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September 17, 2008, 2:55 pm PDT
 Quote From: elle123 Hi everyone! It really hit home with me when Dr. Phil said to just lose the weight, get it over and be done with it! I think I could actually be the weight I want in three months if I just do what I need to. Then the hard part would be over and the rest would be just maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
When my son started kindergarten I was about 20 pounds overweight and I was determined to lose that before he started first grade. The year went by and that never happened, and suddenly, four years later, I am now 40 pounds overweight and still determined to lose it every year. Dr. Phil said that the next 6 months will go by, the next year will go by, whether you lose the weight or not. I want to just do what it takes and be done with it!
I have always tried to maintain a healthy and fit body. Then, one day we found ourselves facing possible foreclosure on our home. I was so scared I couldnt sleep at night. I would have a beer on occasion before this happened, but it turned into drinking 4-5 beers a night so that I would be in a state where I could go to sleep without my mind running all night long thinking the awful thought that we might lose our house. This is what ultimately led to my weight gain.
I can look back now and see that I should have handled things differently, but I cant go back, I can only go forward. We did end up losing our house, but were okay and managed to get another house.
I started exercising immediately after the Ultimate Weight Loss challenge began. The only downfall for me has been that my husband keeps beer in the house and likes to drink a couple after work. The minute I see him open one and sit down, I want to sit and visit with him and end up drinking a beer also (not more than two now). Now I realize that I need to make sure my husband doesnt drink a beer in front of me so I wont be tempted to, because the extra calories kind of erases the hard work I did when I did my exercises earlier in the day.
I don't know if anyone else out there can relate to this. These are things that I have not shared with anyone I know personally. Also, the extra weight bothers me so much that I have cut myself off from my friends and from doing many things in my life because I keep wanting to lose the weight first. I guess I have put everything on hold basically. I want to finally lose the weight so that I can start living my life again!! Thanks for listening and for your support! hi, im TiaraC
Talk to your husband, let him know you Feers and what you hope to gain(or lose : ) with weight loss. He might feel the same way, and may want to do this with you, if not help you with your own goals. Good luck with every thing |
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September 18, 2008, 2:25 pm PDT
Quote From: elle123 Hi everyone! It really hit home with me when Dr. Phil said to just lose the weight, get it over and be done with it! I think I could actually be the weight I want in three months if I just do what I need to. Then the hard part would be over and the rest would be just maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
When my son started kindergarten I was about 20 pounds overweight and I was determined to lose that before he started first grade. The year went by and that never happened, and suddenly, four years later, I am now 40 pounds overweight and still determined to lose it every year. Dr. Phil said that the next 6 months will go by, the next year will go by, whether you lose the weight or not. I want to just do what it takes and be done with it!
I have always tried to maintain a healthy and fit body. Then, one day we found ourselves facing possible foreclosure on our home. I was so scared I couldnt sleep at night. I would have a beer on occasion before this happened, but it turned into drinking 4-5 beers a night so that I would be in a state where I could go to sleep without my mind running all night long thinking the awful thought that we might lose our house. This is what ultimately led to my weight gain.
I can look back now and see that I should have handled things differently, but I cant go back, I can only go forward. We did end up losing our house, but were okay and managed to get another house.
I started exercising immediately after the Ultimate Weight Loss challenge began. The only downfall for me has been that my husband keeps beer in the house and likes to drink a couple after work. The minute I see him open one and sit down, I want to sit and visit with him and end up drinking a beer also (not more than two now). Now I realize that I need to make sure my husband doesnt drink a beer in front of me so I wont be tempted to, because the extra calories kind of erases the hard work I did when I did my exercises earlier in the day.
I don't know if anyone else out there can relate to this. These are things that I have not shared with anyone I know personally. Also, the extra weight bothers me so much that I have cut myself off from my friends and from doing many things in my life because I keep wanting to lose the weight first. I guess I have put everything on hold basically. I want to finally lose the weight so that I can start living my life again!! Thanks for listening and for your support! i can relate to alot of your story. I think most anyone on the boards who gets honest with themselves will relate on various levels to many others. Financially I've been there. When Dr. Phil first introduced his book (the UWLS) back in 2003 I've been honest about so many things in my life that were at the bottom of my weight issues.
For years I'd let my MDs give me a great excuse. They said with my meds and no thyroid I was doing great staying around 300 pounds and not getting bigger. Guess what? For 20 years I was not happy just staying around that mark. And for along time only admitted to 297 pounds. But at my highest I was actually the 300. Took lots to face that but as he says, you can't fix what you don't acknowledge. I'm now a steady 190 and have been since 2004. 2005 was a very bad year for me and I did some weight bouncing 195 -185-190. I don't think that is bad and proved beyond any doubt to me that once we learn and work the keys, they become part of our lives and will stick with us as a lifestyle.
I'm back because I want to lose 50 more and know that by fine tuning all that I've learned and putting things back into order, I will lose those pounds. Imagine me being a sexy 61 yr old Granny.
You have shared alot with us and I'm hoping it makes you feel better just to have put it in writing. If you would love to have an email buddy, you can email me at Wrappingranny@aol.com I respond and hope to see you on the boards and perhaps in my email box.
Take care, I care, Char
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