Food Addiction - 2009

LoraJR72 · 06-24-2009, 08:56 AM

Are you a food addict?
To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can.
1 Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn't?
2 Do you think about food or your weight constantly?
3 Do you find yourself attempting one diet or food plan after another, with no lasting success?
4 Do you binge and then "get rid of the binge" through vomiting, exercise, laxatives, or other forms of purging?
5 Do you eat differently in private than you do in front of other people?
6 Has a doctor or family member ever approached you with concern about your eating habits or weight?
7 Do you eat large quantities of food at one time (binge)?
8 Is your weight problem due to your "nibbling" all day long?
9 Do you eat to escape from your feelings?
10 Do you eat when you're not hungry?
11 Have you ever discarded food, only to retrieve and eat it later?
12 Do you eat in secret?
13 Do you fast or severely restrict your food intake?
14 Have you ever stolen other people's food?
15 Have you ever hidden food to make sure you have "enough?"
16 Do you feel driven to exercise excessively to control your weight?
17 Do you obsessively calculate the calories you've burned against the calories you've eaten?
18 Do you frequently feel guilty or ashamed about what you've eaten?
19 Are you waiting for your life to begin "when you lose the weight?"
20 Do you feel hopeless about your relationship with food?

Join us here for support!

You are NOT ALONE!

Mel7 · 06-24-2009, 10:39 AM

Hi Lora

I have alot of yes answers to them questions

LoraJR72 · 06-24-2009, 11:03 AM

Hi, Mel.

I realized I am powerless when it comes to food. No food plan in the world could help me in the way that Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous can. I had joined them last year for a little while but my ex-bf grumbled about the meetings and the amount of time I spent making phone calls to other members. Plus, I had to call my sponsor at 6am and he grumbled about that too. He encouraged me to leave and do it on my own. He said I had no problems. It was so frustrating. And I was still powerfully addicted to alcohol as well as was he. That didn't help matters at all.

I binged and starved myself throughout the year until I finally had to tell my bf, he had to leave because of a whole myriad of issues. In the 3 months time since he left, I drank and ate myself to a complete and total emotional mess. Clothes that were once loose are tight. I felt lethargic on the weekends and started going to the gym less and less. I hated the sight of me in the mirror. I hated ME! and what I had become.

I had an epiphany while I was on vacation last week. I decided to join FA to save my life.

Mel7 · 06-24-2009, 12:40 PM

Wow Lora you have over come alot !! and im so Glad

Do you still drink? I havent been able to give up my wine

LoraJR72 · 06-24-2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mel7

Wow Lora you have over come alot !! and im so Glad

Do you still drink? I havent been able to give up my wine

I don't plan on doing it again. I had a couple of beers on Thursday evening.

Mel7 · 06-24-2009, 01:01 PM

Lora is that you in the new sig ???

LoraJR72 · 06-24-2009, 01:03 PM

Yes..that was from last year.

Mel7 · 06-24-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoraJR72

Yes..that was from last year.

OMG

Pcola Girl · 06-24-2009, 02:26 PM

Thanks Lora, we needed a new site for this topic.

I have not lost any now for a couple of weeks now, gues i am in a stall because I am eating the same as always. It will go away one day as fast as it came on me. it always does.

Losing my weight has just been so hard for me to do, I do so good for a while and then a Holiday or something will come up and i get all messed up again and have to start over.
I hate it when I do that too so why do I do it in the first place?
Right now i am watchng my portion sizes and keeping them alot smaller than I have been doing so I hope I can begin losing my weight better than I have been doing.

Mel7 · 06-24-2009, 03:24 PM

Hi Mary

I am also watching portions..

I know what you mean about getting derailed...for me its the darn weekends

today im back down to pre-last weekend weight

Sugar Free Franny · 06-24-2009, 06:12 PM

Hi everyone,

Thanks for sharing Lora. I answered yes to some of those questions as well. I am no stranger to recovery. I have been in CoDependents Anonymous for 5 years in July. I love it and it changed my life. There still is the weight issue, but even getting into recovery so that I could learn how to have healthy relationships had helped me with my weight.

Since about Nov. of 06 I slowly gained back everything but 10 pounds since 05'. I would like to see myself reach my goal of 150, but I seem to also binge on the weekends or at parties or on vacation. I find any reason to cheat myself. Happy, sad, angry ??? Doesn't seem to matter.

