Thinking about dieting

I have recently gotten a motivation to actually try dieting. I am 180lbs and 5'2". If I punch that into a BMI calculator it tells me I'm obese. I know I am overweight for my frame, but I think the thing is a little off! The husband doesn't care what size I am; after all, his X that he has children with is huge! (no offense to anyone). Anyway getting back to my story, I gain most of my weight in my thighs and gut. I think thats why I only appear about 145 or so. My weight I was always super happy about was 129. It was practically 130, but I could still say I was in the 120's lol. I want to get there eventually but right now I am aiming for 160. From there I will set a new goal. My younger sister is actually my motivation/inspiration, she is overweight and developed some sores as a result of her weight and was put on a perscription appetite suppresant, and is following a strict diet. She has lost 12 pounds so far and she is losing and I'm slowly still gaining, so I see her lose weight and that motivates me. I don't care what people think of my weight, I just care about it myself. I look in the mirror and say "eww look at that beer gut, that wasnt there 3 years ago!" Plus I cant say being able to finish a med pizza all by myself is something to be proud of. I am not yet motivated about the exersizing yet but I will find a way. I am seriously motivated about eating healthier, so that I will start in two weeks. Wish me luck!

I wish you good luck! I wish that I had the motivation to join you.

And we're waiting two weeks before starting, why?

It is good that you're looking at it seriously and thinking about it. I'm trying to work on the exercising, if only "moving" more instead of spending so much time here with the computer on my lap.

Part of the problem is I work at a hotel and I do a lot of sitting on my butt! I gained 30 pounds going from housekeeping to front desk. I work at an airport property so we get maaany free snacks and handouts from the pilots and flight attendants, and what makes matters worse is a lot of the nearby restaurants that deliver offer free food to the front desk just for handing out their menus! I have so many temptations around me! It will be hard not accepting FREE food!

oh and I forgot to respond to your question... I am waiting two weeks for my next paycheck! lol (I def couldn't start the diet on fat tuesday now could I? lol!)

Good luck with your dieting. I'll be interested to hear how it is going. I need to lose about 30 pounds myself but I'm still waiting for the motivation to hit me. lol

I will let you know how I am doing once I start for sure!! My long term goal is to lose 50 pounds. That is a huuuuuuge step, but I am determined.

How about if I give you some of my ability to loose weight. Everytime I get a bit stressed, I get that really sick feeling & just can't seem to eat.....I can loose several pounds in a day & with continued stress, I end up loosing 5 pounds/week or more.

Unfortunately, I have lost so much that it has become dangerously low which isn't a good thing......but I will gladly share my weight loss with you....lol.

I wish you the best of luck because I know how unhealthy being overweight can be. All the women in my family are 5'2" & my Mother was always overweight. I swore when I was a child that I wouldn't gain weight like my Mother because I didn't want to look like that......I actually did gain so much weight at one time I ended up around 165 when I was having horrible migraines & couldn't get out of bed & do anything. As soon as I got the migraines under control & could start riding my horse again, the weight just dropped off. My normal body weight has always been around 105 when I was playing racquetball everyday.....& was always healthy at that weight.

I actually found that just being active & not eating many junk foods, would just keep my weight at the healthy point. I didn't need to diet.

I wish you luck & motivation on your diet,
Debbie

Yes please debbie- I'll have your ability to lose weight please!!!
But seriously, Balish, can we motivate each other? I have been yoyoing for a while, am needing some motivation/inspiration to get me going. The exersize part is my biggest hurdle at the mo. I don't know what my weight is in lbs (we work in kgs) but I know it is much more than it should be. Maybe we could set a firm date to start (whenever your payday is) and have a support group here?

Balish,

I have found that the best way for me to lose weight is with Weight Watchers. You can eat what you want, but you need to be smart about it. Every food has a point value, and you add the points daily. Your daily point allowance is based on your weight-to-height ratio. The key is portioning. If you are going to have something "bad", make it a small portion and keep within your points. Check out www.weightwatchers.com .

