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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 706678" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Okay...so...I hadn't chimed in on this thread because I really didn't know what to say. Like Jabber, I do appreciate the kudos on the quitting smoking. I can't say I don't want a cigarette, but I'm not having one and that's good. Actually we quit last January and stayed quit for 9+ months, began again at the end of September when our son took off for Colorado, and quit again a week before Thanksgiving. It's not the first time we've quit...we quit for 8 years once and started again...idiots. lol I used to be that person who could bum a smoke and not want one for a month...not any more though...now they make me start craving. And we quit cold-turkey each time. No pills or gum, though I always have tried to taper off. Still, we never smoked much. 1/2 pack a day.</p><p></p><p>I have to admit, the weight/diet/exercise thing has me disheartened and frustrated. There was a time...not so terribly long ago...less than 10 years...that Jabber and I lost a LOT of weight. I lost 100 lbs. It took me two years. Oh the first 70 came off in the first year, about half that without even exercising, but after that I struggled for every ounce. It took me a full 12 months to lose the last 30 and, notwithstanding the fact that I was still about 8 lbs from being "overweight" instead of "obese", my brain said,<em>"You're done! Congratulations! You can relax now!" </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>And relax we did. I relaxed my way 80 lbs up the scale. But Hey! It's not the full 100, right? I'm still a whole 20 lbs from my highest weight ever - which, at 5'10" tall...just isn't a whole lot. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>So...here I am again and I'm TIRED. I haven't even started on this weight loss thing again and I'm already tired of it. You see...while I remember how much better I felt back then; I remember how hard it was too. I remember that the only thing that worked was literally watching everything and obsessing about it, writing everything down, planning in advance. I thought about food all the time. When I wasn't writing down what I just ate, I was thinking about what I eating and when I wasn't eating or writing I was thinking about what I was going to cook to eat. It was exhausting. I just wanted to STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. But then, I never started thinking about it again.</p><p></p><p>Right now, I'm just worrying about what to cook and eat. I'm admittedly not making great choices all the time. But, at least we're planning in advance what to cook and therefore we're eating out less and making somewhat better choices. I don't know if I have the energy to do more right now. But I have to...because otherwise, I'm going to die. It's that simple. I'm only 7 years younger than my mother was when she had bypass surgery and never woke up. I take Lipitor for high cholesterol. I take Metformin for pre-diabetes. I take THREE blood pressure medications. How can I know that my weight is actually killing me and be so apathetic about changing it?</p><p></p><p>[USER=2196]@Californiablonde[/USER] I suspect that your daughter is like me. I don't think she really doesn't care if she dies from fat. I think she sees it as too hard to do anything about. I think she's intimidated by the amount of weight she needs to lose - clearly 100 lbs plus. This is a frightening, overwhelming amount of weight. I'm struggling with that myself, obviously. I did before too, but I overcame it and lost it. The best advice I have for your daughter and you is one day at a time. One change at a time. Don't buy junk. I don't care how much your kids - or you - want frozen pizza or chicken nuggets or ice cream. Learn to substitute. Substitution is one of the simplist and easiest things to do. Don't buy full fat cheese...buy 2%. Don't buy soda. Buy Mio and put in water. If you really, really want pizza - thin crust veggie or Canadian bacon or chicken or ham is much less fattening than thick crust and sausage. READ LABELS. And mostly, set TINY goals. It's seems impossible to lose 100 lbs, but 10 lbs isn't that hard. You just have to lose 10 lbs. Then do that 10 times. Make it seem doable to her.</p><p></p><p>Funny lecture after what I just said, huh? But true. Believe me, I know everything about HOW to lose weight. I just got tired of doing it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> But I have to get back to that myself. 10 lbs at a time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 706678, member: 17309"] Okay...so...I hadn't chimed in on this thread because I really didn't know what to say. Like Jabber, I do appreciate the kudos on the quitting smoking. I can't say I don't want a cigarette, but I'm not having one and that's good. Actually we quit last January and stayed quit for 9+ months, began again at the end of September when our son took off for Colorado, and quit again a week before Thanksgiving. It's not the first time we've quit...we quit for 8 years once and started again...idiots. lol I used to be that person who could bum a smoke and not want one for a month...not any more though...now they make me start craving. And we quit cold-turkey each time. No pills or gum, though I always have tried to taper off. Still, we never smoked much. 1/2 pack a day. I have to admit, the weight/diet/exercise thing has me disheartened and frustrated. There was a time...not so terribly long ago...less than 10 years...that Jabber and I lost a LOT of weight. I lost 100 lbs. It took me two years. Oh the first 70 came off in the first year, about half that without even exercising, but after that I struggled for every ounce. It took me a full 12 months to lose the last 30 and, notwithstanding the fact that I was still about 8 lbs from being "overweight" instead of "obese", my brain said,[I]"You're done! Congratulations! You can relax now!" [/I] And relax we did. I relaxed my way 80 lbs up the scale. But Hey! It's not the full 100, right? I'm still a whole 20 lbs from my highest weight ever - which, at 5'10" tall...just isn't a whole lot. :( So...here I am again and I'm TIRED. I haven't even started on this weight loss thing again and I'm already tired of it. You see...while I remember how much better I felt back then; I remember how hard it was too. I remember that the only thing that worked was literally watching everything and obsessing about it, writing everything down, planning in advance. I thought about food all the time. When I wasn't writing down what I just ate, I was thinking about what I eating and when I wasn't eating or writing I was thinking about what I was going to cook to eat. It was exhausting. I just wanted to STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. But then, I never started thinking about it again. Right now, I'm just worrying about what to cook and eat. I'm admittedly not making great choices all the time. But, at least we're planning in advance what to cook and therefore we're eating out less and making somewhat better choices. I don't know if I have the energy to do more right now. But I have to...because otherwise, I'm going to die. It's that simple. I'm only 7 years younger than my mother was when she had bypass surgery and never woke up. I take Lipitor for high cholesterol. I take Metformin for pre-diabetes. I take THREE blood pressure medications. How can I know that my weight is actually killing me and be so apathetic about changing it? [USER=2196]@Californiablonde[/USER] I suspect that your daughter is like me. I don't think she really doesn't care if she dies from fat. I think she sees it as too hard to do anything about. I think she's intimidated by the amount of weight she needs to lose - clearly 100 lbs plus. This is a frightening, overwhelming amount of weight. I'm struggling with that myself, obviously. I did before too, but I overcame it and lost it. The best advice I have for your daughter and you is one day at a time. One change at a time. Don't buy junk. I don't care how much your kids - or you - want frozen pizza or chicken nuggets or ice cream. Learn to substitute. Substitution is one of the simplist and easiest things to do. Don't buy full fat cheese...buy 2%. Don't buy soda. Buy Mio and put in water. If you really, really want pizza - thin crust veggie or Canadian bacon or chicken or ham is much less fattening than thick crust and sausage. READ LABELS. And mostly, set TINY goals. It's seems impossible to lose 100 lbs, but 10 lbs isn't that hard. You just have to lose 10 lbs. Then do that 10 times. Make it seem doable to her. Funny lecture after what I just said, huh? But true. Believe me, I know everything about HOW to lose weight. I just got tired of doing it. :( But I have to get back to that myself. 10 lbs at a time. [/QUOTE]
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