1sexymf said:

Okay. I'm just sayin' if ya wanna do it once in a while, I don't see what the big deal is.

I would never allow my daughter to do this or anything like that, but I'm just sayin' if you feel u must, I don't see a problem with it.
[Edited 11/29/06 12:48pm]

1sexymf said:

maybe this is more of a guy thing, i don't know, but for me, puking is like one of the most traumatic things ever. i've known girls who could be all like, "oh i just barfed, but i'm okay now." that to me is like saying, "oh, i just broke all the bones in my legs - let's go dancing!"

Anx said:

luv4all7 said:

Yeah, life is some fuckin' journey, isn't it!?!
Always a work in progress in the most important Art Project ever!

Anx said:

I hate to puke, too! I will do just about ANYthing not to.
It was a lot easier to puke, though, when I used to get drunk all of the time. Sober vomiting sucks.

luv4all7 said:

why battle one extreme by going to the other? with overeating i think the problem is portioning and also keeping shitty food in the house. i don't keep stuff like little debbies or crap junk food in my apartment. if i want sweets, i have to go out and get them.

usually my lazy ass won't even leave the couch to go get a cupcake from down the street. so my own problem is my solution!

luv4all7 said:

I'm not being preachy. It's just that someone may read this and think they can do it and then turn up bulimic.

1sexymf said:

Okay, well thats the last thing I would want.

Kids Don't try this at home.

AnotherLoverToo said:

Hi! I'm orgnoting you!
I hope you're well.

I'm an ex fattie and I can tell you that losing the weight was far harder than quitting smoking. Then again, I started drinking coffee at the same time I quit smoking.

As far as slimming down, I don't care what any one says, obesity runs in my dad's side of the family, and I used to think it was becase we're just meant to be fat. But when I got a personal trainer, and started to seriously lose the weight, it happenned.

Took about a year, but I went from a 38 inch waste down to 32 (though sometimes it goes to 34, but never higher).

Talk to a wieght trainer. They can slim you down faster than anyone can.

Thats another thing I was gonna say.

We replace one bad habit with another usually.

I started smoking so I could quit eating, when I was 12.

I quit smoking when I was 26 and started drinking a lot heavier.

I quit drinking so much alcohol and now I drink a lot more iced tea.

AsianBomb777 said:

good job stickin to it. people dont realise that making changes to your body takes this long. It doesnt happen in a week. That goes for healing your self from illness repairing your body etc. It takes 3 months just to begin changing your body/healing. It takes a year or more to complete the entire cycle.

SpisaRibb said:

Well, your body changes every seven years too.

Some people get lucky and get better in 7 years.

AsianBomb777 said:

Ok, but I was kinda hoping that this thread wouldn't turn into another thread about HOW to change. More like, how we treat others and feel about others who are struggling with what we've been through.

luv4all7 said:

usually the results i feel from quitting something or starting a new GOOD habit are gratifying enough that i don't feel a need to replace it with anything.

i started smoking during a break-up in my last semester of college. that was like 13 years ago, so i think i'm past those issues now. this will be my next big challenge. i'll be a total healthazoid once i kick this habit.

i can go months without drinking, then get totally shitfaced and then not drink for months after that. i don't really think about alcohol very much - especially not while i'm drinking the stuff.
[Edited 11/29/06 13:07pm]

luv4all7 said:

sadly many people give up before anything really happens

luv4all7 said:

I absolutely agree!! When people don't deal with the TRUE underlying issues, then they're just going to transfer that same stuff to something else.

There's some new info on people who've gotten gastric bypass surgery and how so many of them are becoming addicted to alcohol, sex, gambling....the theory is that they are still that "fat person" inside and that they just transfered the psychological issues to another habit/substance to get the same emotional payoff.
[Edited 11/29/06 13:09pm]

AnotherLoverToo said:

Oh don't you worry.
I'll get mistreated soon enough with my statements above.

Absolutely not... just because I was able to accomplish or do something has nothing to with what someone else can or can't do... beside whom the hell am I to judge anybody. I've stopped a few bad habits and picked up others some where easy to do others weren't and still aren't but that's me, someone's personal challenge is relative to them.

Im addicted to cock

Anx said:

Anx, you are just faaaaar too emotionally healthy. No underlying issues causing relapses, no transfer of fucked up ness!

No wonder you love the crazy gals! (Courtney, Amy, et al)

Ace said:

I must say, when I was going through the worst of quitting I found you entirely supportive and incredibly helpful, actually.

AsianBomb777 said:

Silly!
I mean, how do you treat/feel about the people in your life who are overweight or doing something else unhealthy that you used to do? Do you have compassion, empathy? Do you secretly (or not so secretly) loathe them, judge them? Do you think to yourself, "if I did it, then they should do it". Maybe a combo of all of the above?

I'm an ex-gay.



Christ be with you.

AsianBomb777 said:

Interesting; I didn't start working out 'til I was in my mid-twenties, but I took to that like a fish to water. Smoking, on the other hand, was a bitch! I'd go for a hardcore workout and then light up outside the gym.

Actually, I'm not making light of this thread, but I have an addiction to the Internet and message boards, specifically Prince.org



Seriously.
I takes up hours and hours of my day sometimes (sometimes I run out of posts and orgnotes).

It hinders my productivity at work, and sometimes, when I'm at home, I look at the clock and it's too late to go to the gym.

Shit, I've skipped out on clubbing with friends becuase I was enjoying the org threads so much.

It comes in spurts. SOmetimes, I don't want to have anything to do with the org, but there's always some obsession that fills it's place whenever that happens.
I'm liks some vain peacock chasing my latest obsessions around.

Ace said:

You work out? ~faints~




GOt pix? orgnote me.

CarrieMpls said:

You bitches are just intent on ruining my rep aren't you? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, folks!...

AnotherLoverToo said:

oh, i certainly have my share of ugly vices, but either they're well hidden or else i keep the severity of my indulgences relative to my means as some weird kind of survival mechanism. i grew up an only child of a single parent who was not often well, so i grew up with little other option than to take care of myself. i guess as an adult, that preservation mechanism is still in place. it's not that i don't let myself indulge or have fun (sometimes too much) - but i'm a total control freak about the quality of my life. i'd never let myself go under.

Ace said:

I still think your kinda creepy.