Struggling with COE Topic
Twinklystar
04/19/12
I just want to say that my heart goes out to anyone else who suffers with food addiction or other eating disorders. I have been battling this for years, and I relapsed recently. I'm going to start logging my food again. I need to get this under control!
I have been feeling sorry for myself and allowing myself to become depressed because I can't seem to overcome this, but I realize that there are many people struggling with the same thing. Please know that you're not alone.
Please keep up the good work, and keep encouraging each other. Best wishes to everyone for healthy living and strength of body, mind, and spirit.
Anamia
04/22/12
replied to Twinklystar
Good luck! I have just joined MyNetDiary today to try and get some self control, motivation and support - has also been an obsessive crazy roller-coaster ride for me and I now need to just take control back to save my sanity and stop the ballooning weight gain! Best wishes and hope together we can lighten the load :-)
Wouterra
04/26/12
replied to Anamia
That's great both of you! I've been here for 3+ months and I'm down 40lbs so far. I find having an easy food log is really helpful. It's hard work but worth the fight.
Twinklystar
05/03/12
Thanks for all the support and keep encouraging each other! It's easy to fall back into our unhealthy habits, and we just have to keep making that effort.
Action comes before motivation. The more we do to get on the right track, the better we'll feel, and the more motivated we'll become. We're overweight and stressed and tired and sore, but when we meet little goals, we feel more confident and we know we can achieve more.
I learned from a dear friend who has struggled with addictions that it's never too late to start over and "reset" your sobriety, which in my case means abstinence from compulsive eating.
Lately I've been falling flat on my face trying to overcome stress eating... It's so disheartening to be so out of shape when I used to be so active, so I feel discouraged. I need to change my attitude! I should be encouraged by the fact that I'm making the effort, even though I'm starting at the bottom.
MyNetDiary is an awesome website, and I use the iPhone app as well. So user friendly!
Overeaters Anonymous has online meetings every day. I think I'll drop by and sit in on a few of those and see how it goes. If anyone's interested, check out the link:
http://www.oa.org/membersgroups/find-a-meeting/
Struggling with COE
