Help!

MrsTWinters
MrsTWinters Posts: 15
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No excuses. Long term, I want to be healthier. I want to have a healthier relationship with my body, I want my future children to have a healthy relationship with their bodies.

I joined here about 2 years ago. I stuck to a strict 1200 calories for a few months and lost a few lbs. I realised that it wasn't enough for me, and I wasn't actually burning, but storing. I tried lots of things, different variations, more exercise....
In the meantime, I suffered an injury that pretty much stopped me from doing a lot of physical activity. I'm currently in the process of recovering from the corrective surgery :)

Im at my heaviest I have ever been, and it scares the bejesus out of me. I've tried the low-cal, but sick of it. Help...

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  • jdad1
    jdad1 Posts: 1,899 Member
    do low cal.......not stupid low though. Just be sure that your calories burned per day is higher then your calories eaten. BOOM....that is all.
  • lambchoplewis
    lambchoplewis Posts: 797
    You can do this. I lost the weight and started drinking a glass of wine here and there. Now I find 10 lbs back on and clothes that don't fit. I want to stop the insanity!!! I have committed to no drinking as it leads to eating more. We can do this.

    Nothing tastes as good as thin feels
  • 2stepscloser
    2stepscloser Posts: 2,900 Member
    I would log and track your food, sticking to the calorie intake MfP says with light to no activity. The accountability of logging your food truthfully is a very large component of successful weight loss.
  • lambchoplewis
    lambchoplewis Posts: 797
    I would log and track your food, sticking to the calorie intake MfP says with light to no activity. The accountability of logging your food truthfully is a very large component of successful weight loss.

    I agree 100%!!! I maintained for 6 months weighing myself every morning, logging food and exercise. I stopped doing this and on came the 10 lbs. I know the daily weighing is controversial but it keeps me from shoving things into my mouth as I know I will have to face the scale. I am ok with the occasional 1-3 lb sudden gain from water weight. I need to watch the trend coming down or staying the same.

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