What would happen if u let yourself go....

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  • sozisraw
    sozisraw Posts: 418 Member
    ha ha did that a couple of years ago, got to about 178lb at 5ft 3,
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I already know what would happen if I let myself go. That's how I ended up here in the first place.
  • CashierCantin
    CashierCantin Posts: 206 Member
    I did that last year. I lost 24 pounds, had nasal surgery, decided to go 'off' my portioned meals and go a little crazy because ya know, I deserved it for going through surgery. 6 months later I gained the 24 pounds, felt bloated all the time and gained another 10 on top of the 24 I originally lost.

    Now I'm back at it, going to the gym (first time ever) and really watching my portion sizes. The weight isn't coming off as fast as I like but I feel in control and feel what I am now putting into my body is what it needs, not what my taste buds like!

    I dont suggest going 'off''...its so freakin hard to get back. Stupid yummy food!
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I was a fat teenager...I never want to be a fat oldie so the chances of me letting myself go are remote.
  • tachyon_master
    tachyon_master Posts: 226 Member
    I don't think I'd ever let myself get back to where I was...

    I'm 5'2" and had a SW of 141 lbs. I'm uncomfortable mentioning my CW, but suffice to say I've lost a lot, and I'm more or less happy where I am.

    But that being said, I've been training for a marathon - and not just to finish. I'm actually planning to post what I consider a reasonable time. So it's meant fairly extreme training. And at the end of the year I am also planning on hiking to Everest Base Camp..

    So with both of those things in mind, you need to understand that my exercise regime has been a bit OTT. I think at the end of the year I will likely let up a bit and put on a few pounds because I don't think I can keep up this amount of training indefinitely. I could when I was in my 20's, but now I'm about to turn 33. My body can't cope with this amount of hardcore training forever.
  • Xiaolongbao
    Xiaolongbao Posts: 854 Member
    I've accepted that I'm a fat person. Currently in a thin body but still a fat person.

    Just like a non-drinking alcoholic is still an alcoholic.

    If I ate whatever I want (even if I kept up all the exercise) I'd be back to having a fat body to match my inner fat person. The sad thing is I generally don't even want to eat junk. I'd get fat eating healthy food.
  • heatherlee33
    heatherlee33 Posts: 113 Member
    I wish I was one of those people who could say..I don't know, I will never do that. But I am not. I fight a daily battle with my inner fat girl. So...If I did whatever I wanted, 165 of soft, soft, squishy, cellulite. And to add insult to injury...all my friends that used to be skinnier than me, that I am know smaller than, would be singing in the streets! With friends like that right? And my work, where there are 30 guys, I'm pretty sure they would value me less. Sad as it is, I think that is true.
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  • anne2605
    anne2605 Posts: 482 Member
    If you ate what you wanted and exercised as much or as little as you wanted, what would happen? I could easily balloon from 200lb to 250lb in a month!!! What about you?

    If I let myself go, I know I'd put weight right back on and it would happen so gradually, I wouldn't even notice.

    Approx 8 years ago I attended Rosemary Conley classes and lost 28 pounds and got to a weight of 145lb. For me, this was still too heavy as I wanted to get to the weight I'd been 8 years previous of 133lb. I accepted that 145lb was the best I could achieve and convinced myself I could manage all by myself, so stopped attending the classes. Well, needless to say, over the next 8 years I just put all (and more) of the weight I'd lost back on. I just didn't monitor my food or exercise and I got back in to really bad habits with food (mainly chocolate). I also tried to justify my weight gain by telling myself "it's not a bad gain over 8 years"! Stupid thinking, 'cause what would I be like 8 years from now?

    At the beginning of Jan this year I was 182lb, so even heavier than before. I made that conscious decision to take control again and lose the weight. I'm now 142lb and happy to stay around this weight. This will involve careful monitoring of my foods this time and continued exercise but at some point, I may relax a little and stop weighing all my foods. I think what's different this time is I've learnt so much from mfp and I know I'll NEVER lose sight of sticking to a healthy balance diet, with exercise.
  • ednawhatnot
    ednawhatnot Posts: 93 Member
    After falling off the MFP wagon for ten months, I weighed in and found out that I'd regained over half of the 82lb I'd spent the previous seven months getting rid of and that now none of my clothes fit again. Lesson learned - I can't eat everything I'd like to in those kind of quantities without putting in some serious exercise effort.
  • ednawhatnot
    ednawhatnot Posts: 93 Member
    I've accepted that I'm a fat person. Currently in a thin body but still a fat person.

    Just like a non-drinking alcoholic is still an alcoholic.

    THIS! ^^^^^ Except I'm still in a fat body. For now.
  • sarahtonin015
    sarahtonin015 Posts: 193
    Obesity runs in my family (though my parents are both the exceptions), but I always fear that'll happen to me. The problem is, I'm only 5'1" and have a generally small frame, so any weight gain tends to show on me. That's why I started eating healthy and working out - because up until a month ago, I WAS eating whatever I wanted (which was probably one of the worst diets you could ever see) and NEVER worked out. I gained about 10 pounds in a month, which really shows on me (to me), and I don't want it to get any worse.
  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    As, everyone in my family (other than my husband and kids) is over weight but me, I guess i would be over weight to. So exercising and eating right the rest of my life it is!!

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