Hello,
I am your classic yo-yo dieter. I have tried it all!!!! I am also a binge eater. I am here looking for a new method. I need to change how I think about food. I need to change how I see my body and value. I need to just eat and let my body do what it needs to do. I don't want to let food or a quest for weight loss control my life anymore.
After reading up on various ways that people lose weight without super ultra restriction, I have come to the conclusion that a moderate approach will be much better for me in the long run. I don't want to focus too much on my numbers. I have let them dictate my value for too long. I will say that I am about 30-40 pounds overweight. Right now I wear a size 12. I want to make this journey to a new mindset without the scale. I can easily tell when my pants are getting too tight and when they have loosened. I will let that be my weight loss indicator.
My goal is really to be committed.
So I have told myself that I commit to:
Eating 3 meals a day with no sweets
Enjoying a sweet on S-days
Exercising at least 3 days a week for at least 10 minutes. Increasing my frequency and time slowly.
I don't know that I can get much simpler than this.
We have 197 days left in this year. I don't want to waste another one worrying about food or my weight. I am renewing my mind!
Renewing My Mind
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Renewing My Mind
Last edited by LadyMay on Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:32 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Welcome! Just as a reminder: You ARE who you are. You HAVE a binge eating HABIT and you HAVE a YO-YO dieting HABIT. You ARE not a binge eater. Big difference, I promise as you're about to embark to HAVE a 3 square meal habit
Looking forward to your thread.
Looking forward to your thread.
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the suggestion I am about to give you is controversial, but I still recommend it: weigh yourself right now, and take your measurements. Then, if you don't want to weigh yourself over the next few months, that's fine. But have a definite start point of pounds and inches (or kg and cm, depending on where you live!)
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2