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Tannarra

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Hi everyone. I'm a 45 year old lady that has put on roughly 5 lbs a year since I turned 40. Getting older stinks. I have tried about every fad, quick loss diet there is. They worked for a week or two then I got bored or it was just to hard to stay on it and so I quit. Then right after quitting this so called diet, I wound up gaining the weight back plus a few pounds. Little bit of history about me, I'm ex-military and was in the best shape of my life while I was in. But being in the military was my motivator. I had to get up, I had to work out 3 days a week, I had to run in ranks. I had someone pushing me, and I liked that, it kept me motivated. I got out of the military in 1996, I kept my myself motivated for a few years after that, and then most all daily exercise stopped. I was still pretty young, in my early 30's my metabolism was still pretty fast and the job I had was very labor intensive, so I was able to maintain a healthy weight. So now jump to age 40, I quit that job, moved to a very rural town, and still have a somewhat intensive job. Metabolism is slowing down, limited exercise, still eating like I was 30 and POW! here comes the weight. I went from being 5'6" 145 lbs. to 5'6" 165 in about 5 years. Now at 45 I'm still the same height but weight is between 168 and 175.

Now with me telling that story that brings me to the here and now. I know what I have to do, I know what I should and should not be eating, that I need to get out and exercise. Here it comes... BUT it is sooo hard!! I love to eat, I am a junk food junkie, I love my candies and anything sweet, yet I drink no soda. I love my pasta, and I like fruits and veggies, but I can only handle so much of them before I can't take it anymore.

So in conclusion, I'm not looking for answers here, I'm looking for support. A friend referred me to find a weight loss forum, she said since I live so rural and have limited close friends that this may help. I know I have to start somewhere and I also know I have to take it day by day. I look forward to meeting everyone that uses these boards, and hopefully I'll find the help and the support I'm looking for.

Thanks for reading my post.
 
110 views and not 1 hello, nice to meet you or good luck, and I was told these forums were outstanding. Big bummer.
 
Well this is my first view of your posting... A lot of people browse round forums for a long time before they get up the courage to make any postings... people are also spread all round the world in different time zones and lead busy lives - indeed aside from family and work commitments they are trying to cope with their own weight issues... As a mod I often see that our threads are viewed by search engine spiders which are not real people and in common with many forums we contend with a number of spammers who try to use our boards to advertise their wares (this keeps the mods very much on our toes as we do not want our people to think that we approve of their miracle cures)... Many threads get a similarly high number of views and a similarly low number of replies... It is unrealistic to expect too quick a response and feel hurt if that does not happen.

Welcome to the forum.

I firmly feel that motivation has to come from within. I tried to lose weight tons of times without getting anywhere - then 6 years ago something seemed to click and what seemed impossible before then suddenly happened... I went out and made it happen... and I had a lot more than 20 pounds to address...

There are tricks that we can do to address your main problem areas...

Need to get more active - but find it hard:
I find it helpful to wear a pedometer for every step of the day. Keep a track of the step count and let it challenge the you of today to be more active than the less fit person of yesterday / last week / last month...
Join an exercise class - with luck you can make friends there and let the social aspect entice you into becoming a lot more active... I do zumba 4 times a week and salsa three times a week all with the same teacher... Lots of people do both salsa and zumba (great teacher / great music / lots of fun) and hey presto - I have a busy exercise schedule and see lots of people that I now know every time I go...

Junk food
Love candy - switch to sugar free, chew sugar free gum to keep mouth occupied
Adore desserts - make up sugar free jelly (I believe you call it jello), eat things like 0% yoghurt and fruit
I have pasta sauce (a low fat one) with lots of veg stir fried (using oil spray) in it but no pasta

I suggest that you read the following thread - it may help you settle in and make friends
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/57955-My-advice-to-newcomers

Good luck with your project.
 
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Hello, I am also a victim of increasing body weight and body fat and I needed to take out all my frustration hence I am here.Its been 9 years I've been trying to get a stop on my increasing body weight and fat.Firstly I thought I had some kind of abnormality but after getting consulted from many doctors I found that it is just because of my diet.I always try to control my diet but unfortunately it not in my hand.Then I thought to join gym and found that it is also not my cup of tea.I am trying my best by working out twice a day and cutting off all the junk food from my diet.
 
Hi

I think you might want to start by choosing some targets i.e. what would be your idea weight?

Then try and take things slowly. The reason I believe diets don't work is because everyone views them as 'giving up all the things you enjoy'. What people like us (I am 39 Lbs off my ideal weight) need is a lifestyle change. I am very good at losing weight when I put my mind to it - I'm also very good at putting weight on when I take my mind off it. So, what I am trying to do rather than join a gym and burn 1000 calories a day is look at small changes I can make which are sustainable. I've never been a junk food junkie but I am partial to the odd biscuit or 5 or the odd beer or 6 on a night out but in order to enjoy those things in moderation I am looking at things I can do daily which will allow those things - so now 2 or 3 times a day I do a 15 min burst of activity - if your work life doesn't allow that (I work from home) take the example of my sister who has started to walk to work. During a 2.5 mile walk in one direction she sheds anything upto 300 calories.

Good luck!
 
Omega, thank you for the incite, on how the forums work and how how to maybe attack my problem areas. I guess I'm just a little excited is all and expected more, my fault, my dad always told me I needed to learn more patience. But thank you again.

I'm gonna try and take it day by day and see what happens, and not call it dieting, more like healthy eating/ living.
Thank you all for your posts, knowing that there are more like me out there makes me feel a lot better and helps with the doubt.
 
You're welcome...

BTW I know all about how getting older stinks... I will be 54 in July... I didn't even start addressing my weight problem (my max BMI was over 52) until I was older than you. Mature ladies can drop weight and we can out-exercise the youngsters... Believing that you can do it is half the battle.
 
Tannarra said:
Omega, thank you for the incite, on how the forums work and how how to maybe attack my problem areas. I guess I'm just a little excited is all and expected more, my fault, my dad always told me I needed to learn more patience. But thank you again.

I'm gonna try and take it day by day and see what happens, and not call it dieting, more like healthy eating/ living.
Thank you all for your posts, knowing that there are more like me out there makes me feel a lot better and helps with the doubt.
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Not calling it a "diet" is a good start Tannarra, for fatloss to be permanant, the whole eating habit has to change where you eat wholesome foods only as a way of life and think of bad foods as bad and health destroying. SO many think "diet" and long for the day they are off it, this is a terrible and destructive way of thinking, it means more than likely they will regain it all back and more.

knotty
 
Hi Tannarra,

Just like you I am looking for motivation that is why I joined this forum. I am 30 years old. And it is true that metabolism slows down as we get older. When I was a teenager until I was 28, I weigh 47 kilos at most (103 lbs approx.). But usually I was just 45 kilos or 99 lbs approx. As I get older, that's when I realize that I am getting bigger and heavier. Now that I am 30, I have reached 54 kilos (119 lbs approx.). I have read books, kept track of my calorie intake and exercise.

Just like you, I eat a lot of junkfood and chocolates (and more sweets). And since I am Asian, I also love rice. However, I got motivated by friends and decided to put into action what I've learned. So now I am 50 kilos (110 lbs approx). But I want to lose at most 4 pounds.

But I have been lurking this forum too. So, as we motivate each other we can surely achieve our goal. :)
 
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