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Registered: 03-27-2003
Here again...
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Wed, 05-12-2004 - 1:48pm
Hello All:

I have been here before, but's it has been a long, long while since I've been on. I'm still severly overweight, and still having all the same issues I had before: overeating, weak on the willpower, but I so want to lose. I am so unhappy with myself sometimes I can't stand it, but no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get past that threshold. You know the one: God that tastes so good, how can I not eat it?

Anyway, I am really hoping to stick to at least one thing right now, and that would be the message board. Maybe by daily posts, I can get something moving here.

Hope everyone is well.

Have a great day!

Kerstin
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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Wed, 05-12-2004 - 2:12pm
Hi Kerstin and welcome back!

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Registered: 03-20-2004
In reply to: kcwhat
Wed, 05-12-2004 - 3:39pm
>>God that tastes so good, how can I not eat it? <<

Well, you know what they say about....nothing tastes as good as healthy feels. Just start somewhere, and keep it up....and before you know it, you'll reach your weight goals. Good luck to you.

Forte

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Registered: 05-19-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Wed, 05-12-2004 - 4:29pm
welcome Kerstin =)

you can do this just gotta keep chanting that when you feel as if you can't!

Good Luck with the losing




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Registered: 06-17-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 9:38am
Welcome back Kersten.

I have to throw all the bad food away so I am not even tempted. Then make out a menu including lots of snack so you aren't hungry. I think once you start finding some success it will be easier to avoid temtation. Forte is right. It only tastes good for a few seconds,but you will feel so much better if you avoid it. Now if I could only take that advice myself.

I hope you find your motivation. sharla

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 12:40pm
Thanks so much for all the advice and support. I am just taking things one day at a time now.

Sadly, I am living at home with my parents now (going back to school and I need help with my son), and my mother is also severely overweight, with no plans of changing. So she buys all the bad stuff that I love, and I have no will power with temptation all around me. I try to convince her we need to change, but she does not have the desire right now, and who knows if she'll ever have it.

Either way, it's a daily struggle living there, so one day a time is all I can handle right now. I don't want to look to far into the future and then beat myself up over unrealistic goals.

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Registered: 05-08-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 1:58pm
Maybe you could designate a set of cupboards for your food and your son's food. That way you would ONLY go into those cabinets and not hers. Also, maybe you could do that w/the fridge--especially if she has an extra fridge in the house.

You don't want your son picking up on bad eating habits (altho I dn't know how old he is, sorry!)and separating your food from hers might help.

Just an idea. Good luck and hang in there!

Dawn

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Registered: 05-19-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 4:51pm
i agree,have your own area of good foods for you and your son(best to have them start having good eating habits now) just because your living with your parents doesn't mean that you have to eat what they eat. And who knows maybe once you start losing it will get them motivated to want to do same





Edited 5/13/2004 4:58 pm ET ET by angelinoh

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Registered: 05-13-2004
In reply to: kcwhat
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 7:41pm
Kerstin: Iv'e been there done that. I'm going threw the same thing right now. But I rely on my faith in God to get me through now. I Had Gastric Bypass in January. I'm feeling so much better, and looking forward to losing all of my weight. But you have to remember that you did not gain in over night, and you won't lose it over night. We just need to encourage one another. So good luck. You can do it.

Pow

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: kcwhat
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 11:22am
Hello Pow and welcome to the boards!

Shawna

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