kstadelh
Kyle, new member.
Greetings. I am 30, and I recently reached my record high weight around 280 lbs. I have been stuck around this weight for the past 6 months or so. I have been biking 10 miles per day as my way to get to work and back. I thought the biking alone would make me lose weight, but it didn't. So I started skipping breakfast and not eating sweets (cake, ice cream, candy, etc.). I had done this a few years earlier for about year, and it had worked for me. But after I got married I gave up the diet and my weight climbed back up. This time when I tried the diet again, I started losing weight initially, but when I went through a stressful time at work, I rebelled against my diet and went back up to about 280 lbs.. I tried counting calories on my phone, but I didn't see much progress with my weight loss. So I recently I tried getting back on the same diet again, but I had no willpower left and I kept rebelling against it.
A couple days ago I just broke down and started crying. I had so much desire to lose weight. I had been overweight almost all of my life, and I wanted to change my life for the better and long-term. The problem was that I didn't have any knowhow or guidance about how to eat healthy, which made it seem impossible to make any progress. In the middle of my cry, I started searching online for some books about weight loss. Amazon had Dr. Phil's 20/20 Diet book, and I read the sample. Reading the sample made me cry even more because it described exactly what I have been going through. It said that I can only do this when I am truly ready to make the change, and I knew then that I was ready. I immediately bought the audiobook for $15. One of the points the book makes is that it can be very beneficial to join a weight loss forum, like this one, which is why I joined this website. As I write I see that just keeping a journal clears things up a lot.
Two days before I started the diet, I weighed 277. The morning of the second day of the diet (today), I weighed 272! 5 lbs. in 2 day! I was shocked because I had been struggling to lose weight for a while, and 272 was about the lowest I had been able to get. In retrospect, I think the sudden drop in weight is due to the cleansing function, which is part of the first 5 days of the diet. But who cares? 5 lbs. is 5 lbs.! I did it!
The thing I like about this diet is that it is designed to keep people from rebelling and giving up. The book says that the only way to lose weight and keep it off is to make lifestyle changes, and that is why the diet tries to incorporate skills that can be maintained for the rest of one's life. I believe in myself, and I believe in this diet program. But I know there will be times when I need moral support. So I hope that I can make some friends on this forum and we can help each other on our quests for healthier lives.
Sorry for the long intro!
Kyle
A couple days ago I just broke down and started crying. I had so much desire to lose weight. I had been overweight almost all of my life, and I wanted to change my life for the better and long-term. The problem was that I didn't have any knowhow or guidance about how to eat healthy, which made it seem impossible to make any progress. In the middle of my cry, I started searching online for some books about weight loss. Amazon had Dr. Phil's 20/20 Diet book, and I read the sample. Reading the sample made me cry even more because it described exactly what I have been going through. It said that I can only do this when I am truly ready to make the change, and I knew then that I was ready. I immediately bought the audiobook for $15. One of the points the book makes is that it can be very beneficial to join a weight loss forum, like this one, which is why I joined this website. As I write I see that just keeping a journal clears things up a lot.
Two days before I started the diet, I weighed 277. The morning of the second day of the diet (today), I weighed 272! 5 lbs. in 2 day! I was shocked because I had been struggling to lose weight for a while, and 272 was about the lowest I had been able to get. In retrospect, I think the sudden drop in weight is due to the cleansing function, which is part of the first 5 days of the diet. But who cares? 5 lbs. is 5 lbs.! I did it!
The thing I like about this diet is that it is designed to keep people from rebelling and giving up. The book says that the only way to lose weight and keep it off is to make lifestyle changes, and that is why the diet tries to incorporate skills that can be maintained for the rest of one's life. I believe in myself, and I believe in this diet program. But I know there will be times when I need moral support. So I hope that I can make some friends on this forum and we can help each other on our quests for healthier lives.
Sorry for the long intro!
Kyle
Awesome job on the weight loss so far. Good luck with phase 2 of your diet!