I appreciate the support that this thread has to offer. Sometimes just sharing, like at a meeting helps me stay on track of my goals.

LoraJR72 · 06-25-2009, 07:22 AM

With FA, I eat the same amount of portions until my Sponsor tells me to change it up. I no longer have to worry about Food anymore. There is no guesswork or counting calories. I eat 3 weighed and measured nourishing meals. I go to meetings, I call people, and my sponsor. I am very grateful.

In fact, I had a chance to speak with my ex-sponsor from last year and I apologized for disappearing on her. She understood and for that I was grateful, too.

Pcola Girl · 06-25-2009, 11:31 AM

Just checking in with you all today. My eating is doing better for the last few days. I have just not been losing lately and was worried I was doing something wrong so last night I sat down and gave a hard long look at what I had been eating over the last few weeks. The only thing I can figure out is that the can veggies I had been eating must contian sugar and salt in them and I think that is what is messing me up so I decided from now on it will be only fresh veggies I will eat.
But cannot find anything else that might mess me up. I am watching my portion sizes still and everything I put in my mouth. I have cut out diet pepsi to only one a day but I do drink iced tea alot but I use splendar in it and a small slice of lemon. Don't think that would mess me up any.
I still have so much more to lose and need to lose it bad because I have some health problems now and getting this weight off I know will help me with that.
But its been so hard to lose it, even when I do everything right with my eating.
I do exercises to and swim in our pool most everyday so I am not just sitting around all day doing nothing. Maybe its my age and maybe some of the medications I am on, I do not know.
But I will continue to work on losing it, never will give up on it.

LoraJR72 · 06-25-2009, 11:47 AM

Never give up!!!

Mel7 · 06-25-2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoraJR72

With FA, I eat the same amount of portions until my Sponsor tells me to change it up. .

So interesting

what kind of schooling do these sponsors have?

I know when i worked for the weight loss center my schooling was brutal

Mel7 · 06-25-2009, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sugar Free Franny

I seem to also binge on the weekends or at parties or on vacation. .

Hi Franny nice to meet you.!

I also have a weekend/vacation problem with food and we are away most weekends

LoraJR72 · 06-25-2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mel7

So interesting

what kind of schooling do these sponsors have?

I know when i worked for the weight loss center my schooling was brutal

The sponsors have no nutritional schooling as far as I can tell. I know it works.

There are familiar faces at these meetings. Their skin is glowing, their eyes are bright, they look happy and content and healthy.

Remember, this isn't a diet. It is a Way of Life.

This is the longest I've gone without going into binge mode. For that, I am very pleased! In fact, I'm going to get my hair done right now.

I love to change my hair!

Maybe I'll have them dye it dark, too!

LoraJR72 · 06-25-2009, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sugar Free Franny

Hi everyone,

Thanks for sharing Lora. I answered yes to some of those questions as well. I am no stranger to recovery. I have been in CoDependents Anonymous for 5 years in July. I love it and it changed my life. There still is the weight issue, but even getting into recovery so that I could learn how to have healthy relationships had helped me with my weight.

Since about Nov. of 06 I slowly gained back everything but 10 pounds since 05'. I would like to see myself reach my goal of 150, but I seem to also binge on the weekends or at parties or on vacation. I find any reason to cheat myself. Happy, sad, angry ??? Doesn't seem to matter.

I appreciate the support that this thread has to offer. Sometimes just sharing, like at a meeting helps me stay on track of my goals.

Once I commit myself to my food plan for the day there IS no DEVIATION. I would only wind up hurting myself and go back to square one. Not going to happen this time.

Mel7 · 06-25-2009, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoraJR72

The sponsors have no nutritional schooling as far as I can tell.

dont get me wrong but if they are telling you what to eat portion wise ??

there must be some kind of education

have a great hair day Lora

Sugar Free Franny · 06-25-2009, 07:03 PM

Here I am, staying connected to this thread =). If I stay as conscious as possible with what I am eating and also being accountable to others I seem to do much better.

Lora, do you work the steps in Food Addicts Anonymous? I have heard of other people that have been successful attending the meetings and following the plan. I say whatever works work it.

