Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
hi everyone i'm kinda new to this group and I just want to say that like most of you, I also have a problem with my weight. I am 211 lbs. I am 70 lbs overweight. Well, there are many things that led to this. One, was my medications for anxiety and depression, the lifestyle that i have right now and the bad habits that i have. I've been taking this medicines for almost 5 years now. I am trying to wean myself off from the medicines because it caused brain fog. Of course this is under the supervision of my doctor. Next the bad habits that I have. usually I will wake up 12 pm, eat to my heart's content, have coffee. (3-4 cups/day), seat in the computer for long hours and sleep very very late at night. I am frustrated actually because i can't change the way I am living my life. I just wanted to get up one day and change every single bad thing that I am doing. But its soo tough :(
Eating has been my outlet ever since. I eat when I'm sad, anxious or depressed.The effect of being overweight really destroys my self esteem because I don't want people to see me. I am so big I feel so miserable.Sigh* but just awhile ago I read Women's Health magazine and this is what the cover girl said:
" You just have to get out of that mentality of feeling sorry for yourself and feeling bad for your body. I've felt like that, so I know it's human nature to feel that, but its also the determination of will that you need to have... It's something that will help you in a lot aspects of life, not just working out. If you can put your mind to working out and changing your body, I figure you can do alot of stuff like other things in your life."
I just hope that I can do this too.
Eating has been my outlet ever since. I eat when I'm sad, anxious or depressed.The effect of being overweight really destroys my self esteem because I don't want people to see me. I am so big I feel so miserable.Sigh* but just awhile ago I read Women's Health magazine and this is what the cover girl said:
" You just have to get out of that mentality of feeling sorry for yourself and feeling bad for your body. I've felt like that, so I know it's human nature to feel that, but its also the determination of will that you need to have... It's something that will help you in a lot aspects of life, not just working out. If you can put your mind to working out and changing your body, I figure you can do alot of stuff like other things in your life."
I just hope that I can do this too.
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Gradual changes are easier to sustain for a lifetime, than bigger drastic changes. Build on small successes.
Try to replace sweets with fresh veggies. (Don't add salt or sugar on them.)
Drink water, lots of water. Perhaps drink 2 glasses of water between cups of coffee?
Eat smaller portions of everything.
Getting on an exercise program can be hard, perhaps it is the hardest to implement. Perhaps walking more each day, get up and 10 minutes out of each hour just walk.
It is possible! Don't try to change everything all at once.
I also started walking every day in my house. Sounds strange but because of back and leg issues I'm not that steady on my feet and walking outdoors even on sidewalks is not good. So the first week I put the timer on for 5 minutes and walked up and down the hall. Now I'm up to 30 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon.
I'm a big believer in just taking one small step and then the rest will follow.
All i can tell you is to enjoy the good days when they come and try to get moving. I have noticed that when I force myself to move I feel a bit better. It doesn't matter what it is, just move. I have been thinking about Zumba (at home of course) I think it may be something different to try, look into it. Also take it slow, do not do anything crazy like throw all your food out or going on a 10 mile up hill jog. baby steps that way you wont even notice the "extreme" changes actually taking place. I promise if you could stick to it those good days would happen more and more.
Good Luck
Not about me, but about what I think people think ABOUT me.
The first few times I tried to lose weight I hinted around about it. Said I'd lose some weight, and even posted a weight loss goal. Now I "went public" and freely broadcast my weight. I figure most people could look at me and guess pretty accurately how much I weighed and/or needed to lose.
Now I just don't care what they think. If they ask me I'll tell them what I weigh, how much I've lost, and what my target is.
And if they walk away from that thinking I'm a flat slob then that it their issue to work with!
Eventually, I felt better with the therapy, stopped smoking and in place of the smoking, I walked and gradually improved my way of eating.
The walking and other exercise improved my mood tremendously. I wished I had been able to start moving earlier.
Long story short, I eventually lost over 50 pounds and in the process learned to eat well and stop bingeing.
It is very worth the effort and time. Like everyone says, take it step by step and when you have a slip up, get up and back on track as fast as you can.
Don't starve yourself, just start to slowly eliminate or greatly reduce the sugar (except for fresh fruit), fried, fast, conveniance and proccessed foods along with the white stuff like pasta, breads and rice and replace it with whole grain. Limit the high fats like cheese and butter. Use olive oil. Love your veggies!
Don't make the changes all at once. Do something new once a week and before you know it, you'll be in a new life style that will make you feel better and before you know it you will be craving and loving the fresh whole foods.