I decided to join this forum because I have gotten to my highest weight ever, and I do not have the greatest motivation to lose the weight. There is part of me that knows I need to lose the weight because of all the health problems I have now. The other part of me has worked so hard to love myself just as I am, so now its difficult to change who I am. My weight isn't me, but it is a part of me.
My biggest stumbling block when trying to lose weight is my self-control. However, I have been portioning for the last three weeks and I have already lost about 4 pounds. Those 4 pounds have motivated me to keep going, but I know I will need help to keep it up from people who understands what I am going through.
I have not done very well this week because of stress from work. Tomorrow is my weekly weigh in day, and I am afraid I went up instead of down.
Anyways, I look forward to meeting lots of you lovely people!
It is wonderful that you have worked so hard at learning to love yourself, and losing weight to take care of your health should be a part of that. If you didn't have health issues and just chose to accept yourself as you are, that'd be one thing, but since you have health issues, you are smart to recognize something needs to change. Congrats on your latest weigh-in! You can do this! Good luck!
