If you're awesome, we should be friends.

My biggest issue is eating. I LOVE eating. I call myself a garbage disposal because I will pretty much eat anything that passes me by. I am looking to change this. I have a serious addiction to sweets, mainly chocolate, but anything with sugar I'm a sucker for. No pun intended. ;-) I also adore chips, cheese & crackers, bread... If it's high in carbs, sugar, or fat, I love it. Do any of you ladies have any special tricks for getting through the first week? Once I get started (past 7 days or so) I stop craving the junky stuff, but it's those first few days that KILL me! I'm so irritable and my poor husband gets the brunt of my mood swings. Any feedback would be fantastic! You are ALL awesome!!!

The only thing I can do (I'm the same as you--I enjoy me some food!) is just not buy it. And yell at my husband when he brings home two bags of Harvest Cheddar Sunchips for me ("But they're your favourite!" "Yes, that's why I can eat a bag in one sitting!"). If it's not in my house, I can't eat it. That's about all the advice I can give someone--fill up your cart with fruits and veggies, use lots of delicious spices when you cook, and don't buy the crap. Because invariably the crap gets bought and the crap gets eaten.

My little thing I love now is buying the super dark (70-80%) chocolate and eating a little bit every day when the craving for crazy sweet hits. It seems like if I eat something really sugary, I just want more sugar. But something with a lot of rich flavour and low in sugar just hits the spot, and I feel like the craving is satiated.

Good luck, and feel free to add me!

I sent you a friend request. As far as tips go, I don't cut out anything that I enjoy, except I've not been drinking soda at all. That wasn't even a super conscious decision... it was more that I wanted those calories for other things. As far as the chocolate... you can do a Cadbury cream egg for 150 calories, or the mini cream eggs for 40 calories a piece. Also, there are the Betty Crocker Warm Delight Mini Molten Chocolate Cake or Molten Caramel Cakes. Those are 150 calories each. You can also do a small bit of dark chocolate. I recently found 100 calorie packs of "Brownie Bites" and those are pretty good... there's not much in the bag, but it helps with the chocolate craving. Oh, another thing is the hot chocolate packets with little marshmallows... I think it's Nestle. 80 calories for one packet. Hope those things help some. I find it easiest to stick with my plan when I'm not cutting out my favorite things, just making adjustments. )

I'm not awesome, I'm legen--wait for it--dary!! >:3 I love how a Barney quote already appeared in this thread xD

I am awesome too dammit!!

I am definitely awesome we should be friends!

"When I feel sad, I just stop being sad, and be awesome instead." -Barney Stinson

LOVE me some Barney!

I'm not sure if I'm awesome but i need to lose the same amount of weight (mine is boyfriend cooks horrible but great tasting food weight lol) l would love some help losing it. And tipson saying 'no ' to him when it comes to food we shoud be friends

I'm so excited about all the awesome people here. I too am awesome and I would love to be friends with anyone else who is awesome...I love chocolate...and cheesecake...let's not talk about chocolate cheesecake, it's a sensitive topic for me.

Hiya! I'm insanely awesome and I think y'all are too! I could sure use some positive people in my life and I know this is the place to do it. I'm looking for momentum and dedication and I know some of y'all crave the same. It's been almost 3 weeks since I've had a Dr. Pepper and I miss that guy! But he was weighing me down so I had to let him go. Next up is smoking. Who's with me? If you love to smile and need an occasional shove in the right direction, then I'm the awesome buddy for you!