosh...well...I don't really know! haha. I mean, I need to give up soda. That's a biggie for me. With that, I need to drink TONS more water. Once it stays a reasonable temperature here, then I'll start walking. One day, it's an awesome 70 degrees and sunny, the next day, it's 40 and rainy. Bleh. I also NEVER have the motivation to get out and walk. I always make excuses. "I can't find my walking pants, my daughter is being fussy, there's a cloud in the sky..." yada, yada, yada. The sad part is that once I actually DO walk or exercise, I love it! So, yeah.
The eating thing isn't a HUGE deal for me. I just need the exercise. We don't have a lot of money right now, so fast food isn't an issue. When we DO get fast food, however...oh my. I scarf. It just seems like I never get full. Ever. Do you ever have that problem?
 
imaninjadangit said:
It just seems like I never get full. Ever. Do you ever have that problem?
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Do I EVER!! I was always amazed, even before I really packed on the pounds, that I could eat so much more without feeling full than the people around me! It became a fun challenge to do buffet challenges with guys in college because I was the cute, slender girl who could eat them all under the table!!

I totally understand the dilema. :piggy:
 
I tried something new today. I read on another user's page that she ate egg whites with tomatoes and onions for breakfast, protein shakes, and a lean cuisine at night. I don't have the lean cuisine or shakes, yet, but I did do the eggs. Wow.
Just...
Wow.
They are nasty. I even put a little bit of salt and pepper in them. Ugh. I had a half of a bagel with a super thin layer of strawberry cream cheese with it. If I HAVE to, I'll eat the egg whites...but, oh man. They are TERRIBLE.

Are you trying anything totally new in your diet?
 
Two tips on helping you feel more 'full' - hope they help!

First, have a salad or veggies or something (without tons of oil or salad dressing :( ) about 10 minutes before the rest of your meal. It can help give you time to feel full.

Second, make sure you're getting plenty of protein - leanish, not McDonald's quarter pounders with cheese... (which used to be my favorite) - it helps you feel more full as well. It's hard to not start filling up on lean protein + lots and lots of fibrous veggies.

PS - if you get egg beaters, they're essentially egg whites except they actually have some flavor ;) Another option is to go mostly with egg whites and add one real egg.
 
I did that today. I had one whole egg and one egg white. It made ALL the difference.
I'm also going to start baking chicken breasts once a week, and then eating them for lunch, along with veggies. I can do a salad with chicken, or chicken and broccoli...so many options. I'm also going to start putting red bell pepper into my diet. It has a lot of vitamin C, which I need. I also need more calcium, because osteoporosis scares the bejesus out of me. :leaving:
 
Yeah, they say dairy calcium is the 'most effective' whatever that means - I think maybe it means you'd need a higher amount of calcium from a pill than you would getting it from dairy... But osteoporosis is definitely scary! Make sure you keep up on your Vitamin D (especially if you don't get a lot of sun) as well, it can apparently have a huge impact on absorption of calcium/bone density.
 
Hey just wanted to wish you well on your weight loss journey and I hope you get all the support you need. I think its great you are writing down what you eat as you need to hold yourself accountable for what you put in your mouth. I only have quite a small weight loss goal and it has been about 5 or 6 weeks since i started my journey but I have found once I stared eating decent foods I rarely feel hungry which is great.
Good luck :D
 
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