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  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    shelbygeorge29 wrote: »
    I'm 43 female, 5"6' and weigh 300lbs.

    Graduated HS at 180, gained a bit in college then at 25 dropped to 150 by eating super healthy and being very active. Did triathlons, lifted weights, ran, did tons of recreational super duper active things. Maintained loss for 7-8 years and slowly began gaining as healthy habits slipped. Really piled the weight on when essentially taking a 3 year cross country RV trip and totally stopped any real exercise and ate whatever I wanted. Drank lots too.

    Surprise, surprise!!! It never ends, maintenance is definitely harder. But we all can do it...im back at it and know I'll be successful again.

    I'm always saying maintaining is far, far harder than losing the weight.
    I lost 140lb over around 20months and have maintained that loss for 15months now (+/-8lb where I've bulked and cut). While losing the weight the number dropping on the scales was so motivating, now I don't get to see that drop and instead I see my fitness levels and strength increasing.
  • shelbygeorge29
    shelbygeorge29 Posts: 263 Member
    Knowing how much work it takes, it definitely took me awhile to stop being so slothful and finally have my 10,000,000,000th enough is enough moment and start taking care of myself again.

    It was fun eating and drinking, etc. But then as I got bigger and bigger, I realized I *had* to make healthy changes. I know how great it feels to live in a healthy body, there are so many experiences I'm missing out on. And my health! My reasons and motivation is far different now than when I was in my 20s.

    Yes, it's true when they say you have to permanently change your lifestyle to maintain your weight loss. Exercise was very much a part of that for me, that connection to my body. I was constantly challenging myself with recreational fitness and setting new goals. When I stopped having that focus, I stopped doing what I was doing and the inevitable happened.

    For a long time I thought it was unfair, that I see plenty of people who don't have to work so hard at being normal weight. Even though my healthy habits slipped, I never binged or gorged, but I didn't make healthy choices (Extra mayo please!, etc) all the time, and for people like me it takes constant vigilance.

    A friend of mine just completed a 90 day stay in rehab for booze. He's one of those people who just can't drink a beer or two, it's something he can't control. We were talking once and he said it was so unfair, that most people could drink and have fun, but they didn't cross that line. As hard as he tried different tricks to moderate his drinking, they never really worked. He finally realized that fair or not, he wasn't one of those people and he had to change his life.

    It's not fair, but I'm one of those people who just can't not pay attention to what I eat and drink, and not stay active. I've got to work with what I've got, and that realization has been amazing to me. I'm much more Zen about it. Which is exciting!

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