I am currently 249.2 pounds at five feet and eleven inches. My body mass index is 34.8 and according to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ I am considered obese. I started a diet 4 weeks ago and I have lost a total 12.6 pounds. My body mass index has gone down two points. I am trying so hard and I am severely suffering, giving up Chik Fil a and Taco Bell. But I have one day a week where I will eat a meal and it will be whatever I want to eat.
I am tired of reading blogs by these skinny minnies who think obese people aren't trying to change the fact that they are obese. Well here is your contradiction! I am trying to fix my obesity problem and honestly, I am only 4.8 points away from and about 10 more pounds. Trust me, the whole world will know that I am not considered obese anymore. I jump rope, eat vegetables and TONS OF LETTUCE! Which leads to bloating and constipation. When you are dieting it takes a lot of work.
The people who are writing these blogs about obesity do not understand that it is so hard to stop eating the way you have eaten for your entire life. These people probably have such a high metabolism that they can eat five Big Macs and won't gain a pound.
But after you have read this I hope you change your mind about obese people. YES I know I am not every obese person in the world. I do know that majority of the obese people in this world do not care that they are over weight. I do know that a lot of men and women cheat, they go for the Gastric Bypass surgery. But you still have to change your life style after that surgery. I am perfectly fine with changing mine minus the surgery.
I just hope I got my point across...
PS: Obese people do not need a diet, they need a life change :]
That's what a diet should be- a life change. After my first bf I was overweight due to eating because of the stress, so I made a change in my life-I started walking daily or at least not going more than one day not walking. I also started eating smaller portions, cut out fast food (which saved me some money too-it gets expensive!!), sodas, drank 2 glasses of non fat milk day, as well as some other stuff, and it worked. I lost almost 30 lbs in 6 months, and i've kept it off. I'm not the skinniest person by far, but I'm healthy. I do allow myself to have a couple squares of chocolate a day (because i'd go crazy otherwise) and one day to eat what I feel like (but not over do it). I'm proud of you for going about this the right way instead of some quick fix way-and remember, it might be hard now, but in the end it will be worth it!! You'll look and feel better, have more energy and lower your risks for heart attack, diabetes and stroke in the future. Also, having a friend who knows what you're trying to do helps you from lapsing back in to your old habits. Good luck!!
Thank you!
WOW! Good job on your 30 pounds. I want to be able to get to my healthy weight which is 180 pounds! Nothing less because I am so tall I would look like nothing but stick and bones. My ultimate goal is to be able to buy clothes from whatever I store I walk into. I am restricted to Torrid, Avenue, Lane Bryant and Old Navy.
I have some advice, if you like chocolate so much I would go for Dark Chocolate I have heard it is better for the heart :]
Yes-I agree. I have a friend who is 5'9" and about 170, and she looks smaller than me (i'm 150, but I'm 5'7"). Height definitely plays a role in how much you should weigh-I wouldn't expect to weigh anything less than 140, because I start looking anorexic (i could technically be 120 and still be a 'normal' weight according to BMI, but I'm really muscular, so it skews things). I'm really glad though that you did realize you have a problem and addressed it correctly-what really ticks me off are the people who are obese but eat mcdonalds all the time and don't exercise and turn their kids into mini-me's-a whole new generation to deal with! Those are the people I look down on- not the ones that are trying to better themselves.
Oh yes, I love dark chocolate! I'm not a big milk chocolate fan unless it's in peanut m&ms lol. And also, another interesting fact-only about 2 squares are needed to get all those anti-oxidants. Any more in a day and it does more harm than good...because chocolate is still loaded with calories, no matter which way you look at it.
yes parents are big blame to the obesity. i blame my parents. they could of told me NO to each cookie I ate before dinner and told me to eat something healthy instead of mcdonalds.
Yes, 120 is too little. it might be healthy but you wont look healthy.
do you know if they make dark chocolate reese's cups? they are my favorite EVER!
I don't think they do. It would be nice though.
well i am going to write Hershey's chocolate company a very long letter, explaining why they should :]]
Hey! I am losing weight too!
