Topic : 06/06 Big Weight Issues

Two and half years ago I weight in at 454 lbs. I since have lost 220 lbs. Yeah, I know how wonderful. But I have never been so depressed. I absolutely hate my life. I have no intentions of gaining the weight back don't get me wrong, but I have spent tons of money in therapy just to figure out how not to commit suicide. And I know I am not the only one I am currently in a support group and there are others who after weight loss are fighting the urge to commit suicide as well.

I have also had plastic surgery to remove some of the excess skin that doesn't help. It makes you look better on the outside, but its on the inside that counts.

I really wish that Dr. Phil or anyone would look into his the negative effects of weight loss. But I figure no one would be interested in knowing that there is a down size to lossing weight.

I am an obese.....

I am 46 years old batting with obesity since the age of 10. first diet at the age of 12 i was put on ww eating fish 5 nites a weak ... i was then 172 pounds and the goal was to be at 112.....my mom could not let me gain weight so she deprive me of food.... except that she did not change any family habits and the food in the house was very poor quality.....

So i have been going from diet to diet for 34 years now loosing thousans of pounds  but more importantly loosing my heart  and my mind..... so sick of this life of mine.....of course i have attain a goal weight  a lost of 115 pounds only to gain it back and more.....

In january of 2006 i decide to get help an i have had lapband surgery..... since then i have lost 80 pounds.... once again i taught i had found the magic stick how wrong i was....yes it is a tool for controlling the amount but not the quality of food .... so how good is it ..... everytime i reach my lowest point in my weigh in years i sabotage myself by gainning 10 pounds back.....i hate myself for doing it ....... when i am in control of my food  and thinner i feel like a million bucks..... and then i ruined it all......WHY.........i am so tired of life and myself......will the rest of my life be spent thinking of my image  and food..... if yes i don't see the point of me going on anymore..... my only  hope is to find psychologic help because i don't know  how to stop these taughts of suicide.....

Why is everybody and by that i mean goverment, industries  and society  is looking for a miracle pill to loose weight and not for the psychological aspect because from what i can read and ear it is all in the head.....

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Two and half years ago I weight in at 454 lbs. I since have lost 220 lbs. Yeah, I know how wonderful. But I have never been so depressed. I absolutely hate my life. I have no intentions of gaining the weight back don't get me wrong, but I have spent tons of money in therapy just to figure out how not to commit suicide. And I know I am not the only one I am currently in a support group and there are others who after weight loss are fighting the urge to commit suicide as well.

I have also had plastic surgery to remove some of the excess skin that doesn't help. It makes you look better on the outside, but its on the inside that counts.

I really wish that Dr. Phil or anyone would look into his the negative effects of weight loss. But I figure no one would be interested in knowing that there is a down size to lossing weight.

I, like so many other people these days, am obese, weighing around 228 on my 4'10" frame. I just finished watching Dr. Phil's show on weight problems and was so impressed with these three women and all the support they got from their families and from the experts Dr. Phil sent to help them out. I think the word diet should only be used for a short-term fix, like if you are three pounds over your ideal weight, then you would diet to get the three pounds off. Otherwise, it is a makeover of your eating habits that is needed. I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and very high triglyceride levels, and have switched from foods apt to raise those levels, to foods that will lower them. Prevention magazine has a list of foods that will lower blood pressure, and a list that are low in cholesterol. You need to check labels for type as well as amount of fat in the foods, and don't go overboard. I tell my family I am not on a salt-free diet, I just need to reduce the amount. When I saw DeeDee's change from 750 pounds to her current weight, I worry over the looks she still gets as she is still very obese. No one looking at her will know she has been successful at losing 250 pounds. They will only judge her current appearance. I wish people would stop judging others and leave it up to the individual's family, doctor, or themselves to handle the problem and keep their objective noses out of it. My favorite snack had been potato chips dipped in a mixture of sour cream and chunky blue cheese dressing, washed down with Barq's root beer. Now it's unadulterated popcorn (no melted butter on it) washed down with a glass of iced water. Dr. Phil's suggestion to Angelique that she stop eating those 13 cheeseburgers a week works for anyone. Pick a food you shouldn't eat, and stop eating it. You can still have other things to enjoy so you won't miss the one food you stopped eating. Little steps over time will bring about a gradual change. And by the way, why are no men included? Men are in the Arby's commercials while women are in the Weight Watchers, Slim Fast and Jenny Craig commercials. Are there no obese men??? Good luck to all who are attempting to change their habits to lose weight and keep it off, and nuts to those outsiders judging anyone they feel is too heavy.