So let's dish. What's been hardest for you so far?

[sunshine_gurly]

x

my biggest problem is chocolate and soda.... im a sucker for it
i love chocolate and its really hard giving it up! lol :yikes

[hey_nelson]

Yes, I agree with the soda cravings. I am a gingerale addict. I have never been big on the other sodas, but gingerale was my soda of choice. Also, I'm a bread and pasta addict. I live in a section of Los Angeles, where there are bakery's on every corner. The smell of the sweet breads every morning, tamales steaming in the afternoon, and the bread vendors walking down the street yelling: Paaaaaaaaaaaaannnnneeeeeessssssss.
Pannndullllllllllllllllllllllllllllceeeeeeeeeessss ssssssssss. Oh My God. I turn up the stereo.
Today is day 5. I have not weighed myself but I don't feel any different. I have had a terrible headache for 2 days now, but it's duller today.
I was very very busy yesterday and did not have the chance to eat a proper dinner. (well any dinner at all) I got home after midnight and went to bed. But i'm so proud of myself that I did not get into the fridge at the midnight hour.

Patty

[Rio]

Parties are my biggest temptation

We have gone to 3 parties lately, 2 this week end and 1 last week end. It is very hard to have dinner with groups of people and not eat some things you normally wouldn't eat at home. Last night was a birthday party at a Chinese Restarant and everyone ordered a different dish to share with the 24 of us. I tried to pick and chose but who knows how I did. I don't think anyone ate any of my boring veggie dish but me.

[Lena May]

I have several big issues that I have to face every day of my life.

First off, work is evil. Since I work in a grocery store, I have major problems keeping myself from giving in to any temptations. Right now, i am trying really hard to stifle the smell from the bakery! Let me tell you, the cookies they are baking smell so good, and so does their bread. I guess I am lucky to be all the way in the Floral Department, which is far away from the bakery, otherwise I would be chowing down. Glad I am not there right now, but it does make me very hungry sometimes. I'll survive, though.

My other challenge that I have is that I am a junkie for Mexican food. Those chips and salsa are evil! Even if I take one bite, just one tiny little bite, I will chow down the whole thing till there's nothing left! Stay away from mexican food. Ha ha.

My main challenge though, is the motivation that I get from my parents at home. They're very negative towards me and it makes me feel like crap all the time they say that I am not following this WOL. Well, before, I wasn't and I felt horrible that I had cheated, but now that I am back in the way of things, I can actually feel just a bit better, but I still feel like crap. They call me fat and everything like that and I can't stand it. My dad is a major hypocrite. He says he's on this plan, too, but I haven't seen any weight loss from him, yet. My mom, on the otherhand is good inspiration, but her negativity towards me makes me not respect her as much as I am supposed to. But I guess she is somewhat good motivation since she is at her goal weight and has stayed like that for a really long time.

Those are all my problems. Yup yup.

<3 Bekka

[Carotan]

hhmm...negative parents...i've been there too. you just have to do this for youself though, not for them.

diet coke is my #1. they're just s wonderful, and they give me a little kick and rush, but i guess then i drop, so it's not all that great...i just crave it all day. they also make me retain water and i get all puffy...not good, not good at all.

another thing that i just can't get out of my mind is peanut butter. i know! peanut butter? why would i mess up everything that i've done so far for a few spoon fulls of peanut butter? oh, let me tell you, i've done it more than once. i love the way it tastes...last night i had about 6 spoon fulls, but that's it for me. i'm staying clean, lol. sometimes i just need something to taste...idk.

and that ice cream...there are these chocolate covered ice cream bars that are only 2 carbs and evertime i walk by them in the grocery store i can hear them calling my name, lol. but i must stay away! and i've done alright so far. tomorrow will be one week that i haven't cheated (other than the peanut butter) so yay!

<3

[goin2Bgood]

For me emotional eating is still an issue. I have no cravings for certain foods. Even my old friend chocolate doesn't have the same lure it once did, but I find myself lonely at times or anxious and I want to eat to feel better. I have Dr. Phil's book, I understand many people find it helpful for addressing the emotional aspects, but I can't get past the fact I find Dr. Phil creepy and that sucks away some of my urge to read.

[EmilyBee]

I have Dr. Phil's book, I understand many people find it helpful for addressing the emotional aspects, but I can't get past the fact I find Dr. Phil creepy and that sucks away some of my urge to read.

LOL!

You too? I've never got to his books but I'm put off by the TV shows :geek

[Sallyb]

Every single time for me it's peanut butter...the urge takes over me. The
overwhelming desire to taste the stuff is so unmanageable at times.

I adore the stuff and always have done. Even talking about it makes
me want some. :no

I know I really need help. :help

[Starmaker]

Those ice cream bars suck anyway, you aren't missing much. They taste like watered down versions of ice cream bars...ewwwwwwwwwww

[feemia]

Limiting veggies is difficult. Sometimes at the end of the day I'm hungry because I've finished my veggie, dairy and other misc limits for the day, and I can't stand to eat any more eggs or meat.

[shadewolf]

right now i'm struggling with making sure i eat all my salad veggies. i find if it's the weekend and i don't have a salad for lunch, by the time dinner rolls around i really don't want any salad or veggies. If it's during the week, it's a little better especially if i just got back from the gym and am hungry. if i wait till i'm not hungry or too long after the gym, i'm too tired and have to get to bed since i have to be up at 4am every morning. i get about 2 hours of time when i get back from the gym before i need to hit the hay. so it looks like i gotta get all my salad in at lunchtime!

i also got over the not drinking enough water thing as i was having dehydration headaches everyday for as long as i can remember. now my head is clear and pain-free which is *so* nice.