I'm going to go ahead and start - since we didn't have a thread like this and I just really need to vent right now.

Since my move, I have no social circle now. Slowly I know I will build a new one, but in the meantime, there is only ONE person I know, and that one person constantly wants to eat out. He claims he wants to lose the excessive weight he has, but his actions say otherwise. I'm doing my best to stay on track more often than not, but it seems like one or two meals out completely undermines all my work the rest of the time.

Sometimes, since he keeps going on and on about losing the weight, I end up venting about my hangries or what I can't eat - only to have him pull the classically ignorant cr@p of telling me that it's just silly, and I'm being silly, and why can't I just lose weight by, essentially, wishing it away. Besides, he can eat 3-4x what I am, he just needs to get off the couch and his weight will disappear (according to him anyways).

Where I used to live I had some friends who were also working to improve, some needed to gain weight/muscle, some to lose, but it was a mindful, educated group - along with my workout buddy. While we're still FB friends, it's not the same as having someone who will make a healthier restaurant choice with you vs someone who only wants to eat the worst possible food they can find because "it's delicious."

And my own weakness doesn't help - I really struggle with going someplace with burgers, fries, and fried things and eating a #8$ salad. If I'm paying for food out, I really don't want a boring salad, and I know the "good" salads are often just as bad for you as the regular menu items! I can do veggies with my burger instead of fries, but this still ends up undermining my diet unless it is only very rare occasions - and since this is the ONLY social thing I currently have, it's not just "rare" occasions, but instead weekly, if not multiple times a week.

Just overall frustrated, work's been busy-frustrating too, so felt the need to vent!

I'm in the north Dallas area, working in Irving. Moved from CA with my job (besides the fact that I was simply priced out of CA).

jeri30 wrote: »

HoneyBadger155 wrote: »

I'm in the north Dallas area, working in Irving. Moved from CA with my job (besides the fact that I was simply priced out of CA).

Welcome to Texas! I'm in Texas too. Hope you're liking it here. It's hard resisting all the barbecue.

Thanks LOL! Doesn't help that the ONE person I know here LOVES BBQ and TexMex and in general rich-rich foods. While delicious they do my weight NO favors since I seldom eat just a single (actual) serving.

Settling in, trying to get involved in a few other things like maybe a martial art and trying to find some horses to ride since that's what I grew up doing and did throughout all of my college years (and for some time after as well)....figure those will help get me moving a bit more.