[Kitikat]

with this board. I am on it so many times a day. I think it keeps me in check. I want to read all the possitive things everyone say to keep me motivated.
My older kids started this mornig with me and i can't believe all the food we eat.

I have a confession. I had bee doing the southbeach diet off and on the passed few years and when i saw this dieta i knew it was the right one for me. I so missed my fruits and rice. The no meat is heaven sent as we had just decided to go back to being vegaterians. So saying all that i love love love this way of life.

When you cheat you are only cheating yourself. and nothing tastes as good as thin and healthy...lol

Kat 36yr 4'10"
SAHM of 4 (and a11y Rottie with separation anxiety)
married to the bestest guy in the world for 15yrs

[Aomiel]

Heya Kat,
Same here. When I feel the urge to snack out of habit, I just hit this board and read the messages. I find them very motivating!

[BakerBoy]

Kat,
I agree I hit this board as much as possible. The positive posts are great for keeping me on track.

[Aideen]

Kitikat,
Same here. Sometimes it's a bit of a mixed blessing when I can't get on-line; then I can get something else done. LOL

[kgraham]

I don't know how I would stay on track without this forum!! I miss it when I cannot be on for a day or so, and feel like I'm lost from my friends. Good Luck Kitikat, I'm sure you'll do fine!!
Kim

[Lynnie]

I hear you girls - I think this is where my motivation comes from - I am mostly an upbeat person - but this keeps me in check - I never come on that I don't leave with some new tip or idea or recipe to keep me happily ricing along.
I am going into an anxiety attack thinking about noon today until 6 (and maybe 9???!!!) without this forum.
I check here several times a day for inspiration and motivation!
Thanks all - you are definitely keeping me in check!
Lynnie

[Lony]

Kitikat~How old are the kids who are doing the RD with you? Because I think kids would need more calcium and fat, and a lot of other things that you can't get on about 1000 cals a day. You might want to write Jayne about kids and the RD. Just a thought.

[ritaabrusco]

Hello Everyone, This is my first day on but I'm on my 15th diet day so far I have lost 7.8 lbs which is good but I have 33 more to go, I'm not having any difficulty with the diet I am really having trouble getting a routine for exercise I am so hit or miss when it comes to exercise. Ritaa

[blueberry]

Please don't anyone take this the wrong way, because I don't mean this to hurt anyone. I truly understand how much this forum is a lifeline of support for our new lifestyle and our health. I know what you all are talking about when you say "obsessed"--you're talking about the support that you get here, that you might not get in your real lives. But I want to caution all of us to not get truly obsessed, with either the forum or the RD, because being obsessed with food is what caused many of us to become overweight in the first place. I don't want us to replace one obsession with another, even though the RD and this forum are definitely a healthier obsession.

But for me, I'm trying not to get too obsessed with this forum, just because I know how obsessed I can get with things (food in in particular). I am conscious that I don't want this dieta to become an obsession the same way that overeating was previously. So I post to the forum a few times a day if I can, but if I can't log on for a day or two, I try not to let it derail my dieta. My goal is for the new dieta to become just one part of my life, not my entire life.

This is also why I've slowed down on documenting my food intake in Fitday, starting this week. For the first four weeks of the RD, I documented every single morsel that entered my mouth, to track every nutrient that I was getting. I wanted to ensure I was getting all the proper nutrients, and then I took a vitamin to supplement the low areas. Now that I have the hang of the RD and I know what I'm doing, I don't have to be so vigilant with the documentation. The dieta has become such a normal part of my life now that I don't need to document every single morsel. But I still do measure most things with a measuring cup/spoon, to prevent calorie creep.

Again, I don't mean any disrespect to those of you who use this forum as a vital means of support (I cherish this support, too, as I am going through some very challenging life changes right now). I just wanted to distinguish between being supported and being obsessed.