Are you really happy when target is reached?

Looser

Looser

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I've been thinking. Do you really get happier when you loose weight or is it just an illusion? How do you feel? Are you satisfied with your life when you reached your target? :confused:
 
No need to rethink......

It is scientifically proven that exercise and health eating reduces depression, anxiety, stress, and extends life expectancy. So in the short of it absolutely.
 
I would hope a person's happiness isn't based on their weight... Weight is just a number, a person should be able to find happiness within themselves no matter what their weight is... Right now...
 
I'm with Mal. I am happy along the journey. Thinking that happiness lies at goal attainment sets you up for a lot of disappointment IMO.
 
I definitely feel less stressed, less depressed and able to cope with life's little ups and downs than when I was overweight. I certainly enjoy my improved fitness, and in putting it to the test through activities that I previously found difficult. Especially with the summer coming - activities such as cycling, running, hiking are all the more pleasurable. What challenge should I take up next?

Am I happier with 'myself' - not always, I can easily be down on myself. Being thinner doesn't make me wealthier, more handsome, hairier, or more popular. Its always easy to find something to be unhappy about your self.

Do I think that the efforts that I made to lose body fat were not worth it? Never. Life may not be perfect, but it is better for the weight loss. I never want to return to my old lifestyle and level of unfitness.
 
My signature says it all...

The FUTURE is no place to put your better days.

They start right now :)
 
I like change, a lot, so seeing myself changing is making me really excited! I hate being slow, unfit, chubby and just feeling blah all the time. Being lighter and slimmer will make me burst with confidence, I won't have anything to be self concious about cause I like everything else. If I was 130ish lbs I'd be very happy.

I'm also happy right now. I feel happier and less moody, less lazy, etc. I feel motivated for once!
 
I definitely feel much more confident and happy with myself now, but I've always had a positive outlook and been comfortable in my own skin. I did have a guy hit on me yesterday and that was incredibly flattering, hasn't happened for awhile :D
 
I'm glad to hear that all of you feel better when you are loosing weight. I have to say the first months off heavy weight dropping was the best days of my life. You felt healthy and more outgoing. But aren't you scared when you have reached your goals and can stop dieting? Scared off getting bigger again?
 
NO because I am not dieting...
I've made a lifestyle change that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

Diets are temporary - tehy don't work long term- the only thing that works is to make a total change to your habits.
 
Looser said:
But aren't you scared when you have reached your goals and can stop dieting? Scared off getting bigger again?
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Good for you for posing the question. The whole "when you stop dieting" is a scary dangerous state of mind and I hope you can get the information you need, both from this site and other resouces to start changing it now....I say this as a "veteran" of three weight loss wars, each one involving a larger amount to lose...the last (and by golly final) leaving me 14lbs shy of the 200lb mark on a barely 5'3 body.

State of mind during losses 1 & 2 "I can't get this weight off fast enough...I'll do anything I have to...dieting sucks, I can't wait until it's over and I stop exercising and have pizza/ice cream/cookies again...this is so hard I'l never let myself gain weight again". Not surprisingly, to anyone but myself each time:) 2 times out of 3 I regained the weight initially lost plus a little "extra".

Because like Malificent says "dieting does not work"...not really, not where it counts over the long haul. No matter how much weight you lose, how "small" you get, unless the process itself has taught you to change some really core behaviors other than calorie counting, rebound weight gain is pretty much going to happen.

Here's something for you to think about. At present I am maintaining my weight - and it takes just as much discipline to exercise and watch my overall food intake as it did to lose the weight in the first place.
 
Looser said:
I'm glad to hear that all of you feel better when you are loosing weight. I have to say the first months off heavy weight dropping was the best days of my life. You felt healthy and more outgoing. But aren't you scared when you have reached your goals and can stop dieting? Scared off getting bigger again?
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Heh... I reached my weight loss goals and set new fitness goals. I didn't stop eating healthy, I didn't stop exercising. I didn't finish a 'diet'. I did increase my calorific consumption, but I never intend to return my bad old ways of junk food and sitting around.

My target is to become a five percenter!
 
For me, I made 2 drastic decisions to start the New Year.. I quit smoking and I wanted to lose weight. As of today, I have not had a smoke and I have lost about 33 pounds! So, do I feel good??.. damn right! I don't think I've felt this healthy and fit since my High School days... many many moons ago! It really helps having your better half on the same diet plan!

As of right now.. my life is a better place! :D
 
1/2 way to my goal and feeling better than ever in my life!

Hell Yes I will feel good when I hit my goal! How could I not, I feel like a million bucks now! I have energy, I look better, I feel better, I feel stronger and have proven myself to be the man I always thought I could be.

If I feel this good now, how could I not feel ecstatic and a half at my goal?

sirant
 
sirant said:
Hell Yes I will feel good when I hit my goal! How could I not, I feel like a million bucks now! I have energy, I look better, I feel better, I feel stronger and have proven myself to be the man I always thought I could be.

If I feel this good now, how could I not feel ecstatic and a half at my goal?

sirant
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Hey, sirant -- how's this for a coincidence? Today, I reached my half way mark, too. And your words describe how I feel exactly.
 
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