Hello,
You know I would love to be one of those type of people who walk around the earth and don't ever think about dieting. I mean I have co workers at work who eat whatever they want and they never think about diets. I mean my school must make the unhealthiest food and many of my co workers just eat and eat and talk at lunch and here I am wondering what it would be like to be able to eat whatever I wanted. Please tell me there are others out there who wonder what it would be like to be "normal" because I guess I feel abnormal because I think about weight, food and dieting every waking moment of the day and I would love for the madness to stop. I would love to stop relying on my day being good or bad depending on how the scale reads in the morning. Oh I guess I just need some motivation and some kind words. You are all great to listen. :) GG

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Hi GG,
i could have written this post myself!
sometimes i too wonder what it would be like to not constantly have thoughts of fat content of foods and the old good food vs bad food argument.
there are days when i long to be my old self again. although i was 50 pounds heavier at least i could eat a meal without fretting over it. "should i really eat this???"
On the other hand i am happy being 50 pounds lighter and i just hope(fingers crossed) that there will come a day when i magically dont think about food/eating right all the time. Hope that day comes soon!
the fact that we are thinking about what we eat etc means that we are making a concerted effort to become healthier though. We will succeed even if we become neurotic psychopaths in the meantime lol.
hugs bell



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GG,

Oh yeah!

What you posted sounded so much like me.

I wake up in the middle of the night, and if I can't go back to sleep, I think about my weight and what can I do different tomorrow to change that.

All my waking hours I also think about my weight and what I can do to change it.

I am just so wrapped up in my weight that I can not enjoy life.

Sorry! I know I am supposed to be here to inspire. But this is the way I feel!

Hang in there! You can do it!

Sandyh

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I have a daughter who only eats when she is hungry, if she is not hungry, she may not eat hardly anything one day and then the next she will be hungry and eat what she wants.

For me, I will never know what that is like. I am learning to listen to my body; and eat when I am hungry and stop when I feel my stomach feeling full, but the desire to eat and eat and eat is still there.

What is NORMAL anyway?????

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Hi,
Boy I am glad that I am not alone GG :)

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I guess I do obsess about food whether I'm dieting or not. It's better when I'm dieting though because I tend to have a more positive outlook in general and am not also obsessing about how uncomfortable I am from eating the wrong foods. I can't say it's on my mind constantly though because I do have a fulfilling job and a lot of responsibility which fills up much of my thinking. I guess it really helps me to keep busy.

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GG-

You are certainly not alone. But you are at a place where you PAY ATTENTION to food, so I think it may seem to you that there are people who can eat whatever they want and never gain a pound.

The fact is, anyone who is taking in MORE calories than their body requires on a REGULAR BASIS is GAINING weight. And anyone who is taking in FEWER calories than their body requires on a REGULAR BASIS is LOSING weight.

Those gals who appear to be able to eat whatever they want are like my friend Harriett - 65 years old, slim and trim and healthy, and never APPEARS to give a thought to what she's eating - but I swear she has Richard Simmon's Deal-A-Meal engraved on her brain. So if she sits and has a cheeseburger and french fries at lunch-time, it's a sure bet she had a piece of fruit and a glass of skim milk for breakfast, and she'll have a big, fresh salad with fat-free dressing and some low-fat cottage cheese for dinner!

Eating like that comes naturally to her, and that has to be such a blessing! But it sure isn't that she can eat whatever or however much she wants that keeps her looking the way she looks.

When I plan my meals each morning, and then write in my Gratitude Journal, I try to remember these days to be GRATEFUL for the struggle. Without the struggle, there would be no end to the weight-gain for me.

Hugs,
ThinLynn

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I can relate, GG, but it does get better. I used to obsess about it all the time until I started looking at it as I would say a car. I own this "car" and cars require maintenance. I wish I could change the oil only once and it would last forever, or only put one tank of gas in it, or never have to change the wiper blades or brakes or tires. But it takes conscious thought to maintain a "car" or anything else. My body requires conscious effort. It's when I just go with the flow and don't think about it that I get all out of proportion. Realistically, everybody has to put thought and effort into taking care of themselves. What the real problem was is that I was judging my insides by their outsides when in all reality I had no idea really how much effort they actually put into that body! So chin up, and let's get on with living! And keep in mind that you CAN multitask!!!! HEHEHEHE :)

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Robbie

The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.
Joseph J. Lamb

Who wants to go through life not paying attention?..not me..Hugs to you it will get better..

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Pamela
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Filling the void with control not food!

robbie-

I really like your analogy. :)

Thanks!

ThinLynn

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Do I know what you mean GG! My sons girl can sit here and eat a whole large bag of peanut M&Ms and then go slip on her size 5 jeans. It's discusting! It makes me feel like I was made wrong or something http://www.diettalk.com/uub//mad.gif
Even if I exercise and eat right for 10 years I know I will never be able to do that and that is a fact! My carreer, alas, is thinking about calories. If I was getting paid for it, after 45 years, I'd be rich!
Babs :)

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Boy that is where I am now. I am at that "I am sick of thinking about dieting" kind of mode.

Right now I am trying to behave like a skinny person. I am trying to eat what I want when I want it but maybe not tons of it. I am also trying to not eat cuz of stress. Its hard cuz it is changing my personality; but right now I am just not in the mood to count calories. I still want to lose weight though.

Carmine

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