Am I ready to lose weight again?

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  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,452 Member
    Feel better bbell! Find something to laugh at...laughing is so much more fun than crying...there is a hilarious paleo forum out there...well, I think so, possibly not others.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    melaniedscott wrote: »
    Feel better bbell! Find something to laugh at...laughing is so much more fun than crying...there is a hilarious paleo forum out there...well, I think so, possibly not others.

    lol that made me laugh.
  • katiculver486
    katiculver486 Posts: 4 Member
    Wishing you a good day tomorrow, bbell1984! A fresh new month...
  • katiculver486
    katiculver486 Posts: 4 Member
    And by 1984, I mean 1985. :#
  • lucyee
    lucyee Posts: 32 Member
    Hi Bbell. It sounds like you've got a huge amount on your shoulders at the moment, and I really hope you can find someone to work it through with and get to a better place.

    I would really echo the calls for you to focus on baby steps right now, with regards your weight. I really feel that using hatred of your body as fuel for self-control is a recipe for disaster. If you do really do want to lose weight at the same time as dealing with other things, I would encourage you to at least re-frame it as something positive ("eating healthily will give me the energy to deal more effectively with the other stressors in my life"), rather than in terms of "this will stop me hating what I see in the mirror".

    Best wishes, OP. Things will get better.
  • gothomson
    gothomson Posts: 215 Member
    TBH, if you are dealing with a load of stress the best thing is to focus on the stress first then "get back on the wagon" - whatever that means.

    I look at photos of myself at my heaviest and I realise it was partly down to the huge amount of stress I had in my life at that time. Once I worked through it all (and I mean all, there were a few things I had to sort out, or at least accommodate) then, and only then, did I have the energy to get back into a healthy lifestyle.

    I really hope I don't come across as preachy because I'm the last person to have a go at someone going through a rough time. The way I see it is ok, I was badly out of shape at the time, and told that by my doctor, but I had to grit my teeth and get through the stuff I had to get through at the time first. Basically, deal with the stuff you have to deal with now, and when it gets better then get into the more serious healthy stuff, try and do something though, but also don't beat yourself up about it if you "fail" - you have other priorities at the moment and that's ok.
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