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j_g4ever
j_g4ever Posts: 1,925 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I'm very upset with myself. Not too long ago I was able to loose over 55lbs and well with the depression and my seizure disorder I have managed to put all this weight back on. I'm very upset with myself and just need a little bit of help. Has anyone else had this problem and is able to get the weight back off again?? please help me.:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

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  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    About 5 yrs ago I weighed around 150 lbs and got to my goal weight of 130. Then I got pregnant and it all went to heck. . .I ate everything I could get my hands on even though I know that was totally the wrong thing to do. My highest weight when I started back on this journey was 209.5 and right now I am down to around 170. . .and plan on losing until I get to 135. . .so I've been on both ends of the spectrum. . .lost it, gained it back (plus some), and now making progress on losing again. So don't be discouraged. . .just hang in there & take it one day at a time. Try your best but if you have a bad day just wake up the next morning with the realization that is the reason we are given a new day. . .as a new start!! :smile:
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I know just how you feel about 12 yrs ago I lost 105 lbs I kept it off for about 4 yrs then I got fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome , also thyroid troubles. Due to meds, being sick, depressed, in pain all the time and having no energy I put all of it back on . Now I am starting over again trying to loose the weight. I just started about 3 weeks ago. Feel free to add me as a friend we can motivate each other.....
  • renae5
    renae5 Posts: 393 Member
    I lost almost 90 pounds and then got sick, wiht the meds and steriods I gained back 20, then quit smoking.. gained another 10. I have busted my butt for the last 7 months to just maintain and barely lose the smoke 10 pounds, but am not close to where I was before. I understand your pain and frustration, just don't give up on yourself. I have thought about it so many times, but we just can't do that!! Stay strong and keep your chin up, you did it once and it may be a lot more difficult and take longer this time... but that will only make you more proud of your self in the end!
  • Liv7301
    Liv7301 Posts: 2
    I think I understand how you feel.

    I have always been a heavier person. In high school I was usually around a size 18. When I was in college I hit a top weight of about 230 lbs (size 22) I had a reckoning with myself and started working out and seeing a dietitian to improve my eating habits. I lost over 40 lbs (size 14/16) and felt amazing. After meeting the man who would eventually become my husband, I think I got comfortable and lazy. In the 9 years that followed I was consistently gaining weight. In addition, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Following the diagnosis I was afraid of working out or over-exerting myself because in many MS patients that can lead to symptom exacerbation or attacks. I eventually realized that my life with MS was not really much different and it has stayed very well controlled. Despite that knowledge I didn't add back in much physical activity. Last August it really "hit the fan" for me, so to speak. I weighed in at 280 lbs (size 26) and was so shocked and disappointed that I had let myself go so far. There was no way this was not effecting my health and well being and I had another serious reckoning with myself. So, I got a gym membership and started to push myself to see how far I could go in a workout without a possible attack. I was both surprised (and in some amusing way not surprised at all) to see that I could kick myself in the butt really hard with a workout and have virtually symptom increase whatsoever. Since then I have started down that long road again to lose weight and get healthier. I started exercising 5 days a week, but wasn't really adjusting my diet very much yet. I had lost about 20 lbs from August to December. After Christmas I got an iPhone and started trying out calorie and exercise tracking applications. I used Calorie Count for a while but later switched to My Fitness Pal and have been here ever since. At the moment I am down 63 lbs and counting, aiming for a size 12. :happy:

    Am I happy that I have had to do this twice--the second time being much longer and harder? No. But life has a way of throwing us some curve balls. I have learned so much about myself on this journey over the last year and if it hadn't happened then I wouldn't have grown as a person like I have. I am lucky to have an amazing, supportive husband who, even when I was at my heaviest, never said anything about my weight and always made me feel beautiful. And bizarre as it sounds, if it hadn't been for being diagnosed with MS, I never would have started taking better care of myself and getting serious about my health.

    You CAN do this! Be strong and if you have a day when you are doubting yourself, I have a feeling there are many, many people here that believe in you (including me.)
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