Hello. Is there anyone else out there who has a problem with

jayney25

Hi there, sorry for late response. I used to go to drive through a lot too (I'd buy a happy meal "for my son" but he was only 6 months old, didn't have any teeth and wasn't eating mcdonalds for goodness sake!). I am the best excuse maker there is. But I just started keeping healthier snacks in my glovebox of the car. I've got some of those 9 bars (lots of seeds in them) and protein bars (with chocolate on them) which take ages to munch through. They're kind of like a meal in themselves. But it's also illegal to eat while driving here so that stops me eating burgers while driving (which I used to do all the time and not even enjoy them as much as if I was sitting down in a restaurant).

You could try that (keeping something in your glovebox that takes ages to eat).
All the best and just do drive by's now...not drive thru's ok?

lloydrt

jayney, you need to meet 3 criteria, I think, maybe check, but you have to be 100 lbs over weight and have a few more complications, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high tri glicerides, bad HDL, and LDL, and hypertension

55 lbs isnt a whole lot.............Try the Ghiradelli 70 percent Cocoa...........its only 5 calories per drop, so 2 oz is like 125 calories.......and in moderation, helps lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol..........Good Luck ,Lloyd

jayney25

Thanks for that. Wouldn't it be so easy if we all over ate stuff like vegetables and salads? But we always go for the processed stuff because it tastes to damn good. I stopped drinking fizzy drinks ages ago and found that once I'd stopped completely, I didn't crave them anymore. Hopefully it'll work with chocolate too. Thanks for your support.

jayney25

Thanks Lloyd, I've not heard of that but will try & look it up. I'm in the UK so it might not be available here yet....
Thanks for your support!

jayney25

Thanks very very much, fantastic advice. Much appreciated.

markja

Jayney:

Ya gotta lay off the chocolate. OK, everyone including the medi-pros say the same thing. But how do you go about doing it?

Let me ask a question; what are you really after? I think that eating that much chocolate is a substitute (which is not working) for something. So, what do you want that you cannot get and that eating chocolate temporarily satisfies?

I have the same sort of issue. The only difference is that with me, I wanted a manly-man diet made up primarily of steak, beans and potatoes and apple pie. If a little is good a lot is a whole lot better. So, that, in a nutshell, is how I got to be 100lbs overweight.

What did I really want? an image of masculinity. I didn’t see myself as a man, I saw a fat guy so I ate manly meals and I just got fatter. It’s been going on all my life.

What is different for me this time on this MFP diet plan?

1. I'm logging everything,
2. I'm praying to the Almighty for help
3. I'm being open and transparent with my friends
4. I'm being open and transparent to the folks on this site.

I honestly believe that an overweight person can have all the weight loss surgeries in the world and it will not make a bit of difference until he or she answers the question, “What am I seeking?”

I know a man who had most of his stomach surgically removed to lose weight but, if he does not get what he is after, he will not find peace. He even told me that he gained a bunch of weight back after the surgery!

We all need help to get at the root of our food addiction problem. Whether its abuse or feeling unloved or feeling worthless and unlovable; having a bad self-image or, whatever it is, until we get at the underlying problem, we won't find what we seek.