To be honest with you, I don't know that I could follow such a strict regiman of eating. That's probably why I struggle with 10 to 15 pounds. My main focus today is to eat as healthy as I possibly can; that means cutting way down on artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, Equal, Sweet & Low, cutting regular sugar out of my diet 99% of the time, not eating white flour or other refined foods 99% of the time, eating whole foods, getting myself to sweat at least once a day, stretching, some form of meditation because I usually overeat if I am not in the right state of mind, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of rest and not eating at least 3 hours before going to bed. As long as I know I am doing these things for myself, I feel great. When I abuse my body I am only hurting myself and those that I love.

Hi Mel, nice to meet you too.

Mary it is so nice that you have a pool. I love to swim. I belong to a swim club, but it's been too cold for me to utilize it. Enjoy it because it's not something we all have.

Thanks for all being here.

LoraJR72 · 06-26-2009, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sugar Free Franny

Here I am, staying connected to this thread =). If I stay as conscious as possible with what I am eating and also being accountable to others I seem to do much better.

Lora, do you work the steps in Food Addicts Anonymous? I have heard of other people that have been successful attending the meetings and following the plan. I say whatever works work it.

To be honest with you, I don't know that I could follow such a strict regiman of eating. That's probably why I struggle with 10 to 15 pounds. My main focus today is to eat as healthy as I possibly can; that means cutting way down on artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, Equal, Sweet & Low, cutting regular sugar out of my diet 99% of the time, not eating white flour or other refined foods 99% of the time, eating whole foods, getting myself to sweat at least once a day, stretching, some form of meditation because I usually overeat if I am not in the right state of mind, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of rest and not eating at least 3 hours before going to bed. As long as I know I am doing these things for myself, I feel great. When I abuse my body I am only hurting myself and those that I love.

Thanks for all being here.

I follow the steps, call people, go to meetings, and pray A LOT!

I never thought I would rejoin FA again. No way, no how. With all the troubles I was having, it turned out my obsession with food was destroying me. I don't see it as restricting myself. Does life really have to be all about food?

I eat to live, not live to eat.

Pcola Girl · 06-26-2009, 02:02 PM

I am playing with my avatars so if they change it just me seeing which I like best on here.

Not much else with me today, did go to Wal Mart this morning and pick up my prescriptions, hate going on the week-ends because its always so packed in there and you have to wait in line for so long.

My eating is doing ok, but wish I could do better with it and lose my weight faster.
I say I am going to eat right but then I don't. Especially when we dine out. when I am home by myself I do ok.
I am trying hard to lose it so my bad knees will feel better and so I can walk better without so much pain in them. That is what keeps me going with this diet knowing it will help my knees.
I just wished I had lost it all sooner before my knees got this bad but I didn't so I have no one to blae but myself.
Eating has always been my downfall and bad habit in my life and I do not understand why. I know it must be a emotional thing with me but I just cannot pin [point the reason why.

Better go, take and I will check back in later with you.

LoraJR72 · 06-26-2009, 02:25 PM

My emotions do get the better of me and this leads me to drink and binge on junk or bar food. Then I wind up in a compromising situation or go home and eat MORE.

It is an ugly cycle that I am trying so desperately to get out of. I am so happy that I have a AWOL meeting on Tuesday to get an opportunity to finally share my feelings. Really there isn't anyone to talk to about this except the other FA members and they are strangers to me.

Sugar Free Franny · 06-28-2009, 10:19 AM

Lora, that is really awesome that you work the steps around your food addiction.I respect recovery and believe that if it works then work it.

Mary, it's never too late to lose weight. You can do it. You've already lost so much. You should be proud of yourself.

I was at an all day concert yesterday and didn't eat much, but I did have some foods that I normally wouldn't eat (french fries and ice cream). I have to say I did enjoy it. That's my problem!! I enjoy food. I understand what you said Lora about eating to live, but I truly believe that I live to eat. I also live to have fun, enjoy my children, and enjoy all the other things in life that I can do. My awareness of what I am eating and how much of it I am eating is really the key to my success. I also appreciate sharing with all of you. I am grateful.

