[saljer]

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum and am in dire straits. I'm currently 100 lbs over weight and rising. My present weight 227 lbs is resting firmly on this 5'3" frame. I'm in pain constantly due to my heaviness, and I'm at high risk of contracting Diabetes. Why is it that I let myself go???? Why don't I care more??? I eat out of boredom, times that are stressful, and mostly just because it's there and I can when ever I want to. I have no will power or motivation. Why do I comfort myself with food? Why do I insist on hurting myself. What is my payoff? Like Dr. Phil says all the time. I need serious help, and lots and lots of support. Is there anyone out there that can feel what I'm feeling??? Can anyone help me??? I want to live! But, according to the way I eat, I don't want to live at all. Will being diagnosed with a serious disease make me stop overeating??? PLEASE HELP!!!

[Lissandy]

Discuss the issue with him/her. Talk about ways to do it. That is what finally got me started. My Dr. encouraged me to try low carb dieting, but I didn't want to do Atkins, so I went out and bought a book to learn what I could eat. Losing weight will involve a life change, plain and simple, but you have to WANT to do it. I've been heavy all my life....but I decided that even if I was never thin, I wanted to be able to walk into a store and buy a pair of pants in a size 12 or 14.. I'm finished with 18's and 20's..or at least I will be.

Head off to the local book store, pick up a copy of 'The 30 day Low Carb diet solution". This is the first diet book I've actually ever read ( Sorry Oprah and Bob). It taught me how to eat, and told me how much of what I could eat.
I've been low carbing since the end of February, and even tho I jumped off the wagon in April, by then I had learned what I could eat safely, and I didn't gain any weight at all in the 4 weeks I was off plan..

Then join our thread- Fathers' Day Challenge. We will be there for you..believe me.

[saljer]

Thanks for the advice Lissandy. I'll most definately look that book up. I just wish I could stop with all this comfort eating and get on track. I joined Tops a year ago and weighed in at 228. I got weighed last night almost a year later and weigh 227. At least I didn't gain, but like you, I certainly do want to put on a pair of size 12, or 14 jeans, and to be able to tuck my shirt in again!!! I want that so much! Thanks for replying. I have a lot to learn about this site. I'd love to chat in the chatroom but everytime I go in there I'm all alone. It doesn't seem to work or maybe it's something I'm doing wrong. Oh and I'd love to join the Father's day challenge. What do I have to do?

[gma22]

Sal: Listen, you CAN do this, I know you can. I started at over 400 lbs and am over 100 lbs down. If you would like day to day support and some fun things to help you stay on track, please check out Time for Serious Fun here on the Support Group forum. Also, please check out my website. It is for people just like you who have almost given up the idea of having a thinner healthier body. I won't say if I can you can, because each person is an individual, but you certainly have it within you to succeed, you just need some OOMPH!

Faye

[Lissandy]

Originally Posted by saljer

Thanks for the advice Lissandy. I'll most definately look that book up. I just wish I could stop with all this comfort eating and get on track. I joined Tops a year ago and weighed in at 228. I got weighed last night almost a year later and weigh 227. At least I didn't gain, but like you, I certainly do want to put on a pair of size 12, or 14 jeans, and to be able to tuck my shirt in again!!! I want that so much! Thanks for replying. I have a lot to learn about this site. I'd love to chat in the chatroom but everytime I go in there I'm all alone. It doesn't seem to work or maybe it's something I'm doing wrong. Oh and I'd love to join the Father's day challenge. What do I have to do?

Just click on it and go! Looking forward to seeing you post!