10 years and 40 lb gained
Hi Everyone. I can't believe it's been this long since I've been part of the wonderful community that helped me to loose all my weight. I'm inspired reading everyones post. For a while I thought I was doing great maintaining my weight and realized it was normal to regain a few pounds after surgery. I continued to tell myself that for the past 6 years and today I look up and I am obese and miserable. I do know that my weight loss was a success but to some level I ignored the fact that it was a very real possibility that I could gain weight if I stopped excersising and ate poorly. I'm here as a reminder of the things that motivated me to loose in the first place. My entire family is overweight and no one seems to understand how I feel about being 190lb right now. They just keep saying "at least you're not as fat as before" My highest was 278. For a split second that gives me some comfort but it doesn't exactly change how I feel. I've been up and down hovering between 170-190 for years. My lowest was 147 and I loved how I felt. This time it just feels absolutely wrong for me to have gained 40+ pounds and content with that.
Just looking at this website and all of your success has definately motivated me to stay on and work toward my inital weight loss goal from 2002 of 130lbs. One day at a time. Thanks for reading and I welcome any suggestions or feed back.
The hardest thing is to know what you are capable of and not quite being able to acheive because you're in your own way.
Hi mayberry1182,
it seems that you are on the right track. You are acknowledging that you didn't pay attention to what you were eating and that you need to get back to basics. You have the tools and the know how to get back on track and I know that can do it. You have done it in the past and you learned from your mistakes. Except it as a lesson learned and move on to a healthier future. All the best to you and good luck.
Hugs,
Rita
Hi Mayberry, I am in the same boat but slowly paddling my way out. I am 4yrs post op and I was doing great with maintaining my weight. For the past 3 1/2 yrs I worked out consistently 6 days a week and was conscious of what I ate. All of this changed when I moved to the east coast 6 months ago. Within the last 6 months I broke up with the man I moved here for, became unemployed, got fibroids which caused me to stop working out due to pain, and a good friend of mine back home died of cancer. So with all of this going on the workout went out the window and I became friends with chocolate and doritos again along with pasta which I had stayed away from. Like you, all of my family is overweight so they don't think it's a big deal that I've gained 30 of the 100 lbs that I lost. I decided that I wasn't going to buy a closet full of new clothes so I had to get back to being the best me that I could be. It's only been 2wks since I pulled myself out of my slump and got back on the wagon. I'm happy to say that I am back to exercising 6 days a week and watching what I eat. I stick to lean protein, vegetables, and protein shakes. I also bought a fitbit that tracks my daily activity and calories burned. It's been over a year since I have been on this site, but I came back to get motivation from others that may have gone through what I'm going through and came out victorious. If I can get myself motivated to lose this weight after all I've been through in the last 6 months then I know you can too. I wish you the best and I will say a prayer for you. Let me know if you want to do check-ins to keep each other accountable. My goal is to lose my weight by April 1st. I want my sexy back in time for spring!
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