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Fellpony_2

Just popping in to say high and catch up with how everyone is doing.
Eric - congratulations on buying some slimmer suits, just proves that you can do it, you will do it. :j

Pudding, you are not alone in the portion control thing, I put food out look at the portion size and as I carry them to the table I steal food from my hubby's plate because he has more on it than me. :eek: It's hard work, but we have to remember we didn't put the weight on over night, and habits are hard to break, even harder to retrain your self, BUT it is possible, thats why we are all here, along with the the support we get from each other.

Mazza - how on earth did you not eat any of that gorgeous cake?? You should advertise and make them for a living!!

I am trying hard at the moment to get back motivated again, but it's difficult to put anything other than the eating less/ the right things in place, I find it impossible to go out for a walk at the moment (I mean a proper storming walk) as DD can't walk far or fast. So for now I am storming up and down stairs (difficult to do on a narrow spiral staircase without falling on your bum :rotfl:) or walking at speed round the hospital ward scaring nurses.

Keep up the good work folks, thank you for all the support.

mazza111

haha fell, I had a little bit, it was sary who showed great restraint, very nice to see you popping in for an update, I do know your time is very limited atm. I know have a mental image of u walking round the hospital with a very determined look on your face and everyone getting the hell out of ure way :rotfl:

sarymclary

Nice to hear from you Fellpony, I hope DD is coping well with her latest treatment. I think weightloss would be the last thing on my mind right now if I were you.

Eric - it will be so amazing when we see you in your 'fat suit' once you reach your goal. What a fabulous day that will be... just imagine it! That in itself would keep me focussed. I use visualisations like that, imagining what it will feel like to lose this weight, and focus on that positive feeling.

Puds - well done on getting to the docs to be checked over and weighed. Now you know where you're at, and can take it from there. The nurse was probably able to keep a straight face, because she's well aware of the risks you're facing if you don't shift your weight. Humour is a defence mechanism, she knows that, but she'll also see beneath that too. Sometimes we all need to hear some straight talking. I must say, I really admire the honesty you offer here in how you're feeling, and about your journey.

Eating today was a bit hit and miss, as I missed breakfast by being too busy to stop to eat, then a quite bite to eat and we were off out again, so by the time I was cooking tea, I was feeling shaky and over hungry. Didn't get a very healthy tea either, with quiche, baked spud, beans and some cheese. Need to up my activity levels really, as pottering around the home doesn't quite cut it.
Right, gotta get to bed, as OH is up at 5am to take his son on a track day experience riding a 500cc bike for the 1st time, as an 18th birthday present from us at Silverstone.

Vixstar

Why on earth did I decide to get a new lounge carpet??? Well I suppose moving all the furniture and books out is exercise, its just taken me 90mins to move two bookcases. Still 5 other large bits of furnuture to shift, then ceiling painting and carpet shifting to do tomorrow and then I have run out of OU work avoidance techniques! Just realised putting it all back won't be quite so bad - someone else will have put the carpet down!

puddings_2

beanielou wrote: »

puddings~Interestingly enough there is a article in todays daily mail about overeaters anoynomous.
If you look on line Im sure you could find it.

Thanks beanielou, here's a LINK TO ARTICLE
I can identify with parts of how they describe compulsive overeaters but not all of it. Some of the comments following the article are interesting too, especially the lady that wrote how she cant have certain foods in the house because all she will do is think about them constantly until theyve been all eaten up. The only way to stop thinking about a piece of cake or whatever is to eat it, which becomes "you know it will get eaten eventually, so instead of torturing yourself until that time, just eat it now"

Maybe this explains why half a bag of shopping might not make it out of the supermarket carpark. (Remember the crunchy nut cornflake tv ad where the milk was added to the box of cereal in the car:o ahem!) You can spot the compulsive overeater by the cutlery in the glovebox lol

Eric_Pisch

puddings wrote: »

Visited the practice nurse at the doc's this morning. My first visit since 2007. I'd put 3+ stone on since the last I was there. Blood pressure is back too high again as well, so they obviously werent happy about that. The nurse said I'm addicted to food: well ive known that for years but its the first time that the words have come out of her mouth not mine.
In typical me style I tried at a joke but failed miserably! when she mentioned addiction, I offered "to go 'cold turkey' so long as it was served up with cold stuffing and cold roast potatos" well she didnt appreciate my humour and remained stone faced whilst my own chuckle quickly dwindled to an embarrassed cough. When she later told me i would need to fast for 12 hours prior to taking a blood sample, I chose not to mention that it would mean missing my 3am binge then.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

puddings wrote: »

After reading what Eric wrote about bread last week,I have switched loyalty from crustless white to an oatbran wholemeal though!

