:sigh: How did I manage to get to be this size? I started a new diet today. This has to be the 1000th diet I have been on but it's serious now. I have never been this heavy before. My knees hurt. I have to succeed. I have been in and out of this site many times but this is the first time that I have decided to join and post. I hope that seeing that I am not in this alone will help me get through this process.

I will only concentrate on 1 day at a time, one hour at a time. If I can get through hour after hour without overeating then I am doing great. If I make it a whole day then it will be utopia because I have never done that.

I have to keep telling myself, one day at a time, that's all I have to do. :*

Welcome to DT.. I look forward to reading and sharing your success! What is your plan? What are your goals? What are your weaknesses? Strengths? Tell me mooooooore! :)

Corinna

HI there beachbunny2b and welcome to DT!

You have the right idea taking things one day at a time. Tiny little baby steps and you will get there. Remember slow and steady win the race. And see you have already taken the first step to a happier, healthier you by posting. I am sure you will find lots of love and support here to help you on your journey. Welcome again. :)

Hi beachbunny,
i agree, you seem to have the right attitude now,
one day at a time, that will take you far.
keep it up, youll get there,
keep posting here it does help,
looking forward to seeing how you do......jude :up:

Hi, glad you decided to join, posting here really does help. Welcome!

Hi and :welcome: to DT ....

You will find SO MUCH SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT HERE AT DIETTALK ....

We all had to make a start ... and now that you have started your journey YOUR SUCCESS CAN AND WILL BE ACHIEVED .... especially since you are taking it one day at a time ....

If I can ever be of any assistance ... please let me know. Always, Monica

Hi beachbunny and :welcome: to DT! You have come to a GREAT place for support.
I wish you all the best on your weight loss journey! Like you said one day at a time and you will get there. If you ever need a pep talk just let me know. I will be checking in with you to see how you are doing. Take care.

.............Millie

welcome to DT :wave:

I can think of at least 5 members here at DT who have lost that much and/or more - so it CAN be done :)

Keep coming back here to DT and let us help you reach your weight loss goals - you CAN do it :D


Beth :not:

:welcome:

Hey I am right where you are I also have 150 lbs to lose and have tried every diet around. You will find great support here. Journalling is a great way to let us help each other. You are already using the right mind set, so you go girl :cheer: I will come back and check on your progress. Kim

First, I want to say thank you to everyone who has offered me words of encouragement. It means a lot to me that people care enough to post messages. :ghug:

I did really good today. Although I didn't exercise today, I basically stuck to my eating program. I feel good about that however I am beginning to stress out and when that happens I usually overeat. I am really trying to not do that. I am a stay at home mom and my husband besides working is going to school every Saturday so basiclly I am with the kids all the time and I am truly burnt out. When this happens, I usually would immediatly go for the chips or cookies even though I'm not supposed to have cookies. But instead of doing that I thought that I would try to post here, get my feelings out and then see if that can be a good substitute for food.

I have often read that food is a substitute for what is bothering you or a comfort for you. I know that I turn to food for everything. When I'm happy I eat, when I'm sad I eat, when I'm depressed I eat. Somewhere along the line, food became a substitute for feelings. I guess as long as I ate, then I didn't have to feel. That's not good. So now I'm trying to change that. I will not eat through my stress tonight. What I will do is have the jello I planned to have, have something to drink and that will be it for me. I will not turn to bad food choices tonight.

Just by typing all of this, I feel better. No cookies for me tonight. YAAAA FOR ME!!!

:cheer:

Hey Girl,

There are so many of us in the same boat. We should be the best of friends when we get to goal. Me I do good then I do bad. I think they call it a yoyo!!

As Always Your Bud K.

I must confess, it has been four days since my last journal entry. I was doing so good with writing in this journal but I slacked off a bit, but no more. I am determined to write everyday.

Anyway, I am on the first two weeks of the South Beach Diet and I cannot wait for it to be over with. I find it very difficult to go without any carbs. I am so tired without having them to work off of for energy. I have cheated a little bit. I had a few carbs over the weekend and then yesterday I was determined to not eat any but then I took my medicine without eating within a certain amount of time and basically was sick until I ate about 5 crackers. Yogurt just was not doing it. Then I started training for a new job today and forgot to bring a snack with me so I had some combos because that was all I could find to eat. Bummer. [-X

On a positive note, I feel great. I have not weighed myself yet, I have decided to do that every two weeks instead of every week. But I can tell that I am down a bit. Over the weekend, I put on some pants that were too tight two weeks ago and now they are loose again. :D Needless to say, I was so happy about that.

The one thing I must work on is exercising. I hate to do it but I must get on it. My siblings are talking about getting together next summer for a reunion and I was to look great, not just for them but for me to.

:coach: Goal for the next week, exercise at least every other day.

Hi beachbunny, Sounds like you are working hard at this, so just keep moving forward. You can do it.
If you are having a hard time with going without carbs try and different approach to the weight loss, Like counting calories or just healthy eating with smaller portions. You need to find something that you can live. And that you can be happy with. I wish you all the best. You can do this!!!!!!!!

Have a GREAt week.
............Love....Millie

Good luck with South Beach, it can be challenging to cut out carbs, may these two weeks pass quickly!

Bunny,

congrats on the loose clothing, that is so exciting isn't it!!!!! I love it when that happens.

I was wondering why on Monday the 4th you wrote that 'next' week you would start exercising, did you mean this week? LOL. Surely you don't want to lose a whole week of the benefits of exercising.

That is great that you have a whole year to work on getting healthy and fit for next summers reunion. You can do it. You have a great support group here at DT.

But exercise will make a huge difference at the pace of your success. So go for it.

Walking is one of the simplest yet more effective exercises around. That is what I am doing and am very excited about it.

There is a thread in the exercise forum about exercise minutes for May. If you want to come on over and join it. You can make a goal for how many minutes you want to exercise in the month of May or you can just keep posting and add them up as you go. Would love to have you join us.

Well, I won't bug you any more. Have a good day.