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Topic: Gain after huge loss...sigh
Two years ago, I was desperate and decided I have had enough. i started seeing a dietitian and in a year I lost almost 90 pounds. I kept the weight off for 2 years. Then a lot of thing**** me. I started going back to school full time, quit my job, and lost my gym membership. I stopped working out and spent the bulk of my time studying, traveling back and forth to school (3 hour commute/each day) (i had 5 classes, 6 days a week) I've gain 45 pounds (about half) and I feel horrible, depressed, anxious, defeated, and embarrassed. I don't like to go to store for fear of seeing the people I used to go to the gym with (i was a very prominent & fit member), the trainer I had a terrible falling out with (the last time I saw her, her and another member from the old gym were laughing at me), and my family because they were so happy with my success and now i'm a failure.
I'm trying to get back on track, I don't even want to see the dietitian because I know what to do and I'm embarrassed and feel like I failed her as well. and to make matters worse, I went to school to become a dietitian and gained this weight! that's even more embarrassing!!!
At any rate, I'm going to start another journey tomorrow...just wanted to share these feelings in hopes of feeling a little better and like i can possibly do this...without surgery like before. its a long struggle ahead of me and i'm worried i wont be able to do it again or have as much success as I did before. I refuse to buy new clothes or go to the barber shop to get my hair cut. i was such an inspiration for everyone, to go back bigger than all of them is embarassing. it would hurt me so much and I just can't.
ok, enough, lol, i hope to meet new people who are going through similar situations who support each other.
thanks for listening to this looooong post.
I'm trying to get back on track, I don't even want to see the dietitian because I know what to do and I'm embarrassed and feel like I failed her as well. and to make matters worse, I went to school to become a dietitian and gained this weight! that's even more embarrassing!!!
At any rate, I'm going to start another journey tomorrow...just wanted to share these feelings in hopes of feeling a little better and like i can possibly do this...without surgery like before. its a long struggle ahead of me and i'm worried i wont be able to do it again or have as much success as I did before. I refuse to buy new clothes or go to the barber shop to get my hair cut. i was such an inspiration for everyone, to go back bigger than all of them is embarassing. it would hurt me so much and I just can't.
ok, enough, lol, i hope to meet new people who are going through similar situations who support each other.
thanks for listening to this looooong post.
Topic: RE: myfitnesspal!!
Hi there!
This forum is actually very difficult to find. I was just about to give up on this site because I thought it was only for the surgery but if you keep searching, you will find it. I'm on myfitnesspal as well.
user: redrose129 :)
I'm going to start tomorrow.
This forum is actually very difficult to find. I was just about to give up on this site because I thought it was only for the surgery but if you keep searching, you will find it. I'm on myfitnesspal as well.
user: redrose129 :)
I'm going to start tomorrow.
Topic: A Word About Weighing In
Just wanted to share a link to my most recent blog post, hope it encourages you!
gracioushealth.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/a-word-about-weighin g-in/
gracioushealth.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/a-word-about-weighin g-in/
Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net
(deactivated member)
on 5/20/12 6:54 am
on 5/20/12 6:54 am
Topic: RE: pit falls in quick sand...
Hi Zimmers, Cheer up, there is a solution for you!!! Remember the guy who made focus factor? Well he made a new product called Focus Up that I think you should try. You can get some at www.focusup.com/Ahealthydrink In my opinion it really works!!!
ZannaCanada
on 5/12/12 12:08 pm
on 5/12/12 12:08 pm
Topic: RE: Twelve Step Recovery & Other Stuff
I got a lot out of OA when I attended from 1988-1990, although I experienced modest weight loss (from 200# to 170; and held steady). In Toronto, the OA program required us to abstain from our own personal trigger foods. No food guidelines were provided, and I liked it that way. Magazine articles at the time said that in the US (or maybe some meetings in the US?) OA participants were expected to give up white flour and sugar, among other foods, and that sounded too much like a diet to me.
Then my family moved to a smaller city with a very weak program, and after a year with essentially no program I stopped going.
We made another move 3 years ago and I never thought to check out OA here.
Thank you so much, kappybook, for reminding me of OA. I might just follow your lead.
Then my family moved to a smaller city with a very weak program, and after a year with essentially no program I stopped going.
We made another move 3 years ago and I never thought to check out OA here.
Thank you so much, kappybook, for reminding me of OA. I might just follow your lead.
Topic: Twelve Step Recovery & Other Stuff
Hello my fellow travelers of the path. I'm returning to this site after quite awhile away, and one thing hasn't changed in that whole time: Something in my gut doesn't believe that surgical intervention would fix my problem with food.
I have been morbidly obese since I was probably 12yrs old and I'm 37 now. I tried every commercial program for weight loss there was. I also have experienced many people I know choose Gastric Bypass as a way to help them with their food problem. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE. I'm truly happy if they've gotten the results they wanted.
