I'll try that tomorrow. Except the hungry part, since I don't get hungry.

Yea, I love water like that.

Hey there.. I kinda know how you feel. I am trying to figure out the same thing. As of now, I just go out shopping (not necessarily buying anything), just to walk around the mall at the very least. It gets me out of the house, where I'm not in the kitchen. Since that isn't much of an option to you, I'm not sure what to suggest. My biggest problem was at night, so I take sleeping pills as soon as I'm done eating for the day so I can get to sleep as soon as possible (pending the sleep of my children of course). I have been wanting to get a job or volunteer somewhere or something, but again, I would probably be paying more for daycare for my 3 girls, then I would be actually making. This probably is of no help to you at all, but just wanted to say that I can relate. It is hard, extremely hard sometimes, but I have managed to lose 105 pounds so far, so it can be done. Hang in there, if I find the cure to boredom I'll let you know.

Exactly right...

Find yourself a hobby...

Stop focusing on what you can't do - and what's not possible and go with what is available...

OK. I've said this before, I'll say it again: "Getting a hobby" is not only VERY condescending, but simply not an option. Hobbies cost money. Someone mentioned learning to play an instrument. Do you know how much money instruments costs? Not to mention LESSONS? I can't afford that.

I have hobbies. My hobbies are listening to music, reading, and browsing the Internet. They are all very receptive to eating food while doing them. And they don't last 15 hours a day, every day. I will always be bored. What I need is ways to not EAT when I'm bored.

What's available? Here's what's available: 15 boring hours to fill and a house full of food to do it with.

If you don't want to eat just because you are bored, here's an idea, don't. Don't go to the kitchen. Don't get the food that you don't want. Don't put it in your mouth. It's that easy.

Sorry if I'm sounding a little harsh here, but come on. You are always complaining that there is this reason or that which is preventing you from reaching your goals. People are trying to help here, but you want an easy answer that just doesn't exist. You are out of school for the time being, and don't want to help around the house, don't want to get a job and don't want to volunteer anywhere. You want to sit surrounded by food that you can't resist and then call it not your fault that you can't reach your goals.

You are not the only one here with obstacles. If all you want to do is sit and read and surf the internet, then don't complain about it. If you want to lose weight, the you will have to do something that is not first on your list of things that you like to do.

You like to read? Take a nice walk to the library to read. Library is ten miles away? Drive 7 of those miles and park. There, nothing spent. Don't come here getting all mad at people who are just trying to find something that can satisfy you.

Again, I'm sorry if I'm sounding harsh, and I really would like you to achieve your goals. It just will not happen unless you are the one to do it.

Ok so get out of the house and find yourself something to do...

Not all hobbies cost money...

this thread might give you some ideas
http://www.weight-loss.fitness.com/t...ad-eating.html

I won't be as polite as Mal and Trops has been here.

You're an ass... if you could really listen to your superficial self you'd realize you'd hate you too.

So let's get this straight... you're fat. You want help. You come here for help. People try to help. You insult them. Does this make you feel good?

Whatever. I can't believe anyone bothers to post anything in this bullshit thread.

Get off your ass and workout. FREE exercises to be found on the internet WITHOUT weights and all body resistance. You're fat because you make excuses...

Go ahead... bitch me out. Tell me what a prick I am... good.

Just for good measure, I don't think 150 is fat. But obviously you're unhappy...

I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude. I just don't appreciate being told to get a hobby when I have several, and I don't appreciate people assuming things about me that aren't true. I do want to get a job. I've applied at over ten places and talked to so many people, and none of them are hiring. The high schools here are still in session and so are the colleges. There just aren't openings. Same with volunteering. You can't just go to the store and pick up a gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, and a job. Someone has to hire you first. You have no idea how much I want a job.

There really isn't much I can do around the house, either. My mother is never home, and when she gets home, she's so stressed and angry that I can't talk to her without getting yelled at. If I can't talk to her, I don't know what needs doing. I do keep my room clean and do my dishes, but I don't know what else there is.

And I do work out, three times a week. But even a full day at the gym (by "full" I mean a day where I do strength training, as opposed to a day where I don't, since I read here you need a day in between) is only one hour. Even if you count transportation, that's an hour and a half, tops. That leaves 13.5 hours in the day. I can't work out for all that time.

I'm not always like this; I'm just stressed and unhappy with myself. I haven't gained any weight; in fact, I've lost 7 pounds since I started. But I haven't lost any since I got home, either, and I know why.

I really am sorry. I don't want people to be upset with me. I get enough of that already. For what it's worth, I haven't eaten anything other than what I planned today.

So get a NEW hobby that actually burns calories. Its very convenient that all your hobbies burn 0 calories.

In fact don't call it a hobby. Call it an "activity" or call it "exercise" that way you don't have to actually like it, yet you do it. I hate the elliptical, yet I do it to lose weight. You may hate walking (probably the cheapest activity you could pursue) but do it anyway.

No pain no gain. Suck it up, get out there and burn some calories.

Everyone has their own problems, you need to stop being so down on yourself! You shouldnt be so closed minded as to think it's only YOU that is going through problems.

I have read your entire thread, and yes you are sulking. Every time you encounter a little problem you get so down on yourself and worked up, you just need to chill a bit! You seem so tense and in such a rush to lose the weight!

There are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many things that you can do to fill in the time.

1. Do you have a local library? If so, go get some books out? You could get some cook books or nutritional books even? You could get a yoga or pilates DVD or book and learn that? You could just go to chill out?

2. Going on walks - just going and exploring stuff like when you were a kid?? Can you do that?

3. Do some volunteer work? See if your local library or second hand store or hospital need someone to help out? It looks great on a resume and is a great thing to do to pass the time, and it feels good when you help people.

4. You could do some chores around the house? Cleaning is great for passing time, your grandmother or mother could also help you out with some money if you do enough? It seems childish but again its something to pass the time.

5. Get addicted to online games - this is a desperate measure but I know I can sit on the computer for HOURS playing games.

Get creative! Think outside the box! You need to stop being so negative and look on the bright side of things!

I'm tense because all I get is people yelling at me, here and at home. I'm in a rush to lose the weight because I hate how I look, how I feel, and because I have no clothes that fit me.

Our library is on the other side of town. I could go when I go to the gym, but when I go to the gym I look like crap (worse than usual) and I don't want people to run into me. The only time I don't look worse than usual is when I'm out applying for jobs, but the places that are hiring aren't there. A map would help:

O-----O--------------------------O----O

jobs...my house........................gym.....library

I don't know what there is to explore around here. It's a suburban neighborhood full of tract houses.

I've applied to the library for a job and they haven't called back. We don't have any second-hand stores, and I can't work at the hospital because my father is a doctor and I haven't spoken to him in years. I don't want to be somewhere where there's a good chance of running into him. My mother doesn't want me wasting my time on unpaid work, anyway.

I don't know what chores there are to do around the house. My grandmother is angry at me right now and won't talk to me, and when my mother gets home at night, I try to avoid her so I won't get yelled at.

I do play online games but they have a really short lifespan.