I WONDER HOW MANY HAVE SAW THIS OR EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT IF YOU LOOK AT IT YES IT DOES SPELL THAT WORD US HERE ALL LOVE SO MUCH..YEP YOU GOT IT “DESSERTS” AND I CAN FIANLLY ADMIT TO MYSELF AND OTHERS THAT I AM AN EMOTIONAL EATER. I NEVER IDENTIFIED WHERE MY STRUGGLES COME FROM AND NOW I KNOW. LATELY I HAVE BEEN WEARING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD AND LIFE ISSUES AS WELL AS ALL OF THIS WEIGHT IM TRYING TO LOSE ON MY SHOULDER. I KNOW LIFE HAPPENS AND WE ARE TO DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE AROUND IT AND I HAVE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE AN OBSTACLE IS DONE ANOTHER ONE APPEARS, AND I CAN ADMIT IT THROWS ME OFF A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS MY DIETING IS CONCERNED. I NEVER SAID I WAS PERFECT BUT I OFTEN WONDER WHY AM I SO GOOD AT GIVING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO OTHERS BUT I CANT LIVE BY MY OWN WORDS MORE THAN OFTEN. I AM SO ALONE I HAVE ALWAYS SHOWED SUPPORT TO “FRIENDS” AND FAMILY BUT WHEN I REALLY NEED SUPPORT NOBODY IS THERE FOR ME. GUYS YOU WOULND’T BELIEVE WHAT CHARLOTTE, NC IS GOING TROUGH RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TOTALLY OUT OF GAS HERE THE STREETS ARE A GHOST TOWN AND EMPLOYERS ARE LOSING WORKERS I HAD TO CALL IN TO WORK BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF GAS TRYNG TO FIND IT, CARS ARE LINED ALL DOWN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS SIDE STREETS ETC. I NEED FOOD, TOOTHPASTE, MILK AND MY OWN MOM CALLED ME BRAGGING ABOUT FINDING GAS AND DIDNT OFFER TO BUY ME ANY TO PUT INTO A GAS CAN SO I CAN AT LEAST MAKE IT TO A STATION. MY AUNT DID THE SAME ON TOP OF ALL THAT MY FIANCE IS OUT OF WORK DUE TO CHANGES MADE AT HIS JOB, I NEED TO GO THE DOCTORS DENTIST/EYE/ AND MEDICAL BUT I CANT AFFORD THE CO-PAYMENTS, I HAVENT BEEN TO THE GYM IN 2 WEEKS CUZ OF GAS, I HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AND NOBODY HAS TIME FOR ME, MY HOUSE IS A WRECK AND I DONT HAVE THE ENERGY TO CLEAN IT, BILLS ARE PILLING IN AND THERE IS OONLY ONE INCOME NOW, MY CAR NEEDS TIRES, AND TO MAKE IT ALL WORST LAST NIGHT AROUND 3:30 AM MY SON BODY DECIDES IT WANTS TO GET SICK HE WOKE UP SCREAMING IN THIS HORRIFIC CRY I NEVER HEARD BEFORE AND OF COURSE I CANT GET IN MY CAR TO TAKE HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM “NO GAS” SO AFTER BEING SO STRONG AND KNOCKING OFF EACH PROBLEM AS THEY CAME IT ALL JUST HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS AND I CAME TUMBLING DOWN HARD. I CRIED LIKE A BABY AND I KNOW I KEEP JUNK OUT OF MY HOUSE BUT LAST NIGHT I TORE MY KITCHEN UP LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AND I FOUND WHAT I WANTED!!!! (stressed spelled backwards) I FOUND A BRAND NEW UNOPENED BAG OF CHIPS AHOYS COOKIES I KNOW THAT I MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT LIKE 2 MTHS AGO STILL FRESH BUT THEY WERE HIDDEN SO I MUSTVE BOUGHT THEM FOR MY SON AND HIDE THEM FROM MY SIGHT AND YES YOU CAN IMAGINE THE DAMAGE I DID TO THAT BAG. I LAID IN MY BED WITH MILK AND DUNKED EACH COOKIE AND ATE THEM WITH NO GUILT, AND WHEN I WAS DONE I LAID ON MY SIDE WITH DISGUST IN MY HEART AND BURPED. THIS IS WHEN I SAID OMG I AM AN EMOTIONAL EATER. DO I FEEL BAD NOW?? HONESTLY NO. DID I FEEL BAD WHILE DOING IT? NO WILL I FEEL BAD LATER? MAYBE. WILL EATING THAT BAG OF JUNK MAKE MY PROBLEMS GO AWAY? NO. I AM STUGGLING HERE I HAVE BAD MY BAD DAYS AND GOOD DAYS I CAN SAY MY GOOD DAYS SO OUTWEIGH THE BAD BUT I KNOW I CAN DO BETTER. I HAVENT EVEN BEEN TO MY WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETING IN TWO WEEKS FOR MY WEEKLY WEIGH IN MONEY IS JUST SO DARN TIGHT AND I CANT GET TO THE STORE TO GET THE FOODS I NEED. IM JUST HOPING THIS SATURDAY I CAN MAKE IT TO MY MEETING I NEED IT BAD.