I'm 5'10" and I gained about 50 pounds after I went to college. 30 of those was in the past year and a half after my mom was diagnosed with brain cancer.
Since May I have lost 25 pounds, and I am now down to 195#. I want to get back down to what I weighed when I graduated from high school (about 170). Back then I was pretty svelte, because I was a national level athlete (rowing).
Right now, I diet by eating consciously (keeping my portions down) and try to be healthy. I haven't cut any particular foods out, just try to be more reasonable about what I'm consuming. The biggest thing for me has been exercise. I go to the Y just about every night and do some type of aerobics, or the elliptical for about an hour. Also, I am obsessed with Yoga (it's amazing). My best advice is to spend some "me" time exercising - it reduces stress and makes you feel good!
I am really glad for your post - all of the women in my family have struggled with obesity, and it's a really difficult thing. Most people make it sound so easy to keep the weight off or down, but it's not, especially if you lead a stressful or busy lifestyle. You are absolutely right when you say it's a lifestyle change, and not just a I-want-to-lose-weight-now diet change. Congratulations, and good luck!
Congrats to you!! I also eat due to stress, but when I started trying to change to lose weight, i realized that. so now, when I start to reach for whatever it is that I would like-I take a step back and ask myself if I'm eating because I'm hungry, or because I think it will comfort me. if it's the latter, I go and get myself a glass of water and do some crunches, lunges or push-ups. It's enough to get my mind off the stress, as well as to help relieve some of it.
i dont eat with i am stressed. i eat when I am bored. so I have learned to keep my self busy all of the time. its so hard during the summer but soo easy during the school year especially since i am always doing homework.
I am glad you have lost 25 pounds. I weighed 230 before the summer of 2006. I started to work at COLD STONE!!! (a ice cream place) and I gained 30 pounds just that summer. I eat at least 6 times a day. I eat breakfast on the way to school (my mom drives me, she works right by the college. saves money, gas and the environment) then i ate an apple at 10:30, eat lunch at 12:30 and at 2:30 i pull out 20 wholewheat goldfish during Math class. I am constantly drinking water. I drink two Diet Lipton Green Teas a week.
I need to work on my excerising. I jump rope about 4 times a week for 45 minutes. My calves hurt like hell after wards but its the easiest for me and i get the most engery. Also, I go to the track at the local middle school and skip. yes I said skip. I read that skipping burns the same amount calories as power working but you dont get as sweaty and you don't need to stop as often.
Oh, my life is definitely busy, not stressful. I don't stress over anything anymore now that I am out of high school. High school was a very bad stressful period... it was so bad I didn't have my period for 5 months because of stress. ://
Thanks for my congrats and good luck! I hope you do well with the other 25 pounds.
ps: how is your mother now?
Yes, I agree that some parents are to blame for weight gain because way before I decided to lose weight and while my parents were still married, my father would come home with groceries and one of the things he bought for my mother and I to eat were sweets, snacks (that were high in fat and calories), etc. because he didn't want me to have a boyfriend, get married, and move out of the house (like my older sister did); also, he didn't want other men to start looking at my mother (because they might think that she's pretty, beautiful, etc.).
There are men out there that like bigger women. They consider them healthy. In other countries, big is beautiful. They consider bigger to be sexy, just like we consider skinny to be beautiful (well the media considers it). They like bigger women because it shows that they are rich and can afford food. Too bad it is like that here.
Wouldn't your father want his wife to be healthy and beautiful?
I am yet another person attempting to lose weight. I keep my goals very short and attainable. I started at 237, and I'm aiming for under 200. I have 6-10 pounds to go, then I'll set another goal. I'm 5'4", but I have a very firm build - large breasts and hips - so I don't want to be really skinny, because I'll just look weird.
I don't need drugs - I have genetics.
Genetics can be a real drawback. It's hard to exercise when you are a DD.
I feel your pain. I'm a DDD/G (depending on the brand), so I bellydance and walk instead of running or trying to do anything else that breasts make difficult.
I don't need drugs - I have genetics.