First time seeking support

Esmay

Esmay

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I have been struggling with my weight for over 18 years. I have had success which I’m sure all of you experience this once or more. We meet our goals and a year later we are right back where we started. The past couple of months I have noticed I get tired a lot faster and my heart starts pounding just going up a flight of stairs. So I decided to weigh myself this past Sunday and I am at the heaviest I have ever weighed. I have started cutting down on food intake and 20 minutes on my elliptical (level 1 of course). This time feels different though.. it’s my health I’m concerned about. I thought I would reach out to a support group beacause no one else knows what we go through every day to avoid eating the wrong thing, or to find the time even if it is 20 minutes to exercise. Everyone else in my family is thin and it’s not because they are health conscious. I have considered surgery but I find it’s the easy way out so now here I am starting on yet another weight loss(battle) journey. Trying to cut down on bad food and excercise and find some support(that is new). I apologize for the lengthy introduction, I think I’ve been holding that in for a while.
 
here are two guys who really turned around my views about what i eat and when i eat.

Dr. Robert Lustig - Sugar -- the elephant in the kitchen
Dr. Jason Fung - Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem

until i learned more about how nutrition works, i was continually trying to diet, hitting a wall i could not pass, giving up for a while and repeating the entire process over again. after i got smart, i dropped 50 lbs in 5 months and i've been at a healthy BMI for over 4 months now. good luck.
 
Hi Esmay,
Welcome to the forum!
I was here in 06-08 or so, lost weight, kept it off for years, and what do you know, I'm back because I gained it back.
It happens, all we can do is start with where we are and you're starting, that's what counts!
 
Hi, Esmay & welcome to the forum. You will find you have more in common with most people here. There's no point dwelling on our mistakes. Most of us learn from them. Good for you wanting to take care of your health :)
 
Hi Esmay,

Welcome and congratulations on the hardest step. You’ve put in writing what you are going to try to do. You’ve put yourself out there and now all you need to do is keep the motivation.

Try to keep your lifestyle changes small and you will give yourself the best chance; change anything too drastically and it’s only a matter of time before it fails.

Again welcome and GOOD LUCK!
 
Welcome, we have been waiting for you. I will tell you this, I personally believe that the best way to burn calories is by having more muscle on your body..and the best way to build muscle is high reps of body weight exercises. Let's get this from both ends...nutrition and physical activity. I agree 100% with "overlandflyer" that sugar, outside of fruit, is super bad for us. Not only does it cause us to gain weight but it causing crazy inflammation. Let's start by taking out a few things that we all agree are not good for us, Hostess stuff..candy bars...pop, and start adding in some things we all agree are good for us...fruits and vegetables. In addition, there is a lot of focus on what we eat but not as much on when we eat, I invite you to research intermittent fasting, I am a huge fan of "leangains intermittent" fasting.

As far as physical activity, let's simplify it and start a program of push ups, air squats, triceps dips and other basic body weight movements. Build muscle=burn more calories=lean out.

Above all, let's keep a positive attitude. There are two realities out there, the world as it truly exists and our perception of that world. Stay positive and our perception of the world around us will be positive and to our liking.

Always here for you....super proud that you reached out and let's do this!!!
 
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