I truly beieve that in order to "fix" my problem with food, I would need to have a lobotomy and not an operation on my stomach. The problem is NOT the size of my stomach. It's my head constanly chosing food as a way for me to cope with life NOT being the way I want it to be at any given moment. I've spent time in an inpatient treatment facility and was there with people who became bulimic after having Gastric Bypass because they couldn't put the food down.
I found Twelve Step recovery in 2000. I did VERY well in the beginning because I was willing to take direction and do what was suggested. I lost A LOT of weight but because I didn't let my head catch up with my body I couldn't maintain that weight loss and relapsed. Just like the alcoholic. Anyway, after Losing my job, my apartment, my independence, and the cartiledge in 3 of my major joints, and having my mom died, I decided I needed to come back to OA.
I'm always so surprised that OA is not mentioned more amongst people who study and try to help people with obesity and food issues. I will say that I'm not doing JUST OA right now, I seeking support through a hospital for structure and coaching on losing weight as quickly and safely as possible, I'm in individual therapy, working with a personal trainer. But as far as being able the action of Refraining from compulsive overeating: I only learn about how to do that when I'm sitting in a meeting receiving support from people who understand and have been there.
Is anyone else using OA as a way to try to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. I couldn't find it as a topic of discussion anywhere else.
In 8 months I've lost 95lbs and don't believe it would be happening any faster than if I'd had surgery.
I have seen so many people who've had surgery struggling with trying to literaly have their cake and eat it too. That's not my story today. I am grateful and I wish them well on their journey.
I am grateful to be walking the path that I'm on, On Day at a Time.
I have been morbidly obese since I was probably 12yrs old and I'm 37 now. I tried every commercial program for weight loss there was. I also have experienced many people I know choose Gastric Bypass as a way to help them with their food problem. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE. I'm truly happy if they've gotten the results they wanted.
I truly beieve that in order to "fix" my problem with food, I would need to have a lobotomy and not an operation on my stomach. The problem is NOT the size of my stomach. It's my head constanly chosing food as a way for me to cope with life NOT being the way I want it to be at any given moment. I've spent time in an inpatient treatment facility and was there with people who became bulimic after having Gastric Bypass because they couldn't put the food down.
I found Twelve Step recovery in 2000. I did VERY well in the beginning because I was willing to take direction and do what was suggested. I lost A LOT of weight but because I didn't let my head catch up with my body I couldn't maintain that weight loss and relapsed. Just like the alcoholic. Anyway, after Losing my job, my apartment, my independence, and the cartiledge in 3 of my major joints, and having my mom died, I decided I needed to come back to OA.
I'm always so surprised that OA is not mentioned more amongst people who study and try to help people with obesity and food issues. I will say that I'm not doing JUST OA right now, I seeking support through a hospital for structure and coaching on losing weight as quickly and safely as possible, I'm in individual therapy, working with a personal trainer. But as far as being able the action of Refraining from compulsive overeating: I only learn about how to do that when I'm sitting in a meeting receiving support from people who understand and have been there.
Is anyone else using OA as a way to try to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. I couldn't find it as a topic of discussion anywhere else.
In 8 months I've lost 95lbs and don't believe it would be happening any faster than if I'd had surgery.
I have seen so many people who've had surgery struggling with trying to literaly have their cake and eat it too. That's not my story today. I am grateful and I wish them well on their journey.
I am grateful to be walking the path that I'm on, On Day at a Time.
Topic: RE: New to the forum
Hello there and Congratulations on your success. I have just rejoined this site after quite an absence so I'm certainly hoping that your lack of energy problems are resolving themselves.
Just remember, it's a marathon, NOT a sprint!
Hang in there and keep reaching out for support
Just remember, it's a marathon, NOT a sprint!
Hang in there and keep reaching out for support
Topic: RE: Passing on what I think is the best tool in non-surgical weight loss
I am a HUGE sparkpeople fan and use it in conjunction with LOTS of other support systems. I completely agree with you though, it ROCKS!
Keep on Keepin on!
Kathy
Keep on Keepin on!
Kathy
Topic: RE: pit falls in quick sand...
Dreamer,
Have you thought about 12 step recovery? Lot's of people who have struggled with mental health issues are still able to get relief from their food addiction by using the Twelve Steps. They even have around the clock on-line and telephone meetings inccase you can't get to a meeting in person or your area doesn't offer them.
Just a thought. Sometimes focusing on the solution vs, the problem can be a great help.
Have you thought about 12 step recovery? Lot's of people who have struggled with mental health issues are still able to get relief from their food addiction by using the Twelve Steps. They even have around the clock on-line and telephone meetings inccase you can't get to a meeting in person or your area doesn't offer them.
Just a thought. Sometimes focusing on the solution vs, the problem can be a great help.
Topic: RE: zumba and body pump
Sounds like you are really committed!! Good for you! Keep up the great work!!
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