GET RICH QUICK!!!
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I'm just bumping useful posts.
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Hmm... I realize it's a necroed thread, but it's a good post with some solid points. I've seen several posts just in the last day or two with people who are devastated or "heartbroken" over the fact that they haven't lost a significant amount of weight in the one or two weeks they've been trying. This is not a race. Success comes with time and consistency.
I'm a little saddened to see the OP has so many flags. You've got to read before you tag, people!0 -
ManiacalLaugh wrote: »Hmm... I realize it's a necroed thread, but it's a good post with some solid points. I've seen several posts just in the last day or two with people who are devastated or "heartbroken" over the fact that they haven't lost a significant amount of weight in the one or two weeks they've been trying. This is not a race. Success comes with time and consistency.
I'm a little saddened to see the OP has so many flags. You've got to read before you tag, people!
I think that all of the previously stickied threads picked up a bunch of flags while they were up. I'm a little surprised that the mods never removed them, though.
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diannethegeek wrote: »ManiacalLaugh wrote: »Hmm... I realize it's a necroed thread, but it's a good post with some solid points. I've seen several posts just in the last day or two with people who are devastated or "heartbroken" over the fact that they haven't lost a significant amount of weight in the one or two weeks they've been trying. This is not a race. Success comes with time and consistency.
I'm a little saddened to see the OP has so many flags. You've got to read before you tag, people!
I think that all of the previously stickied threads picked up a bunch of flags while they were up. I'm a little surprised that the mods never removed them, though.
Actually, it's because of the "Get rich quick" title, and the intro. People don't actually read it long enough to get to the meat of the message. They flag and move on. LOL0 -
I feel panicked to get 35-40 lbs off. I am disgusted with myself for gaining this weight. This post helps me put it in perspective, but I am having a hard time being "kind" to myself.0
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Pamela2234mfp wrote: »I feel panicked to get 35-40 lbs off. I am disgusted with myself for gaining this weight. This post helps me put it in perspective, but I am having a hard time being "kind" to myself.
I understand that, in the instant-everything world in which we live... We want instant results. But just as it takes a child time to grow into an adult, it takes time to grow into a new life.
You don't want another diet, do you? Wouldn't a new, sustainable life be way better?
Enjoy the trip. Take your time.
You can do this!0 -
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I really appreciate this. I've been trying to diet and exercise to lose weight and it made me miserable because I wanted to lose weight because I hated myself. Now, many months later I'm ready to try again and I'm a little scared but I want my body to feel good. I want to feel good again.0
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Bumping for visibility since posts are no longer stickied. Long live the stickies!0
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diannethegeek wrote: »Bumping for visibility since posts are no longer stickied. Long live the stickies!
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Too many times I see people hate themselves into losing weight, and they do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get to their goal as fast as possible... and too many times I see them on the side of the road with their head between their knees... broken because they feel like they've failed.
This was and still sometimes is me.. sometimes the hardest fight is with ourselves
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kpwright89 wrote: »Too many times I see people hate themselves into losing weight, and they do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get to their goal as fast as possible... and too many times I see them on the side of the road with their head between their knees... broken because they feel like they've failed.
This was and still sometimes is me.. sometimes the hardest fight is with ourselves
Remember to give yourself grace. Change is not linear. It's been proven to be most lasting when it occurs in fits and spurts. two steps forward, one step back, five forward, three back. As you continue along the path, you may have setbacks, but keep pressing forward. Eventually you will get there.
But try to make life livable and enjoyable along the way!0 -
kpwright89 wrote: »Too many times I see people hate themselves into losing weight, and they do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get to their goal as fast as possible... and too many times I see them on the side of the road with their head between their knees... broken because they feel like they've failed.
This was and still sometimes is me.. sometimes the hardest fight is with ourselves
*nods*
Clearly the 11 people who flagged the OP hate themselves.
I hope it gets better for them.0 -
Bumping because it go unflagged and can now be bumped.0
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Keep talking!0
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myfelinepal wrote: »kpwright89 wrote: »Too many times I see people hate themselves into losing weight, and they do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get to their goal as fast as possible... and too many times I see them on the side of the road with their head between their knees... broken because they feel like they've failed.
This was and still sometimes is me.. sometimes the hardest fight is with ourselves
*nods*
Clearly the 11 people who flagged the OP hate themselves.
I hope it gets better for them.
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Bump we joyous for the newbies
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Heedless of the flagging groupies
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diannethegeek wrote: »
Bump we joyous for the newbies
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Heedless of the flagging groupies
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Haha!
Log we now, food for tomorrow
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Oh how 1200 gives us sorrow
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I watched "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" last night and while I am all for less ultra processed foods and more fruits and vegetables, see a 60 day juice fast as an example of #1 - people saw Joe lose 10 pounds per week and want to get those riches fast too.
