Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.

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SAMPAGUITA 05/03/2013

i dont know where to start first..but im having problems with my eating. I am a certified emotional overeater and a binger. I have a huge appetie due to the medicines that im taking for depression and anxiety.

I'm depressed about it because it feels like i cannot do anything. I am not motivated too. before i forgot to tell you, i am a borderline diabetic so i need to take things seriously. What do you do if your having bad habits like me? like if ur having a hard time to change this bad habits?

Any suggestions? Thanks

sam

sam

beggarseam 05/03/2013

baby steps...first, make sure you get your 8 glasses of water a day. more if you want. it will help you cut down on sodas. every time you drink your water, think to yourself, this is good for me. and other healthy habits.

deleted_user 05/03/2013

I agree with the first poster. Pick five things you are doing that you know you must stop doing for the sake of your health, and come up with a plan for the healthy things you will do instead. If five seems like too many to tackle all at once, work on one for a week and then add another one the following week, and slowly build up. When you get through five, add another five. And so on. You might look into a program like Overeaters Anonymous to address the overeating and binging. I think there is an OA group here on DS, there may be more than one. Have you gotten any nutritional counseling for the borderline diabetes?

ThePepperMan 05/03/2013

Stopping bad habits cold turkey can be very VERY hard for us humans. Can you divert some of your habits? Perhaps keep plenty of cut carrots or celery around; better to binge on crunchy veggies than on chips and cookies. (Girl Scout cookie time is very hard for me!)

SAMPAGUITA 05/04/2013

i havent got a nutritional counseling for borderline diabetes. But im going to research about it. By the way I also have polycystic ovary. My mom told me that i really need to lose this weight so my mesntrual cycle will be back to normal. I need to do this!

Yes! I believe in baby steps and doing small things one a t a time. Maybe i should start exercising 1 hour per day instread of 2. (Thats the advice a trainer gave me) and i should gradually cut out foods that are high in calorie thanks for the suggestion.

Ok maybe i will try to stock diced carrots in the fridge so i can chew on that at night. Good replacement for chicken and rice which i used to eat at midnight! Terrible!

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