Hiya!

runnergirl246
runnergirl246 Posts: 10 Member
edited January 16 in Introduce Yourself
Hi everyone! While I joined myfitnesspal about a year ago, I have never really got into the community aspect of things. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, joined a bizzillion websites to motivate myself to track the food and lose the weight, and down every bit of research on trying to find the right regimen for healthy weight loss.

I am posting now in hopes that I can actually make this attempt work in a happy, healthy way. What I mean is that, while past attempts have been successful, they were never particularly healthy. I lost over 20lbs a few years ago and kept it off for a couple of years. While I thought I had found that weight loss magic, it turns out I had a pretty serious disordered eating problem. I obsessed about every calorie that I consumed and my brain was constantly calculating the amount of exercise I would need in order to work off those calories. What ended up happening was I was consuming about 1000 calories a day and exercising about an hour 7 days a week. I often refused to go out with friends, for fear of not being able to track the food calories at the restaurants or drinking excess calories with a few drinks. Although the weight poured off, I was miserable!

This time I want to do it right. But I am struggling...I do not want to go down that path again, but I can't seem to find that healthy balance. How do people do this?!?!?

Well, that's all from me now.

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  • dani_1977
    dani_1977 Posts: 557 Member
    it really is hard to find that healthy balance. Make sure you are eating enough cals so you have the energy to workout and you wont be miserable throught the process. 1000 is waaaayyy to low, I dont know how maintained that.

    But cheers :drinker: to a much more positive start and hopefully finish.


    feel free to add me.
  • runnergirl246
    runnergirl246 Posts: 10 Member
    I definitely am going to try to keep the balance this time around. Logging in everyday, eating healthy, and moving my body is going to be key..... motivation and inspiration will also be much needed!
  • RemiLynn79
    RemiLynn79 Posts: 81 Member
    Hello and Welcome! I am "New" again to this site. I love it and it works, I just get off track sometimes.
    Friend request sent!
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    I did the same thing the last time I lost weight. I was only eating a couple hundred calories a day, and obsessing over each one. I remember distinctly getting half way through a cliff bar and deciding I couldn't eat the other half for fear of getting fat, even though I hadn't eaten anything esle that day. I did drop weight, but as soon as I was made to realize how unhealthy I was being and started eating again, I blew up. It took me several years (and over 100 lbs of weight) before I was willing to try again. You just have to trust yourself. It helps to have someone keeping an eye on you to make sure you don't get too obsessed. Good luck.
  • runnergirl246
    runnergirl246 Posts: 10 Member
    I did the same thing the last time I lost weight. I was only eating a couple hundred calories a day, and obsessing over each one. I remember distinctly getting half way through a cliff bar and deciding I couldn't eat the other half for fear of getting fat, even though I hadn't eaten anything esle that day. I did drop weight, but as soon as I was made to realize how unhealthy I was being and started eating again, I blew up. It took me several years (and over 100 lbs of weight) before I was willing to try again. You just have to trust yourself. It helps to have someone keeping an eye on you to make sure you don't get too obsessed. Good luck.


    This definitely sounds familiar. I actually had a very similar experience with a Cliff Bar as well.....
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