As a further connection to #1, my understanding is that in the subsequent six years, Phil regained the weight and Joe has been up and down.0 -
Thank you SO, SO MUCH for your post. I desperately needed to read it. I was looking for motivation when I came across it.
In the last 6 months I've lost 33 pounds and felt great...then Christmas season arrived!!! I've tries so hard to stay on course, but gained 3 pounds and feel depressed about that.
But your post just helps me to focus again and remember that working on your 'riches' sometimes has a few losses on the way.
Thank you so much for a sober and real approach to weight loss. I only have 10 more pounds to lose but I am encouraged and motivated to carry on and not to give up.
Many blessings to you.0 -
Thank you SO, SO MUCH for your post. I desperately needed to read it. I was looking for motivation when I came across it.
In the last 6 months I've lost 33 pounds and felt great...then Christmas season arrived!!! I've tries so hard to stay on course, but gained 3 pounds and feel depressed about that.
But your post just helps me to focus again and remember that working on your 'riches' sometimes has a few losses on the way.
Thank you so much for a sober and real approach to weight loss. I only have 10 more pounds to lose but I am encouraged and motivated to carry on and not to give up.
Many blessings to you.0 -
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Thank you SO, SO MUCH for your post. I desperately needed to read it. I was looking for motivation when I came across it.
In the last 6 months I've lost 33 pounds and felt great...then Christmas season arrived!!! I've tries so hard to stay on course, but gained 3 pounds and feel depressed about that.
But your post just helps me to focus again and remember that working on your 'riches' sometimes has a few losses on the way.
Thank you so much for a sober and real approach to weight loss. I only have 10 more pounds to lose but I am encouraged and motivated to carry on and not to give up.
Many blessings to you.
Thank you so very much for this post! It made my day! ❤0 -
MireyGal76 wrote: »What if you had to choose between the following:
OPTION 1) Get rich quick, but spend all the money and be poor again, just as quickly - possibly even poorer than you started
or
OPTION 2) Take some time, earn your wealth, and learn how to preserve it.
Which would you pick?
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It seems pretty obvious to me, which option is better. I want a lasting wealth... even if it means I have to work for it. I don't want a flash in the pan that disappears in a heartbeat - potentially leaving me scarred in the process... I want something sustainable. Something lasting. Something I can pass on to my kids after I am gone.
And yet - so many topics on this site are focused on helping people achieve OPTION 1... some VLCDs, cleanses, fad diets, starvation and the like - abound a plenty.
So many people seem to think that they'll be the exception to the rule - that they'll lose weight super fast, turn into this low fat, ripped, amazing sexy creature, and keep that body for EVERRRRR.... and yet they don't learn the proper tools to preserve the wealth they achieve (if they even achieve it in the first place!)
And it's kinda ridiculous.
Take this thread as an encouragement - you didn't gain weight overnight...
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOSE IT OVERNIGHT!
I challenge you to ALLOW YOURSELF...
- GRACE to lose weight slowly. Adjust your timelines to allow yourself time to change the way you approach food.
- ROOM to make mistakes... no one can do this perfectly! You will have days where you feel like you have failed. It is OK. Just keep trying.
- FREEDOM to have those foods you feel you cannot live without. Find a way to fit an occasional treat into your life
- PERMISSION to love yourself as you are, knowing that you are working towards being healthier.
- REALISM... set realistic goals for what you want to look like... recognize your body type and see what thinner versions of those body types look like. (If you have a massive chest, you likely won't look like Kate Hudson when you lose your weight!)
Too many times I see people hate themselves into losing weight, and they do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get to their goal as fast as possible... and too many times I see them on the side of the road with their head between their knees... broken because they feel like they've failed.
Train for your marathon... you don't have to run it the first time you lace up your shoes...
Great advice, nice read. Encouraging.1 -
Great post!! I'm great at losing quickly but this time am trying a slower approach so that I can build the coping mechanisms that will get me through both the ups, and downs, of life without turning to food and/or alcohol. This holiday season was tough and eye opening practice. Maintenance is really where it's at for many people, and so many of us lose, only to regain plus some. Your comments were spot on.0
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HazelTrisEverdeen wrote: »Thank you, @MireyGal76! You're truly an amazing writer. This post deserves to go viral!
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great post, so true if only everyone realised this when they start their weightloss journey0
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Great post!! I want to loose weight but I lack motivation0
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This is such a fantastic post, and I can't tell you how much I needed it right now.
I was consistent for 6.5 months, lost 62 lbs, and then I fell off the wagon and in a span of 3 months regained 20 lbs. I just got back on track mid-February (down 15 lbs now, still so far to go) and I'm trying to get back the perspective I had at the start of my journey. I've been so focused on losing weight as quickly as possible to "make up" for the weight I would have lost if I'd just kept on track, and that's really not a good mindset to have. I need to stop obsessing over where I was and where I could have been, and focus instead on where I'm going.
So thank you muchly!0
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