When did it click?

shrinkinc
shrinkinc Posts: 74 Member
edited September 26 in Motivation and Support
What did it take for it to click for you? Eating healthy, exercising... living a healthy lifestyle.
I am realizing I have a ton of emotional issues I have been dealing with eating and I'm trying hard to figure it all out.

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  • ckenneray
    ckenneray Posts: 2
    It took me a solid month to empty out my cupboards of stuff I shouldnt be eating, learn what foods to buy instead, and dedicate time and energy into helping myself. I think the first 3 wks are the hardest, especially mentally as you realize all the emotions tied to food. Good luck, it only gets better!
  • craft338
    craft338 Posts: 870 Member
    today is day 90 for me....and i honestly don't even remember. i know i went grocery shopping one weekend, bought all this healthy food and said "i'm starting on monday", and i did, and here i am :happy: definitely a lifestyle thing though, not a diet. i can't see myself EVER going back to eating the stuff i was eating before.
  • grandmanita
    grandmanita Posts: 59 Member
    About a month ago, when I was the largest person in the room, when in years past I had always been the smallest.
  • bevcrok
    bevcrok Posts: 40
    My turning point started when I read WHEN YOU EAT AT THE REFRIGERATOR, PULL UP A CHAIR: 50 WAYS TO FEEL THIN, GORGEOUS, AND HAPPY (WHEN YOU ANYTHING BUT) by Geneen Roth. The next moment that solidified it for me was reading The Four Day Win by Martha Beck.

    These two books really helped me realize that weight issues are not just about looks and they are definitely not about short-term fixes. I am able to continue eating well (most of the time) and staying active because I am doing it in a way that works for me. I know that I'll be able to live like this for the rest of my life because I'm not doing a program for a set amount of time and I'm not restricting myself to a point that makes me unhappy. Instead, I am living in a way that I can sustain. And even though my weight loss has been slow, I know that what I'm doing is good for me. When I start to feel disappointed or frustrated, I ask myself what the alternative is. For me, where I am now is much better than that alternative.

    Sorry for such a long response. Feel free to send me a message if you want.
  • cklbrown
    cklbrown Posts: 4,696 Member
    For me it was when my husband told me our marriage was over. I couldn't eat or sleep. I began losing weight. I as I rehashed every decision I made in the past few years I realized how many of them were based on my weight. There were countless times I didn't want to go places because I was too fat. Things I didn't do because I was so out of shape. I hated being intimate becausei didn't want my husband to feel my rolls. I had lost the self confidence I had once been so full of. I realized that I couldn't continue to let my weight rule my life. I am a SAHM and now will need to work full time. I don't want to apply for jobs being this heavy. I have a few months to slim down. I still have very low self confidence even though I have lost 25 lbs. I know I will continue to lose the weight because I've failed at so many other things in my life, I cannot allow myself to fail at this.
  • shrinkinc
    shrinkinc Posts: 74 Member
    Thanks everyone!
  • northernchic
    northernchic Posts: 117 Member
    I've had a weight problem in one form or another my whole life...so I've always KNOWN I should lose weight...it's not healthy...blah blah blah...what REALLY kicked me in the behind THIS time was my 6'2 husband weighing only 6lb more than me...THAT my friends was a wake up call. I'm also at the point where I need to think about my health...not JUST fitting into "the little black dress". And so begins the newest adventure. Best of luck to everyone!!
  • reikimastertchr
    reikimastertchr Posts: 76
    My ah-ha moment was when I'd had bloodwork done and received a call saying I was diabetic..my liver enzymes were not good and my thyroid was still off... I NEED to be here for my disabled adult daughter...so I knew it was "Me time" to get ME back..happy..healthy and better capable to care for my daughter...:happy:
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