I'm looking for buddys who understand why and when the binge begins. I sabatoge myself and I'm hopeing that I will head to the computer to chat with buddys who understand and have been there instead of the refrigerator.

I'm starting on my life style change I weighed 177 three years ago. I starved and excercised and got down to 147 with a low fat low cal diet. I kept the weight off for over a year but then STRESS happended. I reach for food when I'm stressed and my metabolism also takes a nose dive. I've put on 7 pounds and I need to get in control. Too much work went into lossing the weight the first time. I promised myself I would stay in control.

I'm trying to set my self up for sucess and looking for buddys to join me. I hope to get a response.

I almost forgot my stats. I started LC 5 days ago and have lost 1 pound. It's a start!

So disapointed. I thought I'd log on and see others who were stress eaters. Boo hoo.

kelley - try posting in a part of the forum which is not countdowns and challenges - try general low carb eating or the atkins section. This part of the forum doesn't get a huge amount of people just wandering in to look, most of them are subscribed to threads!

For what it's worth, I've always been an emotional binger myself, I'm working really hard on it these days.. progress not perfection!

Thanks Abbey, I'll repost