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Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

You can do it, Matt! I had three German chocolate cupcakes lastnight as a reward to myself for passing my panel interview!

We all are here to help you out,

Zimmy

Sounds like Me sometimes lol ........... I tend to reward Myself with things like chocolate and pepsi and such when I should be choosing other things like a new book, or a magazine or a DVD (something thats not food). We'll get it eventually, it takes time but I know it'll happen :-)

Originally Posted by Softly

Hey Matthew! i think you checking in and being honest is fantastic.

Just a suggestion. Have you ever tried writing down in a notebook everything you eat and drink in a day and why you are feeling the need to eat/drink it? This is what I did and it opened my eyes so much. I was taking in calories that, at the weight I was, would make me gain...rapidly. Its really amazing how much we can eat and not know it. I was drinking iced coffee also twice a day, that added about 300 calories to my day.

If you need anyone to talk to feel free to PM me. I've been to hell and back with my weight since I was 8 yrs old. Been almost 400 pounds once, when I was 18. Its tough and I understand.

Hi Softly

I'm just about at 400 lbs now and it just seems crazy hard to try and lose the weight especially when I'm stuck in the house all summer watching My sister (not that I mind). Its just hard to lose weight or even concentrate on Myself when I see the same four walls all of the time and can't get out during the day when I want to. I could easily go out in the evening but after watching chey all day, once My parents are home about 6pm or so I just watch tv and then soon its bedtime again. Its a rut that I'm stuck in and I can't seem to get out ~ I wanna be able to afford atleast buying a treadmill or something I can do at home but I don't have the cash right now so I just gonna learn how to deal with everything.

Some days I'm so gung ho to get things, and other days I don't have the motivation and My energy is non-existent. I bought a journal about two weeks ago and was going to start doing just that, writing down what I eat/drink and how much but I never did it ............ I am going to pull that out tomorrow, start writing down things and then review it in say a week or so to see what I come up with. I know sometimes I eat because I'm bored or because I'm very much an emotional eater (especially eating chocolate and potato chips). I'll get there, its just one step at time