To FINALLY get on that diet you've been needing to for years. Today is Monday morning. Or it's 6 months to high school reunion, or you couldn't stand one more time not fitting into something. Or you couldn't bear being ashamed of yourself anymore. Or, you were just tired of feeling awful.
We've pretty much all been there.
But, what was the straw that broke the back of your resistance to starting and staying on your diet and exercise program? I know that's what it takes. We all know that's what it takes. But, what was your point of no return. You knew this was it, no matter what the temptation, you weren't going to give in.
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I was sick of being called FAT. I was tired of never finding something to wear that fits when I go shopping. I'm sick of looking in the mirror and seeing all the fat sticking out at my hips, butt and stomach. I am sick of having to look for the widest chairs to sit in in public (resturants, movies..etc). I'm sick of "jiggling" when I walk, run, exercise. I am sick of the way people look at me and feeling sorry for me. I am sick of the back-pain I get when I wake up in the morning and the knee pain and foot blisters when I walk for a long distance. I'm sick of not being "normal" and doing normal things like normal-sized people do. I'm sick of stepping on the scales and realizing I'm getting fatter and fatter by the day. I'm sick of being fat all my life!
I think I could never list all the causes that made me start and stick to my diet but probably the most important cause is when I told myself that I CAN!
I can stick to it, I can loose, I can look sexy, I can be healthy.. I CAN.
And I know for sure and believe with all my heart and mind that I am going to get there
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How did I mentally gear up? I decided to give Atkins a try when I couldn't walk a block or up a few stairs without being totally out of breath. My Dad suffers from diabetes, heart & blood pressure problems...I sure didn't want that! I was eating pop tarts & ice cream for dinner, Taco Bell several times a week...I knew this wasn't healthy! I was tired of being fat, not being able to wear nice clothes,having people look at me and say "you could be such a pretty girl if you would just lose that weight". But mainly, I decided I was going to do this for me! That was almost 2 years ago. I would still like to lose another 20 lbs. Its slow but...I won't give up! I feel 100% better now than I've ever felt in my life. Once you make up your mind to do this and you start seeing results...it is an awesome feeling! I CAN DO THIS!!! Nothing tastes as good as thin feels!
I kept saying I would lose by certain events - my husbands Army reunion, the first grandchild's wedding, my 50th; unfortunately i found i was constantly thinking about food and lost all will power. I'm now just going with one day at a time and not dwell on it. if i can walk by the pastry display at Starbucks and still only get my plain coffee - that is a success. It's slow - but it is working!
For me, I hate the scale. I got a new one for Christmas and weighed myself then. Then, last week I noticed I was down about 4 pounds so I told myself that I could do it. Since then, I've been exercising and watching what I eat and drinking more water. Besdies that, I was sick of not being able to find any cute plus size clothing at a decent price (college budget), so I figured now is my time. I know I can do it.
when i got on the scales and it said336 i knew i had to get on the wagon before i die.i already have fought one battle with cancer now i have to fight the weight battle and win !
I have been fat my whole life. I have tried diets many times and never been able to stick to them. This time I know I will because I feel completely different, I feel totally serious and I want to prove that I can do it (to everyone - especially myself.) How does my boyfriend’s aunt play into this? Well she always gives me this look that says “you’re a ******! If you don’t listen to me you will never lose the weight.” Anyway she pisses me off and I am going to lose the weight… my way… and then laugh in her face when I am skinner then her.
Maybe that is the wrong way to go about it, but this really is for ME and because I want to be healthy and I want to finally (after all these years) be skinny. I have also been thinking… I am 20 years old – I am going to get married soon and have kids soon and I want to be skinny for that! I want to look beautiful in my wedding dress and after I have my baby I want to be able to run around with it and play with it. It all plays apart for me but I always keep her in the back of mind to keep me going – and like this morning when she shovels an Egg McMuffin in her face (and offers me a hashbrown) and I just smile and think to myself; “and she wants me to take diet tips from her?” (she has lost weight tho – no idea how much because her numbers always change when she brags to me)
I didn’t just wake up one day and go “today is the day, I want to be skinny.” I have woken up everyday for the past 5 (or more) years going “today is the day, I want to be skinny.” I guess I just never meant it like I do now. Something inside me just clicked.
Sotypical: Wow! I can so relate to wanting to look good for my wedding, etc. When I was 19 (I'm 37 now BTW) I remember standing in the fitting room of a store with a size 14 dress on, and asking myself: Why can't I be a size 12, or a 10 or even an 8? I weighed 150 lbs.Then I thought: I want to get married and have kids, and pregnancy will add weight and I don't want weight on top of weight, etc. Well, the very next day I started. I joined a gym (Lucille Roberts in NY) to be exact, and I made up my own diet. Well, six months later I weighed 125 lbs!! I kept it off for 8 yrs! Then I got pregnant, and I didn't go crazy, but two kids in three years has left 20 stubborn pounds of fat on me. Now, that brings into play the question in this thread. Why do I want to lose this weight? I've played games, telling myself that 155 lbs isn't bad, many people would love to be this weight, etc. but in the end, I'm just not happy with it, and so it goes. Anyway, I'm glad you want to lose weight for you, for the right reasons. Good luck!!
Although I should be ashamed to admit this, my ex walked out on me in October after almost five years with the excuse that he didn't find me attractive anymore. It wasn't that he found me too fat, it was how what he said made me feel about myself. Nobody is ever going to say anything like that to me ever again.
There have been other times where I was just sure that this was going to be it and I was going to get the weight off, but nothing was cataclysmic enough for lack of a better word.
For me it was being physically tired all the time, My feet became swollen with fluid, that I couldn't walk for long without pain and then 3 months ago my daughter came home and told me the kids were hurting her feelings because they were calling me fat. I still have an image probelm thinking I am not as big as I am , but little by little it will be gone. I want to feel good about being healthy and able to play with my kids and one day my grandkids.
Please tell..how did you mentally gear up..
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