HELP WITH MY EATING HABITS!

I seem to have fallen in to old eating habits and no exercise. My life has been very stressful since my surgery and I am only down 85lbs. I wanted to be at my goal weight of 130lbs by now. Any tips? Thanks, Cynd

I am sooooo where you are at right now and it seems very frustrating because I really, really wanted to be rid of my old eating habits. I'm 8 months out, 120 lbs down, but wanting to graze all the time (junk food). I know it's not good and I'm doing lots of research now on ways to kick the habit. I guess I never truely believed I was an addict. Now, 120 lbs down, I shouldn't want to be putting anything wrong in my mouth, but I find myself constantly going back in the wrong direction. It scares me. If I learn any tricks of the trade, I'll share with you. Please feel free to e-mail me anytime. [email protected]

Alright Cyndy, you know what you need to do, and I'm not going to come here and embarrass you or shame you into doing them. Just giving a friendly boost. When you get ready to eat something, try to think about WHY you are eating. Are you bored, stressed,etc.? You say your life is stressful since the surgery. Why is it stressed? Will eating "solve" the problem of what is causing you stress? Is there something positive you can do to solve the problem? If not, then think about what you are eating and try to make sure it is protein and not carbs and that it is healthy for you. We did not get fat overnight, and to expect to get slim overnight is not realistic. The surgery was a tool to get you started in the right direction of the journey of weight loss. You don't want to ruin what you have worked so hard at achieving. You had to work at it didn't you? Think about how cool you will look on your Harley. It doesn't look cool to be fat on the back of it, now does it? Do you remember what other women looked like at bike rallys? Remember thinking..."Oh, I want to look like her...she's so slim...I want to wear that halter and look that good!" or perhaps it was..."OH MY GOD! How can that bike go with all that weight on it?! What was she thinking when she put that outfit on?!" Remember those comments you might have thought of when seeing other women on their bikes? I know I did last year in Sturgis. I hated being one of the fat chicks! You say you're not exercising. Try washing the bike by hand and doing the detailing. I know that tires me out. Maybe if you took the bike for some practice on the manuvers that are taught in the Motorcycle Safety Class. I know it was a physical challenge to do some of those tight turns. Especially being 100 lbs overweight. Practice picking up the bike after laying it down...That's enough reason to get back to doing upperbody weight training. My Heritage Classic is freakin' heavy!! Anyways...keep on looking for support here on the website and attend your local support group. We are all here to help each other. You are not alone! YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! Take care!

Hello again! Please accept my most sincerest apology. I said things that were incredibly stupid, insulting and downright offensive and I did not mean too. I had no intention of offending anyone at all! I just didn't think before saying what came to mind. What's sad is that I even proofread my posting before submitting it and didn't even notice how mean and derogatory my comments were. As soon as I get my foot (and most of my leg) out of my mouth, I promise to show you folks that I really am a nice person. I just tend to make a fool out of myself quite often. We are here to help and support each other, not beat each other up. I am most humbly sorry for having done so.