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It's taken a while but I have now come to realise that I am just sooooooo bored of high fat, high sugar, carb laden crap food!!!

These foods have been like a neon light to me throught the majority of my life and I have always sought them out because I believed that they were giving me what was missing from my life! Rubbish! They are bl*&dy traitors and all they have done is left me with a tummy and thighs the size of Alaska!

I have tried so hard - and I mean REALLY hard - to rediscover some of the good times that we had but its no use, I've outgrown them and now find them boring. So instead of beating myself up about it anymore I'm just gonna cut ties and move on with CD - which I love - and along the way rediscover some new, fresh and exciting foods to enjoy when the time is right!

Does anybody else feel this way??

I am there with u gayle, know exactly how u feel,food has played such an important part in my life since i was 8 yrs old, and although it has been my best friend,my comfort blanket and ruling my life it has ruined my life bigggggg time,i have just had enough of the life i have lived, i 2 am soooo ready to give cd a real chance 2 change my life for good.
Today i have had my first thoughts about food since i started ssing 6 days ago and i quickly gave myself a stern talking 2, food is not going to control my life any longer, i am in control !!!
Chat soon, Hope u have a good day, we can do this girl, we r strong women, luv Roch xxxxxxxxxxx

hi there diva

Its funny you should say that. I understand totally what you mean. All that crappy food is not a subsitute for what we really crave - that is individual to each person I have totally changed my attitude to food now and wouldnt have done that without LT. I am only 3 weeks in, but even so my mindset has changed completely.

Weird, I never thought it would.

loux

Diva

You are so right! I had a real problem saying no to food full stop!

Now I am in complete control and I eat what I want in small amounts and most of it is healthy. I don't want to put on weight! I am starting to SS again on Sunday so am feeling good! I am low carbing at the moment to get me ready for Sunday.

Claire x

Wish I had your mentality Diva!!! I'm very much " gimmie the carbs......NOW!!!! CARBS CARBS CARBS, yum yum yum!!!!" I swear I should have been italian. Pasta, pizza...ough, my tummy is hungry now. Very naughty chatterbox.

But good going you!!

[] Nicole xx

Hi Gayle and Roch

Quite agree with you both. I have used food as a drug for too long, to make me feel better when stressed, to drown out my chatterbox (that worked) and to stop me feeling anything. What it then left me with was self hatred, a low self esteem and very high blood pressure.

We need to do this to regain our lives back and I am definitely with you on this. This will be the last time. We are reclaiming what is rightly ours - OUR LIVES.

Love
Ann xxxx

I hear you Diva!!!!
Thanks to CD and add-a-meal I found myself choosing (yes choosing) brussel sprouts to have with my grilled chicken!
Brussell sprouts - FFS! 6 months ago I wouldn't have given them a second glance let alone house room - but they were delicious and I really enjoyed them. Beansprouts and savoy cabbage are great too and I don't feel all full and dozy after eating them like I used to with pizza and chinese!
Long live sprouts!
A
xx

Your so right Diva.

You know what I wouldn't dare let the children eat the crap I have eaten in the past. I so rightly knew these foods were not good for them and I would steer them away accept in certain circumstances, but I would binge on them myself (obviously no in front of them). What a contradiction.

Well now it's different they are not nice foods that my body needs so I just don't need them.

Oh and my future saying will be quality not quantity!

I wish Diva, I so wish.
The Crap Food demons are BACK and they are whispering in my ear constantly.
I cannot wait for the time you're describing!
Kassi x x

Thanks Guys - Its nice to know that I'm not alone on this one! Its just so crazy how we try and hold on to our bad habits even when we've fully outgrown them!!! And then all those guilty, embarrassed and ugly feelings come into play... well, I've had enough of it!

I know this may seem like quite an odd post but I really do find it upsetting and even as I'm typing this its making me quite tearful about how much time I've spent seeking out and consuming stuff that I don't even like and that makes me feel so hideous about everything!!![]

you know i was thinking exactly this last week.

i was away at a conferance, we went out for dinner in Bath, and chose a superb fish resturant. i had seabass with green beans and curly kale. just a huge fish on the plate with a little sideplate of greens and it was absolutly delicious and beautifully presented.

... 12 months ago, i would have chosed a cheap and cheerful restuant..the type where they pile the plate full of crappy foods, and would have had a lasagne chips and garlic bread. and a pudding...and felt hard done by if the portions were small.

it fustrates me these days when i hear overweight people say 'oh i love my food'....NO you dont! you just love to cram stodge down your neck...

its so refreshing these days (now ive turned the fat corner) to enjoy eating and appreciate really good fresh well prepared food.

i went to a business lunch with a collegue, who is the same size as i used to be....and it was remarkable the difference in what we ate..

we had the same buffett lunch, but i diddnt have the potato wedges. i cut the pastry off the quiche, so only ate the filling, took the middle out of the smoked salmon sandwich and diddnt eat the bread, ate the chicken fillets but diddnt have the satay dip, and had fruit for pudding with fizzy water to drink. she on the otherhand ate everything...just like i would have 12 months ago!

i really truly believe ive changed forever...its taken 35 years,,but i think ive dont it []

And that is the real test - the change in attitude, Devonbabe! Thank you so much for sharing that as it really helps to put things in perspective.....looking forward to the day when I am 100% free!

Hiya Diva, hows it going?

Agree with all of you on this one! Was thinking this last night after I'd cheated (again). I really am sick of feeling crap after I've eaten what I shouldn't and then to make myself feel better, what do I do?! Have something else that's full of crap!

So now on day one, had a shake, had a nice chat with my friend down the pub, had a glass of water and did fine! Back at work now determined to do this. As much as I love ya Diva, I ain't giving you 30-odd quid a week for your benefit!!!! [] It's for my benefit and I need to realise that! Nothing good will come of fat, sugar, carbs or whatever. I need to start using these lovely, miraculous packs and shift this last 3 stone. [] [] []

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Originally posted by Diva05
[br]It's taken a while but I have now come to realise that I am just sooooooo bored of high fat, high sugar, carb laden crap food!!!

These foods have been like a neon light to me throught the majority of my life and I have always sought them out because I believed that they were giving me what was missing from my life! Rubbish! They are bl*&dy traitors and all they have done is left me with a tummy and thighs the size of Alaska!

I have tried so hard - and I mean REALLY hard - to rediscover some of the good times that we had but its no use, I've outgrown them and now find them boring. So instead of beating myself up about it anymore I'm just gonna cut ties and move on with CD - which I love - and along the way rediscover some new, fresh and exciting foods to enjoy when the time is right!

Does anybody else feel this way??

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Yes and No, because it sooooooooooo easy to use food as the scape goat for not having to deal with why I am eating in the first place. Its far easier ( well it was) to blame the many donuts that I was eating than to look at the many donuts I was dating. Classic avoidance on my part.

Bella