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May 23, 2008, 7:33 pm PDT
 Quote From: tyler1 Velvet you are not no one. Everyone is someone and so are you. First stop with the diets. It will just drive you mad. To be a smaller person you have to eat like one. People who keep their same low weight their whole lives don't diet. They just eat sensibly and so can you. Start by reading package labels for the calories (if you don't already), then stick with no more than 1500 calories a day. Every day. For years. You can't do it for 6mo's or a year then stop. It's forever, a complete lifestyle *change*. You can't go back to old ways. You have to make up your mind, I'm not living that life anymore, I'm beginning a new one. One that makes me happy, because the one I'm living now isn't working for me. Yes you'll cheat, everyone does, but the next meal do better. If you cheat again, move on, do better the *next* meal. Cheating doesn't mean it's over, it's just a bump in the road. However too many bumps and you're right back to living your old life. If you listen to your overweight friends or take their advice you'll never be smaller. In fact odds are they won't even want to be your friend when your smaller. They want you to stay there with them and complain and feel sorry for yourselves. Take the advice of a heathy person, what are they eating, what are they doing? Watch *them*. Lean people are not lean because they're *lucky*. They're doing something to stay there. And not every skinny girl is sticking her fingers down her throat or starving herself. I think this is an assumption overweight women may have or maybe they just tell themselves that to justify their own position (not saying you are). My mom is 70yrs old. I finally talked her into weight bearing exercises and she shed 30lbs, bringing her to a healthy weight of 130lbs. She did it on her own, I did not workout with her and she's single. She either does weight watchers meals or counts her own calories. She eats at restaurants too, but if she cheats she gets right back on track the following morning, so no real harm is done. Giving up is not an option. You live a new and different life. You don't do nutty diets. I'm 48yrs old and I'm still small, because I live a healthy life. You can do the same. You can't control getting wrinkles, aging or a man leaving you, but you can control your weight. People do it everyday, you can too. Don't be done on yourself, you matter. No more bad thoughts in your head on positive ones. Get busy with your new and better life and start today. Hi, I'm "Pam" in the Orange dress on this show. I'd just like for you to know that your not a nobody... I'm your average working American. I'm an office manager and don't make a lot of money. Just enough to get by and afford an very small apartment. I just lucked out on getting on the show... It started as one thing, and before I knew it, it turned into something else. I don't know anyone in particular, or have a friend that works on the show. On my own, over the past 4 years, I've lost 40 lbs. I stopped drinking and took accountability for myself. I started off very slow, only walking a half mile on the treadmill. Slowyly I cut out a lot of bad food and now I can run over 5 miles. I've run in three 10 k's and didn't do too badly. Certainly not the best, but the best I could! I want you to know that if someone like me, with a history of being depressed, overweight and wondering why I was on this earth can make exciting change, anyone can. You just have to surround yourself w/ people who aren't going to sabbotage you but will support you. |
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August 16, 2008, 7:09 pm PDT
Quote From: tyler1 Velvet you are not no one. Everyone is someone and so are you. First stop with the diets. It will just drive you mad. To be a smaller person you have to eat like one. People who keep their same low weight their whole lives don't diet. They just eat sensibly and so can you. Start by reading package labels for the calories (if you don't already), then stick with no more than 1500 calories a day. Every day. For years. You can't do it for 6mo's or a year then stop. It's forever, a complete lifestyle *change*. You can't go back to old ways. You have to make up your mind, I'm not living that life anymore, I'm beginning a new one. One that makes me happy, because the one I'm living now isn't working for me. Yes you'll cheat, everyone does, but the next meal do better. If you cheat again, move on, do better the *next* meal. Cheating doesn't mean it's over, it's just a bump in the road. However too many bumps and you're right back to living your old life. If you listen to your overweight friends or take their advice you'll never be smaller. In fact odds are they won't even want to be your friend when your smaller. They want you to stay there with them and complain and feel sorry for yourselves. Take the advice of a heathy person, what are they eating, what are they doing? Watch *them*. Lean people are not lean because they're *lucky*. They're doing something to stay there. And not every skinny girl is sticking her fingers down her throat or starving herself. I think this is an assumption overweight women may have or maybe they just tell themselves that to justify their own position (not saying you are). My mom is 70yrs old. I finally talked her into weight bearing exercises and she shed 30lbs, bringing her to a healthy weight of 130lbs. She did it on her own, I did not workout with her and she's single. She either does weight watchers meals or counts her own calories. She eats at restaurants too, but if she cheats she gets right back on track the following morning, so no real harm is done. Giving up is not an option. You live a new and different life. You don't do nutty diets. I'm 48yrs old and I'm still small, because I live a healthy life. You can do the same. You can't control getting wrinkles, aging or a man leaving you, but you can control your weight. People do it everyday, you can too. Don't be done on yourself, you matter. No more bad thoughts in your head on positive ones. Get busy with your new and better life and start today. Velvet, I have been where you are and I feel your pain. I was at a place where I either made a change in my life and lost this weight or I knew that my days on earth were numbered because I simply did not want to live like this any longer. I had been hurt in very bad fall and my life took a drastic change, I had to give up my career and because I wasn't able to walk for nearly a year I had gained 200lbs. I became everything that I never wanted to be. My world was very dark and I faught each day just to survive, I had a greater wish to die than to live. I found the right place for me to go, a combination of natural paths and medical Doctors. They held me up when I was ready to fall and gave me hope that I would succeed. Since April 3rd I have lost 100lbs and I am half way to where I need to be. I am happy and healthy and full of life that I had so lost. DO NOT GIVE UP! Find the place you need to be, money was a hard ship for me but I knew that I would die if I didn't find my place. Read Dr. Phil's book, talk talk talk talk to everyone that you can .... take hold of my hand and gather some strength, I know that you can do it, just do it healthy .... eat 3 meals a day, only eat what is good for you...YOU KNOW THE WAY, you only have to own that you eat all the wrong stuff, the wrong way. It all starts with just one small change, start today, don't drink that soda, or eat that bag of chips .... you can succeed, trust me! Be proud of every pound that you lose think of the wagon you are pulling with 10lb bags of potatoes in it, keep on adding to the wagon as you lose,...I have 10 in my wagon and you can too. I wish you strength, to do what you must, you are able to, you only need to believe.! |
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