Doug here - anybody still around from a year or two ago?
all very good tips, Lee
"Stephanie" wrote in message
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doug lerner wrote:
This is Doug in Japan. I haven't posted in a while.
People who are long-time members will remember that three years ago I
started at 125 kg and then got down to a low of 78.8 kg over a year
and half or so.
Unfortunately , since last year I've been regaining and regaining and,
sigh, I'm back to where I started and have been at my original weight
for several months now.
It's very depressing. I really thought I had the problem beat this
time, but I ended up regaining like I did twice before.
I don't really have the mental energy to stick with it again. I can't
understand it. I could go 700 days without even ONE time going off my
diet and now I can't even stick with it a full week.
Very depressing...
doug
Depressing indeed. I started gaining again as well, thoguh I have beeen
trying to find the mental energy to get back on the band wagon and
re-learn those healthy habits.
One thing that worked for me, in terms of the mental energy thing, is
treat it like quitting smoking (if you ever smoked). Don't beat yourself
up for what you didn't do. Give yourself credit for what you DID. You lost
a lot of weight! Good job! Each thing is a step on the road. I quit
smoking literally hunderds of times before I was able to fundamentally
change in order to stay quit. same with your weight loss.
What do you know now that you didn't know then. You know without a doubt
that you can do it! You are a strong persosn who has licked this before
and can do again.
So write down your reasons for wanting to lose weight. Your kids? Your
wife. Your grandkids. And don't forget to include vanity reasons. They are
good reasons too. bathing suit weather is coming up here! So I will use
that too,
Then take some time to plan and set a start date. What method would you
prefer? Calorie counting? An actually weight loss program? Whatever. What
I do is plan a few weeks in advance and do what freezer cooking I can.
Best of luck!
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