Drop _ _ pounds by Thanksgiving!!

I ran to the store this evening to pick up a few things that I needed to finish the rest of this week out. I was waiting in line to cash out and of course there's all those magazine's with their weight loss headlines. One caught my attention: Drop 47 Pounds by Thanksgiving! I purchased the magazine- not because I believe I can lose that much weight in such a short amount of time, but I wanted to sit down and read the article- and I did. It directed me to a link Pop Quiz! I took the quiz to discover what I had already thought, but I'm a little interested in finding out if there's ways to cope with legitimate food addiction. I don't know what my deal has been lately, but for the last few months I think about nothing but food, and I stress about what I'm eating, when I'm eating, how long its going to be until my next meal, what I can't eat, what I'm not supposed to eat. Food is all I think about. One meal isn't even finished and over, and my mind is focused on what I'm eating next! I am 100% addicted to food. I've known this for a while, I just wasn't real sure if it was a serious obstacle or if it's something that was all in my head. The more I look into it, it's no joking matter in our society, and far from being all in my head. I need to find a way of dealing with this along with everything else on my day to day schedule.

I also stumbled across another article about thyroid issues, and though I was sent for a TSH test and it came back normal- I sometimes wonder what's really going on because I very often read and hear about thyroid issues, and I feel like I have all these described symptoms. The struggle- maybe I'm looking for an excuse, but even when I try and put my all into a weightloss routine, it seems like I never get the results that others get.

Somehow, during my 2 mile walk I must have did something to my right thigh- maybe I pushed too hard in my first real workout when there's been such a lack thereof. I'm not suffering some kind of strain to the outer thigh. It causes me to limp when I walk. Other than that, I am feeling great- and it's about time for me to head to bed.

Hope you all have a wonderful healthy night!