Turning_Hopes_to_Habits Member

Not me, makes me shut down.

Sure, but so is having to worry about dieting at all. There are starving children all over the world who would be amazed at the problems of having to choose to not overeat.

Did you ever smoke? Or know someone who was a heavy smoker? It takes almost everyone a few tries before it sticks. You're not a failure, you're just practicing getting over it for good. In our case now, it's poor eating habits. What I learned with me and cigarettes is that I will never, ever be able to enjoy them in…

I do think it's an older mindset, that if you are strong enough of character you'll have enough willpower to get 'er done. Thirty years ago, the army told my dad he was too fat and to be eligible for something or other, he had to lose lots of weight. So he ate 600 calories a day for 6 months, took it all off, and kept it…

I'm not into gaming, so I miss out on a lot of the things associated with gaming that I think are just awesome. One of those side effects are Cosplay, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading about others' experiences and most of all looking at costumes and how people made them and see how they come out. This is such a great post, and…

What walking has done for me is to enable me to gently have fun from day one and to start increasing my strength and endurance, while enjoying the exercise and fresh air. I took the long-term way and decided to be happy and satisfied with personal gains instead of empirical gains that more fit people would consider a day…

Ooops. Two 8-oz containers of cream cheese. So, a total of 16. I don't like the denseness of NY style at all. And I'd of course give her the recipe, first. I read several places that biscotti was a better choice for diabetics than other cookies, but I'll be the first to admit the internet is....well, what it is. I also…

I'll list my favorite ethic foods in order, not necessarily cuisines. And the order is rough-for so many I can't really decide which I love more! :) 1) Vietnamese Pho Soup 2) Argentinean empanadas 3) Chinese sea bass clay pot 4) Thai red curry with pineapple 5) Chinese ginger sesame sea bass 6) Ecuadorean Humitas 7)…

If you were not quite right in the head, maybe you couldn't stand it. But a good mother would WANT her daughter to protect herself. Pretend there is a zombie epidemic going around. Good, mentally-healthy, loving mothers tell their children to kill them if they get bitten, to save themselves. A stable mother would not worry…

I like them, and try to have some at least once per week. I think of them as a healthy fat, which means good for you but have to monitor intake because they are so caloric. Necessary, and enjoyable, but not something you gorge on. As for them going brown, you can make them last longer first by leaving the pit in when you…

I'm large enough and the program is new enough that I have plenty of calories to play with, and even so, I have to beware the nighttime munchies. I have given up alcohol, and I do miss it, but what are you going to do? I was missing more important things (like not being uncomfortable all the time because of some issue or…

You're going to get a lot of people who are going to very vehemently say that you and only you are in control of what you put in your mouth; that the problem isn't him tempting you, it's you being unable to resist temptation. And that is all true. Still, I couldn't be around smokers when I was quitting smoking. It took…

Thank you for sharing your hard work and perseverance and offering yourself up as an inspiration and encouragement to others. I hope that I can be in a place in a year to pay it forward.

Throw away the food until he gets the point. If he seriously doesn't want to be with you if you lose weight, you've got a choice to make. But as long as you're together, part of your life is going to be fighting with temptation that he puts in front of you. Unless you do manage to make him stop. This would drive me crazy.…

Since you're already going to see your doctor, my next piece of advice would be to stop weighing yourself so often. Go to once a month, or at the very least once every TWO weeks, not one. You might be so caught up in the numbers that you lose sight of the long-term goal and start reacting to the scale. Like you're driving…

Wow, this has been an eye-opening thread. OP, it does sound like your friend may have has some ulterior objectives. Good for you for resisting and staying strong. She probably does mean well or at the very least, THINK she means well. For me, the hardest calories to resist are alcohol. I'd get a lot more sympathy, I think,…

I have a terrible compulsion with getting so focused on achieving my goals fast that I obsess and then, when I predictably fall short of my goals, I get so disappointed and disillusioned and disgusted with myself I throw in the towel and give up. So I've been trying to combat that attitude this time. One thing I've been…

I'm so glad I read your story. Thank you for writing it.

Totally normal and it shouldn't discourage you at all. But it does me, too, so I just avoid the scale like the plague. Many women find themselves hungrier this TOM, too. Don't let it get you down.

OP said "unless I can hide the taste/texture," so people offered up suggestions on how to do that.

Pick me! I've got a little over a hundred to lose, too, I'm fairly new to doing this regularly (six weeks) and our screen names even have a little something in common. :happy:

Goodness! Okay, that was very verbose of me. Sorry for the novel. :embarassed:

Speaking of beans, it's hard to beat falafel and hummus, and both are cheap, cheap, cheap. A bag of dried chickpeas (which are pretty high protein), an onion, some tahini (but if you need to, you can substitute out almond butter or even peanut butter), and some spices, which you can modify to taste. They do require a food…

Yes, but so far I've just held it off for a little while and sometimes it goes away. If it doesn't I eat healthy things that I also enjoy until I'm not hungry anymore. That means sometimes I do go over my calories, but usually the day after or the next day, I'm naturally less hungry for whatever reason and it evens out.…

They say extra firm, but I usually do firm. I freeze it for a few hours (well, really, I cut it in half when I get it home from the store, then freeze the portions until I want to use it, but you can just pop it in the freezer three hours before you want to use it). Take it out of the freezer and straight into boiling…

Egg dishes and tuna dishes. Frittatas are cheap and easy, use a few eggs and some liquid egg whites to cut calories. They are really good for using potato and vegetable leftovers. I you like cuminy, Middle-Eastern flavors, Shaksuka is great. Or, for same idea but milder spices, it's called Eggs in Purgatory. Skinnytaste…

I'm happy for you, it's wonderful to stop being miserable, isn't it? :)

I just go with it and let myself eat lots of food. I do try to make the food healthy, fitting it into the cravings, too. I have to admit that I use fruit and protein a lot, but based on the article link that was posted on page 2 regarding serotonin, I'll avoid them next month. That still leaves me caramel rice cakes and…

The same way that someone who quit smoking starts again. It's usually the case that for every success story of someone giving up an unhealthy habit (cigarettes, alcohol, overeating, etc.), they have at least a handful of failed attempts before they kept on giving it up. It's much less common to quit a bad habit and have…

Wow, I think I'm going to have to try this, too. I might try it with PB2, or maybe just try 3 or 4 that way for me to test and do the rest with regular PB for my daughter. Thanks for sharing!