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Originally Posted by Hunny
From last year till today I have lost 551bs and over 80" overall (I was definitely overweight.) That is about 1lb a week.
The key is to find a passionate trainer who is not into the fad type diets etc but recognizes healthy lifestyles. I think a university may be a good place to find someone like this. They have the knowledge of bodies and how they function.
Good work for all you have done to reclaim your body and mind...I have one hand to pat your back and another hand to pat mine.
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Congratulations Hunny! I'm 5 2" and used to weigh 215lbs at my heaviest
My body physically hurt just getting out of bed and my knees hurt when I was just standing. I've come a long way from then and I never want to go back. Now I'm 40 and I get 'checked out' by 20 year olds LOL!!! - good for my ego but I'm married so I just smile
I started therapy 4 years ago and it wasn't until I started therapy that I even considered trying to loose weight. I wanted to do it for me and please my T at the time (she had no idea at the time)(I looked up to her and she is physically fit into yoga and running etc..). For the 80lbs I did lose I did it by following WW but doing it on my own at home (no meetings etc...). To this day I log everything I eat even when I know I've eaten way beyond my allowable points/calories. There's something that's stopping me from reaching 'goal'. So close and yet it feels so far away. I did have a body fat analysis done and I'm 21.9% body fat. When people hit 20% or lower they are considered an athlete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage
I smiled when I read your post because Ironically I took a college level nutrition class this past spring that was taught by a registered dietitian. I am currently a health and exercise science major and plan to be a personal trainer along with a long term interest in psychology as I believe the two are related. This fall I'm taking 6 credits... one class is how to develop an exercise program especially for someone who has never exercised before. Another class it to study the human body and how exercise relates to the bodies processes etc... In short I don't have a lack of knowledge on how to eat or exercise but it's all about overcoming the emotional/psychological aspect. If I can conquer that then I can do this for a lifetime. I will truly be able to do anything. I will have no limits. At my core I will no longer believe the garbage that has held me back in so many ways for so many years. Am I growing as a person? Yes! But I can be so much more but I have to get rid of the 'baggage' and really believe I am worth something. Much of my physical goals are to prove to myself over, and over and over again that I can do it. Each new challenge or goal is an effort to prove to myself that I am worth it or worth something.... kind of like a self validation/acceptance.
Sorry for the book
And congratulations on your success!