super slow weight loss but STILL losing

Aug 03, 2012

Although it takes FOREVER for the scale to move, I can't complain too much because its STILL moving!! I do try REALLY hard to get it to move...since I can't work out right now due to my recent gallbladder and hernia repair surgery I have to really be really careful what i eat!! My biggest problem is BORED EATING!! The more I sit still, the more I find myself reaching for something to eat! The problem is...I quit smoking a couple years ago and the whole "hand to mouth" concept of smoking now makes me want to eat!!! I normally don't sit much at work, I'm up and walking around all day (retail management) but since I'm on super light duty at work, i sit and do paperwork/computer stuff all day and find myself looking for things to munch on even when I know I'm not hungry! old habits die hard!!  so i bought LOTS of fruit and veggies but it sucks when I forget to bring them to work or there are other things laying around, calling my name!! lol. carbs are by far my biggest weakness so I've learned to avoid them (like an alcholic avoids alcohol!!).  A friend of mine is a self proclaimed food addict.  She had RNY about 4 years ago and has recently went from a size 4 to a size 12 and is really struggling with her food addiction.  Everyone at work is so judgemental since she had surgery...and I guess they feel the need to voice their opinion of her to me, as a way of what they feel is a compliment to me.  They're always saying...You're doing SO good, eating right and all...not like HER...don't "fall off the wagon" like HER and gain your weight back! but I always stand up for her and put them in check!! it pisses me off how judgemental they are!! FIRST of all, she is NO WHERE NEAR the weight she used to be!! she's NOT OBESE!! AND "who are u to judge her weaknesses?? what are YOUR weaknesses??"  but my friend did try to justify her addiction by saying "an alcoholic can AVOID alcohol...they don't NEED it to live...a food addict can't avoid food, they need it to live!" and to that I say..."you're right BUT you don't NEED ice cream, cake, sugar, bad carbs to live! an alcoholic needs drinnk to live, just not alcoholic drink.  So when they WANT a beer or vodka or whatever they WANT to reach for, they must resist the urge and reach for something NON alcoholic to drink.  Just like when you WANT to eat something you shouldn't, you must resist the urge and reach for something healthy to eat...or find something to do instead of eating!" its not easy for anyone, but they never said it would be easy!! I prefer to work out when i feel the "bored" eating urge kick in but i can't right now.  So instead, i either do something I can, like clean a bit...get on the computer, etc or I just fight the urge till it goes away..often drinking water helps the hand to mouth thing.

How do u avoid the urges to do what you shouldn't??

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