Looking for accountability partners

erockville77

I am a 47-year-old woman who is having a hard time losing 206 lbs. It goes up and down due to emotional eating. I incorporated more fiber in my meals. Looking for motivation to walk and eat to live.

sammi_girl

Hello! Firstly, just in case no one has told you today, you’re amazing! I recently started my own journey to lose 110 lbs and at first it was going great, I’ve lost 11 lbs so far in four weeks. Now I feel stuck at my current weight even though I’m doing everything the same. Two weeks with no loss and it’s terribly disheartening. I’ve wanted to give up, I mean why bother if it’s not going to work. So when I feel this way, like I do while writing this reply, I remind myself to look at other changes in my life — I sleep better, I have ankles again, my skin looks healthier — and I tell myself “just one more day won’t hurt” and one day becomes a week and a week becomes a month. I kind of went off on a tangent, I guess the tldr is this — a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step and that first step is the hardest. You can do anything you set your mind to, you’re not alone in your struggles, and most importantly, I believe in you. 💜

kshhiitijwahati

I can help you accomplish your fitness goals by keeping you accountable.

Lady_Magenta

You started already and while the start might be bumpy, you are here and you reached out.

I came here 88 days ago, determined to lose 150+ pounds after a doctor's visit. I posted here when I had lost 20 pounds. I felt lonely here. I found my way around, but hoped for interaction with other like-minded determined losers :-)

I am very determined. I think I now realized (finally) that it's a lifestyle change for me, not just a diet. There is no quick fix (I don't use weight loss injections and I am against invasive surgery like gastric bypass). My eating was out of control. I ate what I wanted, not what I needed. I ate too much. We ordered in too much. I got lazier with age and of course, the weight hindered me as well. I ballooned up to 348 lbs, today I weigh 315.6. I have a long way to go.

I am not sure if I break any rules now, but I founded a group for people like me. Here is the link, just in case you are interested. Please, don't think that you have to join, that's not why I posted the link. I just felt lonely here and I wish for nobody to feel the same way.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/members/147326-determined-losers-on-a-mission-its-not-a-diet-its-a-lifestyle-change

Hobartlemagne

You can absolutely do this if you want it enough.
It's a slow journey but its worth it to stick with it.
You WILL fall off the wagon. That's ok- the wagon will always let you back on.

#1 Educate yourself about the right way to eat. (Its too long and varied to explain here)

#2 Figure yourself out- learn your triggers, cravings, etc. Dont make eating choices when you're upset. It takes planning, but it can be really helpful to decide what to eat before youre hungry.

#3 Exercise. There's a million ways to exercise. Even going for a walk counts. Engage regularly.

#4 Lean on us- we're here for the same reason you are. We'll help you find the way.

mrandredparis

I struggle with emotional eating too. I've been working with medweight.ca professionals and also AI. Just because the last couple of weeks have been really challenging at keeping my hands out of the cookie jar so to speak I've been tracking my cravings in fine detail and practicing CBT by replacing cravings for something else. So for example I've been craving cheezies a cornmeal snack and I write in my cravings journal what's going on at the time, how I feel before and after, and what I do. So for me, I usually set a 10 minute timer, and either exercise for awhile and, meditate, or listen to audiobooks/podcasts. It's helped but I need to set aside some time to reflect on my entries and try and learn from them.

I'm looking for a virtual accountability partner too, so if you would like to meet on zoom or another video chat client with or without camera I'm available.