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[LoisLane]

Hey, I'm Jen, and I have been on JC since January 23.
I am 5'1" and I began at 170 with a BMI of 33. The doctor and I set a goal of 125, and I am close.

I now weigh 136, and have a BMI of 25, YEAH! I've gone down 8 jean sizes, 2 bra sizes, 3 top sizes.. I look great.

But for whatever reason now.. I just keep cheating. I work in a daycare and since January til about September, I wasn't picking at any of the kids snacks.
Now I find myself feasting on them.

I'm not gaining.. but I'm hindering my own weight loss, and suddenly, I just can stop. I'm babysitting and I ate well all day, arrived here, ate some blackberries that I brought, my JC BBQ chicken pizza... 3 chicken nuggets and a bowl of mac and cheese.

I'm feeling discouraged, and thats driving me to eat. I'm miserable in life right now, struggling with the economy, as I'm 23, just graduated College with a degree in interior design but I still work in a daycare (cause there's no work for me out there) I think thats leading me to seek comfort in food again. I'm trying so hard to stop, but I can't find the will I had a couple monthes ago.. and I was just looking for some advice.

Thanks,
Jen

[Virginia Lady]

Jen, I'm so happy for you that you have lost so much. I'm 56 and I so wish I had been able to control my eating when I was your age. Maybe go back and read all the literature that JC gave us at the beginning of your journey. Sometimes we have to just stop and think why are we doing this. I find when I start to get a little bored with the food and stuff and start reading JC articles and pretending I'm just starting the JC plan. Go back to square one and do all the same things you did when you first started. Also reading all these different forums helps me a lot. I so hope you get things on track again. You don't want to be doing this when you are my age. Good luck.

[JPDS]

I now weigh 136, and have a BMI of 25, YEAH! I've gone down 8 jean sizes, 2 bra sizes, 3 top sizes.. I look great.

Hi Jen, congrats on your weight loss journey. I'm pretty sure this one line above is a big reason why you are cheating the way you are. You've lost a lot of weight, sizes, body fat and you look fabulous. Nothing wrong with that. It's playing with your mind.
Take a step back, re-evaluate and picture that healthy 125 lb frame you set for a goal. 11 lbs away.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

[grins]

Jen,
I am nowhere near as close to my goal as you are, but I think I do know something that will help you. You need to find something you LOVE to do! I used to ride and show horses, but after college and kids I drifted away from the horses. Well, now my 9 yr old daughter has been riding for a year or so and we are at the barn several times a week. Crazy as this sounds one of my favorite things to do is barn work. It makes me feel a sense of accomplishment and I am amazingly satisfied after several hours of hard labor! I would rather go work at the barn than eat. So, I am suggesting you find something that you love to do and do it instead of snack. While you're at work you should be daydreaming about whatever it is you are going to do after work.
I am envious of your success and I wish I could snap my fingers and be where you are! I just started JCDirect one week ago and I have lost 4 1/2 lbs so far. I have a total of 40 lbs that I want to lose.
I hope this helps, Jen!

Laurie

[Best in Black]

Hi Jen! I agree with Laurie you need to get your mind on something else.

Just a thought but maybe you could design ( since your an Interior Decorator Now) a day care or the perfect Kitchen for someone trying to lose weight. Make your drawings ,go select fabrics, the whole nine yards ( parden the pun) It might give you great ideas for the future and put your head back in the game.

I am only 9.5lbs down and have a loooonnnnnngggg way to go! I hope I can do what you did!

BIB

[tahonia]

Jen, you are doing great. I've been trying to lose and I've still got a ways to go, but the two suggestions that are probably the best for you is :
Go back and review what you wrote when you first joined. Losing and being successful puts us in a different state of mind and you may have lost track of one of the reasons that was so important to you in the beginning (I had forgotten that I wrote that I was tired of looking like a wheat field when I wore a beige jumper that I really liked, but I forgot the "wheat field" comment until I did a review)'. It's so important to celebrate our successes that it's hard to remember that there are more celebrations to come.
Find something to do with your hands the first time I lost, I crocheted so many doilies that my furniture couldn't take anymore. You pick up your paper and draw. Feed the kids, but then draw while they snack and show them the pictures you are drawing, whether it's of a kitchen, or them eating. Keep your hands busy until the urge passes. Then keep celery, broccoli, cauliflower handy, instead of the mac and cheese. but the blueberries were good!
The end is the hardest. and then goal is reached, and you feel like, what's next? Make and keep those good eating habits that you've been so good at learning.
Way to go! Now, go get there! So that when I am depressed next week, you can help pick me up!
tahonia (lost 50, but twice that to go)

[tahonia]

Laurie, I love your Weight Loss Ticker!
Tahonia

[gillis]

Hey, I'm Jen, and I have been on JC since January 23.
I am 5'1" and I began at 170 with a BMI of 33. The doctor and I set a goal of 125, and I am close.

I now weigh 136, and have a BMI of 25, YEAH! I've gone down 8 jean sizes, 2 bra sizes, 3 top sizes.. I look great.

But for whatever reason now.. I just keep cheating. I work in a daycare and since January til about September, I wasn't picking at any of the kids snacks.
Now I find myself feasting on them.

I'm not gaining.. but I'm hindering my own weight loss, and suddenly, I just can stop. I'm babysitting and I ate well all day, arrived here, ate some blackberries that I brought, my JC BBQ chicken pizza... 3 chicken nuggets and a bowl of mac and cheese.

I'm feeling discouraged, and thats driving me to eat. I'm miserable in life right now, struggling with the economy, as I'm 23, just graduated College with a degree in interior design but I still work in a daycare (cause there's no work for me out there) I think thats leading me to seek comfort in food again. I'm trying so hard to stop, but I can't find the will I had a couple monthes ago.. and I was just looking for some advice.

Thanks,
Jen

[LoisLane]

Thanks everyone for all your encouraging words. I'm trying to get back on the horse (so to speak) I gained 4 lbs over Christmas at my parents and i was heartbroken. So I'm back to fully planned menus.. and just trying to get some exercise in (which I am SOO bad at) and steer clear of eating out and cheating.

We gotta keep fighting the good fight. 14 lbs to go!!