Depressed and out of control

meganbubaloo
meganbubaloo Posts: 1 Member
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Hi all - well spending an absolute fortune at Weightwatchers meetings and can't seem to get back to how well I was doing when I started 2 years ago. Walked into the meeting tonight, had gained 1.5lbs, the helper raised her eyebrows so I scuttled out embarrassed. Completely wasting my money. I love sweet things (don't we all). Need a new approach and think that this could be the way? Any help would be great. I am 5ft 2 and 12st 11.5lb xx

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  • mamainthekitchen
    mamainthekitchen Posts: 929 Member
    Hi meganbubaloo... You painted quite a picture, those raised eyebrows are exactly why I would be too scared to join WW. You're much braver than I. I'm new here as of October 13 or so, but Newmeadow's post is Spot On!! Read it again! I have been reading a lot on here from all different forums... Even the success stories. I'm currently doing the 5:2 diet. I don't really like to even say diet, and to be honest, I don't even know my weight (don't own a scale), but I know I could loose about 35 - 40lbs! One or 2 more shirt sizes up and I'll have to shop at 'the big girl' store. With my nice new phone, I downloaded this app and so far reading here has been an eye opener, so I agree with 'meadow' on that. Do a bit of research in how much you want to loose and what your calorie intake per day should be and then use this app to log in Every single thing you eat every day, including water. I really feel when you log in your food you become much more aware and for me I'm learning the quantity of food is probably double what I need. I may invest in a food scale but for now, I'm eyeballing and using measuring cups where I can. I choose to do 5:2 because it makes sense for me. It is eating normally (for me I calculated 1200 calories per day) for 5 days and for 2 days I will only eat 500 cal. I also am trying to walk 10000 steps per day and this site calculates that too! If you found this 'community' category you'll find the 'steps' category. Although you must remember to turn off when driving!! While walking, I listen to 'podcasts' and the one that got me started on the 5:2 program was 'Kate Harrison's five-2'. Just listening while walking really gave me encouragement to try this. So far, I know I've lost a bit because I try on my old jeans. I feel like this is doable for me so I'm choosing to continue eating this way. Sorry for rambling, but your story of the people at WW raising their eyebrows at you... well, I could really feel how awful you must have felt, but maybe we all need to get to 'that' place before we become committed to better habits so now you're ready to learn and do what's right for you. Read a lot here, and log everything, this app is free and very useful to helping you stay accountable for yourself. I log in every day several times a day. Good luck !!!!!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Welcome. Might I suggest you get used to weighing and logging your food for a week or two before you start changing your diet? The act of logging can be an eye-opener where your diet may be falling down.
  • Medilia
    Medilia Posts: 230 Member
    Welcome to My Fitness Pal!

    This is a great place to start your weightloss journey. Like anything it will have its ups and downs and stalls. But this is a great community where there is lots of help and advice.

    I will warn you that you won't get coddled here, people are honest and upfront. Which is GREAT for realising where you are going wrong.

    If you need a friend or just someone to talk to I am always floating around.

    I am not logging at the moment but that will change in the next couple of weeks as I am curious about my exact calorie intake. But I am happy to chat about food, exercise etc. =)

    YOU CAN DO IT!
  • RebeccaNaegle
    RebeccaNaegle Posts: 236 Member
    Figure out how much you need to eat to lose weight, and then think of those "allowed" calories as money. Do you count macros? .. usually for muscle gain... If not, you don't have to be as precise. I do, so it can be more challenging.... But know that if you get 1500 calories a day, and you choose to eat a Snickers, then you are "spending" 250 of your daily allowance on that. If you can stay under what you are allowed to eat for weight loss, you will drop the weight, regardless of if you eat 1500 calories a day in lettuce or 1500 calories a day in candy. Yes, you will be more hungry if you "spend" your calories on junk rather than lean meat and veggies, but sometimes you just have to have a candy bar and bowl of ice cream, just know that you have to sacrifice being hungry sometimes to have the loss. You have to WANT to lose the weight more than you WANT the candy and junk food. Yes it can be very hard, but you wont remember what that donut tastes like tomorrow, and its just not worth it. What you eat this month becomes next months body.
  • mysteps2beauty
    mysteps2beauty Posts: 493 Member
    Hi there,

    Before I joined MFP 23 days ago, I contemplated seriously re-joining WW online as I succeeded 10 years ago to lose 45+ lbs....they came back the 1st week in maintenance...soooooo.

    I love it here at MFP. Kind, sometimes quirky people...I must be one of them! Choose carefully who you befriend here. Some have same goals as similar to you, some come and go, the long timers tend to be justifiably careful who they befriend, but if you want them to mentor you then you have to start in the right direction....which is to do something even if it is a little bit.

    I tend to be gung-ho about everything so I made sure for the first weeks to log everything, and I exercised each day, still do. I would encourage you to get in some type of exercise not just for weightloss but for the good feeling endorphines that accompany it. When I wake up in the morning to take doggies out for a walk, I use to dread it. Now, I enjoy our walks immensely, and the feelings continue throughout the day. I was terribly fat and depressed...now, I weigh more than I want and feel I can do anything I set my mind too (see the difference in language -- more positive).

    So lurk around a bit...success stories thread absolutely rock!

    Befriend me if you wish, just remind me when you send the request who you are!

    Cheers!
  • MichelleH93UK
    MichelleH93UK Posts: 10 Member
    Some advice I've given in the past to friends starting to use this for the first time after many failed attempts with the likes of WW is to start off by not setting a target, but logging your food, and have a good look at what you are eating.

    Once you've got a couple of weeks down, have a look through it and see what you can cut - just one small thing at a time, and what can you swap, ie, if you have two biscuits, can you have a piece of fruit.

    Weight loss is tiring work, but we're all in the same book but at different pages.

    Good luck x

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