5'3 and 300lbs female

[berryberry]

I have had a problem with my weight all my life. I have dieted in the past and gave up because of temptation. I have what they call a belly apron that hangs to my thighs which makes me feel uncomfortable. I feel like my weight is starting to affect my mobility and comfort level. I feel as though I need a wake up call. I'm 25 and already dealing with mobility issues.
I would appreciate some honesty.

 

[HealthyLiving11]

I have had a problem with my weight all my life. I have dieted in the past and gave up because of temptation. I have what they call a belly apron that hangs to my thighs which makes me feel uncomfortable. I feel like my weight is starting to affect my mobility and comfort level. I feel as though I need a wake up call. I'm 25 and already dealing with mobility issues.
I would appreciate some honesty.

This post really touched me, because I have family members experiencing similar issues that I have helped. I am a personal weight loss coach, and would love to help you.
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[Omega]

I am 5ft3 and know exactly where you are coming from as I was in your shoes until I was aged about 47...

You can fix this... I say this because it is too easy to think that it is just too tough a job to really manage to do...

My best suggestion is to do what I did - because it is what worked for me...

Become more active... It sounds crazy because you will look at yourself and think that you are stuck as being one of the most inactive people on the planet... You can do it...

I decided to go out walking every day...

I didnt go very far... I used to live on a crescent road off a straight road (like a D shape) - so if I went round the circuit it was about 0.6 miles long... I started by walking that... It took me ages - and I had a few rests on garden walls as I went... I did it though and felt very proud of myself for doing it...

I determined to walk as far again if not further...
Every few days I tried to increase the distance - and I didnt care how long it took me... I challenged myself to get to a landmark - maybe the corner shop or the post office... I felt so pleased when my walk got me as far as my doctors surgery...
I kept on pushing myself - getting so that my daily walk took me down to the river with the pretty boats...
In an amazingly short period of time my stamina had improved beyond anyone's expectation...

Within a couple of months - I was walking maybe 5 miles a day or more... The distances even grew from there...

I was feeling so good about how the exercise was going that I also started being better with my food...

My husband was and is a big lad... We used to eat numerous bars of chocolate and sweets together... We had a drawer full of chocolate... Several times a night we would go to the drawer and get us both a bar of chocolate...

At first - I didnt tell him what I was doing... I sat with my bars of chocolate next to me - and at the end of the night I put them into another drawer... Pretty soon I had a secret drawer full of my chocolate that I hadnt eaten...

I was really encouraged because (between the walking and the lack of sweets) I was actually losing quite a lot of weight... It was actually more successful than a load of horrible failing diet attempts had previously been...

It really encouraged me to try harder... I tried to generally eat more healthily... I pretty much stopped having take-aways and did more cooking...

I started weighing myself every day and logged it in a spreadsheet with how much walking I had done and what I had eaten... I noted what I had eaten when my weight went down - and what I had eaten when my weight went up... It encouraged me to eat more of the meals that helped me to lose weight.

Some things surprised me - by making me gain weight - even if I knew that the calories were not too bad... Things like a slice of bread and a pre-wrapped cheese slice...

I started wearing a pedometer for every step of the day - and it helped me to become a lot more active outside my daily walk... I could notch up the most amazing step-counts - the equivalent of quite a vast mileage...

I joined the forum and learned a lot of things about nutrition which helped me improve things...

Christmas is a challenging time for us all - but a lot of people will be unhappy with their current weight and resolving to work on it in the coming weeks and months...
I know that my husband and I know that we would like to lose some weight from where we are today...

I encourage you to give it another go. Like me - you can become what many would judge to be an unlikely athlete... You can do this... It is not too hard.