My first thread......HELP!!!!!

[wiskband]

I got to this site because of Disney (obvisously) but noticed this board. Got me thinking about losing weight again. I am going to be 32 in about 2 weeks. I have four kids 1 4 7 and 9. Growing up, I always thought I was overweight. Turns out I wasn;t looking back at pics. But Somehow it did sneak up on me. Of coure I like to blame the pregnancies like many of us do, however there are plenty of woman who are not overweight how have even more kids than I do. I know we are all made up differently but I can;t help but wonder why me? I reserch and all I find is this new modern anwser of we eat because we are unhappy, a bad childhood, a defense mechnaism or to fill the void. I can not apply that to myself. I am very happy (except for the weight), I had a wonderful childhood, I can;t seem to find any voids. Fortunately, I feel my life is perfect.
I love to analys things and I am a true believer that in order to fix something you must understand it. I can;t seem to figure out why I am this way. Is it simply my metabolism, was I just meant to be this way, or have I just formed bad habits over the years. I know none of you can anwser these questions for me, I am simply just venting. My best answer to my own question is that I have simpy formed bad eating habits over the past few years. So with that does anyone have any suggestions?

 

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[Nancy]

welcome to WISH. We are the best bunch of loosers you'll ever meet up with!

 

[Beastlover]

WELCOME!!! Glad you are here!!

 

[catherine]

Welcome to WISH it is great to have you with us.

 

[Whosemom]

LOL, you sound like me. HMMMM, I think maybe I gained weight because I like food I just gotta THINK

Welcome! I signed on a while ago, but am just starting to really participate. Everyone here's seems great!

Micki

 

[MelanieC]

Hi there,
Welcome to WISH! I'm like you. I have a great life, I had a wonderful childhood, so why am I fat. I think mine is mostly because I like to eat, and it got out of control. Plus, I think that metabolism can have a lot to do with it. I learned to eat out of pleasure, and not out of hunger.

I did have a few events in my life, like my brother dying, being 3000 miles away from my mom, 9/11 and my husband going to Kuwait in the Iraq War this year that I definately ate out of stress. I am not however unhappy. I have 2 beautiful kids and a wonderful husband who I have been married to for 16 years. I love my life.

I think that you being here is a great first step and I know that with all of us, you can conquer your problems and learn to develop a healthy lifestyle that you can live with forever! Glad you could join us!

Melanie

 

[ohMom]

to our big family of LOSERS!!!

I totally can relate - I have watched the Oprahs and Dr. Phil's and just thought, but that's not me. I do eat when stressed, so maybe that's considered emtional eating, but for the most part - I EAT BECAUSE IT'S THERE AND I'M GAME!

I think a big part of my problem was uncounscious eating b/c of boredom. I'm a SAHM and when I was home alone the kitchen was mine, all mine

TOM is still a hard week for me, but i'm working through it!

So glad you joined us!!

I would suggest lurking for a few days unless you already know an new healthy eating lifestyle plan that will work for you. Read some of the journals of folks on different plans and pick one. Then try it, and if it's not for you, try a different one. When you are ready to do this (and you must be if you posted that wonderful account of you) find a plan that you can live with for the rest of your life and then set a mini-goal. There is a halloween mini-goal thread that was just started. Pick your own goal, maybe it's just to stay on a plan for two months, or to exercise four-five times each week. The weight WILL come off, make the lifestyle changes and it will have no other choice!!

 

[wiskband]

Thanks so much all of you. I am excited about this whole process....DEfinitely gonna start readin through the posts and get some more ideas. thanks again
renee

 

[nativetxn]

Welcome to the DIS, <b>wiskband</b>, and a very special welcome to WISH.

I hope you are planning to become a WISHer and be part of my support group. Our support group is just awesome and if you have questions or need help they are always here for you.

So, will you be part of my support group, please?