the camera adds 10 pounds....right??

[binny]

omgosh PLEASE tell me it actually adds about 50!


I was on the news today and I almost didnt recognize myself.

How can I have let myself go like this? I really just want to cry. I cant believe Ive done this to myself.


I wont let this get any worse. I just wont. I HAVE to lose weight no matter the cost now.

 

[luvmydogs]

{{{Hugs}}} from someone who understands how you feel. When I was 235 lbs. I never allowed anyone to take my picture--I honestly have no pictures of ds and me together until he was 8 years old. The summer after I lost 110, we went on a cruise, and my mug is in a million shots! I even took dance lessons in front of the whole pool deck IN MY BATHING SUIT!!!

Sometimes it's shocking just to see ourselves on TV or in the paper, etc...kind of like how it's weird to hear your own voice! Binny, I'm betting that you're beautiful just the way you are but as someone who has felt the way you do (and no one could convince me any differently), I know where you're coming from. I felt so badly about my appearance at one point that when my mom had a heart attack, I didn't even want to go home to see her. I had put on nearly 60 pounds and was so embarrassed to be seen by those who had known me when I weighed less. That was my rock-bottom moment and to this day I feel awful that thoughts like that even crossed my mind.


Don't let negative thoughts bring you down--try as hard as you can to keep a positive mindset and see every day as a new chance to make yourself healthier and stronger. Good days and bad days will be had (just the nature of the weight-loss beast!) but we are here for you! I've been maintaining now for @1.5 years, and it doesn't get any easier, but it has been worth every drop of sweat and tears!

Don't put yourself down, strong, determined and beautiful binny! You will succeed!

 

[sm4987]

I also agree with Kim. Don't let it get you down. Once you resolve in your mind and heart that you want to lose the weight, it will come off. Find a program that works for you. Find an activity that you like to do. Get a buddy and come here often. We are for you!

 

[Nanabug02]

Every passing moment is an opportunity to turn it all around. Remember that.

I FEEL for you from the bottom of my heart. It is SO HARD to lose weight. I felt so overwhelmed when I first started my journey. It's already been a long road, but I feel successful and can look in the mirror and know I'm doing something about it.

Take it one day at a time.....Seriously. Start with today and do the best you can and tomorrow will take care of itself.

Also, start trying to look at the emotional reasons you are using food. I really believe that anyone who has a weight problem is using food emotionally. Make sure you are dealing with that, becauses even if you woke up tomorrow at your goal weight, the issues would still be there. And you wouldn't have LEARNED any other coping mechanisms to deal with them.

Good luck and remember you are worth it!