Shedding the Shackles

DragonsDestiny

DragonsDestiny

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I have found that weight is a lot more then simply a number . It has for me been a emotional cage that has kept me from being the outgoing person that I used to be when I was thinner . I have started on this journey for nearly six months now and I dont expect any great fanfare of easy diet .

I weigh 273 lbs and started at 300 on this journey of mine . I knew that I needed to change my life and not just a quick diet . I would love to wake up tomorrow and find the weight had just disappeared or take a pill and have it melt away .

I have set small goals for myself , the first one is within reach . I want to lose a total of 50 lbs by december . Then I will set another goal but knowing I have almost 90 more lbs to lose is simply overwhelming and daunting and I cannot deal with that . I think I would quit for it seems too big . I can manage though 25 and 50 lb increments .

I walk 3 miles a day , 5 days a week . I have a goal to by next year to walk the mile and a half hill that is mostly straight up . I walk a trail and I look up at the one that is for "experienced" hikers every day . One day by next August I will walk up that hill .

I deny myself nothing . If I really want a piece of cake I have one , but I have only one instead of eating mindlessly half the cake . I have found my need to do that has diminished however though there has been two pies in my fridge for four days I have had one piece . It used to be I would have the pie finished but I truely have no desire for it .

I use portion control and I will start to write here though I already keep a notebook tracking what I eat and how much I exercise . Perhaps it will help to be a bit accountable .

So I start this journey not as a temporary thing but as a life change and knowing that it is a journey and not a race . A journey that will not only shed the weight of my body but the weight of my soul and perhaps that is the biggest benefit .
 
well, you are well on your way. A "diet" can really only be successful if you realize that it isn't a diet, but more correctly "your diet" ... it is a way of life.

When you reach your December goal (i know you will), then you should challenge yourself by going up that hill ... don't wait till August. If you only make it half-way, then so be it ... and, your body will hate you for it the first time ... but, if you continually challenge yourself with things that you may think are unattainable at this point, you may surprise yourself what you can actually accomplish.

Any guy that is in weight training can relate .. for example, you are bench pressing 150 lbs and consistantly just barely getting the last couple reps out ... and there's no way you could ever get to 155 without killing yourself ... however, try 160, and it's really not as hard as you thought ... you still strain yourself, but your not dead yet. Within a couple weeks, that 150 lbs is a walk in the park and it never would have been possible if you waited till that 150 lbs became easy.
 
Thanks for your encouragement . There is only one problem about walking up that hill in December ...there will be five feet of snow on it . Now I am all for pushing myself but walking up hill when it is five below zero and I am trying to plow up five feet of snow ...is very daunting . Perhaps though I can make it earlier then August . The last snow we had this year was in June but most of it is gone by May .

I live in SE Idaho and I the elevation I live at is over a mile high already . That has been a struggle because the air is thinner and I have had to acclimate . When I went back to vist home (elevation 80 ft ) I had tons of energy and could run up the stairs ....back here its taken me a couple of months to exercise faithfully and get my body used to having to deal with the thinner air .
 
I am so proud of what you have already accomplished. That hill sounds rough, but you can do it. Try it sooner than August. You may be surprised at how well you can do!
 
HEY! You have great goals set. You really know what you want and therefor you will get it!
Just keep your head on straight, focus hard, and keep on moving!
you're doing just fine ;)
 
I have a new situation and am having trouble incoprerating it into my exercise and lifestyle . I just started a new job that is physical . I routinely walk up three flights of stairs about 6 times a day . I am so tired when I get home that I just dont want to exercise .

I feel somewhat guilty . I still am watching what I eat but I am too pooped at the end of the day . I work at a historic hotel and so I clean rooms and its physically demanding . Any suggestions ?

I have been working four days and lost two pounds without my exercise I think its all those stairs ...
 
I relate to you

Hi,

I understand what you mean about being caught by weight shackles.

I admire your determination.

As for work, it is so difficult for me too. I work 3-11 several days weekly.; When I come home at 11:30, I am tired. My routine is to watch Oprah. At night I tell myself if I have time for Oprah, then I have time to walk on the treadmill while I watch Oprah.

Hang in there. This board has been a blessing. Take care.

Marilyn
 
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