03-29-2008, 08:21 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sunny shores of New Jersey
Posts: 7
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Dear Kipa,
I too am sorry to hear about your cousin. Your so young honey and that is definitely in your favor. That young energy is one big step in helping you to achieve your goal !
I've lost nearly 120 pounds and did it with a blend of South Beach Diet and The Sugar Busters. I weighed 260 pounds about 7 years ago and lost 100 pounds in about 6 months and succeeded in keeping it off until in 2006 I had a doctor botch a bunion surgery that resulted in Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy that is an incurable central nervous system disorder that consists of constant pain that can if it wants to, go full body. Meds I was on for that caused me to gain weight (about 45 pounds). I was in a wheelchair for nearly a year then had a spinal cord stimulator put in and that was a blessing. I got off the meds , out of the wheelchair and lost that weight and continued to lose additional weight that I had wanted to lose.
You have the perfect mind set to achieve your goal and that is
"determination". Stick with that and don't just diet, be sure to excercise whether it be power walking or joining a gym or doing your own routine a home but do something. Diet and excercise go hand in hand and the excerciise will help you to lose at a faster rate and boost your determination when you see the scale on a downward trend. Don't beat yourself when you go into plateau's as they happen. Don't beat yourself if you slip up and eat something that you shouldn't just get back on track. Drink enough water, avoid eating after 7 pm , "kitchen closed !" Buy yourself an outfit that doesn't fit you now (a realistic smaller size) and hang it where you can see it at all times and know that you "will" get into that outfit.
Don't let anyone discourage you or break your heart with words.
It's your life and you have the power to change it. Anyone who has never had an issue with weight has no idea how hard it is to lose and how easy it is to gain. They think it is a simple matter of just not eating so much and it is so much more than that.
You can do it !! All the best to you, just keep your chin up and keep picturing the new you !! You've already made the most important decision now it's just a matter of self disipline and never say "diet", it's a healthy life style change.
Hugs of Luck to you,
Juniee
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