I'm getting fatter and fatter

blue-roses

blue-roses

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I have a problem with eating when bored/depressed, and I suck on sweets or chew gum between meals (sugar-free gum is probably best, but too much could have...er...consequences...at the other end ;) ) to stop me from eating junk food. Ideally, you should go to therapy to try and solve the emotional problems that are causing the overeating. :)
 
Psychedelicious

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I am so fat

Oh my god, eating food is like the greatest pleasure of my LIFE. Food is all I have left. It's the excitement of my day, the promise of my tomorrow. Yeah, I am gettinf fat too, oh my god. Well, I don't know if I am or not. I'm terrified of weighing myself, haven't done so in well over a year. I haven't gone over a certain limit, but ughhh just never satisfied.

As for advice, umm not that it will help, but - I used to be overweight for years and years, but then I got really really sick and lost like 30 pounds in a month, and about 20 more pounds after that in the month or two after. It's been years now and I never got over the fact of how much better people treat you when you're not overweight, so I've maintained /most/ of that status. I'm terrified of becoming fat again, really.

I think one of the main reasons I'm not fat is seriously because my house never has any food in it. Because there's no money to buy food, or whatever. It's seriously like the best way ever. It's horrible, but it works. Because you can't eat what's not there, and if it's there I would have eaten it forever ago. If you're like me, and there's something sweet in your house, I would shovel my face in it right away. I can't buy it. It's still hard to control your buying habits, but I find it a lot easier than controlling your eating habits.
 
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Re: I am so fat

Psychedelicious said:
Oh my god, eating food is like the greatest pleasure of my LIFE. Food is all I have left. It's the excitement of my day, the promise of my tomorrow. Yeah, I am gettinf fat too, oh my god. Well, I don't know if I am or not. I'm terrified of weighing myself, haven't done so in well over a year. I haven't gone over a certain limit, but ughhh just never satisfied.

As for advice, umm not that it will help, but - I used to be overweight for years and years, but then I got really really sick and lost like 30 pounds in a month, and about 20 more pounds after that in the month or two after. It's been years now and I never got over the fact of how much better people treat you when you're not overweight, so I've maintained /most/ of that status. I'm terrified of becoming fat again, really.

I think one of the main reasons I'm not fat is seriously because my house never has any food in it. Because there's no money to buy food, or whatever. It's seriously like the best way ever. It's horrible, but it works. Because you can't eat what's not there, and if it's there I would have eaten it forever ago. If you're like me, and there's something sweet in your house, I would shovel my face in it right away. I can't buy it. It's still hard to control your buying habits, but I find it a lot easier than controlling your eating habits.
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o god are you still hyper...lol
 
recluse

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Jake123 said:
Exactly...

I used to be anorexic and it's still a struggle to this day.

Eating disorders aren't to be taken lightly.
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How old were you when you had it?

People think that only girls get it but that's not the case. I used to think that it was ridiculous to have such a disease before i got it myself. You never know how it feels unless you have suffered something yourself.
 
lurknomore

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Re: I am so fat

Psychedelicious said:

It's been years now and I never got over the fact of how much better people treat you when you're not overweight, so I've maintained /most/ of that status.
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I lost a bunch of weight after I had my son- about 50-60 pounds in a six month period (beyond the pregnancy weight btw)- and I don't think people treated me better or worse. In fact, I actually got a lot of comments from people like "Don't lose any more weight" or just things that implied that they thought I was anorexic or something. I was able to maintain it for a few years, but sadly, once I went back to school and my kids started getting older, I fell out of first the exercise habits and gradually fell out of the diet habits that helped me to lose and maintain the weight, so I've gained back about half of that weight. When I started putting the weight back on, my grandmother acted relieved- she said I looked "healthy" again... and I had a coworker comment that I was starting to look "normal." I don't know if it's a generational thing (as in older people think it's better to have some extra pounds) or maybe it's a regional thing (I'm from the south), but I kind of feel like I get less flak from people being slightly overweight than I did when I was lighter- I wasn't even rail thin either, I don't think my frame would ever allow for that, but I felt healthier than I do now.

I just wish I could get motivated to get back into those same habits, but I also feel like I'm just way too busy for exercise- that's a good link, brianwarming, I might check that out. Losing weight is just one of many worries that I have on my plate right now though, and working enough to keep a roof over my head seems just a bit more important right now...
 
P+G

P+G

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I read Paul Mckenna's 'I can make you thin'. It encourages you to eat when your actually hungry and stop when you're full. And you can eat whatever you want but only when you're hungry. It helps give you a better understanding and shows that diets don't work, they're not permanent. It makes sense. I also drink a lot more water than I used to rather than fizzy drinks and ride on the exercise bike now and again even if it's only for 10-15 minutes, it'll make you feel better. Just changing little things now will make a huge improvement in the future.
 
