I just scheduled 4 weeks away from my home in hopes of clearing the crap out of my mind and focus on health and diet control and start a new beginning. Again. Two weeks into it already. I still can't find the trigger that I need to start losing this blight of obesity. Trying. I can see that I am lonely for human communication, thinking of joining some diet group or program.

I have been following Dr Greger s information , watching the documentaries like What the Health and Forks over Knives, This seems to help me focus on not eating when I am not even hungry and works, continuing to eat even when I don't like the food and its does not even taste good. I often wonder what in the devil is wrong with me to do this. I read Dr Phil s book on dieting that points out that something is the Trigger for this kind of over eating, and I have been doing soul searching to try to identify what my Trigger to over eat is. A few summers ago I had terrible , painful acid reflux that no medication helped - so miserable - then I read that not eating dairy could cure it. I was willing to do anything so I did. I ate all day, morning to night , but no dairy,. Cucumber tomato onion sandwiches, huge salads, and the miracle happened. The horrible acid reflux disappeared, never to return and I lost 21 pounds over those 3 months. I am going to give this a try again. Now.

Posting about it right here has helped me. It's sort of a public "confession" so it lets you elaborate the good and not so good things you've done.

Remember this; Eating is a profound addiction.
Unlike most addictions, food addictions not only started before we could walk and talk; they were started by well-intentioned loved ones.

So take that in to perspective. You're fighting a steep uphill battle. It's easy to get tired of fighting.

But don't be angry at/with your parents. They did the best they could with what they knew.

Just dig your heals in and resist

I suggest letting hunger be "your friend" Most fit people tolerate hunger as a matter of fact; we food addicts can't. So try to allow hunger to be part of your day.

Some suggest a daily scale use, with keeping records...(I do) others are opposed. I haven't read the research on it one way or the other...you decide.

But keep posting here. That's why this site's called "battling obesity" . it's a battle.

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