Are you about to ask the forums why you aren't losing weight?! Read This First!
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it's all true0
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jessiruthica wrote: »The root reason is not CICO. Yes, that's the physical reason that they gained weight, but there can be so much emotion behind eating, everything up to and including clinical depression. Many many times a person needs to address both the physical aspects of becoming healthier along with the mental/emotional aspects. To the poster who said she was learning how NOT to eat emotionally, that's as much of an important step as learning to eat healthier options.
There can be a lot behind why people over eat but most cases it's because we like the taste and don't want to stop...that's why I was fat.
I love food...hated exercise.
I still love food but love my exercise and learned about "portion control" and that I don't have to stop eating the food I love just less of it...
I suspect most people here are quite similar to me...just like food.
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OP speaks the TRUTH!0
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As someone who finds themselves now needing to lose around 130 pounds because they tricked themselves into blaming everything and everyone but herself, I have to say thank you for this post. It's honestly probably the most true thing I've ever seen posted.
I suffered from undiagnosed depression for years. Worked in foodservice. Food was an easy direction for me to turn to without having to admit to anyone - including myself - that I had a problem. When I finally, FINALLY came to and realized what I had done to myself, I was 15 pounds away from 300 and couldn't walk to the front door of a grocery store from my car without getting winded.
Now that I've finally taken responsibility for what I (and no one and nothing else) has done to myself, I log everything. Even the bad stuff, from the mini-sized pack of Whoppers from the office candy jar to a whoppin' piece of cake with cream cheese frosting - and even the few ounces of sweet tea my server accidentally gave me at dinner instead of unsweet. EVERYTHING.
The TRUE starting point (and the real way you know you're serious about losing weight) is when you realize that it's time to take responsibility for where you are.
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How did that get flagged as SPAM?0
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gamesandgains wrote: »Best post of the day. People need to hear the facts and get a little tough love sometimes. Bravo, OP.
I'm glad you saw it as tough love, and not me beating up on people! I was afraid it was going to get misinterpreted.
It looks like this thread has received at least one flag, which is astonishing.
One thing that you didn't address (perhaps because it is only tangential) is that many of the people who post the "why am I not losing weight?" threads are 1. Underage and should be on SparkTeen. 2. Underweight. I've seen a LOT of threads started by 15-17 year old girls lately and people who are pounds away from being underweight.
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hmmm... never thought to try the yoga pants excuse angle.... I'm diggin it0
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These are the most common reasons I hear people say they gained weight:
A ) I blame yoga pants, leggings etc, I wear them all of the time so I didn't notice how much I gained.
Now here's the truth:
A ) Unless you were EATING your yoga pants/leggings (not sure the calories in those) they did not MAKE you gain weight. I get that fabric is stretchy, But a 200 lb person is not going to wear the same size as 160 lb person. If you gained 5 lbs, maaaybe even 10, I can let it slide, but when you've gained 30+ pounds, you noticed they were too tight, you were in denial.
C ) You did not eat 1200 calories a day. Period. End of Story. Did you know that in order to gain weight on a 1200 calorie diet a 25 year old woman would have to be 3'5" and weigh 50 pounds?! She'd also have to be bed ridden as well.
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Great! The eating your yoga pants has to be one of the funniest things I've read in a long time on this board! Nicely done...and all so true.
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bla bla bla bla.Its funny that you actually wasted your time creating this condescending thread.Why don`t you just mind your own business and worry about yourself-15
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^^^ and there it is0
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bla bla bla bla.Its funny that you actually wasted your time creating this condescending thread.Why don`t you just mind your own business and worry about yourself
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WE HAVE FOUND THE SNOWFLAKE! Congratulations Atkins, you are the first person to get pissed off enough to say something! It's not condescending, it's the truth, being posted by a fellow fatty who was once in those shoes. I see in the 5 seconds that your post was up it was flagged more than my post which has been viewed by almost 2,000 people in the last 6 hours it's been up. I think we know who the general population agrees with, stop deflecting.-3 -
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bla bla bla bla.Its funny that you actually wasted your time creating this condescending thread.Why don`t you just mind your own business and worry about yourself
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WE HAVE FOUND THE SNOWFLAKE! Congratulations Atkins, you are the first person to get pissed off enough to say something! It's not condescending, it's the truth, being posted by a fellow fatty who was once in those shoes. I see in the 5 seconds that your post was up it was flagged more than my post which has been viewed by almost 2,000 people in the last 6 hours it's been up. I think we know who the general population agrees with, stop deflecting.
How can someone with such a cute profile pic (Atkins)----be such a _______________well, you know what. Maybe she needs friends.
As you can see by the kudos, the rest of us agree with the OP. Good going OP. 
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I was in denial, buying L, XL, too XXL, " I am not too fat" gross self deception! Portion sizes just got bigger, 2 slices pizza became one large pizza! stress craves carbs! Plain stupidity, and lack of self love/respect! and excuses! BMI 33.6 I am in the obese range class1, just calculated it! and WRONG focus! GOD please help me get healthy and reach my healthy weight. 28-10-2014, 10:20pm.0
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