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| Weight Loss | May Weight Loss Challenge (Closed) | May 08 2009 19:21 (UTC) |
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Good luck bonding!!! I know it always feels great to go home and feel like you have a fresh start! And, I know you're scared than, in a little while, the fresh start will go stale. I have one more week of law school finals (I'm a 1L and they are pretty much killing me). Then I'm going home. Finally! Like you, I'm excited to close the book on my rediculously unhealthy finals eating and exercise habits. But, to keep myself from relapsing, I going to keep telling myself, "You have all summer to get healthy." Its a marathon. So I'm not going to start the summer at a sprint, burn out by mid-June, and end the summer right where I started. I'm going to take it at a steady pace all summer long. I'm going to eat well, exercise regularly, try to weigh myself only once a week, and hope that over the course of the summer I can make some progress. I think this slow and steady approach will help me avoid a relapse, maybe it will help you too! |
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| Weight Loss | My overeating is WAY out of control! | May 07 2009 00:50 (UTC) |
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I have a serious binge eating problem too. I actually ate an entire carton of Edy's ice cream last night. I feel like crap about it. Add ice cream to the list of foods I can never ever ever touch. One thing that helps me (when I am bahaving responsibly) is brushing my teeth as soon as I am done with dinner. Also, I am completely on board with anyone who wants to use this forum as a "Help! I'm about to binge, somebody stop me!" I would love to have somewhere to turn when I feel the urge to binge. Plus, maybe talking other people through it will help me work on my own will power. |
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| Weight Loss | May Weight Loss Challenge (Closed) | May 04 2009 12:56 (UTC) |
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malomadame, it is amazing how similar we are! I also have a habit of binging and taking laxatives. I know it is a completely stupid habit because (a) it is extremely dangerous and (b) I usually end up weighing more two days later, when I put all the water weight back on. Bottom line, I need to control my binging. I am slowing building a list of my trigger foods. So far they are raisins, dried pineapple, peanut butter, cereal, chocolate chips, and ice cream. Two days in a row I binged, Friday on raisins and Saturday on chocolate chips. I know some of my trigger foods are technically healthy but for me, one bite leads to hundreds or thousands of calories, that is a binge. So, this week's goal is to not take that first bite, of any trigger food. Hopefully that will have some effect first, on stopping the binges and second on reducing my craving for the trigger foods. I weighed myself this morning and am up to 3 pounds to 170. Really disappointed in myself. I think/hope I am pmsing. Plus, I am studying for law school finals, which means a lot of stress and very little time to work out. I know I know, there is always going to be an excuse and I need to stop justifying my bad habits and just start changing them. Hopefully, owning up to them in a public forum will help me do just that!
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| Weight Loss | May Weight Loss Challenge (Closed) | May 01 2009 23:57 (UTC) |
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I am a student too. At the end of my freshman year of college I hit my highest, 200. I graduated college at my lowest, 145. Over the summer, I gained a little bit of weight but was happy to start law school at 155. Today, I weight 167. I, like you, need to make a serious change. My biggest challenge is over eating (or binge eating). My pattern, especially during finals, seems to be that I only take study breaks for meals. So, my meals last a long, long time. Plus, I have a single dorm room, which means that no one sees how much I am eating. My friends, family, and boy friend, who were so proud of me when I initially lost the weight are starting to be critical. So, as much as I need someone to help me through this, I know they are not the right people. If I called my boyfriend at 3pm and told him I had just taken a bite of ice cream and wanted to finish the entire carton, he would think I was crazy. I needed somewhere else to turn, and I think this group can be that place! Anyways, there is a little background on me and my life as a dieter! |
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| Weight Loss | May Weight Loss Challenge (Closed) | May 01 2009 18:24 (UTC) |
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GREAT! We have eight people, I think thats a great size! Plus, it looks like we are all in a similar weight loss situation. First, lets deal with the details. I think we should do our weekly weigh-ins every Monday, starting this Monday May 4th. Personally, I am a fan of Monday weigh-ins because they keep me motivated over the weekend--when I tend to relax my diet and exercise. Hope there are no strong objections! Second, I hope you ladies will use this group for more than weekly weigh-ins. If we all share our daily mistakes, frustrations, and triumphs we can keep ourself on track. I don't have someone in my life that I am comfortable running to when I feel like I'm on the verge of eating something I know I will regret later or skipping a workout when I know I'll feel better after I go. In fact, when I do enlist friends and family to keep motivate me, they end up being a bigger source of frusturation than encouragement. Not to sound cliche but, they just don't understand. We understand! So, when that carton of ice cream keeps taunting you from the freezer, write about your frustruations here, and we can encourage you to stay away. When you skip a workout, write about it here, and we can encourage you to get back on the treadmil tomorrow! Best of all, when you went to that family birthday party and weren't even tempted to touch the cake, write about it here, and we will congratulate you! I hope you are all on board with this community approach to the May Challenge!
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