Hi
lovingsoul, when you have lost some more weight, perhaps you could get your arms seen to surgically if it bothers you. I am leaving that option open if I need to.
I am not doing any exercise. I am just watching my calorie intake. I try to work on 5000Kj/day (about 1200 calories). I definately don't take diet pills. I wanted to loose the weight purely on changing eating habits - that way I know it will last. If you do it by going to the gym, unless you keep going to the gym for the rest of your life, you will put on weight (if you don't change your eating too that is).
I have already found that I cannot eat anywhere as much as I used to. Even if I have a 'pig-out' now, it is still usually within my diet. I had pizza for dinner last week. Pizza is very high in calories but I had hardly eaten the entire day so I knew I could afford the splurge (just). I still lost 1kg this week.
I used to eat for comfort. I would feel lonely, so I would eat. Anxiety also caused me to eat. The problem is, because I was taking in a large amount of calories on an almost daily basis, I was stacking on the weight. This in turn made me more lonely because I would look in the mirror and berate myself for being fat and ugly. This would make me more depressed and therefore eat more!
I have learnt to deal with my emotions intellectually and not by eating. That was half the battle for me. Now when I splurge, it is the exception and not the rule. When I know I am having a bad week, I watch the scales closely! I just keep telling myself that I want to be my 'best self' rather than eat that chocolate bar.....mmmm chocolate!
