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  • leatrisgwi
    leatrisgwi Posts: 13
    Having just started this last week, food is a nightmare. I try not to think about it but I do anyway. I gave all the bread - gluten products to the chickens to eat because I know that the toaster would be calling my name at all hours of the day and night wanting to warm up some bread.

    This is a long hard journey and I agree with many that have posted that if sweets or bad for me food was in front of me I would still eat it. Not going to the store but for stuff that is on my notepad has helped - I am not wandering looking at all the yummy stuff I cannot have but want - rather in and out has actually taken will-power.

    So glad to have found some people that have built a life around food and now are trying to make a break from the eating habits that are so comforting...
  • MsDellyssa
    MsDellyssa Posts: 66 Member
    I'm 47 and hypothyroid. I'm also not hungry. I've been working on eating. Some days are better than others, some not so much. As I write this I've had 928 calories all day (since midnight last night when I find myself able to get more into me). I know I need to eat more and spread the food out more throughout the day. Sadly, as often as I try, I don't do it.

    I've been reading the message boards about those who binge eat and have a deep down core reason why they do this. I'm thinking I too have a deep down core reason why I'm not hungry and I don't think it's all about hypothyroid. I know lots of people in my family who are hypothyroid and they eat. One cousin said she loves food too much and that's why she's fat.

    I am fat too. partially because I'm lazy. I'll admit that right from the start. I also have knee issues. I tore the meniscus last year and had surgery on it 6 months later. I'm working on getting that stronger. As of late walking is very difficult, but I do as much as I can knowing every step gets my knee stronger and me stronger. That is what I want for myself. I have a workout video I use on youtube (see link here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL-3ha1N51FWOHt_G7xKX_Eq_94_NFsVk1 ) geared towards getting me more mobile. I do 30 to 45 minutes a day sometimes an hour if I can get myself talked into it.

    For me, the stronger I get, the better I'm able to drop the weight.
  • persistentsoul
    persistentsoul Posts: 268 Member
    Hello, nice to see more new people joining us. The group founder starts a new daily thread with topic most days but anyone can start daily threads or other topics too. It is extra hard work for those of us with a lot to lose but we will get there if stick at it and support each other. I think that doing practical things like giving the bread to chickens is a great tactic, remove as much unwanted temptation as possible. I also agree working through roots of the emotional side can be very useful.:flowerforyou:

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