Obesity Support Group

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crystalicious 12/30/2009

Hi everyone. First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Crystal and I'm 22 years old. I'm 5'7" and I weigh about 270 lbs. When I was younger, up until the 3rd grade, I was skinny. But ever since then I've been overweight and unhappy. When I hit 250 lbs. I got tired of it and decided to do something about it. I stopped drinking EVERYTHING except water, didn't eat ANY sweets, NOTHING fried or greasy, and only wheat bread. I started walking 2 miles every day. On my made-up diet I lost 60 pounds in 2 months, I was down to 190. I still didn't feel WONDERFUL, but I felt ALOT better than I had. And then, I started back drinking soda, and from there, everything went down hill. I gained it all back, and then another 20 pounds go to with it. Back then I was still in high school but was out for the summer and didn't have to worry about money, had no job. I had all the time I needed to eat right and take care of myself, and excercise. Now I'm tired of it again and am trying to take charge. I haven't drank ANYTHING but water (and sometimes alchohol) since MAY. Since September I've been walking 30 minutes EVERY day. AND it's NOT WORKING!! I understand that I haven't cut out as much this time, but I'm just so frustrated that I haven't lost ANY weight considering the steps I've already taken. To make matters worse, my fiance's father died in October and between the funeral, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and working 5 days a week, we haven't had much time to walk lately. It feels like all my motivation is gone. I'm getting married in August and I don't want to walk down the aisle looking like this! I have also been on birth control for 4 years and I'm wondering if that could have anything to do with me being unable to lose weight now. Somebody HELP!

Doris104 12/30/2009

Honey, I would start a food diary and write down EVERYTHING that you put in your mouth, no matter how small. I was surprised at how many calories I was eating before I started the diary. As you get older, and you are far from old, you need to lose weight in different ways. You may have been a lot more active when you lost weight before, and I'm not sure how much alcohol you are drinking, but that is nothing but empty calories. Keep up the water and cut out the sweets, but keep track of your foods. There are a lot of free sites on line for tracking your foods. Just google food diary and you will have a lot of response. I use Sparkpeople.com and have a lot of luck with it. Good luck and maybe join us at Weight Loss Buddies. We get a buddy each month to inspire us through the month for weight loss.

Hope this helps.
Doris

Doris104 12/30/2009

Another thing, get yourself a kitchen scale to weigh your food. You will be surprised at how big a serving size is and you will need it to track your food in the food diary.

deleted_user 12/30/2009

I agree with Doris.... I weigh everything I eat and measure out my food with measuring spoons.... a real serving size is much different than what I was eating. I started doing this and journaling and the weight is coming off I have lost almost 20 pounds so far and it is a slow process I have been doing this for 2 months now and it does work. Try it. Good luck!!! Hugs Denise

dailyfooddiaryuser 01/02/2010

Hope things get better for you and your families soon! Congratulations on your engagement too!

Hang in there and set your goals, start off with a food diary and a plan to increase your activity level! Look on YouTube for free at-home workouts!

I use: www.dailyfooddiary.net

deleted_user 01/03/2010

girl, DONT I KNOW IT! i am pretty much where u r rite now so i am not going to advise, but rather tell u what popped into my head as i read this:
why did you start drinking soda again? (when it all got out of control)
i'll bet every dime i have that the birth control has a lot to do with weight gain & loss (it did for me)
u may b the kind of person (so many of us are, i am too) who doesnt acknowlege th "little things". u went from 250 to 190. thats incredible. thats a lot to be pround of. did u reward urself? did u find a way to pat urself on th back?
someone once told me the definition of insanity is doing the very same thing over & over again expecting different results. you started walking, stopped drinking soda, cut out sweets & fried food. but something else is wrong. all of these actions are good, but there has got to be something u are probably doing or not doing that youre not aware of that would make all th difference. i wish i knew what it was. and if u find out, do let me know

hang in there - p duck

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