Pcola Girl · 06-29-2009, 12:47 PM

Losing weight is just hard, it feels like I am fighting with it everyday and I am tired.
Why can't I just eat like other skinny people do and not have to worry about getting fat.
How do they eat and stay so thin!
It seems if I eat one wrong thing I gain weight, why is my body like that! I have fought for every pound I have lost and it was tough to and even toughter now to lose anymore of it. I am doing all the same things I have always done to lose my weight but now it just seems to not want to go away. Some days I feel like I starve myself because I want to lose it so bad.
But all I can do is try my best and I am doing just that.

I changed my avatar picture because I did not like the other one at all.
This one shows my newer shorter hair style.

LoraJR72 · 06-29-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pcola Girl

Losing weight is just hard, it feels like I am fighting with it everyday and I am tired.
Why can't I just eat like other skinny people do and not have to worry about getting fat.
How do they eat and stay so thin!
It seems if I eat one wrong thing I gain weight, why is my body like that! I have fought for every pound I have lost and it was tough to and even toughter now to lose anymore of it. I am doing all the same things I have always done to lose my weight but now it just seems to not want to go away. Some days I feel like I starve myself because I want to lose it so bad.
But all I can do is try my best and I am doing just that.

I changed my avatar picture because I did not like the other one at all.
This one shows my newer shorter hair style.

I love the new avatar!!

Keep doing your best!

I do every day!

Pcola Girl · 06-30-2009, 11:26 AM

Hi everyone, my eating is going well today so far. I have decided I am going to lose two pounds at least, for this week. If I can do that for each week I will be ok.
I was doing really good with my eating but these last few months I do not know what happened to me, I just lost track for some reason. So i am getting back to eating right and healthier so I can finish losing this weight.
If my fat body wants to battle with me then I guess I am at war with it but I know I will come out the winner. I am going to lose the weight.

Sugar Free Franny · 07-03-2009, 09:52 AM

I decided to way myself this morning. The scale said 167 lbs. It takes a lot for me to come out and say my weight. However, if I don't say it then I am only as sick as my secrets. I don't need to physically weigh any less then 150. At 150 I wear about a 6-8 or 7-9. I am currently wearing a 8-10 and although that doesn't sound that big, I know I can be better and healthier. I feel that I have just come clean and I am really proud of myself.

Today is a new day. I want to exercise a lot more then I do currently, continue to do the best I can in my choices and not eat at night. This will be the key to my success.

I wish you all the best as well.

NutritionIsMyJob · 07-03-2009, 01:20 PM

Hello Lora and thanks for that list of questions. Unfortunately I answered yes to MANY of them. I have never heard of FA. How do I go about finding a support group in my area? I'm very excited about the prospect and I know that it will be just what I need.

LowCarbChick · 07-06-2009, 04:24 AM

Hi all...what a good thread...I am definitely a food addict so this thread is good for me. I answered yes to a lot of those questions, and as a result have spiraled to a very unhealthy weight for my body...260 pounds! I have been over 200 pounds for over 10 years, and now am just starting to see the health effects of it...because I just found out through a home blood glucose test that I might be pre-diabetic...

I want this to be my wake up call! I want heart change so that I'm not so attached to food....I want to be able to look at a picture of myself and like what I see....not marvel at how fat I've become. I want to have my DH tell me I'm beautiful and know that he really means it! I want to go shopping in any clothing store I want and not have to limit myself to the plus size stores and sections. I want freedom from thinking about food all the time. There are so many better things that I could be thinking about.

Hope everyone has a good week...thanks for reading...and hope to see you all on this thread again soon! Glad I found this thread!

06-24-2009, 08:56 AM	#1
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	Food Addiction - 2009 Are you a food addict? To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can. 1 Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn't? 2 Do you think about food or your weight constantly? 3 Do you find yourself attempting one diet or food plan after another, with no lasting success? 4 Do you binge and then "get rid of the binge" through vomiting, exercise, laxatives, or other forms of purging? 5 Do you eat differently in private than you do in front of other people? 6 Has a doctor or family member ever approached you with concern about your eating habits or weight? 7 Do you eat large quantities of food at one time (binge)? 8 Is your weight problem due to your "nibbling" all day long? 9 Do you eat to escape from your feelings? 10 Do you eat when you're not hungry? 11 Have you ever discarded food, only to retrieve and eat it later? 12 Do you eat in secret? 13 Do you fast or severely restrict your food intake? 14 Have you ever stolen other people's food? 15 Have you ever hidden food to make sure you have "enough?" 16 Do you feel driven to exercise excessively to control your weight? 17 Do you obsessively calculate the calories you've burned against the calories you've eaten? 18 Do you frequently feel guilty or ashamed about what you've eaten? 19 Are you waiting for your life to begin "when you lose the weight?" 20 Do you feel hopeless about your relationship with food? Join us here for support! You are NOT ALONE! __________________ I'll miss the sea. But a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. You must find meaning and purpose, and then happiness comes.

