Posts by mamaof1

I quit smoking after smoking for 4 years.  It took a lot to quit.  I believe to be successful you must be ready.  Just be aware of the want to put something in your mouth.  You have been so used to cigarettes so your hand wants to direct something to your mouth out of habit.  I chew gum to stop the craving for food or a cig.  Just normal gum, not nicorette.  Even if you do gain a couple lbs, you will start feeling so much better that you will want to run around and play with your kids, which helps burn off extra calories!  I feel great and I am happy to be able to play with my daughter.  You can do it to and trust me, you will feel awesome!

You are eating so much because you are growing.  Everyone goes through it in the teenage years.  Your body is using so much energy because of puburty (sp?), it is telling you to eat more.  It will not last long.  It happened to me when I was about 14.  I did gain weight because I wasn't eating the right foods.  It lasted about a year and then it was done.  I actually stopped eating lunch all together after that year because I just was not hungry and survived on just breakfast and lunch.  That helped me lose the weight.  I didn't get cravings to graze again until I became pregnant.

My advice, eat all you want!  Just don't eat what you want.  Eat foods that are low in calories.  There are some foods out there that your body burns more calories trying to digest them than the calories that are in the actual food.  I think they are called empty calories or something.  Google it.  I know apples and one and so are grapefruits.  With these kinds of foods and other low calorie foods, you can eat and eat and eat and not gain anything.