Making a real change, for real this time

Dryanoss

Hello everyone. I'm posting this partially just as an affirmation to myself that I am serious about making a change. I'm about 400lbs right now and I want to lose roughly half of that. I know it won't be easy nor quick, but I am hoping with the help of this site I'll be able to accomplish it. I've tried many times before and failed, but I've never been this determined in my life.

The reason I want to make this change is because.. well.. I've been recommended gastric surgery and I really don't want to do it. I like my stomach the way it is, and I feel like a lot of my problems are mental. I'm surprisingly healthy otherwise; no hypertension, no diabetes, nothing like that. Yet.

I may not linger around discussions much but I'm happy to be here regardless. Thanks for reading, hope you find success too!

crosierhayleyyy

Heyy!! Welcome I’ve been here 3 days!!! Starting over again after failing to keep up with my willpower.. I don’t have much of that. But that’s gonna change. Let’s go! We got this 💪

Lietchi

If you think your issues with food are mental, then you're right that survey is not the solution 🙂 even with surgery the mental issues need to be addressed, to be successful.

From someone who has lost weight (granted, not as much as you're looking to lose - 75lbs) I recommend gradual changes, both food and activity wise. Weight-loss doesn't have to be torture - find ways of being active that you enjoy, find ways of making your diet healthier/ lower calorie but still tasty,...
For deep rooted mental issues: perhaps consider therapy if they are issues you'll have a hard time fixing on your own?

Wishing you lots of success!

Dryanoss

Lietchi wrote: »

If you think your issues with food are mental, then you're right that survey is not the solution 🙂 even with surgery the mental issues need to be addressed, to be successful.

That's my thinking, so I'm going to do my best to fix that.