p$m's Journal, 30 Oct 23

Do you keep cookies in the house? Part of my obsession/addiction/inability to control came from keeping tempting foods in the house. I dont. If i do its like whatever that item is whether it is ice cream or cookies calls to me, wakes me up in the middle of the night reminding me its in the kitchen just waiting to derail my good eating habits and i usually fail. I haven’t kept anything tempting in the house since July 2022. It helps. 

I am the same way. what's different for me now is that I have heart disease, partially from all the crap I've eaten over my unhealthy years. if I don't change now, I'll have a heart attack like many of my family members, or I'll die, like 8 of my cousins in their 50s. my desire for cookies is dwindling.  

Yeah choices. It is not easy. You are still not far from goal. That is not bad! 

I am totally on the same page. I want to be like everyone else and not think about food all the time. I'm praying for you and me. we will get there. 💪  

I'm like YOH with ice cream & potato chips. I only buy them when i plan to eat them, because if they're in the house they'll beckon me until I give in & eat them all. 

I'm like Shirfleur, ice cream and potato chips. I need to stop buying them.  

Potato chips and Hawaiian dinner rolls. If I keep them out of the house I'm okay. But if I buy them, I eat them all right away. 

I have the same conversations with myself when it comes to the chocolate that's available at work. So I sympathize. I'm able to keep treats limited at home by keeping stuff out of the house, like many others in this thread. Honestly...telling myself no gets old sometimes. I know that if I want to keep the weight off, I have to exercise self-control. But sometimes I feel like the toddler stamping her feet saying I don't wanna 

wrote down five reasons why you want to lose weight in a journal every morning or when you feel like having that cookie 

Don’t buy that stuff. Then, if you really want something get in the car and go get it. Or better yet walk to the store and get it. I realize that many of you might not have a store within a couple of miles but you get the idea— make it an inconvenience. Just another mental game but it can work. If you buy it you plan to eat it. 

Kenna i agree wholeheartedly  

That’s my sentiment every year at this time. Fall means I fall off, I’m a big lover of ginger, cinnamon, and this time of year I try and then give in a little all the time. Don’t know why I thought it would be different this year — I was ok until about 4 weeks ago. 

@year no I don’t keep cookies in the house. It’s when I’m out running around Manhattan. It’s so hard to resist. At home I have protein cookies as a replacement meal when I don’t have time to eat a real meal before going to the gym.  

@kay I hope having health issues won’t be the reason to motivate me. Fortunately I’m as got as an old ox. Loll 

@liv & @angel 💟 

@lindsey 5 reasons … ugh mine are all superficial and i alone really have 2 reasons. I wanna fit in a size 4-6 again and losing weight will make it easier to pull my weight when I’m rock climbing on an overhang.  

I took have those conversations...I try not to keep sweets in the house but my husband likes his sweets .Alot of them! I'm lucky Z8 don't like all his processed stuff... It's a constant battle, I make sure I log everything and that does help my accountability. Sorry I'm not much help ..🩷 

@diana thanks and your support and understanding of my struggle does help.