Hi everyone,
I'm actually a returning member, but I forgot my old password and email address and didn't want to bother with it, so I just created a new account. I was on this site about 3 summers ago and successfully used the forums and diaries to lose a bit of weight and improve my fitness, so when I started thinking about where to go for advice again this time, I thought of this place.
Like I said, I lost some weight a few years ago, but it fluctuated after that, and it's only been in the last 6 months or so that I've finally really achieved the weight loss I wanted. I'm nearly back to the condition that I consider my happiest and healthiest weight, by only about 10 pounds or so.... But, it's getting harder and harder to keep on!
The weight loss is definitely getting slower in terms of a number on the scale, and plus I'm in pretty great shape now, and so there are also not those radical physical changes I'm seeing in my body. I only want to lose perhaps one more inch from my waist, and like I said, about 10 pounds or so, but without those big changes and motivators, it's becoming more difficult, I feel like. When I first started, I was in poorer health and felt heavy etc., so it was very exciting to see improvements in my fitness level and more muscle definition and such, which was a great motivation.
Also, I sometimes feel like I'm not willing to make many more efforts at all than the level I'm currently doing in terms of diet and exercise, and so that might contribute to a slowing down or even complete stop of further weight loss. What I mean by that is, I don't want to do any more exercise than I'm already doing (basically an hour, 6 days a week), and the only place I could improve my diet is by being more strict at dinner, but that has always been my one concession, as my husband and I both love cooking, and I don't want to deprive him or me of the relaxed enjoyment of at least that meal, as I'm already carefully watching my breakfast and lunch and snacks.
So, anyway, that's just an introduction of where I am. I hope I can meet others here who are in similar situations maybe, and also come here for that extra motivation I need when the going gets slow!
I'm actually a returning member, but I forgot my old password and email address and didn't want to bother with it, so I just created a new account. I was on this site about 3 summers ago and successfully used the forums and diaries to lose a bit of weight and improve my fitness, so when I started thinking about where to go for advice again this time, I thought of this place.
Like I said, I lost some weight a few years ago, but it fluctuated after that, and it's only been in the last 6 months or so that I've finally really achieved the weight loss I wanted. I'm nearly back to the condition that I consider my happiest and healthiest weight, by only about 10 pounds or so.... But, it's getting harder and harder to keep on!
The weight loss is definitely getting slower in terms of a number on the scale, and plus I'm in pretty great shape now, and so there are also not those radical physical changes I'm seeing in my body. I only want to lose perhaps one more inch from my waist, and like I said, about 10 pounds or so, but without those big changes and motivators, it's becoming more difficult, I feel like. When I first started, I was in poorer health and felt heavy etc., so it was very exciting to see improvements in my fitness level and more muscle definition and such, which was a great motivation.
Also, I sometimes feel like I'm not willing to make many more efforts at all than the level I'm currently doing in terms of diet and exercise, and so that might contribute to a slowing down or even complete stop of further weight loss. What I mean by that is, I don't want to do any more exercise than I'm already doing (basically an hour, 6 days a week), and the only place I could improve my diet is by being more strict at dinner, but that has always been my one concession, as my husband and I both love cooking, and I don't want to deprive him or me of the relaxed enjoyment of at least that meal, as I'm already carefully watching my breakfast and lunch and snacks.
So, anyway, that's just an introduction of where I am. I hope I can meet others here who are in similar situations maybe, and also come here for that extra motivation I need when the going gets slow!
