"PUSH-A-WAYS"...Like my Dad always told me. "Just do a few push-a-ways from the table!"
LOL!

What as work for me is 4 to 5 small mealsa day and walking.I have lost 57pounds since Apr-07

I'm having a rough time lately too. I'm not gaining, but I'm not losing either. Just a little frustrating. My journal really helps keep me motivated, I get helpful comments and so much support from great DS friends.

I'm counting calories, exercising or swimming daily, trying to stay rested and drinking water.

Stay strong! It's not easy or fun, but in the long run it's what is best for our body and mind.

I had Gastric Bypass last year and that has helped a lot. Then diagnosed with MS during a severe flare-up and stopped exercising due to fatigue, etc. Maintained the weight loss and now I'm ready to continue. Convenience foods are a big thing for me and my husband, he works full-time and goes to school at night, I'm always exhausted because I have to work and MS.... anyway, since I started eating TV dinners, it has started to come off as I keep a limit on the calories. So really, its calories.

For me, the only thing that has *ever* worked is completely getting rid of the things that I know trip me up every time: white stuff -- sugar, flour, rice, potatoes. I weighed 281 once. Weight Watchers made me hyper-aware of how much I had eaten, how much left I could eat -- for me, it furthered the obsession of *eating*. I like taking certain ingredients out of the equation totally. When I eat sugar and flour and rice and potatoes, I want to sleep for hours. I get bitchy and cranky and bloated. My body does NOT respond well to them. Take them out and -- if you can stand the first few days which feel like detox -- you start to feel better. Less bloated, less cranky, and best of all, less cravings. Right now, of course, I can't manage to go more than a few days w/o screwing up. It's hard to do, for sure. But man, you do feel better. When you're noshing on nothing but a steak and a hearty salad, or fish and a plate of steamed broccoli with fresh butter, you're *not* going to be hungry. The hunger and the cravings disappeared almost 90% for me. But that's me. And I am officially off the wagon now, and hating it, and trying to get my ass back ON the wagon. My best wishes.

Marriage separation and divorce definately worked for me when I was 24. I got into peak condition after that. How to do it and stay married? Haven't worked that out yet.lol I'll let you know when I do, but it will cost you $1000. Everyone else is making truckloads out of this weight lose thing, I might as well too.

I found that eating was always a great silent tantrum! Understanding trigger foods.
Like for me there's a brand of bread that offers a great deal of comfort. It is poison to me.
Salt and sweet food can be triggers. My mood and food choices are helpful to write down

I don't think I have the courage, but I know that if I could stop eating sugar in all it's forms, all processed foods that contained sugar, I would lose. Sugar is my drug of choice. Just imagine reading the label on every food item you buy, like I have to with gluten free (I'm celiac) and putting it back on the shelf because it has sugar in it. How much can I really eat that doesn't have sugar added? Bread? What? Meat, vegies, fruit, nuts, and yes, water. What will I fill my empty soul with then?

Going about 75% organic and drinking Apple Cider Vinegar every day. I have lost 20 pounds in four months. You really are what you eat. Go to earthclinic.com and read about weight loss and apple cider vinegar. There are about 90 testimonials about losing weight. http://earthclinic.com/CURES/weight_loss_and_apple_cider_vinegar.html

Good question! What finally helped me was just making up my mind that I was going to change and that I was not going to quit, no matter how many times I messed up, ate the wrong things, didn't exercise, whatever. I'm not on a "diet" but am eating healthy food instead of junk and exercising as much as possible. I'm determined that this is a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix. Best wishes to you!