In need of some support

Keep your chin up....my trick for when I need (want) pizza....just found this recipe. I modify it sometimes based on what I have for calories, etc for the day, add more veggies, maybe some turkey sausage, but gives me what I need and keeps the calories down. Keep going you can do it!

Gourmet Hula Pizza
Serves 1

• 1 low fat whole wheat flour tortilla (8” diameter)
• 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
• 3 tbsp goat cheese crumbles
• 3 tbsp drained canned diced pineapple
• 1 ½ tsp finely chopped cilantro



Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Place tortilla on nonstick baking sheet. Bake 2 to 4 minutes per side or until crisp. (If air bubbles form whole baking, poke them with a fork, then use spatula or oven mitt to carfully press air out)
3. Remove tortilla from oven and tip evenly with sauce, cheese, pineapple, and cilantro. Bake 2 to 4 minutes longer, or until cheese is completely melted. Slice into sedges and serve.


Calories 217
Total Fat (g) 7
Sat. Fat (g) 3
Carbs (g) 35
Fiber (g) 2
Protein (g) 7
Sodium (mg) 484
Cholesterol (mg) 10

I recommend that you ease up on yourself. I manage to eat pizza and fit it into my calories ... I am making a change I can live with for the rest of my life and I definitely CAN'T live without pizza. Stop worrying about anyone around you ... this is about you -- doing what is right and best for you. It is easy to judge the surface of other peoples lives but the truth is usually something quite different -- some of those thin women may be purging when you don't see it, or working out for hours each week. I would be happy to be your friend...you would be surprised at what I eat ... but I am slowly losing.

The worst part is with my co-workers. All of them are a lot smaller than me and day in and

day out I see them eat all this crap (mcdonalds, chips, munchkin, cup a noodle) thingsi used to eat - I haven't had pizza in like 3 months I'm sure-and I want to cry because it seems so easy for them like they could eat whatever the hell they want and not gain weight and I don't know how. Cause I have to sit here; depriving myself constantly because I'm terrified of going over my calories. I have to try so hard to lose even half a pound and I just want too cry. People tell me that these girls might look niced on the outside but on the inside they could be really unhealthy or it'll hit them later in life, but I honestly can't bring myself to believe that. Sigh.

They are quite possibly much more unhealthy than they look from the outside. My question is ... why are you totally depriving yourself 100% from foods you love? If you want a slice of pizza, have one. Just do it in moderation and add an extra walk that day ... or the next day. The was the BIGGEST thing I had to combat myself. If I cut out something I liked completely, I'd just sit an obsess over not being able to have it, resenting those that were eating it ... and nothing else I ate tasted good b/c it wasn't that "one" thing I wanted.

I learned if I allow myself to endulge in a little bit of the things I love in moderation, then the other foods taste great too, I know that I can have a treat and eat what everyone else is eating ... now and then ... and I am MUCH healthier than those who are eating that stuff constantly and I don't resent anyone eating my favorite food b/c I'm not depriving myself of them completely. Might be something to consider/try??? Good luck ... don't let those co-workers get you down. It's all about you!

Hi...! I just read your message, and i wanted to answer to you... As you can imagine i have problem with my weight too so i can totally understand how you feel... it is difficult for all of us, to lose all that weight, And it is unfair, indeed, watching other ppl leaving "normal lifes" eating what they want, not worrying about what they are going to wear. But the truth is, no one can do it for us, if we cant. If we dont lose that weight, we will never have the life we want, we will never be able to wear all that beautiful clothes. This is the only thing we have to remind to ourselves: if we give up, noone will fix it for us. We have to do it..You have to do it, no matter how difficult it seems. There are people that have made it through, and so we will.. But you have to remind to yourself, that you have to do it, you want to do it, and it will make you happier. Moreover, you say, these people are lucky, but you never know, what other problems they may have in their lifes. I know, handling with your weight is very difficult, but just because sb is thin, doesnt make them luckier than us, on the whole. Keep up the good work, and it shall be great

I'm currently in that part of my journey that I like to call the "in between". I've lost a little weight, and it's kind of noticable, but not noticable enough that someone will say that I really look different. My clothing is looser on me, where it doesn't really look good, but it's not big enough to the point where it's unwearable or where I've dropped a dress size. I guess I can say that I'm steadily loosing weight, but when I look in the mirror, I still can't tell just where. It's really depressing and disheartening, especially when I go into a store like: "The Avenue" where I want to buy a pair of pretty tights and they only have them available in the larger size or seeing people that are 10 times smaller than me trying on all this stuff that I like, over and over. It's like torture. The worst part is with my co-workers. All of them are a lot smaller than me and day in and

day out I see them eat all this crap (mcdonalds, chips, munchkin, cup a noodle) thingsi used to eat - I haven't had pizza in like 3 months I'm sure-and I want to cry because it seems so easy for them like they could eat whatever the hell they want and not gain weight and I don't know how. Cause I have to sit here; depriving myself constantly because I'm terrified of going over my calories. I have to try so hard to lose even half a pound and I just want too cry. People tell me that these girls might look niced on the outside but on the inside they could be really unhealthy or it'll hit them later in life, but I honestly can't bring myself to believe that. Sigh.

What you're trying to do is to completely change your life, improve your health, and live longer & better. That is not an easy undertaking! It takes courage, conviction, and strength. You've already shown that you possess these qualities by getting started and sticking with it so far. You’re through the hardest part: you made the decision to improve your health and then you did something about it - you broke free from the inertia that rules most of our lives.

Don’t look at what other people are doing or eating, look at yourself. This isn’t about them – it is 100% about YOU. Feel proud when you make responsible, sustainable choices, and when you slip up, just brush it off and try again tomorrow! Your body is an incredible machine that carries on millions of processes every second without you even having to think about it; it breaks down food in the most efficient manner possible to provide you with energy, moves oxygen and nutrients to areas that need it so that they can function, and allows you to move, speak, and think. Your body is amazing and there isn’t anything wrong with it. What you are doing is making a conscious effort to take care of your awesome body so that it can perform at its best and keep doing so for many years to come - that is something to be truly proud of.

It may be impossible to completely squash the voice of self-doubt, but you’ve got to try. When you start criticizing yourself, stop, take a deep breath, and instead list all of the things you love about yourself. When you start judging other people for their weight or eating habits, stop yourself, and try to remember that they are the ones in charge of their bodies, and you are the one in charge of your body. Negativity multiplies - but so does positivity!

Try to think of eating right and exercising as something you’re doing for yourself because you are amazing, not because you want to fit into that dress or impress that dude/lady. And, for the love of god, eat a piece of pizza! Not every day, and not an entire pie, but allow yourself to have a slice every so often – you’ve earned it.

Feel free to add me for some extra support. Don't get discouraged, just keep on with your rockin self and show everyone what you got in you and just know that it does take time but you are doing it. Just think how much better you feel and as far as your co-workers just stay strong and allow yourself one day to be a little bad because it will help you out in the long run. I really hope things work out for you and this site has been a fantastic motivator and I have found soooo many great friends through here. You can do this, just be patient and record all the little milestones that you accomplish because they matter :-) Good luck!