Diario de hottieinafatbody, 15 ene. 09

Well .. I can certainly sympathize with where you're coming from. I myself love to eat, as well. One thing I've found, though, over the years .. while I can drop 10-20 pounds if I really want to, I'm forcing myself to change my eating habits drastically to attain that goal. Of course, once I've lost the weight, and I think I can reward myself, I start snacking again. The snacking leads to more snacking, which leads to weight gain .. and more snacking because I feel stressed about gaining again .. and before I know it, I'm heavier than I was before. I tend to think that Oprah has the same issues, as does anyone who takes weight that they've had 10-15 years to put on, and try and get rid of it in a handful of months. If you force your body to change drastically, it _will_ rebel. What I'm trying now, is simply recording everything I eat, and every activity I perform. By doing that, I can see if I'm taking in more calories than I'm burning. I'm not going on any drastic diet, just making sure that when I see something I'd like to eat, I only eat one serving (maybe two, if they're small). In that way, I'm not depriving my body of what it wants, but I am controlling how much it gets. When I look at how many calories I'm 'saving' each day, and realize that for every 3500 calories I'm losing a pound of fat, I begin to realize that losing weight isn't that difficult, it just takes a commitment to pay attention to what you eat. If I had eaten a whole pineapple and ham, deep disk pizza (which I'm sure I have, more than once), I would have said to myself, "Dang it .. I shouldn't have done that .. but, now that it's out of my system, I won't do it again for a while (hopefully a LONG while .. or never)". Go easy on yourself .. losing weight should be a cooperative effort between your 'animal brain' (that WANTS to eat) and your 'fore brain' (that wants to diet) .. not an military occupation of your body by either force. :-) One last note .. when you 'cleanse' yourself by fasting for that long, your body goes into 'starvation mode'. Once it does that, it adjusts to a lower caloric intake. That means that once you start eating again, it will use fewer of the calories you take in .. which results in your body storing the rest for "just in case" .. which ends up in weight gain again. So .. be careful with your 'punishment' .. it might have a backlash.  

Hey! Thanks for writing! I know... I was just mad at myself last night. I'm not doing the cleanse, I actually went to the health food store today and got some really 'good for me stuff' and some protein powder and almond milk and vitamins, truth is I love myself but I'm a kid at heart I suppose and obviously a spoiled one at that and patience is not my strong suit.<p> I am going to try to adhere to a pretty low calorie diet (at or just under 900) being hypothyroid I just find it really difficult to lose weight any other way but instead of being mad or upset about it, might as well just try to do the best with what I've got and treat myself respectfully in the process! :) 

I was weighing in everyday but the moment i cheated that first time, i stopped... according to the number at the top of the page that was 6 days ago 6 DAYS AGO, time flies! I could have lost another 5 lbs since then but i am sure i've gained 5 instead (i'm a hearty eater, losing close to 10 lbs a week for a few weeks is not unheard of for me when i do stick to a plan ~ i just find it difficult to actually stick to one but no more excuses and no more self sabotaging.<b>I am learning and what i've learned is to love myself first and foremost for who and how i am at this very moment. 

hey canyonmn is so right, make sure you dont put your body into starvation mode. just start slow, and make little changes at a time, instead of huge ones all at once. You'll get to where you want to be :] time DOES fly, luvy!