I live in a house of Temptation and (Food)Sin!

As a college student there is always some staple foods in the house- beer and hamburger helper! There is five us, two guys, three girls, and everyone is eatting constantly. I have never lived with people more unhealthy in their eatting habits, and its driving me nuts. The kicker was when I woke up this morning and my roommate was cooking a steak for breakfast. She cooked a whole steak! My fiance last night ate a box of macaroni because I had eatten before he got home from work. Everyone around me in this house is eatting T.V. dinners, and ordering pizza, and the same roommate that was cooking steak makes daily trips to pick up ice cream.

Sometimes I just feel like a lone fish in shark infested waters. I sit there quietly cursing my grilled chicken and fruit salad while I watch everyone around me chow down on Jack in the Box. How am I supposed to risit all this temptation and food sins!?

That is a tuff one.  I work at a college.  For me it is really cheap to eat at the cafeterias on campus.  They are basically all you can eat, like a buffet.  There are lots of healthy options, but lots of junk, too.  I am trying to overcome gluttoney and overeating, too.  I always have to remind myself that I will be healtier and feel better if I eat healthy and moderate portions.  When I don't eat right I feel guilty and I feel like a bloated whale.  But my flesh wants the junk.  For me it is a daily battle.  Some day I hope to have conquered it.  For now, it is all one choice at a time.  Mindless eating is very detrimental.  I have a healthy-eating buddy to join me for lunch, so that helps.  We are accountability partners.  My biggest problem is at night with TV/downtime snacking and avoiding the dessert at the cafeterias.

Keep up the good fight so you won't be living in regret later with excess pounds to lose and health issues.

Girl, I feel your pain.  While I don't live with that many folks, I happen to live with Cookie Monster himself.  When we go grocery shopping, it's very apparent who put what in the cart.  We never leave without the staples:  oreos, vienna fingers, fig newtons, breyers ice cream plus hot fudge sauce, milanos, and nutter butters.  He dips his nutter butters in JIF peanut butter also.  Of course he has an amazing metabolism and also goes to the gym a lot, but when I open the cabinets I feel like walking into that room on the Biggest Loser where they have all the temptations on the table. 

I just try to remember that those sweets will always be there- they aren't going anywhere.  If I really really want a cookie tomorrow, I will build it into my calories for the day.  But it's not like they are a scarce resource.  You are being healthy and doing the right thing!  Stay strong!!

I feel you! In my house I live with my 44 year old dad who is buff-as-can-be for his age and my 18 year old sister who weighs like 105 lbs. Basically all of their food includes Pizza Rolls, Pop Tarts, Kraft Mac & Cheese, frozen Eggos, Bagel Bites, frozen pizza, etc. Then my dad comes home from the grocery store and says "I got you food!" And I look in the bags and sigh. This is what I do. I have my own cabinet and my own drawer in the refridgerator that has all my own food that I buy myself in it. I don't even open the pantry or look in the freezer because all the yummy junk food is in there and I have little (if any) self-control when it comes to yummy junk food. When you feel like giving up, just go for a walk or get on here (that's what I do) and you should be okay if you just stay away from the crappyness. Think about your goals and the results and it will make you feel better!

i hear ya girl, in my 3rd year of university i lived with 4 other girls and it was a snack-fest, it wouldn't be unusual for 2 of us to polish off a whole block of cheese and whole box of wheat thins in one sitting! we were always just hanging out in the kitchen snacking, or ordering pizza. it's so hard. even if you try to buy healthy groceries yourself, when a craving kicks in its so easy to "browse" the other roomies cupboards! now that i am home again its not really easier, there are always tempting baked goods on the counter! soooo frustrating!

Oh my GOd, Finally people who have the same problem. I live with

1. Husband/cookie monster- he eats meat potatoes, sugar cereal, poptarts and cookies with whole milk

2. Two teenage boys-both eat lots and lots of everything except veggies(most they absolutely detest)

3. A two year old- picky eater who would rather have pb&j than anything(he at least still likes fruit and some veggies but he is learning from the other 3)

They do care that I am losing weight but they do not want to have any part of it.

Plus as an added bonus I have to cook at least 2 different meals a day and three if the big boys are having a meat dish, because the baby won't eat most meat. I have been at it for about 2 months and lost 21 lbs so far but it is always a struggle. I guess it is a little easier now that is has become a way of life. Yes I add a cookie now and then to my calories for the day, but I usually make my own healthy versions and have a sweet, delicious treat as well as continue to feel great about myself!