Need encouragement

stars4jc

Hi all. I need some encouragement in this weight loss thing. I need to lose a significan amount (>60 pounds), and I'm struggling to get in a groove. I do fairly well with exercise, usually working out 4-5 days a week. I do the elliptical for about 45 minutes, and I sometimes throw in some walk/jog intervals. Next week I will start doing weights 2 times a week with a friend. The part that is really hard for me is the eating. I just overeat...and I over eat everything. It's emotional...I eat when I'm bored, happy, sad, tired, excited, and food is something I think about often. I love salty/sweet (think popcorn, m&ms or pringles, ice cream). I have started to log my food intake in my fitness pal. While it has been extremely eye opening, I feel like it is incredibly daunting to go from eating mostly junk to eating mostly healthy foods. I can do it for a short while, but I struggle with being consistent over the long term. I am pre-diabetic and I was insulin-dependent diabetic with both of my pregnancies. I feel like the best solution is to stop eating sugar...to me sugar is like I imagine crack is to some people. I crave it, I love it, I hate it, I need it. I have done things before where I don't have any sugar at all for a few weeks, and amazingly, by the end I don't crave sugar at all...I crave the healthy stuff. Now I'm so into this awful pattern of eating crap, that I can barely go a day without sugar. To give myself some extra motivation, I submitted some blog entries to the company I work for, and I will be contributing to a blog over the next year that will follow my journey to wellness. (I don't have a blog, kind of submitted the entries on a whim and now am scared to death). I think it may help to have accountability partners...how would I go about finding some friends on here that might be on a similar journey?

mefit87

Hi there! I can totally relate to you. I'm 25 years old and have 45-50 lbs to lose. I've always struggled with food. Never.. Ever has there been a time in my life where I've been happy with how I looked. I'm not going to lie.. I LOVE food. I think about it 24/7. When I eat breakfast, I think about lunch and when I eat lunch I think about dinner. It's something I can't control. I also eat when I'm happy, when I'm sad and when I'm tired. However, over the last few months I've learned that it's okay to love food as long as you love the right kinds of food. Sugar is pure awsomeness.. lol... but I had to teach my body to ween off of it. Instead of 2 teaspoons in my tea I went to 1 and then I switched to sweetner. Make small changes that way you won't feel like you're missing out on something. This site is amazing. The amount of support you get from people who are going through the same thing as you is extremely helpful. I started on my fitness journey in June. I lost about 18 lbs, but when school started I started eating like crazy. I had no schedule and managed to gain 5lbs. Ugh!!! :S... so here I am AGAIN... trying to get to my goal weight. Just keep at it and you'll do fine. Log in your food and excercise and when you're feeling down or tempted to regress back to your old ways read some of the posts on here. They're truly inspirational. Good Luck and I know you can do it one step at a time. Feel free to add me