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I dont know why but I feel HUGE. I'm 5'7 and currently 162 after losing 21 pounds, my body just doesnt seem to want to lose anymore. I have a hard time controlling my appetite. Then I feel guilty afterwards, and feel really bad about my body. Since becoming a mom, my stomach has never returned to the way it was.. & its really upsetting and feel I need liposuction because that area I dont think will ever tone up.(have a lot of sagging skin) ugh... I've discussed this in therapy & my doc says I seem to have an obsession over the scales......... Im constantly weighing, its an every day thing.... I dont know. I feel huge!!!
I'm sure you're not huge... and I have trouble controlling my appetite too, but I find it really useful to cross off the days on a calender that I was within my calorie limit. That way I get a really long "chain" and really don't want to break it, weird I know!
Also, swimming is a great toner for all of your body. Another thing is trampolining, which burns calories 3 times faster than jogging, and really tones all of your body.
Hope this helps :)
Just keep going!
I have the same problem! My body just doesn't want to lose anymore. I am trying desperatly to stick to 1397 calories a day. It is so hard! I workout 5 days a week for 65 minutes. I am hungry most of the time. I can stick to it a few days a week but when you excersize you get hungry. I eat then feel the guilt. People can tell us all the time that we look great but it won't sink in until we can believe it ourselves. Weighing yourself on a daily basis is a double edged sword. If you can handle it mentally it is good because it can keep you on track but it is bad for people like you and I who fixate on a number. I wish I had a good answer for you but maybe only weigh yourself 1-2 times a week. This may help you feel a bit better. Also try to go by how your clothes fit. From your picture I think you look in great shape. Let me know if you need any more support. I think we are similar thoughts on this bad body image issue. I feel as a woman it is hard to just except you are good the way you are but we need to try!
I can so relate to this! I look in the mirror and all I see is how I looked when I delivered my youngest son. I currently weigh almost what I did when I gave birth to him 15 months ago. My husband, of course, doesnt see a problem with how I look but I do! I have such a hard time not eating when I am hungry b/c I have been w/o food before as a child and therefore I find comfort in food. I just dont know what to do anymore. I try to snack well but the snacks I need to eat just dont seem to cut it for the rest of my family. All my friends are skinny...and yes, I mean all of them...most of my friends are 5ft6 and weigh 120 or less...its sickening. I just dont know what to do. I threw my scale in yard the other day b/c I was so sick of looking at it and hearing it laugh at me in my head. I have managed to lose 5 lbs this week...but I also worked out for 3 hrs yesterday and am planning a 2 mile run tonight...I dont know how long I will stay motivated....
mymerrydarkness I know exactly how you feel about comfort in food! I was recently told to just think of food as fuel. I was like how on earth do you do that? If it doesn't taste good than what is the point? I love food and I don't know what will ever change that. I have a husband who can eat junk and nothing happens. He doesn't excersize at all. When we first moved in together I ate whenever he did. I got up to 215 lbs that way! And healthy snacks for him ha forget about that! I did manage to get down to 150 now. Unfortunatly for me I can't turn off that voice in my head that says come on you should be 120. I think i would have to stop eating all together! My hubby also claims I am fine the way I am. Part of me loves that and the other says hey he is supposed to say that. These plans are hard to follow but they are effective. Although I can't imagine counting everything I eat for the rest of my life! I am looking at getting pregnant again soon and am terrified of the weight gain. But it is totally worth the end result! Let me know if you ever need anyone to talk to or advice :)
Original Post by celtiknot28:
I have the same problem! My body just doesn't want to lose anymore. I am trying desperatly to stick to 1397 calories a day. It is so hard! I workout 5 days a week for 65 minutes. I am hungry most of the time. I can stick to it a few days a week but when you excersize you get hungry. I eat then feel the guilt. People can tell us all the time that we look great but it won't sink in until we can believe it ourselves. Weighing yourself on a daily basis is a double edged sword. If you can handle it mentally it is good because it can keep you on track but it is bad for people like you and I who fixate on a number. I wish I had a good answer for you but maybe only weigh yourself 1-2 times a week. This may help you feel a bit better. Also try to go by how your clothes fit. From your picture I think you look in great shape. Let me know if you need any more support. I think we are similar thoughts on this bad body image issue. I feel as a woman it is hard to just except you are good the way you are but we need to try!
i know how you both feel. i am much the same way, and yeah it sucks. i have very poor body image. all i ever see is all the bad things and never any of the good. its hard.......on me and my husband.....he thinks im beautiful and tells me all the time, but i dont see it, but im working very hard on that. he tells he all the time that he loves me the way that i am an that what ever i do it should be for me not for him......if its not then it will never happen......so im doing it for me not anyone else!!!!!!!!!!! i have a ultimate goal of modeling as a suicide girl...... and so far ive done so so not great but ok.......... so if either of you need to talk so some support im here.
Original Post by evelynbennett:
cross off the days on a calender that I was within my calorie limit. That way I get a really long "chain" and really don't want to break it, weird I know!
That is a really good idea.
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