Comments on: Slipping back into old habits

By: melissa

melissa — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:19:10 +0000

In reply to Mom. Yay! The 3 R's in practice: REUSE! :P

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:34:14 +0000

Yea guys, she gave away all the fat clothes to me, her Mom,. but I’ve given them all to the homeless because I lost 40#s in 4 months and now they don’t even fit me! So it’s all for a good cause.

By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:27:18 +0000

In reply to Keely.

I’m not a fan of sweets to begin with. It’s cheese, salt and carbs I crave. I’ve already given away all of my “super fat” clothes so I can’t go back.

Now I just need to lose enough weight to get rid of the “fat” clothes. 😛

By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:24:48 +0000

In reply to Dragon Blogger. 60 pounds? That's awesome! Don't let a few pounds over the holidays upset you. It sounds like you know what to do to lose it when the new year begins.

By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:23:41 +0000

In reply to fragileheart. I know what you mean about banquet food, caffeine and 3/hrs of sleep. Back in the day when I was bartending and waiting tables I didn't gain weight at all. Damn desk jockey jobs!

By: Keely

Keely — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:11:19 +0000

December is traditionally a write-off for me because I have SUCH a sweet tooth. I pretty much just resign myself to having to work like hell to ditch the extra 10 lbs in January. *shrug* I consider it worth it to enjoy the season the way I want to.

The rest of the time though, I try to avoid the sweet stuff.

By: Dragon Blogger

Dragon Blogger — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:18:24 +0000

I hear you, I have lost 60 pounds in about 2 years, and now find myself inching about 4 pounds back due to holidays and starting to eat more than I should. It is something I fight with, I am almost always hungry and have to fight the urge to eat the stuff I want constantly.

By: fragileheart

fragileheart — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:24:11 +0000

Hi Betty 🙂 I’ve been on a diet for about a week and a half and have lost 5.5lbs – which is pretty good considering I’m not starving myself. In fact, I feel like I eat too much still sometimes.

Its not quite an atkins diet because I do still eat carbs but I have replaced a lot of the carbs I eat later in the day with vegetables. I hardly find myself stressed (because I don’t really care about my job) so I can’t relate at the moment to reaching for comfort foods but I have certainly done that in the past (though its been more of a comfort *drink* for me).

When I used to get really stressed, I took up smoking. This was also the time when I was living on a diet of banquet food, caffeine and 3 hrs/day of sleep. I was at my ideal weight then… but I also used to run around and lift cases of beer, tables and stacks of chairs for a living. Go figure!