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Hey everyone!
I am new to this forum (obviously), and decided to join because I keep trying and trying to lose some weight, with no luck. What I need is motivation and someone who knows what it's like to be in my situation :)
Some facts about myself and my story:
I am 5'11" and the scale reads 264.. I want to reach 154, and to reduce the possibility of loose skin, and to keep it healthy, I am prepared to have to use more than a year doing so.
A couple of years ago, I managed to lose 55lb in 4 months. I was still doing this the healthy way, I ate about 6 meals a day, I exercised 2 - 3 times a week, but the main thing helping me was my strong will power. I did not give into any sort of temptations, and actually had very few problems losing weight once I commited to it.
A year after I went on an exchange to a foreign country and managed to gain it all back, and a little extra, and have not been able to get rid of the excess weight since. I have been overweight for the past 10 years or so, and it is definitely something I've learned to accept and be comfortable with. So much that it really doesn't occur to me that I would be classified as severly overweight. (With my height, I look overweight, but not like I would weigh 264). I have always been the heaviest of my friends, but some of my friends have been overweight and ok with it too. Recently, a lot of them, despite not knowing each other and living on different continents, they have all managed to start losing weight and looking very good. Even though I am comfortable in my own skin, and not shy of my weight, being at an ideal weight for my height would be amazing. Since I've been overweight for so long, actually getting down to abotu 155 seems impossible. But I am decided that this it it. I am going to be able to lose this weight, I just have to stay strong. And that is my biggest weakness =[ Staying strong, that is.. I have tried time and time again, to lose the weight, but I get demotivated within a few days, not because I think it is very hard to say no to chips and fatty food, but because I think it's impossible to reach my final goal.
What I think would help the most, is someone to help motivate me, maybe a dieting buddy of some sort.
I would love to hear from some of you in my situation, who maybe have gotten past the stage I am struggeling with right now and hear how you managed to get started properly :) I am on day 2 of my diet by the way, so this is basically the part where I would get demotivated and give up by. But I have a feeling that this time, is it. This is the time I am going to make it =]
I'm going to add you to my list of real life thinspiration. I'm 6ft tall and am shooting for 180 and am very far away. At 198, I was super muscular but not with all the veins and stuff. I like the way I looked back then, but would like to go a little smaller so I can buy things from Asian brands-- I'd like to be a size 6 when all is said and done.
You've got the right motivaton! I wish you the best of luck. It's hard work but it's doable. That's what I keep telling myself at least.
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