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Does anyone thinks it’s weird that I am happy to keep my weight around 230? I know it’s like a BMI of over 40 but to get the calorie deficit I need to lose weight is starting to need some depravations that I just can't live with. It’s not like I am bummed about having to give up soda or something; I have already cut that down to like 2 12oz cans a week, back from 2 a day. My diet isn’t all that great and it consistently tips past the 2000 calorie mark, but at least at that calorie count I don’t feel like I have to skip a meal to stay on target. When I do the “eat lots of fruits and vegetables” I still go over the limit, even if all I do is roast the things with Pam and salt & pepper . Eating is a pleasure that can last most of your life, I don’t think I should have to forgo it almost completely to get to an “approved” weight, mediacal or social.

Based on the weight and clothing size I was in high school, I would have to drop another 70lbs before I would even drop another pant size; I have no high blood pressure, diabetes, heart, or breathing problems, any joint problems I have are in my hands and not my legs or back. If you take the BMI out of the equation I am in perfect health. Am I crazy for being willing to maintain at 5’-1” and 230 lbs?

I'm 5'3"--5'3.5" if I really stretch myself out. I always thought I was pretty tall oh well, anyway I'd personally liket o lose 10-15 lbs by next march/april when weigh-ins are for the PFA.

@ Chshirekat-it's all up to you. I personally wouldn't want to be that weight but if you're happy with it and there are no health problems because of it then go for it.

I have tried eating 6 times a day, the problem I found is it means eating while working and I don't have the attention span for it. For example, I make instant oatmeal for breakfast every work day morning, I start it at 8 and generally finish it between 9 & 10, and most of the time heat it up at least once. I was literally eating all day while I tried spreading everything out, by the time I was able to break my focus to finish 1 snack it was literally time to start the next. It's even worse on weekends. Without the mental stimulation of working, I don't get hungry at all, most of the time on weekends I eat meals because the clock is telling me I haven't eaten in six hours or more. I just can't split my focus enough to remember to eat multiple times a day.
I know it sounds like I am making excuses, but I have tried to do this, I have set alarms to remind me to eat, but short of wolfing any food down, it is easy to start eating, but I don't finish before the next one is due. You would be amazed on how long it would take me, if I am working, to eat a 2 1/2" diameter apple. I once brought a sandwich and probably chips or something to work for lunch and figured I'd eat it and work so I'd get a 1/2 hour of over time, I started it at noon and hadn't finished it by the time I left at 5. I can't split my attention between task that require any amount of motor control.

Yeah, woe is me.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: ChshireKat,
It took me until I was over 60 to get to a place where my weight and my health were more important to me than anything else. Your pain and frustration sound a lot like what I experienced through most of my life. I worked at eating healthy and exercising for many years and that's what probably kept my weight from getting beyond the 180's but never any lower like I thought I wanted. I balked at counting calories or logging my food or giving up certain 'treats". I can't explain what caused me one day to decide to plan my food for the day and stick to the plan no matter what. I guess I just got tired of not succeeding in an arena where others had succeeded. As long as you are asking questions and being mindful of your eating you are doing good things for yourself. Stay open minded to new ideas and you'll find the right path for yourself.

Barbie

Hi everyone I actually just joined. I am trying to lose weight by april 1sth so that I can join the Navy. I have been wanting to go in scense I was 9. I am now 11 years later actually almost able to go in. the only problem is that I have to be a scerten weight to join. I have 40lbs to loss by April. I have lost 5lbs already this week and the week is not even half way over yet I'm so excited.

Welcome......take this journey one day at a time, stay open minded to new ideas, and never, never, never give up

Barbie from NW Washington

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November goal----walk for an hour with the dogs every morning even in the dark and cold

"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."

"The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."

I try to sleep 8 hours a night.
-I start going to bed at 9 pm, walk through the house turn everyhting off, corral the cats to where they are supposed to be.
-I am under the covers and trying to sleep by 10.
- my alarm goes off and I am up at 6am
-I leave my house at 7 and am at work by 8
-8 am to 5 pm I am at work.
-I leave work at 5 get home approx. 6:30.

That leaves 3 hours a day in a work week when I am not otherwise occupied and some of that time has to included cooking dinner.
Where am I supposed to find exercise time when bangs and thumps are prohibited in my appartment by my down stairs neighbor (they complained about the noise I made playing the WII games), so vigoruse exercise involves a commute, or at least leaving my apt.
I can't do anthing on my lunch break becaue I can't eat and work, I have proven that impossible for me. Other then shorting sleep, skipping a meal or saying "the hell with it, my home doesn't need to be clean", what do I do?

Hi, everyone! Am I late? I just found you guys.

In February my son will be 7 years old. Two weeks after he was born I had lost all my water weight (night sweats and swollen feet are gross) and I tipped the scales at my biggest, 230 lbs. Just to give you an idea, I'm 5'4" on a good day. I looked like I had no eyebrows! :laugh:

I started trying to lose after I stopped breast feeding. I've done a number of things that have worked and lots of things that didn't work and a few things that helped me gain back some weight. Poo on that.

After nearly divorcing this time last year my husband and I are doing SO much better. Following our marital crisis my husband was hospitalized for emergency surgery, and he was told he needed to lose 250 lbs. He's lost over 100 since March.

In August, weighing 190, I decided to try and finish this weight loss journey down to a healthy BMI so that one day my PCOS will be better and I can think about having more kids. Since August I've lost 25. I'm back down to my thinnest in ages and I have 35 lbs left until I reach my goal.

I weigh 165 right now and this is always a place where I plateau so I'm getting SCARED, but I'm still tracking. I understand weight-loss comes in bursts and I'm praying for my next burst so I can keep going. I've started jumping on our trampoline, and I'm going to buy myself a hula hoop and a jump rope.

I used to do treadmills and ellipticals, but I decided this time I want to exercise in a way that is fun and that involves my son.

How do I get past the idea that it's all going to start unraveling from this point when intellectually I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm heading in the right direction? How do I not jinx myself? This is always the weight I get down to that I can't get past. I guess I'm just nervous.

I want so badly to leave the 160s and keep going. I'm tired of being on this rollercoaster, up and down and up and down and back up!

One day at a time. I know. :happy:

Thank you all for being here.

Does walking up and down 8 flights of stairs on a site tour count as exercise?

Does walking up and down 8 flights of stairs on a site tour count as exercise?

do you have a pedometer????? that's a great way to show that you are a lot more active than you think you are......yes, going up and down stairs counts as exercise :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Well at last I have some good news to report - an unscheduled weigh-in this morning and lost 1 lb! :drinker:

This is after nearly 4 weeks of gains and so much hunger. Soooo glad to see a bit of movement - I was not happy to see the scale creeping up, amazing how even a few lbs can change the way some clothes fit.

Plus, I was asked out on a date earlier in the week. I declined but at least it was an ego boost (I'm only 3 months single after 6 yrs :brokenheart: ... just not ready yet)