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Ok i have gone back and forth on this one but latley it has really been bothering me ...Ok i know i had my surgery first out of the group that is on here ,...Well i was one of the first ...So alot of the things you guys are going thru now i did a few months ago ...But now i am going thru something that i just dont know what to do ...I am almost obessiveing over food ...i mean all i do is think about it until i cannt take it anymore and i just go eat it .....Like if you have yummy left overs and you know they are in the frig and you know no one is going to eat them ....But you cannt stop thinking about it ....Until you just say screw it and eat it .....Anyone going thru this ??? I hope i am not crazy ...Granted i might be ...I have debated on going to see a doc but then that cost money and i get good counceling here for free so i figuered i would put my neck out there and see if anyone is crazy like me and what you do to help get things off your mind ...What worries me is this is why i was fat to begin with ...and we dont need to go back there ...Helll i still have 40 pounds left to lose that will not leave me ......and i do keep asking it to leave ...I have offered it a vacation, anything but it wants to hang around alittle more ....UGHHHHHH Laura

I've often thought of these same things hun. You're NOT alone. I do try to NOT let it bother me...but there are MANY times it does win. So I exercise even more to burn more of the calories off. That's part of why Tami is doing the "What did you eat today" posts so we can hold ourselves accountable for the caloreis/carbs/protein/vitamins that we intake! Do you have a written journal that you can keep up with your intake? Maybe that will help??!! (Can't hurt - right?) Dee Dee

HI, Laura, I know what you mean! I have been at the same weight for going on four months. I have ten pounds to go, three to be a regular BMI, but here I sit. I have not answered Tami's daily question because I mess up regularly. I do plan to be accountable in the future! I also need to exercise and drink more water. You're not crazy! Love the vacation idea, but I would end up going with "it." LOL Tami's posting of our food idea will keep us accountable IF we participate. Exercising is also something that I MUST begin. It's good to know that we are on this journey together! Love ya' Becky

Well i am not sure if it really is being Accountable for what i eat ...I mean i am not hiding what i am eating or anything ..it is more that voice in my head not leaveing me alone until i eat that one thing in the house ...and what gets me is it is never ice cream or anything liek that ( it use to be ) but now it will be crackers or left overs .....and i just need to know what to do to make that voice and nagging voice go away so i can actually stand up and say no i dont want that and i dont need it and it will still be here in the morning ....Yah knwo what i am trying to say ..i mean i guess this is more of an addiction than i thought it really was ...but there has to be something to get your mind off of it at times ...Since the will power sucks !!!! and the M&m's are yummy right now LOL Laura

It is an addiction for me too. I have no doubt about that fact. My response sounded preachy (a bad tendency when your dad is a preacher), but it was for me more than anyone else. Sorry! I definitely cannot have chocolate in the house. Chocolate has that low, sexy voice that gets me almost EVERYTIME. The poor trick or treaters probably didn't like the Farmer house this year. BTW, hope your birthday has been great! Love, Becky