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Is there any hope?
| Sat, 11-20-2004 - 11:17am |
Hi, I am new to all of this but I am lost. I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. Currently I am over 100lbs overweight. I keep trying to lose weight but fail and beat myself up for it. I feel that I don't know that I'll ever lose the weight I need to to be happy and healthy. I have little energy and hurt all over. Is there any hope?

Wecome to the board, Stacey! There is hope, I assure you. Losing over 100 pounds is overwhelming, I can tell you that! But my approach is to not look at the big picture. Take 5 or 10 pounds at a time. Also, don't try and change all your eating and exercise habits all at once. That just sets you up for failure. Try making one or two small changes a week. Then build on that and make a few more changes as you find the first ones becoming habit. Pretty soon, you'll be dropping the pounds and feeling a lot better about yourself. The weight will come of more slowly this way, but your more likely to keep it off. So far I've lost 40 pounds since January with this approach. And I feel like I will never go back to the way I was. Good luck, and come back often. It definitely helps!
~~Linda
246/206/199(for now)
~~Linda
If you lost 50 pounds in the past then you can definitely lose it again :)
Of course, there is always hope!! I had lost 50 lbs, but that lasted like a day. Now I'm somewhere between 40-45 lbs lost and I've been kinda stuck for a few months now. In the past I would have just given up and said to heck with it, I can't do anything right, especially losing weight, so why bother.. But not anymore, I've learned it doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. No matter how many times I fall the only real failure is to not get back up. Even if I have to get back up 10 times in one day sometimes... As long as you keep trying then it will happen in time.
Take baby steps and set small goals at first. You didn't gain all that weight right away, you're gonna have to lose it slowly as well. And in the mean time think about how wonderful you are despite your size (and YES you are, somewhere in there is an amazing woman!), having even a few good feelings about yourself will go a long way in the self esteem department. And it can even give you a boost with motivation to keep on working on losing the weight!
Good luck!!
Amanda
285/240(ish)/150
Amanda
mom to Ethan (7), Ryen (6), and Katelyn (2)
Well, for me I started by drinking more water, eating more fruits and veggies and going for a walk around the building at work at lunchtime. I took a look at what foods I could cut back on (I have a terrible sweet tooth and it's disgusting to think of all the sugar I used to eat). I didn't cut anything out completely, I just learned to have a smaller portion or not have it as often. I tried new recipes (you should check out the recipe section below for some great ideas) and increased my exercise so that now I walk between 30-45 minutes instead of just 10-15 minutes. I've lost 40 pounds since January. I've hit a stall recently, but that's because I started to let things slide. Fortunately, I didn't gain any back (well maybe a couple of pounds, but that's it) and I'm now working on getting myself back on track. I know you can do it! Just look at what you're eating now, what kind of activity you're getting and think of a couple of things you can do to improve what you're doing. If you want, you can research some plans such as Weight Watchers or Atkins. Personally, I've never been able to stick to any structured plan, but I know that both WW and Atkins have helped a lot of people here on this board. It takes time to find what will work for you. Please don't get discouraged if something you've tried doesn't work. What works for one person won't necessarily work for someone else. Just keep trying until you get it right. It will happen, I know it!!
I hope this helps :)
~~Linda
~~Linda