Rocca wrote:Hmm DD, you've really got me thinking. Here I was all ready to say "My biggest hurdle is junk food. It's all the chocolate's fault." But I know I haven't properly tackled my weight before because it was "too hard". It's so much easier to do nothing, eat what I want, and not care about myself. So maybe I fear the change too...? Maybe it's scary to think I can't eat what I want. That I'll have to put aside time to exercise. And that I'll have to do it for the rest of my life.
Maybe since food has been such a big part of my life and a lot of my time has been spent eating, that it's unsettling to think it will be gone, and something else needs to fill its place. I hope, like you, I will find myself at the other side of this hurdle, feeling all the wonderful things you are. I feel like at the very least, one food has left the ground. I feel empowered to be in control and not at the mercy of food. I'm excited to be free of something I have emotionally "relied" on for so long. The only thing my body relies on food for is fuel, and that should be the reason I eat it!
Ahhhhh self pity

that's phase 2 of the grieving process!!

Sorry Rocca, I'm "having a lend" don't take that comment seriously please. I'm wanting to point out that bad habits like eating junk food (and A LOT of it) for extended number of years, and inactivity for equally as long, makes it mark not only physically by way of leaving fat deposits but psychologically, in that we convince ourselves that unless we have a free fall licence to eat everything and anything in abundance that we are deprived!!!

WRONG!!! We can eat anything and everything, but in MODERATION!!!
So don't feel bad, you can still enjoy the junk food but in limited quantities, as an occasional "treat" rather than an everyday staple. And if you exercise a little more on the days that you indulge in these "treat" fests you should be able to negate much of the damage they have the potential to cause. The REAL KEY is not the food you put in your mouth at one sitting but the food you CONTINUE to put in your mouth over the period of a whole day or (worse) a week!!! The body generally can accommodate ONE smallish binge, but to extend that into anything longer will definitely be hazardous to your weight loss.
FWIW my food intake each day is 99.99% healthy and 1% pure indulgence!!!

I still have chocolate (sugarfree mostly), the odd ice-cream, and so on. I just make sure not to overdo it, or get carried away (and believe me, you can ask anyone in here.....I have done that many times throughout this journey)!!!
Nevertheless, you're doing a great job there Rocca; I'm very proud of you!!!

Keep at it, you'll be where I am in next to no time, and we'll both be where Kim is eventually too!!!
