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Brianna - I promised myself that I would start living healthily on 1 October, and I genuinely believed it. I just seem to be on some sort of downward spiral though..... Had a healthy dinner last night then got up on auto pilot at about 22.00 and bought a pizza from one of the many take-aways on my road. If I don't put a stop to this soon I'll look like Catal Huyuk (following your fat god theme there).
I've lost weight before - sadly I'm a yo-yo dieter. I'm 5'8 and have been every weight from 120- 220lbs. Not sure how to break this cycle. I know I can LOSE weight, so its just a case of waiting til my mind-set is right & going for it again. Sadly I know I can also GAIN weight again. I'm not happy with my weight at present but I know I can resolve that. The trickier question is how I stop myself putting it back on again.
I have lost weight through purely cutting down my food intake before. It was the hardest way to stick to, but even with a dramatic decrease in calories I don't believe my body hit starvation mode. I found that weighing myself every fortnight showed a consistent weight loss. When I weighed myself every day the small losses & occasional gains could have lead me to believe it wasn't working.
Last time I combined healthy eating with rigorous exercise once I'd lost the first stone. Exercise alone would not have worked for me. I had over 50lbs to lose and was gorging on fast food and drinking far too much. I was lethargic, depressed, not sleeping, ashamed of my body etc etc. A healthy diet has to be the place to start, surely?
Would I consider surgery? If I had the money - yes.
End of me, me, me post - sorry.
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