I've been fat & sedentary all my life. I'm nice, DH loves the way I look, I generally feel pretty good about myself, but I do worry about my health. I'm taking steps! We've started walking in the evenings & on weekends. I'm teaching myself to cook real food from scratch. We've banished anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup or hydrogenated oil from the house. It's hard, but it's fun, too. Maybe I won't lose weight but I think I'll feel better. People may still look at me and think "fat slob!" but I'm trying to unlearn a lifetime of bad habits. It's not easy, but I'm doing my best.

I got into yet another fight with DH about money. He has just gone back to work after being under/unemployed for 3 years. He is making shit money but because it is more that he's been bringing home the past 3 years he thinks he is doing well. My problem is that he spends about half his paycheck on crap - games, fast food, cds, beer. His mentality is "I'm earning money I deserve to spend it." We have nothing in savings and if he gets laid off again we can not make it on my salary without some savings. I'm not saying he can't spend money - I'm just of worrying about things.

If you've had your gallbladder removed like my mom, you need supplements to help you PREdigest fats. There are enzymes at whole foods, not expensive, that are very helpful. And a tsp of applecider vinegar in a cup of water 15 min before eating helps tremendously! TUMS are not good because antacids stop acid, meaning they also stop digestive juices. I speak from experience.why Stomach Acid is good for you is a great book on this

My brother is a sweet guy, but he disgusts me when he eats. I'm visiting and stayin with my family, my h has this thing about not wanting to hear anyone chew or swallow so for 3 years I have not heard those noises. My brother chews with his mouth open and smacks his lips with every chew. He gulps his soda. And he practically shovels his food into his face. It's driving me nuts and making me nauseous. I'm complaining here because just the thought of hearing those noises makes my h grind his teeth, but it's been 2 weeks I need to get this off my chest.

When I had my gallbladder taken out, I was warned about eating fatty foods. No problem, I had weened myself off them for years because it made my "stomach" hurt (really my gallbladder had stones). What I wasn't told was that some people have problems with mineral rich food like spinach, etc. I kept having non-stop erm, digestive issues. It only got better when I backed off the super healthy diet. Actually eating some white rice seems to solve things best. But I still need to use the Just A Drop product for bathroom visits when I'm have digestive troubles.

I have enough food to eat and a full tank of gas. I really can't complain about anything else.

Not all people who struggle with eating disorders are skin and bones. There's no certain "weight" for anorexics. It annoys me SO.MUCH. when people are like "really? you don't LOOK anorexic, you look so healthy!" In reality, I exercise a lot and restrict food. Just because someone "looks" healthy, doesn't mean they don't have an eating disorder.

My confession: DH and I don't cook. We don't go out to eat every night, and we don't eat the absolutely worst dietary stuff at the grocery store, but yeah. Food out of cans or the freezer isn't unusual, nor is fresh fruit and deli cold cuts. Both DH and I _can_ cook, but with both of us working, and no kids to feed, neither of us cares to, much of the time.

Show me a story that proves people in America are dying of hunger. No, negligent parents who choose to withhold food from their kids don't count. I've lived in piss poor neighborhoods before and never saw anyone starve. More obesity actually, and piles of beer cans or cigarette butts in the yards.

I can't stand those cooking shows where peop?le run and cry and scream. It's FOOD, stop messing with it!