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Hi Everyone....

I am new to this and not sure how it works but I am excited to talk to some people who are going through what I am going through. I am so tired of being fat. I have serious problems with feeling sorry for myself ? I don't eat more than my friends and I am actually more active then they are. It sucks. Right now I am living in Japan teaching English. I thought for sure I would lose weight living in Asia. I ride my bicycle everywhere as I have no car....I walk a lot but I am still fat and can't get my weight to budge. The thing is that my image of myself is much thinner than what I am in person so I tend to think losing weight isn't that important. I am 5'9" and about 209 pounds.....it when the pictures are taken and I develop them that I see I am so far from being thin.....anyone have any advice??
 
hi and welcome. maybe your eating the wrong food. tell us what a typical day is for you as far as meals. are you drinking plenty of water? its gonna be hard to give you any advice til we know more about your habits. :)
 
Thanks for taking the time to reply Wonderwoman. Also I used to be even heavier and I lost just shy of 30 pounds and have kept it off for 2 years.

I totally know it must be the food that I am eating.

I don't really have a typical day. But often I eat a whole wheat english muffin for breakfast with peanut butter and drink about a cup of milk. For lunch its hard to say....rice, whole wheat pasta (I finally found it), cheese and crackers, mini pizza, takeaway sushi...dinner is usually the same. I try to eat as much veggies as possible but fruit is crazy expensive. I do have a bit of a weakness and that is chocolate in any form and potato chips. I know that at times I eat to late at night or I don't eat for a long time and then eat a huge dinner.

I feel like I cannot control myself nor can I get motivated. After I finish work I am exhausted and I don' t want to go running or walking and there is no gym where I live (really!) I know its all excuses but I sometime wonder if the sacrifices of trying to lose weight are worth it. How did you get yourself started.....
 
Also can anyone tell me what a realistic goal weight is for me? I don't care if I am skinny I just don't want to hear my doctor say the dreaded words "your obese" ever again.....
 
i think a healthy weight for someone 5'9 is around 140 ... that should be your first goal, anyway.
Drinking a lot of water should help your food cravings and, if you can, avoid the junk food late at night ... it'll kill you twice as fast than if you ate it for lunch.
Try running / exercising in the morning. It's the best for losing weight, you do it before you are exhausted from the day, and it'll also give you extra energy ... you will find that after a workout in the morning that you will have more energy at the end of the day.
 
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