Feel like a newcomer...

[Natsky]

Hello everyone,
My name is Natalie. I had lost fifty pounds and now am Back to 283 pounds. There and about. Havent weighed for a couple days. I find it easier to not weigh everyday. When I do it everyday I get depressed even though I may only be a few oz higher. It could even be water weight and I beat myself up. ugh.


I am back, after a long time away, almost a year. I just wasnt feeling good about myself. And I still really dont. Being this big, I feel like its my death sentence. I figure I will probably die before everyone in my family, unless of course I am able to take some semblance of control and get my life, meaning all aspects of life, including my heath in order.

I started getting bigger when I started taking meds for my arthritis. I had Juvenile R. Arthritis. It was no fun. I became somewhat crippled, peeps even had to help me drink, because my jaw would get stuck. It was a bad time. But they put me on a steroid, and after a few months I was 16 with 175 pounds on, and of course my step father would say, if you just lose a little more weight, the boys will be chasing you.


I have a wonderful man who walks with me. I dont walk far, I wish I had the courage to walk for an hour. I get scarred of what other peeps will say about me on the street. I guess I am letting this fear rule my life. I shouldnt pay attention to the cruelty of words. I shouldnt let words kill my ability to live a normal life. I know.

Anyway I have made a new walking friend, and we are walking in a park tomorrow. And I hope its more a beginning to the kick off to getting smaller. Because like so many have said on here, I want to look good naked, but especially I want to live a long life, full of sorrow and joy, but not sorrow because of my body weight, or my under arm fat, ect. I have gained a lot of weight. But I am now losing it, but now I need to step it up. and I hope to gain friendships here and meet peeps who have a little trouble the way I do, and share our stories and give each other support.

thanks
Natalie

 

[Omega]

I would encourage you to walk as far as you can. Dont believe a word about having to walk briskly for it to be of any benefit. That is for thin people like I am now. When I first started I couldnt do anything briskly - and got put off walking because I kept hearing that. People still tell that to me today.

Walking opened the door of exercise to me. Obviously you have limitations associated to your arthritis - but some of your limitations will be down to your weight - and as you lose some of that you will lose some of your limitations.

The fact that you have lost 50 pounds in the past means that you know that you can lose weight. You need the motivation and staying power to both see the job through and continue the lifestyle into the future to maintain.

Exercise may be uncomfortable - but we must consider it to be the way that we act into the future. The National weight control registry are running the biggest worldwide study into maintenance monitoring some 5000 successful maintainers after over 30 pounds lost. Their data shows that 90% of the successful maintainers exercise (often walking) for at least one hour every day.

Ignore people. They should not be allowed to impact on your ability to become as healthy as you can be.

Visit a few diaries of successful weight losers to see what they do and how they keep going...

Good luck with your project.

 

[Natsky]

I would encourage you to walk as far as you can. Dont believe a word about having to walk briskly for it to be of any benefit. That is for thin people like I am now. When I first started I couldnt do anything briskly - and got put off walking because I kept hearing that. People still tell that to me today.

Walking opened the door of exercise to me. Obviously you have limitations associated to your arthritis - but some of your limitations will be down to your weight - and as you lose some of that you will lose some of your limitations.

The fact that you have lost 50 pounds in the past means that you know that you can lose weight. You need the motivation and staying power to both see the job through and continue the lifestyle into the future to maintain.

Exercise may be uncomfortable - but we must consider it to be the way that we act into the future. The National weight control registry are running the biggest worldwide study into maintenance monitoring some 5000 successful maintainers after over 30 pounds lost. Their data shows that 90% of the successful maintainers exercise (often walking) for at least one hour every day.

Ignore people. They should not be allowed to impact on your ability to become as healthy as you can be.

Visit a few diaries of successful weight losers to see what they do and how they keep going...

Good luck with your project.

Thanks Omega,
You are so right. I am going walking to the commons tomorrow. Its supposed to be sunny, no clouds till 2pm... it will be cold, but I plan to wear my scarf, hat and mittens. It will be 41 degrees at 11am.. cold.................................but I shall do it. I love winter, no one comes out, but I walk a lot during winter. Especially after a snow storm, because its just so beautiful..
thanks again
Natalie