Thread: making real changes for weight loss!

hello everyone,
just joined the forum as i am really interested in health, and fitness and looking to join an online community with which to share, etc etc,

i have always had problems with my weight. i've never been too overweight, but i've never been really thin and fit either. for years i have tried uneducated ways to lose weight (i say uneducated because i had no idea about anything about weight loss and diet and fitness...I didn't undestand caloric values of food and metabolism, etc.) anyway, a few years ago i finally decided to make some real changes. i was tired of my weight flactuating so much and always ending up heavier each year after trying different weight loss ideas. i stopped binge-eating (a big problem for me) and making small changes like eating a little less and exercising a little more...it worked at first! I was losing weight really slowly, but it was permament. I lost nearly 30 pounds, it was great!

recently though, i think old habits are making their way back in my life. i have a really bad problem of emotional eating. i eat when im depressed or anxious or bored or even to procrastinate on things i dont want to face. it's a real problem. ive been doing that a lot lately due to my life changing in big ways.

i want to get back to eating healthily and exercising but i'm so unmotivated. i'm moving soon (one of the big life changes) and i feel like, what's the point since i'm moving soon and i'll start a weight loss regime them.

i move in a few weeks. im so stressed so i eat but then i get depressed because i'm gaining weight and then i eat some more to deal with the depression. it's a really bad cycle!

any tips for what i can do in the meantime, before i move and face all these changes? the reason i dont want to start actually trying to lose weight now is that i dont like trying to lose weight within a time frame. it's one of the most dangerous things a person can do with their diet (must lose this much weight but this date) because i think it causes desperation and sets yourself up for failure.

but i dont want to keep eating this way and feeling this way. i feel like i'm really abusing my body with the junk im eating.

what can i do in the meantime? how can i not destroy my health and body during this difficult time?

thank you so much

Organica!

Wow. Thank you for your first post. I felt like I was reading my own story. Last year I lost 15 pounds (all the weight I put on in college)...I just graduated in May. But now I've put it all back on It's so frustrating! But I am trying to stay positive about who I am and I've recently started writing down what I am putting in my mouth. I move from AZ to NY on Sunday to start a new job and my plan/goal is to put exercise and healthy eating into my normal schedule. I also am signing up for a walk in September to keep me motivated It's hard in the liminal stage of moving to stay focused on eating healthy/losing weight but I know you can do it! Thanks for reminding me that I am not alone in my minor weight struggle!