What Do You Do In The Time You Used To Spend Eating?

[ShouldBlittler 89]

What do you do now in place of the time you used to spend eating?

[Liliana Arleen 173]

Go to the Gym like a maniac :biggrin: and surf around these weight loss surgery forums :smile1:

[AnewMe@28 38]

OMG!!! I have a new problem. I have become a shoe-slure. I bought 7 pairs in one night. Now in my defense, (that is how I justify it in my head) they were all on sale. I did not spend too much. But turn around and 2 weeks later I bought 3 more.

LOL I told my husband, "Look I know I have a problem, you don't need to stage an intervention with meetings and cameras to make me admit that I have a problem. I know this already and that is the first step to getting better......right?"

And besides seeing how fab I look in new shoes motivates me to keep going towards my goal. (At least that's how I rationalize it in my head.)

[thebionicbroad 127]

Surf Ebay for vintage clothing in my new size.

[Joiebean 53]

This is a great post!! I'm only three weeks out, so by the time i'm done work, I'm pretty much exhausted and collapse on the couch, but I am getting SO SICK of TV. I was thinking of picking crocheting back up. I used to sorta do it to keep my hands busy. As soon as I am cleared to start working out, I plan on doing that too. But my doc pushed it back a few weeks. Not till 4-6 weeks out can I start doing anything resembling exercise (except the walk to my car, lol)

[Afro_Cyster 74]

Other than put more into work, I still eat.

Eating slowly and concentrating on staying hydrating takes about just as much time as it used to. It's just that I eat healthier and in a smaller volume.

All of the other things I do now is just changing one habit into another. For example, instead of being a couch potatoe, I go shopping or visit friends and relatives.

LOL.....sorry, but not much in my life has changed.

[Afro_Cyster 74]

Surf Ebay for vintage clothing in my new size.

I haven't been on Ebay for clothes in a while. You have renewed my interest.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,280]

Go to the Gym like a maniac :biggrin: and surf around these weight loss surgery forums :smile1:

Yup what she said!! My gym is at home though, and my playground is outside. Love it!!!

[LoserMama 37]

Knitting and crochet, and now in the past week, have incorporated regular exercise at a gym. So that is taking the place of a lot of the old preoccupation with food at the moment. Trying to establish new things to do instead of eat is hard!

[Amanda 3.0 140]

OMG!!! I have a new problem. I have become a shoe-slure. I bought 7 pairs in one night. Now in my defense, (that is how I justify it in my head) they were all on sale. I did not spend too much. But turn around and 2 weeks later I bought 3 more.

LOL I told my husband, "Look I know I have a problem, you don't need to stage an intervention with meetings and cameras to make me admit that I have a problem. I know this already and that is the first step to getting better......right?"

And besides seeing how fab I look in new shoes motivates me to keep going towards my goal. (At least that's how I rationalize it in my head.)

This is funny! I am not a clothes or a shoe person, but I have purchased three pairs of boots since December. I never had boots before, and I hadn't been able to wear jeans in a long while. My husband made a comment about the boots, and I just told him, "Hey, transfer addiction!" and we both laughed. I am done buying boots now.

As for what I am doing instead of eating, or kicking myself for eating, is spring cleaning. Also organizing and getting rid of clutter. And, thinking about what I want to do with my life (researching college options, business options, etc.) now that I don't have the excuse of being unemployable or a less valuable person because of my weight.

[christin 54]

I am also spring cleaning. I have a list of things to tackle this weekend. I am trying to lighten my load in every area of my life! I have a good will pile growing by the day.

[clk 3,519]

OMG!!! I have a new problem. I have become a shoe-slure. I bought 7 pairs in one night. Now in my defense, (that is how I justify it in my head) they were all on sale. I did not spend too much. But turn around and 2 weeks later I bought 3 more.

AH! I am so glad I'm not the only one that does this! I've bought more shoes in the last six months than I bought in the previous three years! But I'm at goal, half the size I was a year and a half ago and heels are just so much more comfortable these days. However, if I keep this up I'm going to need a separate closet for all of my shoes!

I also shop (probably a little too much) because that exhilarating feeling of fitting in a size small is still there every single time I try something on. I knit. I bake, then eat one cookie or croissant and give the rest away. I read. I go dancing with my husband, something I was always too embarrassed to do before. I play with my four year old twins more than I ever could before. Basically, I live life, and I live it happily.

I still enjoy food - at least the first two bites or so. It doesn't rule my life anymore and I don't spend hours of my day thinking about what I'm going to eat or agonizing that I can't eat because I'm on a diet. All of that time I used to spend thinking about food and eating is spent being a normal person.

It's awesome.

~Cheri