yoyojunkie
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I am only 23 but I've always been a yoyo dieter. My problem is motivation. I lost 75lbs in high school and with the stress of college and my personal life (being engaged at 21 and breaking it off at 22 and jumping into a new relationship only 3 months after ending a 5 yr relationship) the weight has been creeping back up. It seems like I go on a new diet every 6-8 months, lose 10 to 15lbs and then I stop. I lose the motivation. The next 6 months I end up gaining another 20 lbs so I am always in an upward trend with my weight.
I recently got dumped (officially it was a mutual break up but I feel like I got dumped) and I started to go to the gym the next day. I stepped on the scale the day after the break up and was shocked to find that I weighed 249.5lbs. Yes I'm 23, 5'7'' and weight 249.5 lbs. I was mortified. The following day I went to the gym. I was determined to get down to 150 and make him regret what he lost. Yes I've been trying to lose weight for revenge and I'm not ashamed of it. Whatever the motivation to lose weight, the outcome has been positive and healthy. He lives a block away and goes to the same gym as I do and it gives me a great feeling when he sees me getting smaller.
Although I feel like an emotional wreck I plan on using this forum as a weight loss diary and an emotional release. I think my friends are sick of hearing me talk about losing weight and getting my revenge from this break up because they cannot relate to what I am going through. Yes everyone wants to lose weight but I can't seem to find the right motivation to get through to my weight loss goal of 150. If you have similar stories or advice, please do tell. I would love to hear from you and either get a new point of view of how to motivate myself (because its hard to keep thinking about him) or have a support buddy who understands what I'm going through.
Its been 2 months today and I lost 28.5 lbs. I now weight 221 but my motivation is dwindling. I didnt know what to do but joing the weight loss forum. So here I am. Any suggestions? Motivational tips? motivating stories?
I started going to the gym anywhere from 1 to 3 hrs a day to stop crying or to use that energy and work it off with sweat. But as I now get a ton of complements about how i look it just feels like I've come this far and I'm looking good so its as though I can slow down. My problem is that I always get to this point and stop. I am going through a lot of emotional break up nonsense and would like to get over my ex but with that I am also losing my initial motivation which was get back at him for dumping me but getting my body back to the way it was and even hotter than what I was. Any advice before my motivation completely goes out the door? I need to lose weight for health reasons and for myself but revenge was so great. I see him all the time and hearing from him how great I look and how he wishes I did this early kept the fire in me burning to lose more because I loved the attention. I know there's probably something wrong with me but it worked.
I recently got dumped (officially it was a mutual break up but I feel like I got dumped) and I started to go to the gym the next day. I stepped on the scale the day after the break up and was shocked to find that I weighed 249.5lbs. Yes I'm 23, 5'7'' and weight 249.5 lbs. I was mortified. The following day I went to the gym. I was determined to get down to 150 and make him regret what he lost. Yes I've been trying to lose weight for revenge and I'm not ashamed of it. Whatever the motivation to lose weight, the outcome has been positive and healthy. He lives a block away and goes to the same gym as I do and it gives me a great feeling when he sees me getting smaller.
Although I feel like an emotional wreck I plan on using this forum as a weight loss diary and an emotional release. I think my friends are sick of hearing me talk about losing weight and getting my revenge from this break up because they cannot relate to what I am going through. Yes everyone wants to lose weight but I can't seem to find the right motivation to get through to my weight loss goal of 150. If you have similar stories or advice, please do tell. I would love to hear from you and either get a new point of view of how to motivate myself (because its hard to keep thinking about him) or have a support buddy who understands what I'm going through.
Its been 2 months today and I lost 28.5 lbs. I now weight 221 but my motivation is dwindling. I didnt know what to do but joing the weight loss forum. So here I am. Any suggestions? Motivational tips? motivating stories?
I started going to the gym anywhere from 1 to 3 hrs a day to stop crying or to use that energy and work it off with sweat. But as I now get a ton of complements about how i look it just feels like I've come this far and I'm looking good so its as though I can slow down. My problem is that I always get to this point and stop. I am going through a lot of emotional break up nonsense and would like to get over my ex but with that I am also losing my initial motivation which was get back at him for dumping me but getting my body back to the way it was and even hotter than what I was. Any advice before my motivation completely goes out the door? I need to lose weight for health reasons and for myself but revenge was so great. I see him all the time and hearing from him how great I look and how he wishes I did this early kept the fire in me burning to lose more because I loved the attention. I know there's probably something wrong with me but it worked.