I know nobody believes me, but if you get your insulin levels under control (reduce the carbs and eat only low GI carbs) it really will knock the cravings on the head, and it only takes 2-3 weeks of will power

Eric_Pisch

sarymclary wrote: »

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Eric - it will be so amazing when we see you in your 'fat suit' once you reach your goal. What a fabulous day that will be... just imagine it! That in itself would keep me focussed. I use visualisations like that, imagining what it will feel like to lose this weight, and focus on that positive feeling.

My determination still comes 99% from being feed up of feeling sick all the time. Processed food makes you feel so ill.... Never going back to it.

I plan to photoshop myself onto a biggest loser scale at the end of the year, I already have a couple of BL T shirts that I wear when I am training :rotfl:I did mention that I am a nerd

a long way still to go


I still have no idea what my goal weight should be either I suspect its in the 15-20 stone range

Eric_Pisch

puddings wrote: »

Thanks beanielou, here's a LINK TO ARTICLE
I can identify with parts of how they describe compulsive overeaters but not all of it. Some of the comments following the article are interesting too, especially the lady that wrote how she cant have certain foods in the house because all she will do is think about them constantly until theyve been all eaten up. The only way to stop thinking about a piece of cake or whatever is to eat it, which becomes "you know it will get eaten eventually, so instead of torturing yourself until that time, just eat it now"

Maybe this explains why half a bag of shopping might not make it out of the supermarket carpark. (Remember the crunchy nut cornflake tv ad where the milk was added to the box of cereal in the car:o ahem!) You can spot the compulsive overeater by the cutlery in the glovebox lol

why are these groups always bring god into it?

Which one of these scenario's is most likely to work

1) Accept you have an issue and realise the only way to deal with it is to take personal responsibility for it.

2) Pray to the magical sky unicorns to make everything better, in the meantime carry on as normal


:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mazza111

Oh I agree with you Eric, but option 1 is too much hard work. Even when ppl try, try and try again. So maybe their religion gives them a wee bit of comfort in life.

My sister as I've mentioned before is a compulsive eater with a food addiction. She's done everything to lose weight. Even having a stomach reduction (she wanted the gastric band but surgeon advised this instead), a boob reduction, been going to Slimming Clubs for years, always loses a few stones, then something upsets her and she goes back to her binging ways.

When I look at her diet, I see that she's doing all the right things, ticking all the right boxes, until the binge starts. Which really is a shame after all the hard works she's put in. After all these years, she's trying to get help to beat it.

My sister won't have certain foods in the house either. Even when she's on a binge she tries to think about it, what fills you up more and takes longer to chew than stuffing hot toast in laden with butter? kinda thing.

Stepped on the scales a day early to see how much damage Edinburgh had done and it looks like a 2lb gain. However, I haven't been to the toilet since Thursday so am hoping I will get the urge to go naturally before the official weigh in tomorrow :rotfl: Think it's one of those mental block things about not being able to go to the loo in a houseful of men, especially when the toilet had a dodgy flusher on it :rotfl:

Eric_Pisch

mazza111 wrote: »

Oh I agree with you Eric, but option 1 is too much hard work. Even when ppl try, try and try again. So maybe their religion gives them a wee bit of comfort in life.

My sister as I've mentioned before is a compulsive eater with a food addiction. She's done everything to lose weight. Even having a stomach reduction (she wanted the gastric band but surgeon advised this instead), a boob reduction, been going to Slimming Clubs for years, always loses a few stones, then something upsets her and she goes back to her binging ways.

When I look at her diet, I see that she's doing all the right things, ticking all the right boxes, until the binge starts. Which really is a shame after all the hard works she's put in. After all these years, she's trying to get help to beat it.

My sister won't have certain foods in the house either. Even when she's on a binge she tries to think about it, what fills you up more and takes longer to chew than stuffing hot toast in laden with butter? kinda thing.

Stepped on the scales a day early to see how much damage Edinburgh had done and it looks like a 2lb gain. However, I haven't been to the toilet since Thursday so am hoping I will get the urge to go naturally before the official weigh in tomorrow :rotfl: Think it's one of those mental block things about not being able to go to the loo in a houseful of men, especially when the toilet had a dodgy flusher on it :rotfl:

If there is something psychologically affecting someone in all honesty its a waste of time trying to loose weight until you have addressed it, or at least come to understand and accept its there.

I like most people had been yo-yo'ing for 10+ years, took me 5 years to work out what the underlying issue was (abusive childhood, and bad debt)