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Now, as the day is coming to a close and I reflect upon this incident and I realized...I emotionally eat! For the longest time, I didn't want to admit it! And Now, if I'm really serious about getting this weight off, I need to step up and admit it to myself and hold myself accountable and say that I'm an emotional eater!
My excuse has always been, "oh I just enjoy food! I enjoy reading cookbooks, and trying new things, blah blah blah" Which I do believe is the case about me...I'm very passionate about food. I'm Italian, my dad is a chef, and it is just something that is deeply embedded in me. But that is not the driving motivation behind at least 75% of my poor food choices.
This is quite the hard pill for me to swallow. I have been under a large amount of pressure in various areas of my life for the last couple years, but especially over the last 7-8 months. Stress is sometimes so paralyzing for me that reaching for foods that make me happy is the only thing that prevents me from melting down and wanting to just curl up in bed and never come out. I'm tired of living like this. Does anyone else battle with emotional eating? How do you deal with it? What methods do you use to cope with stress to prevent yourself from piling on the calories?
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Tomato, I know that it needs to come off slow to keep it off. Anymore than 2 lbs. per week is risky. But even though I know that logically, it is really hard for me to stay patient! I think that played a major role in not sticking my routine...that along with stress and exhaustion due to my fibromyalgia and being overworked. As far as making goals...I'm one for mini goals. Like "I will go to the gym 3 times this week" or if I am having a stressful week and need to take things one day at a time "i won't eat any junk at the team meeting" or "i won't snack on junk when I get home from work".
Jean, although someone insulting me is my initial motivation for jumping back on the wagon, my reasons for wanting to get this weight off have always been for me...mostly. My fibromyalgia has become more difficult for me to maintain since I have gained this extra weight. I'm also going to be 25 in September and I know that once you hit 30, your metabolism slows. I want to make sure I can get myself into good shape so it will be easier for me to maintain as I get older. But I hope you're right Jean...that sometime soon, I'll be called "Miss Skinny"! -NicoleView Thread

Boy oh boy when I fall off the wagon, I fall HARD. Gained back all the weight that I lost...AGAIN. Started eating poorly...AGAIN. Stopped going to the gym...AGAIN. I'm trying not to beat myself up over it because all that I am doing by doing that is setting myself up for failure.
I work at a traumatic brain injury day program. And I know I shouldn't take this to heart, but one of the clients today called to me from down the hall saying, "Well look at this girl, she's got a wide A$$". Needless to say, that made me feel pretty crummy, discouraged, and defeated. It kills me to think that I would have stuck to things, I would have the strong, healthy, energetic, bikini body that I have been wanting for so long, and I let life get in the way...again.
But, we're heading into the end of May now, and maybe I can get close to where I want to be by the end up July (a 20lb. loss would make me as happy as a clam in high tide). But part of me doesn't even want to try because I'm afraid of failing...again.
Anyone have any words of wisdom? Suggestions? I'll take anything at this point!
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Pushed myseld and went to the gym tonight. So stressed out, kinda just wanted to roll into a ball and be emotionally paralyzed, lol. But I pushed myself and went! Got a good workout in and still gonna do my best to keep my best foot forward for the rest of the week! I went on the elliptical which was fairly easy on my knee. Did 30 minutes, then all my weight training, then another 30 minutes. Burned over 600 calories all together with the cardio I did, so I'm hoping it was a 1,000 calorie kind of night!
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Went to the gym only once last week. Stuck to the elliptical because of my knees and I did pretty well with that. Had a really good workout, but again, I only got there once. Then my Valentine's Day weekend began...on Thursday (took a long weekend). We went out for almost every meal, every day. As nice as it was, it was also terrible. Made lousy food choices. And it is now 5:48 P.M. on Monday, and where am I? Home! Not at the gym! I have had a migraine since last night and I feel like an absolute bum and I'm sitting here, beating myself up (it's really hard not to). Yes, I know it's counterproductive, and it doesn't help me in the long run. Tomorrow is my weigh in day and I'm afraid to step on the scale to find out the damage. I'm really hoping I feel well enough tomorrow to get to the gym and emotionally strong enough to say no to bad foods. Wish I knew why I was hitting this rough patch.
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But I'd like to look nice in whatever I wear when he takes me out to dinner, so that is why I have the 150 goal set for next weekend. 10 pounds is a nice amount of weight! 20 more to go after that!
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I've been at it for about a month now. Been really needing to push myself to get to the gym this week, but I've gotten there every day that I planned to this week so far! Whenever I felt like giving up in the middle of my work out, I had to literally go into a meditative chant to myself to stay focused ("No pain, no gain." "Pressure makes Diamonds.")
My SW was 160. My CW is now 154. Took me about a month to lose that weight. I'm really going to push to be 150 by the 10th (I know it's 4 days before Valentine's Day, but my Valentine's Day plans are starting on the 10th!).
I'm thinking about investing in one of those scales with the metal plates that calculate your body fat because I don't think that the number on the scale is a good representation of what I have actually lost. I KNOW I've gained muscle, which I know is heavier than fat. Reason why I know I've gained muscle is because I find myself actually feeling HUNGRY (not just having an increased appetite) throughout the day. That tells me that my resting metabolic rate is starting to increase, So I need to have a small, healthy snack in between meals so that my body doesn't go into starvation mode which will eventually lower my metabolism!
So I think if I continue to workout the way I have been, eat right, and continue to listen to my body, I'll get to where I want to be by the 10th! (And Eventually to my goal weight!).
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