I sincerely hope there´ll be one you want to stay in though!
Its great to meet you Kyle. We haven't met - but I am another person that is apt to leave the forum for a while... You do have an exhaustive work schedule there.
I think that the sleep commitment will help you with the eating commitment... None of us can hope to control our eating if we are feeling sleep deprived...
I think that many of us can tell a tale of food temptation coming from inter-personal relationships at home... I know that on my big project - I was trying to be good with my food for over a month before my husband realised it... My husband has long been very cuddly... We were two very cuddly people together... We used to have a drawer full of bars of chocolate and chocolate sweets... He used to go to the drawer several times an evening and bring us both bars of chocolate... I'd just leave mine to one side and (either when he wasn't looking or at the end of the night) put my bars of chocolate into another drawer... Eventually I told him what I was doing - but that had happened for over a month first...
I had to separate my weight loss from his - as in previous projects we'd dieted together and failed gloriously together as we both failed when the first one wanted to cave in. We spent decades leading each other astray... Over the years I have probably led him astray just as often as he has led me astray... It is naturally lovely when you can both eat healthily together. When I did my big project - he was not in the right place to deal with his weight - but he was proud of me when I did lose weight.
I was wondering whether your wife is cuddly... If she is - it could colour how she feels about you losing weight.
Hi, Cate. I checked my weight today, and I was happy that it only went up to 241.6 in the last few weeks. So I am hopeful that with the extra 1 - 1.5 hours of sleep and permission to skip meals, I can get to where I want to be.Hi, Kyle. It is really complicated when your partner is such a nurturer. My husband is too. It must be really hard working 6 days a week & with such difficult hours. Do the best you can & hopefully you will get into a healthy routine. Take care
Hey, Rob. Thinking of you always motivates me. About my wife, she actually cooks very healthy, and eating her food would be completely fine if I wasn't trying to lose weight. The problem isn't eating her food, it's the lack of freedom to say no which is really demoralizing. I just can't stand being forced to eat things when I am trying to lose weight, even if they are good things. Also it is very hard for me to just eat a little. It's easier not to eat. If I eat at all, I always end up eating more. But if I abstain, then it's a lot easier. And I can still eat her food the next day for lunch.Hey Kyle, welcome back. I was just thinking about you.
The problem with food and the wife is a familiar one, it has caused me some tension. My wife does less cooking for me than she used to, but still does fix dinners some times. She tries, but often adds more calories than I can eat, when I don't eat something it can be a bit stressful. I have found that trying to explain what my diet plan is and how the food does or does not fit into it impacts me helps. I will often tell her that if I eat that I will have to go without something else later in the day. I also eat a small portion of things just to please her, always within my calorie goals. For example yesterday she baked a loaf of bread, and I knew she would not be happy if I did not have some of it. So I ate one smallish slice (it was delicious), and then explained to her that it would mean that I could not eat a big peach. It kind of helped. Not that my solutions would work for you, they don't always work for me. I just wanted to know you are not alone in this.
I think you can make 200 lbs by year's end. I have seen you lose a lot of weight when you were determined, you can do it again.