It's not about how much you lose....
Hi there and welcome to the group!
You have done very well on your own, but now you will be able to get even more support and understanding from people who REALLY know what you are going through. This place is making the difference for me, and I look forward to people asking me in the future "How did you finally do it?" I will tell them with a wink and a smile, hard work, persistence and
http://weight-loss.fitness.com. They will probably be a little confused about the last part, but they can read it and find out for themselves.
As for you my dear, you do have a long way to go to get to your goal, but I try to look at it a little differently. Instead of thinking about how much I have to lose, I instead think of how much I have to gain. Numbers on a scale are just a scientific measurement of how hard gravity pulls against us. Numbers tie us down and make us frustrated. Instead maybe look at the other side of the coin. You can swim 50 laps? Wow! I will bet you there are many here and even more "skinny" ones in the real world that can't do that, but wish they could. If you are anything like me, you are now opening yourself up to a community and bringing yourself forward to be seen and heard, instead of hiding in the corner and crying. I know too many people in the world who could never do that. For a long time in my life, that person was me. You are taking the first steps towards saving your own life, something millions of people around the world aren't able to do and their lives are ending early because of it.
Don't sweat the numbers for now. Make friends here, do lots of reading of diaries and helpful forums and do it with a smile. Then it doesn't matter what that awful scale or those numbers say. You are already a winner.
I would wish you luck, but I don't think luck has anything to do with this struggle. It is all about strength. Be strong, keep swimming, learn how to eat to live and most of all learn how to forget about those numbers on the scale forever.
I am not done, but I am doing it. And if I can do it, so can anyone, including you.
sirant