Been a long time

Since I have been to this group. I used to be here all the time and
believe it or not I lost 70 pounds but....... a variety of things
happened, including an injury and all the weight is back. Some days I
can't believed it happened other days I KNOW how it happened but I am
back and I am trying again. I do miss all the people that used to
post here but I have noticed that amongst the Spam andd advertisments
there are a few people posting. If anyone knows of any other websites
or support sites please let me know by posting them. I am going to
need all the help, advice and encouragement I can get. Thanks

On Jun 11, 3:10*pm, DestinyintheDark <dest...@allwest.net> wrote:
> Since I have been to this group. I used to be here all the time and
> believe it or not I lost 70 pounds but....... a variety of things
> happened, including an injury and all the weight is back. Some days I
> can't believed it happened other days I KNOW how it happened but I am
> back and I am trying again. *I do miss all the people that used to
> post here but I have noticed that amongst the Spam andd advertisments
> there are a few people posting. If anyone knows of any other websites
> or support sites please let me know by posting them. I am going to
> need all the help, advice and encouragement I can get. *Thanks

Yes, most of us have been there and done that...lost weight, then
regained it. The thing is, you have to change your lifestyle and make
the commitment to not only lose the weight, but do the maintenance. In
other words, you need to diet all the rest of your life. There are
lots of pitfalls, but if you already lost the weight once, you know
how to do that. Then, you need to modify the weight-loss diet just
slightly, but you can you need to be ever-vigilent. If you stop
exercising, start overeating, stop checking your weight, these are 3
cardinal signs that you are yo-yoing and will head back up. Next thing
you know, your clothes don't fit right and you are heavy again.

I have done that many times...until 4 years ago now, when I finally
made that lifestyle change. For me it was a combination of
things...retirement, changing to vegetarianism, although neither one
of these is necessary of course. What is necessary is the decision...a
firm, no cheating commitment to never gain weight again. That involves
knowing exactly how many calories you can have and sticking with
that....for me, that meant NEVER overeating..not for Thanksgiving,
Christmas, birthdays, etc. I eat exactly 2025 calories everyday,
monitor my weight, exercise 6X a week and simply will not allow myself
to gain even a single pound. Lots of people disagree with the NEVER
overeating idea, but all I can say is that since overeating is the
problem, we all look for any and all ways to try and get by with
overeating even if it is just once. Problem is...it is never just
once. Once becomes twice, twice becomes more and the next thing you
know. For we who have an eating problem, overeating even once is like
cheating on your spouse "just once". You will go on to do it over and
over...then feel like crap because you know you screwed up. Just don't
allow yourself to cheat...ever! That's what worked for me and it is my
advice.

Being sick could be certainly be a problem, and I am never sick, but
if I were, I would compensate by eating even less if I couldn't work
out. No excuses for being fat. dkw

On Jun 11, 5:41*pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 3:10*pm, DestinyintheDark <dest...@allwest.net> wrote:
>
> > Since I have been to this group. I used to be here all the time and
> > believe it or not I lost 70 pounds but....... a variety of things
> > happened, including an injury and all the weight is back. Some days I
> > can't believed it happened other days I KNOW how it happened but I am
> > back and I am trying again. *I do miss all the people that used to
> > post here but I have noticed that amongst the Spam andd advertisments
> > there are a few people posting. If anyone knows of any other websites
> > or support sites please let me know by posting them. I am going to
> > need all the help, advice and encouragement I can get. *Thanks
>
> Yes, most of us have been there and done that...lost weight, then
> regained it. The thing is, you have to change your lifestyle and make
> the commitment to not only lose the weight, but do the maintenance. In
> other words, you need to diet all the rest of your life. There are
> lots of pitfalls, but if you already lost the weight once, you know
> how to do that. Then, you need to modify the weight-loss diet just
> slightly, but you can you need to be ever-vigilent. If you stop
> exercising, start overeating, stop checking your weight, these are 3
> cardinal signs that you are yo-yoing and will head back up. Next thing
> you know, your clothes don't fit right and you are heavy again.
>
> I have done that many times...until 4 years ago now, when I finally
> made that lifestyle change. For me it was a combination of
> things...retirement, changing to vegetarianism, although neither one
> of these is necessary of course. What is necessary is the decision...a
> firm, no cheating commitment to never gain weight again. That involves
> knowing exactly how many calories you can have and sticking with
> that....for me, that meant NEVER overeating..not for Thanksgiving,
> Christmas, birthdays, etc. I eat exactly 2025 calories everyday,
> monitor my weight, exercise 6X a week and simply will not allow myself
> to gain even a single pound. Lots of people disagree with the NEVER
> overeating idea, but all I can say is that since overeating is the
> problem, we all look for any and all ways to try and get by with
> overeating even if it is just once. Problem is...it is never just
> once. Once becomes twice, twice becomes more and the next thing you
> know. For we who have an eating problem, overeating even once is like
> cheating on your spouse "just once". You will go on to do it over and
> over...then feel like crap because you know you screwed up. Just don't
> allow yourself to cheat...ever! That's what worked for me and it is my
> advice.
>
> Being sick could be certainly be a problem, and I am never sick, but
> if I were, I would compensate by eating even less if I couldn't work
> out. No excuses for being fat. dkw

Thanks for your reply---almost everyone that I know that lost weight
and kept it off HAD to change their lifestyles forever! I wasn't
ready to be not fat mentally-- totally unprepared for the attention of
the opposite sex. Learning more all the time about changing my
life!