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notreadytofail

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Hi im Katie 19 almost 20 5'7 and 220! pounds! sometimes i feel like even though im fat im really not that big and i feel ok about myself but obviously most of the time i wish i could just stop eating altogether .... i need some tips advise, help in how to loose this weight and at least the frist 20lbc as fast as possible so i can feel good about myself to keep going . I have a gym membership and i go almost every day for at least an hour so being active isnt really a problem for me its just food how do i pick up the carrot instead of the bagle with cream cheese and stil feel satisfied!!!!!!
 
ok, reality check, "sometimes i feel like even though im fat im really not that big"
Unless you are like 6'6 and built like a brick shit house, you ARE that big. What happens is that you and your friends end up being used to what you look like now, and therefore you dont think you are that big. But you are. For many years i had the same problem and a lot of overweight people have the same problem.
Its hard to accept the truth but once you do, and use it to motivate you, then you will suceed. But if you keep making excuses then you fail (i should know! i was queen of excuses).

Join in some of the monthly challenges and see how you fare, its great having competition. Perhaps buy some clothes that are a size smaller as a goal.
 
At 5'7" and 220 you are big sweetie. I was 6 feet at 200 and I couldn't believe how big I was. Maybe you are better proportioned where the fat is even throughout your body, but 220 is heavy for a 5'7" female.

OK so on to the food part. One thing is, you have to approach this as a lifestyle change. Don't think giving up bagels for carrots. You can be saitisfied on very few calories. I'm on a vegan diet, so you can imagine how much food I have to eat to meet my daily calories. I'm beyond satisfied all day, I don't have room for snacks! It is all about learning what will work for you. Through trial and error, see what foods are more satisfying. I myself am not the type to give up bagel's and regular cc for a wheat bagel with lite cc, because, let's face it, it is all crap. Instead I would opt for oatmeal and a banana.
 
Spend some time reading the stickied threads - especially in on topic, nutrition and exercise -you'll gain some much needed information...
 
wishes said:
ok, reality check, "sometimes i feel like even though im fat im really not that big"
Unless you are like 6'6 and built like a brick shit house, you ARE that big.
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At first, I thought, wow, she's kinda harsh.. but then, I was like, "it's the truth".. I feel the same way sometimes.. I look at myself and others and I say, "At least I'm not that big"... I'm in the same boat as the original poster because I am 5' 6" and 200-210 lbs.. My son is 5 months old so I've had plenty of time to lose the weight.. Also, the woman that posted this message has lost a lot of weight and she didn't do it by making up excuses or denying her size.. Maybe I should take a couple of pages out of her book!
 
haha i remember comparing myself to a girl i disliked and thinking 'well at least im not as big as her'

Looking back at the photos - i was sooo kidding myself. And showing friends they agree that they dont remember me being that big, i 'seemed' smaller. But looking back at the photos they agree that i was mamoth! :(
 
You've already gotten some great advice so... I don't have much to add. But I did want to say hello and welcome to you! So: Hello and welcome! :)

I have to second what Busy said.... trading bagels for carrots isn't what you need to do. Start small, try cutting back on the cream cheese (I used to put gobs of it on my bagels, but discovered that a thin layer or light scraping will do) and then maybe move on to only having half a bagel at a time (easy on the cream cheese!) with something else, like fruit or yogurt (or yogurt with fruit!).

Good luck and I'll see you around the board!
 
wishes said:
ok, reality check, "sometimes i feel like even though im fat im really not that big"
Unless you are like 6'6 and built like a brick shit house, you ARE that big. What happens is that you and your friends end up being used to what you look like now, and therefore you dont think you are that big. But you are. For many years i had the same problem and a lot of overweight people have the same problem.
Its hard to accept the truth but once you do, and use it to motivate you, then you will suceed. But if you keep making excuses then you fail (i should know! i was queen of excuses).

Join in some of the monthly challenges and see how you fare, its great having competition. Perhaps buy some clothes that are a size smaller as a goal.
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first of all im not making excuses for a while now i have been depressed about my weight bc i do know how overweight i am and recently i have decided that its not worth being depressed about the way i see it the happeir i am the easier i can make changes i have accepted the fact that im fat but i see myself in a diferent light. And know its easier for me to look into the future and see myself loosing weight bc im happy
 
And you know its not just trading bagels for carrots that was just an example i i have been cutting down but its just gettign in that mindset where i feel really good one day and want to have fruit for breakfast but i get busy or dont think about it and my appetite gets worse and i think well i would rather have something fattier now .... but just in the last two days ive seen a change in my way of thinking and i eat something before i get to hungry which had been my problem before thanks
 
Hi I am Steve and been reading a lot here but after reading this I had to make a comment. I think it was one of the first time I saw some real honest advice and comments. I am 150 pounds over weight and I want nothing more than to lose weight and just can't seem to get it together. When I read comments from other web pages like this all I see is Hi there, you'll do fine... keep up the good work... that is not help to others.
We should really be saying is, your here, you want to lose so get off the computer and get exercising. Or other things I read is can someone give me a good cheesecake recipe... what!!! You can't eat cheese cake...
So when I saw some of the honest answers from some of the active members I was happy because I want honesty... not an answer that makes me feel good.
Let stick together and help each other... we can do I... I am sure we all have a different problem, I don't over eat all day but I eat at night... Some like to eat during day... who knows but we all have one thing in common and we all know how much being overweight hurts... So lets stick together and give each other the support we need to succeed.
Steve
 
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