Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
Not bad at all. Every pound is a win. Keep on keeping on.

On another note, I miss ice cream.
Thanks man. Keep doing what you're doing too.

Haven't had icecream lately myself.


NH93- It's not always easy or about eating low fat foods. Some people have extreme weaknesses to certain foods or maybe now have allergies, intolerances or diabetes. Specifically, I stay away from pizza and pasta specifically because if I'm around it, I don't stop eating. 2-3 Slices of pizza turns into eating the whole pie real easy and a bowl of pasta turns into eating a whole pound. My family also has a history of heart attack, heart disease, and diabetes. So I cut out the carbs and sugars as much as possible so I minimize how often I gorge myself on those carbs. Though this is one specific example.

For me, food has been like a drug: it makes/made me feel good when I'm down, it makes me feel even better when I'm feeling good. When I used to sit down with 3-4 burritos, 4-5 tacos, and 2-3 gorditas from taco bell(all in one sitting), it made me feel really good to be stuffed. There were times I've done it 2-3 times a week without a second thought. A lot of people do not understand why/how some people feel better emotionally or mentally after gorging themselves. Rarely did I feel disgusting, mostly I feel proud and comfortable. So when it feels good to do that, it becomes harder to change or reverse those actions and feelings.

I find a lot of people who have never been heavy or gained a little weight after being thin or in shape for most of their lives are able to handle weight loss differently/better than those of us who have been heavy for most of our lives because of how we were trained to eat physically and mentally. Our bodies have been programed to keep taking in exessive amounts of food/calories and store fat. Thinner peoples' bodies are not programmed to store fat. Over time that can change one way or the other and for some it's easier than others.

Reprogramming yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically is one of the hardest things to do when it is not triggered by a life-altering event or when someone is too stubborn and set in their ways to make changes on the fly. Some of us take time to change while others can change in an instant.

/gets off soapbox Sorry for the lecture.