[Evening]

I made a thread a week or so ago about whether or not I should eat only fruit and veg for a week. Well, that lasted a day... But I am on a diet and attempting to lose a bit more weight I gained from the side effects of the lovely Zyprexa that I was stupidly given by my doctor 3 years ago.
I'm on day 3 now, and I'm finding it a little difficult because I have a habit of eating a lot, large meals, and continually when I'm bored. I have been trying to calculate how many calories I am eating during the day (which obviously I can't disclose the details of on this site), and eating MOSTLY fruit and veg, but a few other things as well. I've been hungry a lot and having cravings, I bought some weight watchers muffin bars to satisfy some of that, but boy are they tempting. I've already had 2 today.
I did try and calculate what I used to eat, and I was really surprised that it was quite bad.

So, I need a bit of moral support and motivation, I can't stop thinking about FOOD!!! And I just feel so skeptical that it's going to even work...

[bluegirl...?]

((((((((((((((((((((((((evening))))))))))))))))))))))))) good luck! sory your doctor put you on meds that made you gain (that happened to my mom and she's on a diet now too). hope it gets easy and thinking about food goes away! good luck～

Good luck with the weight loss, Evening.

[Oakrun]

Best of luck with loosing weight! I took a different approach to dropping the extra pounds, I followed a low carb diet. It was great! I never feel hungry and have greater energy levels than before. I follow the eating plans of:

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/

&

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/

(((((((Evening)))))))
Sending you positive thoughts and hoping that this diet works out for you.

[John25]

Success with the diet, evening. Do you have things to distract you from thinking about food all the time?

[Naturefreak]

Good luck Evening..... drink plenty of water

[Evening]

Thanks guys.

Oakrun-Some of the info from those pages fit it a little with what I'm eating, being a vegetarian I don't eat any animal fat or meat, which is where a lot of calories come from, I'm not going too much into the wheat, etc. products too, and I used to eat so much rice, like every day. I did eat a lot of junk though, I had a large pizza a few days before I started, and while I was trying to give myself some closure by estimating my old calorie intake to my new one, I was pretty bad. Just the pizza was twice as many calories as I should be eating during the day. And I went through a pancake phase over the last few weeks, that was pretty bad too. AND the the chocolate....
My problem is that I am used to eating really large meals to the point I can't move, I've always had a bad habit of it. Now I'm trying to eat smaller meals by eating slower (it's a lie whoever came up with that I tell you), and eating fruit and veg in between. I'm also going to see if Weight Watchers makes soup, I think that will get me by pretty well.

John- I don't have much to distract me no, that's the real hard part. I don't see people much and don't really get out, but I did go for a 2 hour walk yesterday!

Babysteps- I'm really struggling with the water! I have heard that drinking some water before eating can fill you up a bit beforehand (something which I really need to do), but I keep forgetting!

[Sabrina]

Water is essential. I go through 2 to 3 litres a day and it can really stop me from eating when I shouldn't be.

[Evening]

I do drink water, just not that much of it. I don't drink 2 litres of ANYTHING a day! haha

[Evening]

Q. What's the worst thing you can do when you're in the middle of a break down and have BDD?

A. Go to your doctor to find out how much you REALLY weigh.

I have gained 2 and a half kilos since I last weighed myself nearly a year ago, I'm not taking this too well at all. I'm stressing about every meal I eat now, feel so guilty about it even though I'm eating less and eating healthier. Even time I eat it's torture because I love food, and I eat when I'm really down, but I can't eat too much. I can't stop thinking about food all the time.
Why did I get put on that stupid Zyprexa? I didn't even need to take it. It's been 3 years now and I still haven't lost all the weight. I just wish I was the way I used to be. I hate that doctor so much.