wanting to lose 10 pounds is just as important to one person

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  • amillionmegs
    amillionmegs Posts: 59 Member
    WOW thank you so much for posting this! I'm so glad someone understands. I hate it when people tell me "oh you don't need to lose weight". I can still afford to lose 10-15 lbs and still be healthy (and a lot happier) and its the last 10 lbs that are so hard to lose! gahh.
  • cardswimmom
    cardswimmom Posts: 71
    I like to say, "you don't see them naked" when someone comments about another person wanting to lose 10 lbs. I hear what you are saying, but it's taken me years to figure that one out.
    Keep up the good work!!
    Soooo true, this is exactly what I think when people say I don't need to lose any more!!!!!:smile:
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
    If you had to lose 200 lbs, and now you only have to lose 20lbs....you will realize how it is not the same.

    I know and understand how people feel when they need to lose a little weight. I have to lose about 20 more lbs and I have been stuck around this weight for a long time. It has been driving me crazy, but I feel 1000x better than when I had to lose a massive amount of weight.

    The only way to truly understand is if you were that heavy as to where you had to lose 100 lbs compared to 10.

    Its much better to be stuck in a rut when you look "average" than being stuck and you are the biggest person wherever you go.
  • vhuber
    vhuber Posts: 8,779 Member
    ThanksTami!
    I have struggled with my weight my whole life, meaning I have fought to NOT gain what some of you are trying to lose or already have lost. People say you do not need to lose weight, well like the others above have said you do not see me naked ! I am working on losing 10 pounds and it is probably harder (this is not meant as an insult to anyone) than your 10 pounds because for years without knowing it I have had a "major" hormone imbalance which includes my thyroid . I am now taking med. for hypothyroidism but it has not helped in the weightloss area (at least I am NOT gaining either) but the med's do make me feel a little better about life and my other symptoms have improved! I workout like a mad dog, log my cals and drink my water and I rarely lose weight! If God told me I would never lose a pound nor will I ever gain a pound I would be ok with that! I do my best and I know what it is like to work on losing 10 pounds and when I see you all losing those high amounts of weight I am soooooo proud of you, that is soooo awesome!!! Stay with me at working on those 10 pounds!!! Best wishes!!
  • mommyjen7
    mommyjen7 Posts: 12
    i've gone from 95 to 140 and back again a dozen times. Starving myself to keep at below 100 for periods of time for decades...Now, I am trying to come to terms with being larger than that for good.... I'm trying to be ok with 105 but my mind fights it. Plus, now I cannot seem to stay below 110 for more than a day. I either eat.... or I dont eat. I'm getting much better in my old age (-: but a hoping that being accountable on line and finding others who want to not only lose 5-10 pounds but more importantly STAY at the weight will finally help me get out of this cycle. Its really hard when others are telling you that you dont need to lose any when you know what you are comfortable with (especially when you are not very tall..)
  • Tamishumate
    Tamishumate Posts: 1,171 Member
    If you had to lose 200 lbs, and now you only have to lose 20lbs....you will realize how it is not the same.

    I know and understand how people feel when they need to lose a little weight. I have to lose about 20 more lbs and I have been stuck around this weight for a long time. It has been driving me crazy, but I feel 1000x better than when I had to lose a massive amount of weight.

    The only way to truly understand is if you were that heavy as to where you had to lose 100 lbs compared to 10.

    Its much better to be stuck in a rut when you look "average" than being stuck and you are the biggest person wherever you go.

    I know this is old, but I tend to not agree with you at all. IT is JUST as hard, I am not talking about how you feel, I am talking about how hard it is, and how much it means to someone . you wanting to lose those last 10 pesky pounds doesnt ( Shouldnt) mean any less than the person next to you wanting to lose 100 pounds. Those pounds are just as important to each of you. If they are not, you do not want it bad enough.
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