Topic : A Circle of Friends with Loving Support

I'm new here also.  I admire your willpower in being able to not have sweets in the house - i have good intentions until i actually see them in the store and can't resist.  i used to have no problem in sticking to a weight loss program, exercise, etc., but now i don't seem to have the motivation to get started again.  too many snacks and not exercising sure adds up.  any advice?  Thanks.  Sue

Welcome to both.....no sweets is a great idea I have learned not to grocery shop hungry and to avoid those aisles like a plague....LOL Not having the stuff in the house helps and also I have noticed if I don't have spending cash on hand, I don't decide it's easier to stop for dinner or go grab something...sometimes being poor helps...LOL Welcome again...I am in my late 30's I hail from IN....stay cool Fred, it's nasty out there today!! I want to lose 80lbs, I have to get more physically fit, my job has many physical aspects....so I have to reshape myself, must keep moving..... Take care, Janet

just testing to see how this works.

Hey Gang,

 

I'm still playing around here. 

 

Brandy, don't give up.  I felt exactly the way you did last night, but today I'm figuring things out here a little better with ALOT of help from friends! *LOL*

 

Connie, that's exactly what happened to me when I tried to reply to your message earlier today about the smileys.  I hit post and everything just disappeared and and I ended up back at the beginning of the posts on 7/22. Hmmmmmm.

 

Joe, thanks for all your input!

 

Just took our daughter out to lunch and she's now headed back to Maine.  I don't think I'll ever get use to seeing her leave.  It's an absolutely gorgeous day here so I'm headed out into the sunshine.  We've had such a nice summer, lots of sunshine and heat too.  I'm trying to make the most of every minute as our winters are just too long and cold.

 

Here's wishing everyone good food choices, good luck navigating the Board

and a peace-filled afternoon.  Hope to catch up with you all later!   (((HUGS)))   Cathy

Afternoon (soon) everyone,

 

   I am new here, but not new to this struggle. I just wanted to say hi to everyone and hope to be posting more soon.

Gary

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 I have been off sugar and caffeine for over a month now.  I have had 2 desserts since I quit, but they were SMALL!  I used to drink 1 Pepsi a day and eat chocolate like CRAZY!  I woke up one day looked at myself in the mirror, had been dealing with severe breast pain, bloating, awful pms and many other symptoms that were making life miserable.  I need to lose about 40 pounds which many think is no big deal...but it is to me.  I never thought I could stop sugar.  I would put 3 teaspoons in my coffee each morning.  I was out of control with sugar.  I quit cold turkey.  I have not missed my daily pop at all!  It sounds really bad to quit, but I think everyone should commit and just do it!  Pop is very unhealthy, it is full of sugar!  Caffeine was what was making my breasts hurt so bad, filling them with cysts.  I just had my menstrual cycle and it was painless!!!  My breasts used to hurt for 2 weeks before my period...not this time! 
If it seems overwhelming then tell yourself one thing at a time, I suggest you start with sodas if you have a weakness with them, or start with the one thing that is what you crave the most, then phase out the rest.  For me doing it ALL cold turkey was the best.  Mark your calendar when you start your no sugar lifestyle and pat yourself on the back for every day you can make it through, trust me, your body will thank you!!
I am not big on exercising and just quitting the sugar for one month I have already lost one size!!  I wish you all the best!  We have to take care of our bodies!!
God bless, Christy

thanks

 your from indiana  hm im from the southern part of indiana and it humid and hot

im in my uper 40s

and its is hard not to eat to much

eating out going to stores is the hard part .

Christy

 good for you

i try to  stay away from desserts couse they do me in each time and wellpower goes bye bye

 I noticed many rid their homes of sweets completely.  That would have NEVER worked for me.  I live in the country, its a long ways to the grocery store and I felt that I may panic if I did not have my sweets.  I am the type of person that I have to have control, and if you take what I want away from me than I will fail.  I like the word willpower, willpower means a lot to me and is what gets me through ridding myself of habits.  I have pop in the fridge, chocolate in the freezer..but I have willpower.  I felt if I through all the sweets away I would have panicked.  I believe that with all my heart.  Whats right for me is not right for everyone, but I hope for the ones that have thrown the sweets out and failed, I hope they try it the way I did and let the willpower take them to success instead of the act of throwing it all out.  I thought about doing it that way and I felt panic take over knowing its a long ways to town and "oh what if I need chocolate"!!!!!!!!!!!  So my way worked for me.  Good luck to all!