Two steps forward

pneschich
pneschich Posts: 325 Member
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Hi. I have lost and gained more and repeated. This time I enrolled in UTMB and may get bariatric surgery. I'm eating less than 1500 calories and am walking 4-5 days a week for an hour, or was until the tendinitis flared up in my knee this week. I have lost 29 and have 115 to go. I have lost the fat anger and the hopeless futility feelings are creeping back. I can't walk and the fight against eating is getting harder. I can't fail this time. I don't know how to do this FOREVER. I know what is waiting if I don't I have the support of my wife and boys but they aren't in my head when I'm alone. I feel like I need the anger to come back. Logging in here and tracking calories is helping, stepping on the scale daily is too.
Thanks for reading
Paul

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  • Red5092
    Red5092 Posts: 115 Member
    Paul,
    Why do you want to lose weight? Whatever that reason, is that reason enough not to give up and sabotage your progress? My boyfriend loves me no matter what I weigh, but I'm not doing this for him. I know that I can overeat and sabotage my progress, and he wouldn't care. However, I don't. No matter how emotional I get, I'm doing this for me. Don't give up! If you can't be alone and stay on track, don't be alone. Meet up with friends and do something non-food related. Go for long walks. Listen to inspirational pod casts. Also, focus on today, not tomorrow, next month, a year from now. Try just taking it one day at a time. Oh....and you need to eat 1500 calories or more because you are a guy. 1500 is the bare minimum allowed for a male.
  • liftingmysterygirl
    liftingmysterygirl Posts: 33 Member
    Hang in there Paul! You can do this:) However, increasing your calories a little higher may help you stay on track, even if it takes more time to lose the weight. I know if I eat too little calories, I start getting miserable and eat everything in sight!
  • pneschich
    pneschich Posts: 325 Member
    Its not calories I'm craving it's mindless snacking. It's I want not I need. I'm getting plenty of food. Big salads, fruit crunchy veggies and 70 or so grams of protein. Walking my big ole hound dog on weekdays and hikes on the weekend through the saltmarshes has been great excercise.
    Red, I'm losing because I don't want to live like this anymore, I don't want to die. I'm fighting habit, I'm fighting frustration. I'm fighting three back surgeries that took parts of me, mental and physical. I'm fighting a knee that was rebuilt in the 80's. I'm just had a bad week. Haven't lost a pound. Can't walk and the rain

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