hey everyone!
I've been dieting and trying to lose weight since I was 9 years old. I've been fat my whole life. I reached 200 lbs when I was 10.
In the past year and a half, I managed to lose 50lbs. I started out in a unhealthy way by just fasting for days at a time. Then I moved on to the Atkins diet and lost a good bit of weight, but the cravings for carbs would always get me right back in trouble and I would eat away some of my success. That leaves me at the point I am now. I'm 257 lbs and I have been as low as 251(which I have reached about 3 times now) but every time I get down to about 250, something happens and I end up binging and regaining, sometimes up to 10-12 lbs back. For the past 3 months or so, I've been losing and re-gaining the same 10 lbs.
Now I've set the Atkins approach aside, because I just cant adhere to it. This time I'm concentrating on calorie intake and exercise. I am able to control my appetite better when I know that I can have whatever food I'm craving, just in small amounts. The exercise also keeps me very motivated every day and I feel great. Plus I keep a food diary of everything I eat. I feel very positive about my success this time and I'm determined to make it to 125!!
I've been dieting and trying to lose weight since I was 9 years old. I've been fat my whole life. I reached 200 lbs when I was 10.
In the past year and a half, I managed to lose 50lbs. I started out in a unhealthy way by just fasting for days at a time. Then I moved on to the Atkins diet and lost a good bit of weight, but the cravings for carbs would always get me right back in trouble and I would eat away some of my success. That leaves me at the point I am now. I'm 257 lbs and I have been as low as 251(which I have reached about 3 times now) but every time I get down to about 250, something happens and I end up binging and regaining, sometimes up to 10-12 lbs back. For the past 3 months or so, I've been losing and re-gaining the same 10 lbs.
Now I've set the Atkins approach aside, because I just cant adhere to it. This time I'm concentrating on calorie intake and exercise. I am able to control my appetite better when I know that I can have whatever food I'm craving, just in small amounts. The exercise also keeps me very motivated every day and I feel great. Plus I keep a food diary of everything I eat. I feel very positive about my success this time and I'm determined to make it to 125!!
