arabianhorselover Member

Me! Read your profile. Also had back surgery at the end of 2016. Nice to meet you.

Hello. I just signed in here for the first time in a really long time. I fell off the wagon a few years ago, and have not had the ambition to get back on. Just started lifting weights again a week ago. Wishing you luck.

I already wake up at 5 am for work, so I hate to get up any earlier to exercise. Otherwise, I think morning would be best. I usually walk early on Saturday mornings in the Summer before it gets too warm, though.

So what time are you getting to the gym?

Good for you. I'm still trying to get to the place where I can feel that way, but I'm a lot better at it than I used to be.

As stated above, I am doing that.

Good idea, but I haven't got my head wrapped around the idea of doing that whole logging thing again. I did it for a couple of years and got burned out on it, I guess. I did it less and less, and finally quit.

Thank you for the suggestions, fiddletime, but right now logging everything I eat is too restrictive for me. I am feeling a lack of freedom in too many areas of my life already. The thought of logging everything makes me want to rebel.

I have thought I hit bottom so many times...........

Oh, I know that just knowing I'm gaining weight won't make a difference. I've been gaining for months, and it hasn't stopped me. I am working with a counselor on this issue. For me food has been a comfort, mostly. It has helped me get through a lot of difficult things in my life. It has been my "freedom". The area where I…

Yes. It has been so easy for me to fall back in. A little here, a little there. Pretty soon I was right back where I always was. Eating what I want, when I want, and as much as I want.

Oh, I've been eating all kinds of crap, and I know it. Not much that's actually good for me. It's been like I know I'm killing myself with food, but I can't stop. Today I took a good look at the size of my belly, and I feel a bit more motivated than I have been. Thank God.

Welcome. Four years ago I started out great. Highly motivated, and willing to do what it takes. I lost 47 pounds, and got in the best shape of my life. Well, four years later I have managed to gain back a good portion of the weight I lost. I had some health issues, and was not able to exercise for a while, but have been…

I also said "for me" it wouldn't be healthy.

Well, you obviously made the choice to look good!

I'm not even the original poster.

For me, I don't think stuffing myself once a day and then going without for the rest of the time would be enjoyable or healthy.

Wonderful post. Thank you!

I really don't think he was trying to be a jerk. What he says is true. It may be hard to swallow, but it's true. I also am having a REALLY hard time giving up eating what I want, when I want, and as much as I want. It is the way I have eaten for most of my life, and I don't want to give it up. Right now I don't seem to…

Amen.

Do you think you might be a compulsive overeater?

Has this behavior been going on for a long time?

I have also questioned whether or not counting calories was good or bad for me. I was very successful at losing weight when I did it, but I never really changed my thinking to go along with it.

I assume you are young or weren't overweight for very long?

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Hi. I know the feeling of not wanting to wear shorts. Either my legs are too fat or they are too flabby. This is what I'm stuck with at this point in my life.

Actually, I had no trouble losing weight, it's just that now I'm eating too much and not getting enough exercise.

Still here, but haven't been hear often. Not in a good place with my eating.

There is at least one group on this subject on here already.

You and me both.