06-24-2009, 02:26 PM	#9
Pcola Girl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P'Cola, Florida Posts: 3,958 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	Thanks Lora, we needed a new site for this topic. I have not lost any now for a couple of weeks now, gues i am in a stall because I am eating the same as always. It will go away one day as fast as it came on me. it always does. Losing my weight has just been so hard for me to do, I do so good for a while and then a Holiday or something will come up and i get all messed up again and have to start over. I hate it when I do that too so why do I do it in the first place? Right now i am watchng my portion sizes and keeping them alot smaller than I have been doing so I hope I can begin losing my weight better than I have been doing. __________________ Mary

06-25-2009, 11:31 AM	#13
Pcola Girl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P'Cola, Florida Posts: 3,958 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	Just checking in with you all today. My eating is doing better for the last few days. I have just not been losing lately and was worried I was doing something wrong so last night I sat down and gave a hard long look at what I had been eating over the last few weeks. The only thing I can figure out is that the can veggies I had been eating must contian sugar and salt in them and I think that is what is messing me up so I decided from now on it will be only fresh veggies I will eat. But cannot find anything else that might mess me up. I am watching my portion sizes still and everything I put in my mouth. I have cut out diet pepsi to only one a day but I do drink iced tea alot but I use splendar in it and a small slice of lemon. Don't think that would mess me up any. I still have so much more to lose and need to lose it bad because I have some health problems now and getting this weight off I know will help me with that. But its been so hard to lose it, even when I do everything right with my eating. I do exercises to and swim in our pool most everyday so I am not just sitting around all day doing nothing. Maybe its my age and maybe some of the medications I am on, I do not know. But I will continue to work on losing it, never will give up on it. Last edited by Pcola Girl; 06-25-2009 at 11:33 AM..

06-26-2009, 02:02 PM	#22
Pcola Girl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P'Cola, Florida Posts: 3,958 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	I am playing with my avatars so if they change it just me seeing which I like best on here. Not much else with me today, did go to Wal Mart this morning and pick up my prescriptions, hate going on the week-ends because its always so packed in there and you have to wait in line for so long. My eating is doing ok, but wish I could do better with it and lose my weight faster. I say I am going to eat right but then I don't. Especially when we dine out. when I am home by myself I do ok. I am trying hard to lose it so my bad knees will feel better and so I can walk better without so much pain in them. That is what keeps me going with this diet knowing it will help my knees. I just wished I had lost it all sooner before my knees got this bad but I didn't so I have no one to blae but myself. Eating has always been my downfall and bad habit in my life and I do not understand why. I know it must be a emotional thing with me but I just cannot pin [point the reason why. Better go, take and I will check back in later with you. Last edited by Pcola Girl; 06-26-2009 at 02:04 PM..

06-29-2009, 12:47 PM	#25
Pcola Girl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P'Cola, Florida Posts: 3,958 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	Losing weight is just hard, it feels like I am fighting with it everyday and I am tired. Why can't I just eat like other skinny people do and not have to worry about getting fat. How do they eat and stay so thin! It seems if I eat one wrong thing I gain weight, why is my body like that! I have fought for every pound I have lost and it was tough to and even toughter now to lose anymore of it. I am doing all the same things I have always done to lose my weight but now it just seems to not want to go away. Some days I feel like I starve myself because I want to lose it so bad. But all I can do is try my best and I am doing just that. I changed my avatar picture because I did not like the other one at all. This one shows my newer shorter hair style. Last edited by Pcola Girl; 06-29-2009 at 01:06 PM..

