I'm like this close...

There is nothing in the world that tastes as good as skinny feels.

I do not go by what I look like but what my medical lab reports tell me. I have always been attracted to overweight people. But having someone in my life that does not take high blood pressure meds, at risk for diebetes, or other medical problems would mean a lot to me.

Perhaps being 61 I am more in tune to the "age" at risk thing. Thought of someone having to care give for me because I did not take care of myself is enough to keep me focused on MFP.

Best to you and I hope you stick with it. Some reason brought you here and I hope you find a reason to stick it out.

For your health!

Looks are great, but don't you want to live a long and healthy life? That's the real motivator.

to letting it all go... I confessed it to a friend that I was tired of dieting and that I sometimes forget to shop for me, but get all the stuff for me kids. :noway: :sad: I would survive on iced water the whole workday... I was just tired... I'm okay. He tld me it's okay to splurge once in a while but get back on the next meal... :flowerforyou: it's good to have friends on this site. that's what friends are for... to support you and encourage you and set you straight!

I get it. I really, really do. I hate to count and measure and that fact that I can look at food and pretty much know it's nutritional value and then look in the mirror and still see my jiggly belly and cellulite thighs. I hate getting on the scale and literally praying it has gone down or that my jeans are a little bit looser today and it's just not because I stretched them wearing them the day before.

I get it... I really get it. *sigh*

But then there are the other moments when I can see my face is a little leaner, my fat back is going away and the creases are almost gone, the understanding that unless I gorged on over 3500 calories, I didn't gain a pound while I slept, thank goodness. The moments where I feel good that I only ate two pieces of pizza and left the third and didn't think twice about it, enjoy 5 peanut M&M's and the single serve frozen yogurt and feel happy. The moment where the weight I have lost has stopped the constant pain in my knee that used to be there when I was 20lbs heavier and standing or walking up and down the stairs was a freaking monumental effort, and the actual thought of doing a 5K before I turn 39 in two years may really, really happen.

So when you ask what's it all for, I can summarize in one word... me.

Stay strong. I had honey butter biscuits for breakfast at 540 calories and 70-something carbs. They were great. Lol. I have weak moments, give in, and keep going for me. I want to be healthy and love what I see. Eff everyone else and their diaries and their Jillian Michaels. I'm doing this for me one cookie, one broccoli floret, and one pound at a time. :drinker:

I have days like this all the time!
I think why am I bothering to workout so much, does it really matter if I put on a few pounds? Am I going to spend the rest of my life counting every calorie I eat? It becomes a lot for me sometimes.

But after a good workout and a day of eating right. I look in the mirror and feel good about myself. That is what matters.

Because you will always wonder what could have been.

Frazzdog, I checked out your food diary and except for your splurge on Friday, you're hardly eating. 1000 calories some days. Really? That's bad for anybody but especially a guy.

How much do you want to lose? Your weight sounds like a good weight for a lot of guys. If you're within about 25 pounds of your goal, you should set MFP for no more than a 0.5#/week weight loss. This should give you even more calories to eat each day. Eat them. When you get more calories from your exercise, eat them, too.

I know of teensy, tiny women on here who eat a lot more than you do and they're still losing weight. Heck, I'm a post-menopausal 54yo woman and I eat more than you do and I'm still losing. You must feed the metabolism in order for it to burn. Especially when you're exercising.

Allowing more calories allows for wonderful splurges. There isn't a week where I don't have pizza or pie or cookies or ice cream or beer or wine or whatever. Heck, at least a couple of times a week I have such splurges. In fact, eating a macadamia nut caramel bar right now. Yummmmm.

Try it. Seriously. It may actually speed up your weight loss and you won't feel deprived or like you're even on a diet.

Why am I doing it? Well, at first it was all about the scale. Now the scale is just a side-benefit to increasing my fitness and my goals are now just that....increasing my fitness so I'm faster, stronger, have more endurance so I can bike, hike and such for hours without fatigue, so I can achieve things on my bucket list like my 200-mile bike event this summer over 2 days, my plans to summit Mt. Rainier in a couple of years, etc. Achieving my fitness goals means that scale will also drop down. I'm not gonna be a rocking chair granny, that's for sure.

Why? I'll tell you why.







Better sex. You will last longer, be able to do it more frequently, and when you are fit and in shape, "it" looks bigger. Oh, and you'll be more flexible, able to do more interesting things.

Yeah - I don't just like this comment - I LOVE it and agree 100%!!!

Thanks for encouragement.

You know, I'm actually happy where I am. My BMI is 24, and my weight is a good healthy weight. I was pushing myself and trying to get Hollywood actor skinny, at 170 lbs. but, I'm thinking that it's just too much for me and requires starvation, which I'm against.

I decided to just put myself into maintenance mode which shot my calories up to over 2,000 per day, which I should be able to do easy. So, thanks again. I'll monitor my weight and make sure I stay where I want to be.

Changing this gave me over 6,000 calories for today to "catch up". Ha!

Thanks again.

You look awesome, frazdogg.

Ugh , I get dreams lately of eating food . I am trying to stop eating as much , I eat all day when there is nothing else to do . I'm not even hungry when I eat , and it's hard to control my cravings for food . I'm trying to cut back as much as I can . Lately , I've been cycling with my weight , I lose 10-15lbs in two weeks , and then gain it all back in a week . My weight has always been this way , because I stop eating and starve myself , I'm afraid to gain weight .