Am I the only one?

[christina135]

Am I the only one who feels that I am almost helpless in some situations?
I want to be strong, and yet it is SO hard.

I get angry at the thin people eating potato chips...
I HATE THAT!

Why can they eat bad stuff, and still be thin and look great?

Did I just let myself go ENTIRELY???

DANG IT!!!

Anyhow, I am back.

Have a great evening.

[SandyL2002]

No you are not the only one.. Somewhere on here is a HUGE vent of mine about the same thing. Especially when I am out and about with my kids and they want Ice Cream...that really upsets me that I can't go get a cone out somewhere..

I just keep telling myself I have a medical condition and this is how I must treat it.. Cause when I slip and eat that darn cone it makes me sick...

[Alexa]

Hi Christina,

No as Sandy says, you are not the only one. It's probably annoying to hear but it really does get easier with time. I used to get sad and upset when I couldn't eat dessert or whatever and I had to really struggle to stay on plan (which i didn't quite a bit). But after a while, and in particular when I don't cheat (because cheats just cause cravings and make it harder), it got easier. It was partly just practice saying no and getting used to it and then I could see that I was getting somewhere.

I just accept now that I have a body that responds badly to certain foods and I am doing something about it, but it took time getting here.

Also as for the skinnies eating chips - perhaps they are unhealthy but just look slim, they could be storing up all kinds of trouble. Everyone should eat healthily ideally and gaining weight kind of forces your hand.

Best of luck with re-induction

[christina135]

Thanks for replying ladies!!!

I love this board, I honestly do!

I am so exhausted, worked 5 hours overtime today...but I still had to make time to check in here.

have a wonderful evening!!!

[angelstar]

*giggles* I just say to myself.....give it 10 years time and those skinnies stuffing themselves with chips and carbs will have put on tons of weight and I'm be the skinny!!

[sugarfreeone]

The only way I can deal with this (because I have felt the SAME way for YEARS about skinnies) is that I tell myself that I have a metabolic disease / intolerance to carbs and this is how I have to treat it...and I also have to remind that it is NOT my fault that I have it.

I also have to question my way of thinking. WHY do I find so much JOY in eating chips or dessert???? For me its an addiction to those foods....I need to find joy in something else....besides food...and thats hard for a food addict like me, but I know I can do it. Its like being in recovery from alcoholism...some people can have just one drink...an alcoholic can never do that.....

[determined2shrink]

I think to break the addiction you have to start new habits to replace the eating or triggers. I try to keep myself busy all day. Whenever i would normally have down time to think about food i do something even if its just cleaning or doing a puzzle or playing games on the computer (you can play at pogo.com for free).