Posts by mhartwig3

HELLO TO ALL MY FELLOW LADIES

Just stopping in to say I hope everyone is doing well today!! Again thanks for the needed support as always!! Keep fighting the good fight!!

future_looks_beautiful08 You have come to the right place : ) I know when I hit 300 pounds I felt overwhelmed and cried for days....All I could think about is why bother? I mean I am already huge and what is the point it's too much weight now to lose....Of course that was during a dark depression of my life so there was no hope for me then....But luckily over the course of a few months I began to open up to the idea that wait I do NOT have to be this huge.....I let the number overwhelm me and take over my desire...instead of allowing it to inspire me to lose the weight...Then one day I decided if I could only have one thing in my life it would be to be a healthy weight and not to go into my 30's the same size...I have missed TOO many opportunities up until now in my life and I have promised myself no more!! I have always "turned" to food for my support, love and comfort...I have had to face some pretty harsh skeltons in order to move forward and on....And with the help of good friends and the support of this site I am on my way...Imagine yourself in 10 or 15 years from now how do you want to look?? This is a trick I use whenever I tend to become discouraged at myself and my life....I picture how I want to look in a few years and how things I want to do and that motivates me...Good luck and take it one day at a time...if you have to write on here 10 x's a day then do so! We are here!!

: ) take care my ladies!

Michelle

Hello All! How funny/ironic is this? I decided I needed some "support" since I fell off the "wagon" this weekend....And I go to read the posts and see that a lot of my fellow ladies are struggling as well...** relief ** but then not so much since I KNOW how hard it is once you fall off the wagon to get back on it....Let's say I fell off the wagon started tumbling down a big, rocky hill and landed in front of a Dairy Queen..But now after reading the supportive words from everyone else I do not feel as alone and down on myself as I did earlier.......*sigh*.......Sunday was a surreal day for me with my eating it seems...It was like I knew in my mind I was making horrible choices but I continued to eat anyways....Like I was testing myself or something?? I am so afraid of losing complete control again..That is my biggest fear.....I know how easy it is to go "back" to the "dark side"....I can not fail myself this time....I have failed so many times before and it would crush me...I should step back and look at how far I have come and not focus on some not so good choices I made on Sunday....Too often I focus on what I have done "wrong" and not all of the amazing food choices I have made up to this point...*sigh* So for all of you who like myself trying to gain back control....don't stop...don't ever stop...If we fall then the only other option is to get back up...even if it takes a few days to regroup....Take Care : )

Hello Bulma_85_16,

Sounds good!  Btw, sorry to hear that you have Diabetes Type 1 I can not imagine the struggles you must have or have too go through?? I am hoping we can get more Diabetics to join so we can plenty of support : ) Especially, since weight loss is very important for us and our health literally!!

Welcome : )

Evening Folks,

I too battle with those darn temptations like everyone else but one thing I have come to accept is we all are human and make some not so good choices once in a while...Sometimes when I "fall" off the wagon and eat something I know I do not need but WANT I remind myself afterwards that I can always work out harder or the next few days redeem myself....The worse thing you can do is become down and hard on yourself because that just sets that wicked pattern again of eating badly then beating yourself up and then wanting to eat worse since you already ate poorly....vicious cycle is all it is...and it does take time to break...and baby steps..so you ate something bad today well it's not the end of the world as we know it .....one day that little devil on your shoulder will be gone! Stay positive and love yourself!