Wanted to pop in and re-introduce myself. I checked and the last post I made here was in February of 2010, when I had managed to lose 20 lbs and was doing great on my weight loss and activity goals.
Well, as we have all experienced, life got in the way - it always does - and somehow I managed to gain back the 20 lbs I lost and a few more along the way. And of course I dropped off the forums as the weight started coming back. A familiar tune to many of us, I'm sure.
I've been trying to get back on track since last summer, once I got the daughter's wedding out of the way. Try as I might, I couldn't even get the weight off for that. Sad, but that's the way it is. I've tried a combination of things, including what worked before (calorie counting) as well as the low-carb and a brief stint at WW. Have had absolutely no willpower and cannot stick to anything for a significant length of time.
I was able to stick with the low-carb, no processed food for about four weeks and I lost 6 lbs. But I was soooo craving my bread that I decided to switch to calorie counting, and that's what I did for the next week (which runs Sunday-Saturday for me). I only weigh once a month, so I've only weighed once since I started the low carb, which was Feb. 3. Won't weigh again until April.
Only other thing I've done differently is completely stop drinking wine. I can control the amount of wine, but NOT the amount of snacks I feel compelled to eat when I drink it. Haven't missed it at all, frankly. I'm not giving it up completely, but I made a decision to eliminate it from my diet for 90 days to see if it would help the weight loss. I think it has; it has definitely eliminated the snacking in the evening.
I also have not been able to exercise due to breaking my foot; at one time I was walking 5 miles a day, which certainly helped the process along. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to that relatively soon.
So I should be pleased with the 6 lb weight loss, and I am, but I'm also frustrated. I am now 61 years old and the thought of counting calories and recording everything I eat (AGAIN!) just brings me down. I'm tired of it, and I just want to be able to eat and not worry about it. I'm too old for all of this!
I have not been overweight all my life; in fact, for the majority of my life I've been a normal weight. It was only when I began putting on a little weight when going through menopause that I began "dieting," and I think that's how I got in trouble. I just want to be able to eat again and not think about it. At all. Like it used to be.
Fortunately, I was recently introduced to the idea of intuitive eating. Have read a lot on it and I see that there's a thread here devoted to the subject. So I intend to join that thread and hopefully get some additional support there. Perhaps it is the answer I've been looking for....after all, that's how I ate when I was a normal weight.
I re-did my little fish ticker and am ready to become a part of 3FC again!
Thank you for taking the time to read this - it means a lot.
A re-introduction (last here in 2010)
So excited! Gotta keep it going though, of course in the beginning everyone is so gung ho.... but I am just eating healthier, and I JUST started working out like today, so it's really just the eating better thing that is helping I think. 