Overeating is a real big bad beeyotch, and you have to bring a big stick with you to whup it. You can’t just fight fair! You have to use sneaky tactics to knock her out!

I go through it too, especially in the winter.

What’s pulling me out of it now is drinking more water. I’ve been buying those little Crystal Light onesie packets and putting them in bottled water so I drink more of it. Kelloggs protein water (little packets of protein powder you put in your bottled water) is also good. I find I’m not hungry anymore after a bottle of one or the other.

I’m a person who almost hates water, so those little additions are good enough to make me sip it all day. Then, there’s less room in the old stomach, see? It’s worked better than anything else for curbing my appetite. Give it a try.

Good luck and keep on your trail. When you fall off the horse, just sit there for a minute, dust off, say “ow!”, and then get back on!

You’ll get there soon enough!

These are two separate things.

This is a lesson I must re-learn every day

in order to maintain my weight-loss.

(( hugs )) Listen you

You’re stuck on awesome. Know that we’re rooting for you and yes- that high will come back

In the meantime – damage control’s the way to go :)

I have been in a slump myself. It makes me feel abnormal and undeserving…and ugly…and fat…and then I read your blog and I felt sympathy for you. Why do I allow you sympathy, when all I have for myself is loathing?! This business of being human is tough work. I thank my lucky stars every day that I found your web site, as it has been such a blessed addition to my world. You give me opportunities to think about things—sometimes ideas that are on the fringes of my mind and sometimes a whole new idea to consider.

So here’s to the end of your slump! I hope your demons don’t haunt you the way mine haunt me. Let us know if you get any bright ideas…

Also, get more sleep. I love kazari’s suggestion to go to bed early and read magazines/books, listen to radio or tapes, make lists – things I love, what I’m grateful for, groceries, goals for next year, etc. Bed is better than couch/sofa/ divan – whatever you call it in Indiana – because you can’t eat in bed.

Also, if you can afford it, get a massage. Your headache sounds as if it could be a tension headache.

We’re all cheering/praying for you, PQ!

Anyway, I’m making a list of small, non-food things I can do to un-slump myself. Making the list is also kinda fun. Just little stuff that makes me feel good. Here’s the start of the list:

- go find a new herbal tea to try

- paint my toenails

- read a new book

- hang out in borders for a while

- call my sisters

- send my mum a card

- go to bed really, really early one night and just read magazines

- plan a week of really yummy healthy dinners

- think of silly things I’d like to do on my birthday (which is months away)

- leave encouraging comments I’ve never commented on before..

Hope you feel more like yourself soon.

Experienced it myself…especially the increase in hunger…I really do believe it has something to do with the season and the lunar cycle because so many seem to be affected right now…

We’ve had a few warm sunny days here in middle TN lately and I’m finding my appetite is tapering off…I’ve been sort of idling…not gaining, but not losing…

The log jam seems to be breaking up though, so full steam ahead…since you’re further north your jam may last a tad longer…but soon, you’ll be back on your game….this is just a bump in the road.