Topic : 08/09 Overweight and Forgotten

I used to be overweight as a child.  It was awful, kids always like to pick on the "fat kid", so do some teachers...and family members (that's a whole other show, lol!).  I realized that I ate to deal with stress (ironically from being the "fat kid").  Even then, I was still stressed.

Now, I change the way I deal with stress.  Instead of ripping into a box of ding-dongs or twinkies, I'll exercise for about a half hour.  It's ritualistic,  I have a certain time of day reserved for that activity alone, and you get into a rhythm.  If I don't work out for a couple of days, my body will let me know.  I'll be cranky and can't concentrate. 

I can't possibly begin to imagine what you are going through.  A food addict differs from other addicts only that they wear theirs more visibly.   I know that when I was heavy I kind of "zoned out" when I ate and it was like morphine.  But it wears off quickly.  I didn't eat when I was hungry, I ate to "zone out".   Then when I happened to weigh once when I took my son for a doctors appointment I was close to 200 pounds and I didn't care what I had to do I was going to take it off.  I could still lose 20 pounds, but I'm 5'7 and 156lbs and a size 10.  I was a 16.  Just the 20 pounds I still have causes me discomfort sometimes.  I can't fathom an excessive amount of weight.  I'm sorry people have to suffer.  I wish you the best God has to offer and hope that you find the answer.  I lost mine by feeding my body instead of my emotions.  I ate ANY time I wanted to eat, but I made sure I fed my body.  Lots of veggies and fruits.  Seven servings of WHOLE grain a day, and all the lean protein I wanted.  I snacked constantly on beef jerky........which funny enough tightened up my jaw muscles.   I learned not to "zone out" and to stay conscious of what I was doing and eating.  I saw myself as thin, convinced my mind I was thin and everything began to follow.  I'm now workin on a size 7.  For comfort and energy, not for looks.

God Bless!!

Hi everybody

Im from sydney Australian, and I believe Lorna wants to blame everybody but herself, what else can her family do for her, drag her out of her  bed and make her excercise, the only person who is going to make her do anything is her self.

I believe her sister is right, no body made her eat her way to fatness she did, and she ought to do something herself.

My older sister is morbidly obese, not as bad as Lorna, but none the less, obese, she doesnt care, she'll blame her husband, she'll blame her kids, she has an excuse for everything, except actually getting of her ass and doing something about it.

If my sister had a magic pill to make her loose weight she still wouldnt do it, their happy being fat, they love eating, they don't want to give up all the bad food.

i'm over weight myself, I have being doing something about it, all you have to do is think of that oversized coffin they'll have to buy to fit your fat body in it, and then think about the struggle the pall bearers will have trying awfully hard to lift it of the ground, not a grand way to exit the world is it.

It may be easy for you to lose weight, but its not easy for everyone. Unlike an alcolhol or drug addiction, a food addiction has to be dealt with in moderation- not complete cessation. It would be like a herion addict just having a little bit to get them through the day- when you are addicted to food, you STILL have to eat to live. If you are addicted to alcohol or drugs, you can remove yourself from situations that make it hard for you to keep clean- but try walking down any street in America and NOT finding a diner, Mc D's, BK, Dunkin D's, Starbucks.....

-Add onto that the fact that cheap food is starchy food- Veggies in America are more expensive than pasta, and cheap cuts of meat are fatty-

-Add onto that the fact that medical conditions and medications pack on the tonage- try having your thyroid out and wow that weight shows up fast!!

-Add onto that stress, insomnia, frustration---------

I agree, inevitably it is up to the individual to conquer this addiciton- but lets not criticize the only group in America who still allows themselves to be criticized without complaining about it and getting action! (Do you think Imus would be out of a job if he said something about fat girls who answered the telephone for minimum wage? Nope!)