06-24-2009, 10:39 AM	#2
Mel7 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,535 Gallery: Mel7	Hi Lora I have alot of yes answers to them questions

06-24-2009, 11:03 AM	#3
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	Hi, Mel. I realized I am powerless when it comes to food. No food plan in the world could help me in the way that Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous can. I had joined them last year for a little while but my ex-bf grumbled about the meetings and the amount of time I spent making phone calls to other members. Plus, I had to call my sponsor at 6am and he grumbled about that too. He encouraged me to leave and do it on my own. He said I had no problems. It was so frustrating. And I was still powerfully addicted to alcohol as well as was he. That didn't help matters at all. I binged and starved myself throughout the year until I finally had to tell my bf, he had to leave because of a whole myriad of issues. In the 3 months time since he left, I drank and ate myself to a complete and total emotional mess. Clothes that were once loose are tight. I felt lethargic on the weekends and started going to the gym less and less. I hated the sight of me in the mirror. I hated ME! and what I had become. I had an epiphany while I was on vacation last week. I decided to join FA to save my life.

06-24-2009, 12:40 PM	#4
Mel7 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,535 Gallery: Mel7	Wow Lora you have over come alot !! and im so Glad Do you still drink? I havent been able to give up my wine

06-24-2009, 01:01 PM	#6
Mel7 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,535 Gallery: Mel7	Lora is that you in the new sig ???

06-24-2009, 01:03 PM	#7
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	Yes..that was from last year.

06-24-2009, 03:24 PM	#10
Mel7 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,535 Gallery: Mel7	Hi Mary I am also watching portions.. I know what you mean about getting derailed...for me its the darn weekends today im back down to pre-last weekend weight

06-24-2009, 06:12 PM	#11
Sugar Free Franny Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 125 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: Sugar Free Franny Stats: 176/???/150 current size 8-10 5'4 WOE: low carb Start Date: 01/2005	Hi everyone, Thanks for sharing Lora. I answered yes to some of those questions as well. I am no stranger to recovery. I have been in CoDependents Anonymous for 5 years in July. I love it and it changed my life. There still is the weight issue, but even getting into recovery so that I could learn how to have healthy relationships had helped me with my weight. Since about Nov. of 06 I slowly gained back everything but 10 pounds since 05'. I would like to see myself reach my goal of 150, but I seem to also binge on the weekends or at parties or on vacation. I find any reason to cheat myself. Happy, sad, angry ??? Doesn't seem to matter. I appreciate the support that this thread has to offer. Sometimes just sharing, like at a meeting helps me stay on track of my goals.

06-25-2009, 07:22 AM	#12
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	With FA, I eat the same amount of portions until my Sponsor tells me to change it up. I no longer have to worry about Food anymore. There is no guesswork or counting calories. I eat 3 weighed and measured nourishing meals. I go to meetings, I call people, and my sponsor. I am very grateful. In fact, I had a chance to speak with my ex-sponsor from last year and I apologized for disappearing on her. She understood and for that I was grateful, too.

06-25-2009, 11:47 AM	#14
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	Never give up!!!

06-25-2009, 07:03 PM	#20
Sugar Free Franny Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 125 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: Sugar Free Franny Stats: 176/???/150 current size 8-10 5'4 WOE: low carb Start Date: 01/2005	Here I am, staying connected to this thread =). If I stay as conscious as possible with what I am eating and also being accountable to others I seem to do much better. Lora, do you work the steps in Food Addicts Anonymous? I have heard of other people that have been successful attending the meetings and following the plan. I say whatever works work it. To be honest with you, I don't know that I could follow such a strict regiman of eating. That's probably why I struggle with 10 to 15 pounds. My main focus today is to eat as healthy as I possibly can; that means cutting way down on artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, Equal, Sweet & Low, cutting regular sugar out of my diet 99% of the time, not eating white flour or other refined foods 99% of the time, eating whole foods, getting myself to sweat at least once a day, stretching, some form of meditation because I usually overeat if I am not in the right state of mind, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of rest and not eating at least 3 hours before going to bed. As long as I know I am doing these things for myself, I feel great. When I abuse my body I am only hurting myself and those that I love. Hi Mel, nice to meet you too. Mary it is so nice that you have a pool. I love to swim. I belong to a swim club, but it's been too cold for me to utilize it. Enjoy it because it's not something we all have. Thanks for all being here.

