Trying not to throw in the towel

DrifterBear

About 10 years ago I lost around 50 lb. I kept it off for about 5 years and then threw in the towel. I remember as I approached 200 lb and then crossed it, I felt more and more helpless which caused me to eat more. If I had just sucked it up at that point I wouldn't be where I ended up 2 years ago having put all the weight plus 10lb back on. Don't every quit. I look back now and see the life changes I was going through. It was a form of depression and turning to instant gratification. Do whatever you can to identify your triggers and make the change now. I feel like I've given up several years of my life. If I had gotten control of it when I only had 10 or 20 lb to loose, I would have saved myself a lot of pain and embarrassment.

Makoce

lbctfs wrote: »

About 10 years ago I lost around 50 lb. I kept it off for about 5 years and then threw in the towel. I remember as I approached 200 lb and then crossed it, I felt more and more helpless which caused me to eat more. If I had just sucked it up at that point I wouldn't be where I ended up 2 years ago having put all the weight plus 10lb back on. Don't every quit. I look back now and see the life changes I was going through. It was a form of depression and turning to instant gratification. Do whatever you can to identify your triggers and make the change now. I feel like I've given up several years of my life. If I had gotten control of it when I only had 10 or 20 lb to loose, I would have saved myself a lot of pain and embarrassment.

Thank you.


And thank you everyone else. These posts are extremely helpful.

Francl27

lbctfs wrote: »

About 10 years ago I lost around 50 lb. I kept it off for about 5 years and then threw in the towel. I remember as I approached 200 lb and then crossed it, I felt more and more helpless which caused me to eat more. If I had just sucked it up at that point I wouldn't be where I ended up 2 years ago having put all the weight plus 10lb back on. Don't every quit. I look back now and see the life changes I was going through. It was a form of depression and turning to instant gratification. Do whatever you can to identify your triggers and make the change now. I feel like I've given up several years of my life. If I had gotten control of it when I only had 10 or 20 lb to loose, I would have saved myself a lot of pain and embarrassment.

Yeah... don't give up. Just do the best you can. That's the way I see it.. It's so frustrating (and a lot of people on MFP don't 'get it', honestly) and hard but you got to do the best you can. Even if you go over a lot, you'll limit the damage by not giving up. One day at a time.

DWBalboa

Hey chin up there sunshine, we all have our moments of self-doubt but just remember there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. Just hope that it’s not a train!
Yeah, binge eating can be a b!tch man, sometimes I get to getting and next thing I know there ain’t nothing left to get. I try and always put things into a serving size but that don’t always stop me either. It helps if you have someone there for you to keep you in check. Like a family member or friend.
I know for me when I don’t have the right mix of macros which I have found for me is a 40/35/25 (protein/carbs/fat) plus at least 10-12 servings of water is when I get into trouble.
Just keep on keeping sister, that’s really all there is to do, right? Of course you’re going to have days when you backslide heck you may have a week or so like that but then you pick yourself back up and get back on track. Trust me we all do; man I started a slide in Oct and didn’t stop until last week. It was like one step forward and two steps back.
I see you mention depression and meds, yeah that’ll add to the level of difficulty. I was on meds and actually still on two, but I am trying to get off them although I do not think mine is causing too much weight gain. I was on pain killers, blood pressure, cholesterol, and a few others, just on the BP and the chole meds now.
It may sound fruity but when I get down I put on some uplifting tunes and just sing my *kitten* off. The key here is “uplifting,” like a little Marley, Bob or Ziggy either works great. But no head banger, that just makes me want to break stuff.
My problem is that I like to indulge a little too much but hell sometimes you just have to enjoy life a little. I just need to learn to do push-aways again. ;-)
Just don’t quit, surround yourself with good friends and a support team people that will support you when you need it.
We’ve all been there sister,
Peace!
V/r,
DW

Makoce

Thank you