PunkRotten

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I really dont care if people think I am fat or not. If I were to lose weight it would be for my own health.

I cant really get thin anyway. My type of body is big, Ive always had a big build and I also prefer it. To me it better being big than small.
 
Rexus

Rexus

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I'm in the same boat. Must be my meds and alcohol, not to mention I smoke hash on a regular basis. However, I'm sure it's the meds and not the hash. It seems my body isn't as able to burn what I eat as it used to do before. It's really weird/annoying--I gained around 11 kilos in a matter of a couple months. I'm not sure, I guess the only solution is to do 3-day fasts and run as much as you can.
 
sabbath

sabbath

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Are you gonna take me home tonight
Ah down beside that red firelight
Are you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls
You make the rockin' world go round
Hey
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew love before I left my nursery, huh
Left alone with big fat fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!

I've been singing with my band
Across the wire across the land
I seen every blue eyed floozy on the way, hey
But their beauty and their style
Went kind of smooth after a while
Take me to them dirty ladies every time
C'mon

Oh wont you take me home tonight?
Oh down beside that red firelight
Oh and you give it all you got
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

Hey listen here
I've got mortgages and homes
I got stiffness in my bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locality (I tell you)
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still got my greatest treasure
Hey big woman you gonna make a big man of me
Now get this

Oh (I know) you gonna take me home tonight (please)
Oh down beside that red firelight
Oh you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
Yeah
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
Get on your bikes and ride

Oooh yeah, alright, them fat bottomed girls
Fat bottomed girls
Yeah yeah yeah alright, hey, c'mon
Fat bottomed girls
Yes yes
 
Richey

Richey

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right now, the first time in my life i'm starting to notice a little bit of weight gain. skinny but a little flabby. its because i'm a sweet tooth. i have to drink cordial and water and eat chocolate, i dont drink or smoke but i do exercise ...freakin' annoying. need to change my diet now.

maybe if i take up smoking i'll return to normal.
 
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Richey said:
right now, the first time in my life i'm starting to notice a little bit of weight gain. skinny but a little flabby. its because i'm a sweet tooth. i have to drink cordial and water and eat chocolate, i dont drink or smoke but i do exercise ...freakin' annoying. need to change my diet now.

maybe if i take up smoking i'll return to normal.
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no smoking!!! I thought about it but realized it wasn't very smart...
 
Dronee

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Some muscular strength training to build light muscles may help. The idea is to have some muscles mass (though certainly not to the bodybuild extent)... This is mainly hidden beneath the skin... But it works to increase your metabolism and the muscles burn your calories, even when you are doing nothing.

So mix it up a bit... some flexibility, some strength and some cardio. I read somewhere that balance between the three is generally desirable and gives better results.
 
meatcake

meatcake

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my SA keeps me from putting on weight. because i keep putting off going to the grocery store. so there's usually hardly anything to snack on in my apartment. if there were snacks, i would probably be chowing down on them 24/7.

if i lived in a house where someone else was shopping and stocking up on chips and salsa all the time, i'd be in trouble.

dang, now i'm hungry!
 
BlueDays

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Richey said:
right now, the first time in my life i'm starting to notice a little bit of weight gain. skinny but a little flabby. its because i'm a sweet tooth. i have to drink cordial and water and eat chocolate, i dont drink or smoke but i do exercise ..

I don't know why sugar is not recognised for it's addictive properties in the same way nicotine is. It sets off the same pleasure stimuli in the brain.

My advice is to cut out sugar as much as possible. But of course you must get rid of the emotional/physiological hole the sugar is soothing first. Catch 22 hey?
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Emma

Emma

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Maybe Social phobia makes us fat....I buy treats to make myself feel better now....and just buy things and run out of the shop, I ran in and got a giant chocolate santa and a tub of ice-cream today...now I feel chubby and greasy::(:
 
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Dronee said:
Some muscular strength training to build light muscles may help. The idea is to have some muscles mass (though certainly not to the bodybuild extent)... This is mainly hidden beneath the skin... But it works to increase your metabolism and the muscles burn your calories, even when you are doing nothing.

So mix it up a bit... some flexibility, some strength and some cardio. I read somewhere that balance between the three is generally desirable and gives better results.
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:O thx, I didn't know that:D
 
LadyWench

LadyWench

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I have a similar problem. I was a decent size before my agoraphobia kicked in and I never left my house and the computer. I gained a lot of weight, it sucks.

I wouldn't advise using "diet cookies" or any of that garbage. It doesn't work. Like almost everyone else has said, just eat right and exercise. You don't have much control over side effects from medications, but you DO have control over your diet.
 
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