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dcaswell10
dcaswell10 Posts: 37 Member
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About two years ago when I was at my heaviest (465) my wife and I went to our cities yearly festival. There is usually a couple thousand people there at any given time. We went to grab something to eat and drink in the beer garden area. They had the flimsy plastic outdoor chairs there. When I went to sit in one it completely shattered. This was the day that I decided that I am going to start to lose weight. Since then I have lost about 30lbs but now I have really decided to focus on it and plan to lose 125lbs this year.
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  • pnece
    pnece Posts: 179 Member
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    I've had a similar experience - I feel your pain! I've had so many embarrassing moments I'm not sure which I'd pick as the worst! Good luck with your goals!
  • HLaR79
    HLaR79 Posts: 1,519 Member
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    Dcaswell, that couldnt have been easy to share, i wish you the best!!
  • sadie651986
    sadie651986 Posts: 13 Member
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    I get so nervous sitting in certain chairs for that very reason. The progress you have made so far is great! Keep going :)
  • 17761776
    17761776 Posts: 1,098 Member
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    My fear is falling, how would I get up ?? Once had a person say " we would need to get the fire department ". Minneapolis we have ice, falling is life here. Gayle Minneapolis
  • bevkidd1
    bevkidd1 Posts: 265 Member
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    I have fallen many times....it is soooo embarassing!
  • Tudorsfan1509
    Tudorsfan1509 Posts: 45 Member
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    I've gotten stuck on amusement park rides, or they wouldn't close & I would have to do that walk of shame in front of 100's of people. I also got stuck in a turnstile at Disneyworld and now have to go through handicap entrance and explain each time I can't fit.... I get your pain.... You think those moments for me would have been my rock bottom.....
  • pnece
    pnece Posts: 179 Member
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    Tudorsfan1509 wrote: »
    I've gotten stuck on amusement park rides, or they wouldn't close & I would have to do that walk of shame in front of 100's of people. I also got stuck in a turnstile at Disneyworld and now have to go through handicap entrance and explain each time I can't fit.... I get your pain.... You think those moments for me would have been my rock bottom.....

    You'd think they'd be our rock bottom, but all that shame just causes us to eat more. It's tough to break that cycle.
  • dcaswell10
    dcaswell10 Posts: 37 Member
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    I turn to eating in stressful situations as well. I think people don't understand the addiction side to obesity. We have to have food for survival some of us have to face our addiction 3 times a day.
  • AmethystEFC
    AmethystEFC Posts: 140 Member
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    dcaswell10 wrote: »
    I turn to eating in stressful situations as well. I think people don't understand the addiction side to obesity. We have to have food for survival some of us have to face our addiction 3 times a day.

    I tried to explain this to a well-meaning, naturally thin, little bit clueless dietician.

    Imagine an alcoholic. They're told that they have to give up their addiction. Just stop it. Oh, but you have to drink a few times a day to live. Just in moderation... And the right type of drink.

    Can you imagine?!

    People just don't equate the addiction, the emotional crutch, the decades long habits that are formed with food.

    Socialising? Eat and drink. Celebrating? Eat and drink. Commiserating? Eat and drink. It's a societal norm, a culture being ruled by the times of our meals and understated in how darn hard it is to curb the natural desire to make yourself feel better in the way that you have learnt works.

    I'll get down off my soapbox now *chuckles*
  • Tudorsfan1509
    Tudorsfan1509 Posts: 45 Member
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    pnece wrote: »
    Tudorsfan1509 wrote: »
    I've gotten stuck on amusement park rides, or they wouldn't close & I would have to do that walk of shame in front of 100's of people. I also got stuck in a turnstile at Disneyworld and now have to go through handicap entrance and explain each time I can't fit.... I get your pain.... You think those moments for me would have been my rock bottom.....

    You'd think they'd be our rock bottom, but all that shame just causes us to eat more. It's tough to break that cycle.


    So true! Ugh
  • HLaR79
    HLaR79 Posts: 1,519 Member
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    I hate when my body stops me from something. I skips things with my friends all the time because im the fattest one and dont want to be the embarrassing one.

  • bevkidd1
    bevkidd1 Posts: 265 Member
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    I have noticed very slight changes in my body but I am still quite stiff and my joints still hurt. I can't walk very far right now but that will change with more weight loss. I want to participate in my life not just watch from the sidelines...it gets very frustrating.
  • dcaswell10
    dcaswell10 Posts: 37 Member
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    bevkidd1 wrote: »
    I have noticed very slight changes in my body but I am still quite stiff and my joints still hurt. I can't walk very far right now but that will change with more weight loss. I want to participate in my life not just watch from the sidelines...it gets very frustrating.
    One tip that may help with joints is ginger. There is some anti-inflammatory properties in it that helped me. It might be worth a try.
  • AH_rhymes_with_FLY
    AH_rhymes_with_FLY Posts: 93 Member
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    I never realized how big I was until I got kicked off a ride bc the harness wouldn't fit in October. My husband and I went to Universal and I wanted to ride the new Harry Potter ride. They couldn't close it so I had to get off. That was the first time anything like that has ever happened to me. I tried not be upset I told my husband to stay on but he got off with me even though he could fit. I vowed to myself I would get on that ride next year. I started my diet 1/1/16 weighing 349.7. I have lost 27.7 pounds in less than two months! 322 is what I weighed this morning
  • 17761776
    17761776 Posts: 1,098 Member
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    Wonderful, keep it going! Gayle Minneapolis
  • bevkidd1
    bevkidd1 Posts: 265 Member
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    I don't even go to state fairs or anusement parks...i know that right now i will mot fit and it wont lock...i was with my ex at our state fair one year..he had to help me up into the ride because my arms were not strong enough to pull me upinto the ride. I told him, that was it...i haven't been m a ride since, and I won't again until I am smaller and able to get on the ride by myself.
  • pnece
    pnece Posts: 179 Member
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    I have avoided amusement parks for years too. I'm headed to Orlando in March, and haven't decided yet how I'm going to handle it. I've lost a lot of weight but still have a lot to go. Totally get where everyone's coming from on this!!
  • kezz2325
    kezz2325 Posts: 13 Member
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    Hi, that is a great weight loss so far! you are doing so good..please feel free do add me as i need inspiration in my life at the moment. I have a good lot to loose so im making small goals i think.
  • AH_rhymes_with_FLY
    AH_rhymes_with_FLY Posts: 93 Member
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    @pnece I live right outside Orlando!disney is very size friendly in the ride department except for the 7 dwarfs mine train. I was a size 24 at my biggest and could barely squeeze that one but could ride. Universal not so much. But they do have seats outside all their rides so you can text them before you go wait in line. So if you do decide to go there are options ! You definitely need to do Disney though. I'm an annual passholder and I absolutely adore Disney. It's great exercise too!
  • pnece
    pnece Posts: 179 Member
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    @AH_rhymes_with_FLY -- Thanks for the info! That's great to know! I think we may start with Epcot. We really only have one, possibly two, full days to go to parks. Anything other attractions in the area you'd recommend that might be good for a half-day adventure?

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