Need help kicking the fat girl mentality

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  • MissySpring
    MissySpring Posts: 442 Member
    don't use the labels fat or thin, use healthy or not healthy, then choose healthy

    Nicely put!
  • NotorDJP
    NotorDJP Posts: 6
    I have totally been where you are. I went from 242 to 174 about 6 years ago. I'm back at 203 again and I feel defeated. I had a lot of stuff happen in those 6 years, but it still happened. I did it to myself, nobody made me eat that food. but when I get under 200 I almost "relax" like, well at least I'm not 200 lbs. This is where its got me.

    In your case, I see that too. I'm not a skinny girl am I? I don't want to be one, actually, just healthy and as fit as I can be. Hang in there.
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    I keep hitting this mental block when i get right under 200 lbs. Somehow i can go from 225 to 200 without even thinking about it really - i mean i put in effort, lots of it but it doesn't really phase me.

    As soon as i start seeing things starting with a "1" i freak out a little and feel like that's not "me"

    Watching biggest loser for the first time this year made me realize a lot of weight loss is mental and it keeps irking me that i get stuck here. It happened last November and then i gained it all back. I started again in January and am at 198 now but feel that shadow coming in saying - "Julie you are a fat girl and do not belong under 200 lbs"

    any ideas on how to get past it? things to read/watch?

    You might be trying to stay "safe" in life. The idea of a thin or normal weight might be scary. Maybe deep down inside on an emotional level you feel that if you are a healthy weight, you will look better and more expectations will be piled on you and maybe you won't be able to meet them.

    There is no safety in life. Live well today and break out of your shell. We're a long time dead and life is short, so find a reason to embrace it now. Buy some positive thinking or motivational tapes. Find a way to laugh at yourself. Join a dance class that makes you smile, anything to counter that buried fear.

    This video (true story) always lifts my spirits:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448
  • Jaminjo2
    Jaminjo2 Posts: 31 Member
    I use these boards for support and lots of good advice. I thank you for the topic. You can see that many have the same issues. I need to figure out a way not to weigh myself everyday. I could easily get rid of my scale at home but I work in a hospital setting and there are scales every where I turn. I am not too hung up on the number yet, but I'm also above 200. My freaky number seems to be 208. Why 8, I don't know.

    There were a lot of good ideas in this board, I will muddle over some of them and see what I come up with. Thank you everyone.

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