My daughter tried a program sponsored by Dr. Phil, but she found it too rigid.

However you choose to lose weight, good luck. Just make sure you stay healthy in the process.

bfG

Yes lets support eachother!

OH and pay-day is feb 15th so thats when the start date will be! Exersize is so un-motivating when 90% of the winter is overcast and too cold to do outdoor activities. I could go to the rec-center, but i would make myself broke. Before my wedding last year I was doing 10 miles on my bike about once a week. I was suprised I was able to do that!

lol! I HAVE to be motivated to do exercise at the mo- my car went kaputt yesterday morning (the alternater) so I am having to walk to the bus-stop, and from there walk everywhere. My poor body doesn't know what is happening to it! And then when my daughter goes into hospital next week there will be more walking- the Ronald McDonald House, while only 3-5 minutes from the hospital, is at the bottom of a really steep hill. S'pose this walking now will help for next week?! Ok, roll on Feb 15th...
p.s. I have the opposite problem at the mo weather-wise- it is too hot to go out and do anything!!!!!

good luck

diet is right around the corner! I said I would start on friday! Will see how I do. Oh I am going to miss being able to eat full pizzas and my fiesta platter from taco bell! Its hard to portion size fast food because even something as small as a crumb has like 300 calories :S

haha! I just got home last night and just looked at the date on the calendar now (!!) but from...ummm...after lunch today I will start watching what I eat!!! I have left-overs from tea last night which I want to use up, and which my daughter doesn't want to eat. Nothing too terrible, but not so great either...1/2 portion lemon fish from the chinese takeaways. But I promise after lunch I will start . My neighbours have just started a walking programme so I thought that I would invite myself along to that too...Hope all goes well for you Balish

p.s. just to make it sound even better than it is, the lemon fish is just that- no rice or noodles with it so no extra carbs lololol

I am going shopping for my "diet food" tomorrow, originally I was going to start today but then I decided I wanted to go shopping with hubby. Today I am dying my hair blonde. lol! I got distracted, so diet should begin tomorrow.

Cool! Sunday's a good day to start anyway- it's the 'real' beginning of the week!! I reckon I did pretty well today, now just gotta think about putting a bit of exercise into my life lololol
but hey- sudden thought- you'd better not be backing out now

Hey Balish! Hows it going- did you get started on the diet on Sunday? i'm thinking that I should just start over, I have done nothing but overeat all week (emotional eating grrrrr). So tomorrow I will refocus and try again. NO more crisps, bisuits, cakes etc etc (lol).

From a man's point.......

Walking is great exersize. A period of stretching is good too.
In the warmer wheather biking is great.

Cutting all trans-fats from the diet would do a lot of good.
Also cut out as many carbs as possible, such as bread products. I lost 30 lbs over the past 2 years by using the above method. Smaller meals and lots of water work well too. Also, I don't drink anything with meals and at lease for an hour afterward. I also don't eat for an hour after drinking anything. I have been at my present weight for many months now, 210. I am 5'91/2" and very muscular. I would love to get under 200 but, I don't know if I can, also BMI is not a good way to find your ultimate weight. Body structure has a lot to do with it. At 210, I look about 175 or so. My doc says not to worry about the extra lbs because My cloths fit me right. I have a 36" waist 44 chest nice V shape from the waist up.
I support you in your determination to lose the excess weight. Get out there and start your exersize program today otherwise it will always be tomorrow.

Good luck,

well, pleased to report that things are going a bit better than earlier in the week. I have resisted many temptations (although not all...lol) but I have not gotten off my lazy backside and walked anywhere yet!!! I agree 50guy, walking is great exercise...I think some of my lack of motivation is the heat and humidity at the moment although if I am honest I just can't be bothered . Oh- and when I weighed myself the other day on my never-used scales (hehe) i discovered that it reads in pounds too- so as a starting point I am about 160lb