Journey to Bikini

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tygersfire

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I started off this journey weighing in at 259, the heaviest that I have ever been. Not a good sight to see looking back at me on the scale. When I saw that number, I knew something had to change. I've been working on this for about a month now.
Its been a tough month too. I knew in my heart that my boyfriend at the time was cheating on me. I think thats one thing that has motivated me. I want to look damn good the next time he sees me. I want him to kick himself in the ass for cheating on me and losing me. Yes, I'm partially doing it for the wrong reason. It started off fully for the wrong reason. About a week into my diet, I found proof that he was cheating. Broke my heart. I couldn't eat or sleep for days. I'm usually an emotional eater too so it was rough. I replaced emotional eating with working out which I swore I detested.
Now...Now i still want to make him kick himself in the ass but I'm also doing it for me. I'm 24 years old. I've lost 18 pounds since I started a month ago and I'm so proud of myself. My knees have stopped hurting and I have more energy than ever before. Its an amazing feeling. The first couple weeks the weight fell off. Now its a little slower. 2 to 3 pounds a week. My family and friends say they can tell a difference. The guy I'm talking to now says I'm perfect the way I am. Silly boy. Don't get me wrong I like me the way I am. It took me a while to love myself but I finally do. I just feel so much better nowadays health wise. I don't get wore out from walking around for a while.
The hardest part about it is I get my cravings. I want horribly fattening stuff. I'm just a country girl who loves the biscuits and gravy and fried chicken. Its been a eye opener. I'm counting calories and walking 3 times a week. I never knew how fattening fast food really was. Didn't really care. Its crazy! I mean the "healthier" stuff is worse than the unhealthy stuff most of the time. That threw me for a loop. But I still long for horribly unhealthy stuff and I'm not used to saying no. I'm not used to actually sticking with a diet.
I'm rambling. Its a bad habit of mine, especially at 5 am when I'm waiting patiently for 7 to roll around, when I get off work.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum :)

It's great that you're taking action to improve your life, no matter how you're going to go about it, and the results you're talking about are inspiring for such a short period of time. You've lost a lot of weight very quickly, but it sounds like through healthy methods. Unfortunately, most weight loss is about that slow (1-2lb a week is to be expected for most people), but you sound like you're developing healthy habits that will make this sustainable and allow you to live a longer, more productive life.

I'm a calorie counter too, and the best thing about it is that you can incorporate some of the food you love into your diet. I cook low calorie pizza on a regular-ish basis in response to a craving I got a few weeks ago. How does this sound, for example? Low calorie recipe websites are my friend.

Anyway, looks like I've been rambling too. For the tl;dr (too long, didn't read)- welcome, you're doing really well, there are ways around your cravings.
 
omg!!! god bless you! you have now become my new best friend for life! Imagine you have just gotten an amazingly big bear hug. Thank you :) I'm trying to do it in a healthy way, but I had just gotten used to loosing the 4 or 5 pounds a week that 2 to 3 seems horrible lol. But I keep telling myself that 2 pounds a week is really good.
 
By way of comparison, I've lost just over 11lb (I measure in kilograms) in 6 weeks, and that's considered reasonably respectable. The closer you get to your goal, unfortunately the harder it is to get the weight off.

If you're interested, I've started (inspired by another forum member, fortyfour, who started a vegetarian one) a cooking thread for meat eaters. Anything I post will be low-lowish calorie, and as I cook things (I have some leftovers to get through so it'll take some time) I'm going to be posting pictures and results. The thread's here: http://weight-loss.fitness.com/club/48894-omnivore-cooking-recipe-club.html I (inspired by another forum member, caffeinehigh) also post pictures of my food in my diary sometimes (I always post recipes where there are recipes). I think keeping your food interesting is a really important way of staying on your diet.
 
Welcome, I know everyone has their opinions on healthy weight loss. Unfortunately I am the kind of person who is all in or nothing, my story is posted here (On the door step, my weight loss journey) everyone told me when I was doing it I was unhealthy losing weight so fast and consuming such low calories, but the way I looked at it being 435 pounds and having other medical problems was not healthy either. I have since been a little wiser with my weight loss as I have gotten close to my goal. Hopefully you will stick with it and please continue to share your journey with us, good luck you WILL do it:)!!!
 
hey you :)
im so so so sorry to hear about your bf cheating. people dont really realize how much they're hurting someone. i'm so proud of you for losing the weight you've lost already!
as for cravings, i used to get MASSIVE cravings but mine went away within the third week of dieting. so hopefully your cravings calm down aswell :)
good luck with everything :)
 
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