boredom is my worse enemy

So tomorrow is a very exciting day for me! About a year and a half ago I was in school for nursing. I did a little over a year and decided it wasnt for me. At that time I was doing very well with my band I was in school monday thru friday and worked on the weekends. I had a good schedule and was going to the gym as well. Then I decided I didnt want to do nursing and my fiance and I ended up moving into the city of atlanta (about 45 minutes from where we were living) This was in March. I had decided to go back to school to get my degree in history with education and I was going to start in August so we decided for me to not work and just go to school full time. So from march to august I just sat in my house. The gym that was close to me I did not feel comfortable going to. So there I was in the house with no job, not in school and not going to the gym. Im really band with eating when Im bored not to mention I was completely inactive. Well August rolled around and it turned out my credits would not transfer and I would have to take an entrance exam for the university that I wanted to go to but had missed the test dates for that semester so I would have to wait until the spring semester in January to start school. I was so sad becasue that mean 5 more months of just sitting in the house. Well Im happy to say that tomorrow I will be going to my school orientaion and signing up for my classes YAY!!! Im just so excited to get myself back on a schedule I do so much better with my weight loss. I love haing set times when Im suppose to eat like on lunch break at school and before going to school in the morning. When I dont have a schedule I sleep late, dont eat breakfast and feel like im eating all day long. Also my school is where I use to live before we moved so I am going to be able to start going to the gym I was going to before we moved and I felt really comfortable at the gym! I loved it. So after almost a year of sitting in my house Im excited to get up have breakfast go to school have lunch and head to the gym after class everyday! I think I gained about 15 pounds sense we moved here and Im really excited to get moving again. Just wondering if anyone one else has a hard time with boredom eating and not being on a schedule

I can totally relate. I don't work- I am on disability for bipolar. I have way too much time on my hands. Sometimes I wish I had a job. I have been successful in loosing my excess weight. I now struggle with maintaince. At this point I am 11 pounds heavier than my goal. I dread Thanksgiving, then Christmas will be right around the corner. The plan is to be really "good" until Thanksgiving, and then be "good" until Christmas. I hope this works for me. I will be at my parents for the holidays, and there will be lots of my favorite foods.

I know all this time I have had on my hands has really stalled my weight loss if not made me gain. Im nervous about the holidays as well. I live in georgia and am going to mississippi for thanksgiving to visit mine and my fiances family. Where I will have to go to TWO thanksgiving dinners hopefully I can be good. Not to mention whenever we go to visit its like a weird tradition to go to the casino in biloxi one night and have there buffet which has crab legs my most favorite!! wish me luck and good luck to you over the holiday season.