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Welcome :flowerforyou: You can do this get rid of the coke a little at a time. Coke is not your friend You have to set your mind to it. Sounds like you want to get healthy so you can do this :drinker: A lot of great posts that have helped me. Just read them and you will get a lot of great idea's. Were all here to support each other :bigsmile: So good luck on your weight loss journey. :drinker: :drinker:

Hi there. You sound like I felt for far too long.
I've tried every diet, pill or exercise program and with great temporary effects. When I stopped whatever program I was doing, the weight came back along with a few extras. Want to talk about hating yourself? I was the master.
I had heard many times over the years that you have to change the way you feel about food, the way you feel about exercise, the way you feel about yourself in order to have real change. Excellent. Sign me up. How do I do that? Not one person could tell me and it got to the point to when I would hear 'you have to change inside for lasting change' I would want to vomit because not one person could tell me exactly how I to do this.
Fast forward a couple of years. Still not happy with my appearance. Still have my favorite forbidden foods. Still not exercising. Then I picked up a book called Awaken the Giant Within. I've read self help books over the years, but rarely finished any as I wasn't intrigued enough to keep reading.
Well, let me tell you what. It's like the author is talking to me. Not only that, but there are specific exercises in there for changes patterns that we don't like. FINALLY! Someone could tell me in step by step instructions how to change negative things I desparately want to change! I dove into the steps and really dug deep inside to answer the questions posed. I took notes and highlighted areas I found especially relevant. I re-read passages, really absorbing what I was learning.
The initial exercise was to write down four things you want to change about yourself. Well, I only started with my weight as this was the biggest challenge I've consistently battled my whole life. The next day I found my appetite was turned off. Within the next few days I found myself not even thinking about having a snack. Not thinking about having ____ (insert favorite food here). I remember thinking it was like I all of a sudden had a thin persons mind-set regarding food. I only ate when hungry.
After ten days I stepped on a scale thinking I had probably lost a couple pounds but believing I wouldn't be bummed out if I hadn't as I knew for a fact I was finally on the right path. I LOST TEN POUNDS IN TEN DAYS without even trying. I wasn't exercising like a demon or avoiding anything in particular. I had what I wanted when I was hungry and stopped eating when I wasn't hungry anymore.
It's coming up on twenty days and again, it's like I have a completely different perspective on food.
The book may not work for everyone, but if you are sick to death of where you are and want to change enough and truly commit yourself to answering the questions honestly, I can't help but believe it will work.

Trust me coke is not the only reason I'm fat. There are a lot of other things but for some reason thinking about giving up coke or regular soda in general makes me flee from any soprt of weight loss program.

You are talking to a former Coke addict! Look at it this way: If you change NOTHING but give up just one Coke a day, you give up enough calories to drop over 14 pounds a year. It is totally worth it!

Best wishes! :flowerforyou:

Hello and welcome to MFP. I just know you will love this site if you don't already, I love it here. It is so motivational, supportive, helpful, and everyone here is so nice, and friendly. I just wanted to tell you good luck on your weight loss journey. You can do this. :flowerforyou: