it’s overwhelming
14Jan2008 Filed under: General Author: BobbieToday I was in a meeting - boring! so I decided to see how long it will take me to be to goal. It is too much to look at one time! I am going to be fat forever! I know I will continue to lose weight but even when I lose 40/50 pounds, I will still be fat! It’s depressing to look at it like that. I will be at a weight where it’s okay if someone sees the scales by middle August. I hope to reach goal by the end of October. But by middle August I won’t still look like the fat lady - just someone who needs to lose a some weight instead of the fat middle aged woman. So, I have to ignore all that and take it one week at a time. My size 18 pants are loose. I will celebrate the small goals and look forward to the day when it all comes together.
I did the treadmill today. My days off will be Sunday and Wednesday. Wednesday is WW weigh in day. I wish losing weight was as easy as gaining. I never once did look at food during that time and say, “If I eat that box of donuts, I will gain two pounds this week.” Now I look at food and it doesn’t hold the thrill it used to. Instead of eating to destress, I stress if I eat. I don’t want to gain weight. I want to lose weight. I will be glad when Aunt Flo leaves. She always messes me up when she visits…
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bloomer
January 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Hi! It is overwhelming, and I’ve made flowcharts of projected weight loss hundreds of time. I did it when I weighed 1900. And I did it, 20 years later, when I weighed 290. After three weeks of being strictly on plan, I’ve lost 6 pounds. So. I can either buy a six-pack of Twinkies, or keep on being on plan and EVENTUALLY, at a date uncertain, I may weigh 190 again, take a deep breath, and get that last 40 or 50 pounds off.
Point being, in 20 years (knock wood), you’ll still be here. Do you want to weigh 290? If not, get the feeling! Find a plan you can LIVE with, realize you can’t dump it all in al month, and enjoy living again. Easy to say……
Good luck!
julieesg
January 15th, 2008 at 8:42 am
One week at a time, one DAY at a time, October will be here sooner than you think. You can do it.
islandgrl
January 16th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Gawd isn’t that right, I too stress if I eat and it is not fair. I don’t want to stress when I eat. I don’t want to gain weight either. I am so tired of this.
Bobbie is just is not right, damn donuts!
But we can and will do this…one day one week, one pound at a time.
Don’t think of it in terms of 40 or 50 pounds, just 10 pounds at a time. That is what I am doing. Small goals, the big ones seem too large if you look at them, so small goals keep me going.
realcdn
January 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I love that comment about the doughnuts. I never think of it that way either. Maybe if we did we wouldn’t be where we are. Also, don’t stress the long term goals. It becomes insurmountable that way. Every week that you’re lighter than the week before is a victory.