Thanks for your excitement. Its interesting cause you always feel like you have to lose more. I dont appreciate were i came from to where i am. However i do feel alot better physically and mentally but i do have my days. Food is a drug with out a doubt. I go through withdrawl and i try not to think ahead one day at a time. Sounds corny but thats how i do it. Its not about well if lose this amount of weight by august i will be so happy. Cause i could so easily loose track of working on it today.
My story is i was a 275 and miserable totally out of desperation i decided to lose the weight. I went to my home town for thanksgiving and i was scared to death i would see people from highschool. I was 28 and what a stupid fear but that fear pushed me. I promised myself after last thankgiving i dont want that fear. I am at 191 pds right now..hoping i stay there!
First thing got a sleep apnea machine! That sleep apnea machine is a real pain in the *** but push yourself to use it. It works! Join a gym and use it. I remember feeling like i was so fat and everyone was looking at me. But then i thought in 6 months i am going to be thinner and who cares if they are looking at me now. I used the swimming pool and the eliptical as my tools to get me thinner. Swimming doenst hurt your bones and eliptical isnt to hard on your bones. Start really low no resistence, no incline...and remember your doing it for yourself and who cares what people think. Its for your health! And thats the most important thing to life!
So as for food..i had to live on chicken with salad with no pita for a while. It wasnt to bad. Key is find a place that you like that makes really good grilled chicken. I love greek food so the chicken kaboob works great for me. They use a vinegar/oil dressing(i think vinegar helps one loses weight) I also love bbq chicken. Oh and eat alot of vegies and drink water. Everyone knows the water thing. If you work out you will drink your water intake. Another thing is if you eat bad its ok. You still have the whole day. Add an extra walk. The key is not to get discouraged! That is hard not to get discouraged. If you have a friend or a family member who can help u out that would be great.
Another thing I didnt do this alone. I had my family backing me. My brother retaught me things i once knew just forgot. I forgot that going outside for a walk every day could be fun. Honestly he would call me at 6 am and picked me up for a my daily walk at the beginning. I could not even walk down the street. But he never gave up. He got me to stop drinking soda (all soda) and drinking water. He was scared for me and so was my mom. My sister told me that my mom was scared for me. It had to come from my sister cause if my mom told me it i would think she just was being critical. That had to be the words that stuck with me the most.
So anyway i have rambled on for to long.
I thank you for your encouragment. If anyone wants to email me feel free. Im always looking for buddies.
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Sheryl
scared of going back
