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Originally Posted by LeonC
I am all for your goals, Atomic. Keep me posted. The people here are already helping me. In my thinking, I'm always setting unreasonable goals. Lose 100+ pounds in eight months, etc. Well, 20 years have gone by and I gained more than I lost. I need to be more realistic with my goals and everyone here has helped me. I know what it is like to be 100 or more pounds heavier than one should be. To drop that amount of weight takes incredible perseverance. Group help like WW and TOPS are very helpful I am sure. But they are unavailable where I live. But this forum helps. Thanks for posting.
My initial goal years ago was to educate myself on how to eat properly, i thought if i could just start eating right the weight would have to come off, You see fat has to be maintained like anything and if you are simply eating what you are supposed to the weight will drop, it's not magic.
That said i wasn't even contemplating weight loss, just eating appropriately, along the way you find avenues to explore that help fascilitate a new healthier lifestyle.
Calorie counting, food journaling, walking, increasing activity, removing liquid calories, removing processed foods, removing high calorie condensed foods, increasing ruffage, all kinds of small changes add up to a bigger change, gradual and slow methodology.
For me this year, Hmmm, i have gained around 10 or 15 from my low last summer, i will be back there shortly if i have anything to say about it, i am still exercising regularly ( 7 mile walk everyday ) my main problem is being lazy with food, not spending the time to maximize my enjoyment and nutritional content, it is time consuming but it's what i need to focus on again.
Other than that i am doing alright, could be better but i'm pretty happy with self at this time.