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I recently stepped on a scale and the crazy thing spun up to over 300 pounds (305, to be exact! eek!) and I was shocked. Not that I thought I was skinny, but for a long time I was around 280 ish and you know... not happy with that, but... in a comfort zone, I guess.
Anyway, I was having fat people problems like, do I want to sit in a booth or a table... I'd always have to chime in "table please!" because sometimes a booth would be uncomfortable, so that's what made me step on the scale to see. I decided, looking at that needle, that was enough for me. I had to figure out this weight thing. This was back in November, just before the big eating holidays. I found this app on my phone and started immediately on watching my calories anyway, because I figured that if I looked at easy excuses, I'd be doing that for another 10 years. I lost some weight before Thanksgiving... and 10 before Christmas. Then we went on vacation to visit my mom for Christmas and I was proud that I maintained. I didn't overeat my diet by much except for a few days (clearly, Honey Baked Ham is made with magic). But for that week I didn't lose more, but I maintained my 10 pound loss, which I was proud of. Then I came back home and got right back to the keeping my eating under control.
To date, I've lost 17 pounds and I am determined to get back to something under 200 pounds. I don't really know how long that will take. I guess I haven't really thought much about it. I've got as much time as I've got. I lost weight one time before on the Atkins diet about 10 years ago (I lost 80 pounds and was at 200 pounds), and I thought I might do that again this time, but then it occurred to me that the problem with that diet for me is that if you fall off just a little and have a donut, say... your diet is hosed for days. And once you've lost the weight, you're really stuck on that plan forever, because you haven't learned to monitor your food well. You're just playing with chemistry and still really overeating (at least, that was my reality). The positives being... yay, bacon! Anyway, I decided that it made more sense for me to really learn how to budget my food and manage my weight in a sensible way. This myfitnesspal thing seems so far to make that pretty easy. Over the past couple months, I've gotten a pretty good handle on what a sensible meal is (it's not half a pizza, darn it all to heck). I think that's really the benefit I'm looking for... really understanding... food in general. And I think I am getting there. Having lost and got to my goal weight once... and then regained even more over a long period of time... I know that I don't want to face this situation again. So while yeah, the Atkins diet was a short term success for me, in the long run, it was a failure. Or more specifically, I failed because I didn't keep counting those carbs, but I kept eating the same amounts of food I was used to. So I think keeping calories under control and eating sensibly... in the long run will be easier to maintain. Since I don't have to worry quite so much about exactly what I eat. If I keep eating sensibly, I think I'll be able to maintain this a lot more easily.
Anyway, right now, I feel very motivated and I'm really enjoying seeing results (pants fit much better!), but I am sure at some point, I'll need some advice or something or hopefully, be able to offer some support to someone else, so I thought I'd say hi and throw some of my current thoughts up here and make some friends. So feel free to say hi and add me as a friend.
I guess if we're going to be fat eradicating super heroes together, I should tell you about me, some. Other than that I'm fat, right? So I am 43, live in Florida at the moment... I have a son who lives with his mom in North Carolina. I'll be moving up near him pretty soon, though. I've only been down here for about a year. He's in high school. I have a fabulous g/f that I live with who has 3 kids of her own (one in college, two in middle school) and we're enjoying a fantastic life together.
Anyway, perhaps I'll look back on this later and be all "phew... fat me sure did a good thing for new me back then!" So just in case I do:
Hey there, skinny me! How's the family? I sure hope the photography thing got off the ground! And how's the boy doing? Is he in college yet? Whoa. Time sure flies. I bet you don't miss these extra pounds flapping around the old gut, eh? Been to the mountains lately? Remember that trip with mom and the boy and that hike to the waterfall in the mountains and I was all exhausted and dying? I bet you could do that now without breaking a sweat, right? You should totally go do that. There were some great pictures up there.
Anyway, I was having fat people problems like, do I want to sit in a booth or a table... I'd always have to chime in "table please!" because sometimes a booth would be uncomfortable, so that's what made me step on the scale to see. I decided, looking at that needle, that was enough for me. I had to figure out this weight thing. This was back in November, just before the big eating holidays. I found this app on my phone and started immediately on watching my calories anyway, because I figured that if I looked at easy excuses, I'd be doing that for another 10 years. I lost some weight before Thanksgiving... and 10 before Christmas. Then we went on vacation to visit my mom for Christmas and I was proud that I maintained. I didn't overeat my diet by much except for a few days (clearly, Honey Baked Ham is made with magic). But for that week I didn't lose more, but I maintained my 10 pound loss, which I was proud of. Then I came back home and got right back to the keeping my eating under control.
To date, I've lost 17 pounds and I am determined to get back to something under 200 pounds. I don't really know how long that will take. I guess I haven't really thought much about it. I've got as much time as I've got. I lost weight one time before on the Atkins diet about 10 years ago (I lost 80 pounds and was at 200 pounds), and I thought I might do that again this time, but then it occurred to me that the problem with that diet for me is that if you fall off just a little and have a donut, say... your diet is hosed for days. And once you've lost the weight, you're really stuck on that plan forever, because you haven't learned to monitor your food well. You're just playing with chemistry and still really overeating (at least, that was my reality). The positives being... yay, bacon! Anyway, I decided that it made more sense for me to really learn how to budget my food and manage my weight in a sensible way. This myfitnesspal thing seems so far to make that pretty easy. Over the past couple months, I've gotten a pretty good handle on what a sensible meal is (it's not half a pizza, darn it all to heck). I think that's really the benefit I'm looking for... really understanding... food in general. And I think I am getting there. Having lost and got to my goal weight once... and then regained even more over a long period of time... I know that I don't want to face this situation again. So while yeah, the Atkins diet was a short term success for me, in the long run, it was a failure. Or more specifically, I failed because I didn't keep counting those carbs, but I kept eating the same amounts of food I was used to. So I think keeping calories under control and eating sensibly... in the long run will be easier to maintain. Since I don't have to worry quite so much about exactly what I eat. If I keep eating sensibly, I think I'll be able to maintain this a lot more easily.
Anyway, right now, I feel very motivated and I'm really enjoying seeing results (pants fit much better!), but I am sure at some point, I'll need some advice or something or hopefully, be able to offer some support to someone else, so I thought I'd say hi and throw some of my current thoughts up here and make some friends. So feel free to say hi and add me as a friend.
I guess if we're going to be fat eradicating super heroes together, I should tell you about me, some. Other than that I'm fat, right? So I am 43, live in Florida at the moment... I have a son who lives with his mom in North Carolina. I'll be moving up near him pretty soon, though. I've only been down here for about a year. He's in high school. I have a fabulous g/f that I live with who has 3 kids of her own (one in college, two in middle school) and we're enjoying a fantastic life together.
Anyway, perhaps I'll look back on this later and be all "phew... fat me sure did a good thing for new me back then!" So just in case I do:
Hey there, skinny me! How's the family? I sure hope the photography thing got off the ground! And how's the boy doing? Is he in college yet? Whoa. Time sure flies. I bet you don't miss these extra pounds flapping around the old gut, eh? Been to the mountains lately? Remember that trip with mom and the boy and that hike to the waterfall in the mountains and I was all exhausted and dying? I bet you could do that now without breaking a sweat, right? You should totally go do that. There were some great pictures up there.
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