06-26-2009, 02:25 PM	#23
LoraJR72 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Wild Turkey Posts: 11,690 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 5'6" - My Goal is Loose Fitting Size 4's. WOE: The Coach Foster Eating Plan or ELSE! Start Date: Restarted: November 15, 2009	My emotions do get the better of me and this leads me to drink and binge on junk or bar food. Then I wind up in a compromising situation or go home and eat MORE. It is an ugly cycle that I am trying so desperately to get out of. I am so happy that I have a AWOL meeting on Tuesday to get an opportunity to finally share my feelings. Really there isn't anyone to talk to about this except the other FA members and they are strangers to me.

06-28-2009, 10:19 AM	#24
Sugar Free Franny Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 125 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: Sugar Free Franny Stats: 176/???/150 current size 8-10 5'4 WOE: low carb Start Date: 01/2005	Lora, that is really awesome that you work the steps around your food addiction.I respect recovery and believe that if it works then work it. Mary, it's never too late to lose weight. You can do it. You've already lost so much. You should be proud of yourself. I was at an all day concert yesterday and didn't eat much, but I did have some foods that I normally wouldn't eat (french fries and ice cream). I have to say I did enjoy it. That's my problem!! I enjoy food. I understand what you said Lora about eating to live, but I truly believe that I live to eat. I also live to have fun, enjoy my children, and enjoy all the other things in life that I can do. My awareness of what I am eating and how much of it I am eating is really the key to my success. I also appreciate sharing with all of you. I am grateful.

06-30-2009, 11:26 AM	#27
Pcola Girl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: P'Cola, Florida Posts: 3,958 Gallery: Pcola Girl Stats: Start-325 Today-225 Goal 160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Sarted Nov. 2000---Restarted New January 2008	Hi everyone, my eating is going well today so far. I have decided I am going to lose two pounds at least, for this week. If I can do that for each week I will be ok. I was doing really good with my eating but these last few months I do not know what happened to me, I just lost track for some reason. So i am getting back to eating right and healthier so I can finish losing this weight. If my fat body wants to battle with me then I guess I am at war with it but I know I will come out the winner. I am going to lose the weight.

07-03-2009, 09:52 AM	#28
Sugar Free Franny Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 125 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: Sugar Free Franny Stats: 176/???/150 current size 8-10 5'4 WOE: low carb Start Date: 01/2005	I decided to way myself this morning. The scale said 167 lbs. It takes a lot for me to come out and say my weight. However, if I don't say it then I am only as sick as my secrets. I don't need to physically weigh any less then 150. At 150 I wear about a 6-8 or 7-9. I am currently wearing a 8-10 and although that doesn't sound that big, I know I can be better and healthier. I feel that I have just come clean and I am really proud of myself. Today is a new day. I want to exercise a lot more then I do currently, continue to do the best I can in my choices and not eat at night. This will be the key to my success. I wish you all the best as well.

07-03-2009, 01:20 PM	#29
NutritionIsMyJob Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 152 Gallery: NutritionIsMyJob	Hello Lora and thanks for that list of questions. Unfortunately I answered yes to MANY of them. I have never heard of FA. How do I go about finding a support group in my area? I'm very excited about the prospect and I know that it will be just what I need.

07-06-2009, 04:24 AM	#30
LowCarbChick Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 349 Gallery: LowCarbChick Stats: First Time -265/219 RESTART 7/6/09 - 260/135 WOE: Atkins, baby! Start Date: 7/6/09	Hi all...what a good thread...I am definitely a food addict so this thread is good for me. I answered yes to a lot of those questions, and as a result have spiraled to a very unhealthy weight for my body...260 pounds! I have been over 200 pounds for over 10 years, and now am just starting to see the health effects of it...because I just found out through a home blood glucose test that I might be pre-diabetic... I want this to be my wake up call! I want heart change so that I'm not so attached to food....I want to be able to look at a picture of myself and like what I see....not marvel at how fat I've become. I want to have my DH tell me I'm beautiful and know that he really means it! I want to go shopping in any clothing store I want and not have to limit myself to the plus size stores and sections. I want freedom from thinking about food all the time. There are so many better things that I could be thinking about. Hope everyone has a good week...thanks for reading...and hope to see you all on this thread again soon! Glad I found this thread! __________________ The Low Carb Chick~ Restarted 7/6/09 Ready for real change!

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