Need support, since I don't have any please help!!!! !!!
I am new here and really need help. I have been trying to lose weight since I was 14, now, 56. The only thing that helped me lose the weight was when I started smoking in my 20's. I quit 10 years later and packed on 100 pounds. I tried so hard to lose the weight, I discovered phen phen, lost 80 pounds and gained it all back and then some. I don't even eat that much some days and should not be weighing 280 pounds. The doctor is now testing me pulmonary hypertension. I am on disability for anxiety, becasue it is so bad and have developed claustrophobia. I am getting more depressed every day. I have no schedule and it is so hard to get on one, some days just don't seem worth living. Nothing to look forward to, no friends, just this weight problem, that has caused and is causing more health issues all the time, pre diabetes, really bad osteoarthritis of the knees, asthma, depression, ect. Just so sick of it all, sick of trying for over 40 years
Welcome! I too have be battling my weight all my life.
Do you know what food plan you are going to follow? There is a ton of information about many different food plans on this site. Pick a plan that fits in your lifestyle and you can follow long term. I chose calorie counting because it is free and flexible. It allows me to eat almost anything I wanted as long as it fits within my calorie range for the day and there are ton of free apps out there to help you track your food.
Give up the sugary drinks and drink lots and lots of water.
Incorporate some exercise into your weekly routine. You do not have to join an expensive gym try to walk more, use the stairs more, download videos off of YouTube or Hulu.com to work out to. There are a lot of things you can to do with spending a ton of money.
Lastly, if you have a bad meal, a bad day, heck, a bad food week. Do NOT let this be a reason to throw in the towel. Get back on track at the next meal. You can do this!!!
Best of luck to you!
Thank you so much, I will take your advice... just trying to figure out what to eat is the next hard part... being pre diabetic, I need to watch carbs, I hate a piece of steak for lunch yesterday and was surprised how much that helped cut the cravings. Best of luck to you, as you look like your doing very well with your weight loss.
Today was my first day on the south beach diet and i have being doing quite well , i love sugar so much that's: one of the things that im going to struggle with on this diet i crave sugar all day. But when i think about wanting to cheat , i just open up my diary with a picture of a body that i want and i look at it to remind me of this is what iam going to look like when im finished , im sticking to this .
Weight-loss is one day at a time--so start with today. Write down every piece of food that goes in your mouth today. I use a program called fitday.com. Sometimes it's not the quantity of what we eat, it's the kind of food we eat. I cannot eat steak, my mouth loves it but my body cannot process it. Seriously, it takes almost a week for body to figure out what to do with it. Tracking your food will help you to know what your body likes.
You can do this---but you need to turn your frustration into determination. It doesn't matter if you've been trying since you were 14. Today is your day. This is the moment and forget everything else.
Welcome! You've found a great site to come to. I see people getting out their frustrations, cheering others on, sharing their success, venting when needed. I love reading here daily, so many here are inspiring, in pictures and even with simple words. I wish you much success in your journey! Go, go, go!
While I can not completely understand the pain of trying to lose weight for 40 years, I can sympathize. And it IS possible.
I was thin as a child and as a teeneager, but after a really nasty car wreck and a dietary issue, I packed on 100 pounds in the span of a year and kept going until I reached 293 pounds by the time I was 22. I lost some, put it all back on. Over and over and over again.
Last August 13th, I had a rude awakening to my quality of life. Due to a cocktail of issues that I don't feel of rehashing right now, my now four year old daughter found me in a semi coma and near dead with an O2 saturation of 42. I was in ICU for several days and on the last stop respirator before they move to the metal lung. I was on an O2 tank from the time I got home in September until November. I was told that I needed to file disability, I was told I would always need an oxygen tank for the rest of my life. I was told I would never be able to have any quality of life. I was 293 pounds. I was depressed. I was suffering from PTSD. I was only 29.
Today, not quite a year later, I run. I run just about daily. For three miles at a time. I have lost nearly 65 pounds. I am still losing. I still have my O2 tank, and yes, I still have to use it on occassion, but most of the time, it collects dust. I made it a point to prove to my doctors and to myself that I am better than their expectations. I made it a point to NEVER allow my daughter to find me like that again.
I did it. I am doing it. So I KNOW you can do it too.
Like one of the other posters here, I am doing a low carb diet, although it is not South Beach. I have found that it reduces cravings for sweets and starches. It stabilizes blood sugar. It actually provides more energy (THAT surpised me.) My cholestrol and blood pressure has stabilized. My asthma is more managemable. And the very best thing about the low carb dieting? It taught me how to break my food addiction.
As a pre-diabetic, get with a nutrionist (NOT a regualr doctor) to discuss dieting options. Low carb works for me and many other people, but having sugar problems, it may be too low for you. Many diabetics and pre-diabetics are recommended not to go under or above 45 carbs per meal, and not to exceed 150 carbs a day. Me? I am not to exceed 70 carbs a day. Learn what your BMR is (if you want information on that, I can point you in a direction) and keep your calories within the range indicated. Get a MyFitnessPal account and log EVERY LITTLE CALORIE you eat EVERY SINGLE DAY. It has been proven that those who log lose up to 3 times more weight than those who do not.
Losing weight is 90% mental and 10% physical. Of the physical, 90% diet and only 10% exercise. You have to give up the idea of fad diets and pills. You have to make an effort to not change for a few days, weeks, or months, but for the rest of your life.
And, if you are having a hard time counting calories, there are other options out there that take eliminate that, at least for the time being (you will STILL need to figure out how to do it, but these options help guide you to that point slowly instead of all of the sudden.) Ideal Protein, Wonderslim, Medifast, and others I am sure.
I know you can do this. I know, because I did. And I was told I never would be able to.
Wow, thank you for your post zoesmom, It really made me think. I am sorry to hear about what you went through but so happy that you proved all the doctors, to be wrong... I guess it is the support issue with me. I have a hard time keeping motivated, but after reading your post, you have really enlightened me, thank you, I am going to print it and read it every day, you are such a trooper and I am so proud of you!
Need support, since I don't have any please help!!!! !!!
first day on the sbd
