Maybe I'm meant to be fat................

There is no ''fat gene'' just personal accountability.

My grandma is overweight they say I am built like her
My dad is overweight I obviously got the fat gene
My sisters are overweight see it runs in the family

I come from an obese family. It seems you have been on a lot of "diets". It really needs to be a way of life, the rest will follow for you.

Know your TDEE, Body fat% and BMR.
After that weight loss is pretty simple!

Probably a silly question but what's a TDEE?

cop out - typical of new year resolution dieters.
By mid February, most are looking for reasons to give up.
Resolve to be different.
It's your choice.

I agree once the weight is harder to get off it is easy to give up Yet I wont be

“Never, never, never, never give up.”
Winston Churchill

Just KEEP PUNCHING!

If you keep giving yourself excuses you will find a way to continue being fat! Quit the excuses!

I actually had a dietitian tell me "You're doing everything right. I don't know why you're not losing weight. Maybe you should just accept that this is the weight your body wants to be." How's that for dejecting?
........

But I'm NOT going to accept being obese. And you don't have to either.

^^ love the last line especially
but seriously, get a better dietician. (sounds like a moron *i'm 3/4 through a nutrition sciences degree*)

I don't normally respond to posted msg. I;m not into the whole social network thing. But after viewing your post. I thought I would answer just this one. You were not meant to be fat. It does not matter that your entire family is overweight. You can be the one to break the cycle. What an awesome honor that would be to be an example to your family, friends and everyone that knows you. Stop making excuses and speaking negative words. You are what you speak out of your mouth. Wake up tomorrow morning, look yourself in the mirror and imagine yourself being the person you have always dreamt you could be. Stay with 24hr fitness. Forget the individual weight stuff and go to every class they have six days a week. Make this a journey for life and not some one time goal. Reset your weight goals and stick with them even when you go through periods where there seems to be no gains. You can do this! MAKE IT HAPPEN! The best is yet to come. This time next year you can be sporting a new wardrobe.... that is if you have the courage and fight in you.

Your topic really hit home with me. Everyone in my family is overweight and I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters. I guess I was meant to be fat...
This was my way of thinking cuz I tried every diet that came along. Weight watchers, Lemonade diet. Calorie restrictions...I even went to the gym 3-4 days a week for 2 years before I changed my way of thinking. It was just 3 short years ago that I was almost 250 lbs. I had high blood pressure, obstructiive sleep apnea and a fairly normal EKG. Yes, everyday for 3 solid months I watched the P90X infomercial and thought...that can't work. No way. So one day I decided I'd give it a try. I would do the program for the 90 days and then at the end when I didn't look like those people in the video I could look my friends, family and co-workers and it the eyes and say...I was meant to be fat.
Guess what happeded? The damn thing worked and I learned how to eat properly and exercise. Now over 90 lbs later I'm in the best shape of my life.
You are not meant to be fat. You're just on a journey to find your calorie level. Once you figure out what ot eat and how much to eat the weight will fall off.
Don't give up. The alternative is being fat and miserable the rest of your shortened lift. You can do it.

My daughter and I have both said this very same thing!!!! I don't believe that we are actually meant to be fat but I know that we all feel that way sometime or other!!! hang in there.....you can do this and we are all here for you. I have about the same family history and background on the diet and things.

Hugs

Hey Raylene. I think I get what you're saying. Sometimes the "right thing" sucks. Sometimes, just throwing in the towel sounds easier than toughing it out.

It helps to have people around you who support your success. (I've worked with people who are bitter about my success in the face of their failure in weight loss.) AND, there is the possibility that all that makes you YOU will have to be redefined. Built like a chunky relative, but now you're not going to be chunky... Hmm, how will the chunky relative feel now?

I like to have people around me who help me see the glass-half-full part of life. When I began to make progress, I had people tell me my face looked thinner. I went to the doctor and had my lipids panel done, and saw how much healthier losing 10% of my body weight had made me. I lost 38% of my body weight in total, and my energy and enthusiasm are through the roof. I look forward to working out and feel sad on days I don't. That is NOT the me that was in this body a year ago. I was resentful that I was one of the "unlucky" ones that HAD to work out. My ah ha moment came when I realized that most all "normal" sized people are only that size because they work at it. They watch what they eat, turn down snacks, take their salad dressing on the side, take the stairs, have a club membership and actually use it... It is no accident. I work with one rail thin man. I brought in Christmas cookies to work and he said, "Get those things away from me." He went on to say he runs two miles a day. Really? I just thought he was that thin due to his metabolism.

Hang in there. Surround yourself with love and support and encouragement. And this really is a safe place to vent.

Don't stay fat, though. It's not fun and you know it.

Awesome quote... I'm sharing that with my biggest loser ladies!