I am 5'5, 264.4 pounds
My goal weight is 180 pounds. I would like to be at my goal weight in approximately 12 months. In 4 months, I would like to be at 232. I think my goals are realist because my average weight loss is 2 pounds per week.
I want to loss weight because I am obese. I am currently dealing with high blood pressure (medication and weight) and I'm pre-diabetic. I also deal with chronic pain which intensifies with weight and sugar. My biggest obstacle is emotional eating. I binge eat comfort foods at night when I come home from work. It's a bad habit and it's usually mindless eating. It's almost like a reward from dealing with the stress, anxiety and pain of the day. However, I know it's not a positive reward because I sabotage all the work I put in during the day with eat healthy. I know if I stop the emotional comfort food binge eating, I would loss weight and keep it off because I can stay at 1200 calories per day. So, I have to change this bad habit. I have tried not purchasing the comfort foods I enjoy, because I know, I will not go to the store to get the foods once I get home from work; but my husband purchases them for me. Sometimes, I wonder if he's trying to sabotage me also. I tell him not to buy what I like, but he does it any way.
Anyway in the past, I went to overeaters anonymous, but realized it wasn't for me. Although, I understand overeaters anonymous looks at overeating as a disease, I don't like dwelling on the negative. And I don't want to live my life constantly thinking I am one bite away from falling out of recovery. After my story and struggle, I want to move foward. However, I know it a good program for some people, so I'm not knocking it, if it works for anyone else. I also did weight watchers, which was helpful with different food options, but I could never understand the food count and I never made friend there. Additionally, I went through counseling, which was informative, but what I could afford and what the counselor wanted me to pay at the time was different. So, I started working with a nutritionist to loss weight and that was actually going very well until I went home for Christmas. Then I fell off the weapon. I was going to get back on track after Christmas, but found out my insurance did not pay for any of the sessions with the nutritionist. So, that was very stressful. I know I need some accountability to stay focused on my weight loss goal, but I don't have a support system right now.
Nevertheless, I plan to accomplish the goal by eating healthy, exercising and finding something to substitute for the comfort eating. I am hoping to join the gym again to swim and do water exercises, since I periodically have problems with walking my 8000 steps due to chronic pain flare ups. However, I will continue to do yoga and stretch, which is a must to help with stiffness. I am also hoping I can use this forum as my accountability piece.
I started focusing on my weight loss goals a few weeks ago, but now, I planning to restart on Monday with the food intake and Friday with the gym.
My goal weight is 180 pounds. I would like to be at my goal weight in approximately 12 months. In 4 months, I would like to be at 232. I think my goals are realist because my average weight loss is 2 pounds per week.
I want to loss weight because I am obese. I am currently dealing with high blood pressure (medication and weight) and I'm pre-diabetic. I also deal with chronic pain which intensifies with weight and sugar. My biggest obstacle is emotional eating. I binge eat comfort foods at night when I come home from work. It's a bad habit and it's usually mindless eating. It's almost like a reward from dealing with the stress, anxiety and pain of the day. However, I know it's not a positive reward because I sabotage all the work I put in during the day with eat healthy. I know if I stop the emotional comfort food binge eating, I would loss weight and keep it off because I can stay at 1200 calories per day. So, I have to change this bad habit. I have tried not purchasing the comfort foods I enjoy, because I know, I will not go to the store to get the foods once I get home from work; but my husband purchases them for me. Sometimes, I wonder if he's trying to sabotage me also. I tell him not to buy what I like, but he does it any way.
Anyway in the past, I went to overeaters anonymous, but realized it wasn't for me. Although, I understand overeaters anonymous looks at overeating as a disease, I don't like dwelling on the negative. And I don't want to live my life constantly thinking I am one bite away from falling out of recovery. After my story and struggle, I want to move foward. However, I know it a good program for some people, so I'm not knocking it, if it works for anyone else. I also did weight watchers, which was helpful with different food options, but I could never understand the food count and I never made friend there. Additionally, I went through counseling, which was informative, but what I could afford and what the counselor wanted me to pay at the time was different. So, I started working with a nutritionist to loss weight and that was actually going very well until I went home for Christmas. Then I fell off the weapon. I was going to get back on track after Christmas, but found out my insurance did not pay for any of the sessions with the nutritionist. So, that was very stressful. I know I need some accountability to stay focused on my weight loss goal, but I don't have a support system right now.
Nevertheless, I plan to accomplish the goal by eating healthy, exercising and finding something to substitute for the comfort eating. I am hoping to join the gym again to swim and do water exercises, since I periodically have problems with walking my 8000 steps due to chronic pain flare ups. However, I will continue to do yoga and stretch, which is a must to help with stiffness. I am also hoping I can use this forum as my accountability piece.
I started focusing on my weight loss goals a few weeks ago, but now, I planning to restart on Monday with the food intake and Friday with the gym.
A late but heartfelt welcome to the forum!