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talkingmountain wrote:I'm back. No surprise that in my time hiding from the McD boards I've put on 25 of the 45 lbs I'd lost, and my cholesterol & sugar levels are back up into the worrisome stage. Between multiple bouts of steroids (to help me breathe) and sheer tiredness, I've lost the will to prepare food, and it shows. Somehow though I've got to get back on track. I hate the way I feel, and the more crap I eat the worse I'm gonna keep feeling.
Today I am starting small. I am making myself post here, and I'm going to list a few reasons why I want to get back to the healthier way of eating.
1. I hate taking so much medicine. It makes me feel old. It's expensive, too. Meds for GERD, meds for asthma, meds for allergies. All these would improve significantly if I ate better and let the weight fall off like I know it will.
2. I hate looking at "Walmart People" and realizing I look like them now.
3. I hate the belly that hangs over my thighs.
4. I feel constantly afraid that I am going to have a heart attack or something similar.
(Well I see that's all negative! LOL no surprise there I guess. Let's try to phrase things a little more positively)...
5. I want to feel good.
6. I want to live longer and enjoy it.
7. I want to have the energy to do more than sit and watch TV when I get home.
8. I want to be a good example for my daughter. She eats the way she sees me eating (not what I tell her to eat, of course!). She copies my sedentary ways.
9. I want to feel proud of my food choices, which means no dairy or eggs (I already avoid meat -- it's just disgusting to me now).
Not a very inspiring list but it's a start at least. Next I will try to make myself post what I eat, crap and all; not to humiliate myself but rather to help myself face where I'm at.
Now it's time for sleep.
Garden wrote:Good to see you here. I've gone off before and worked my way back as well and know how steep that journey can be.
If I had posted what I was eating for the last two years, it would have basically been puffed cheese snacks, chocolate, wine and fried chinese foods...a kidney stone brought me back to my senses as well as a 60 lb weight gain- I knew how to do it and how good I felt when I was eating this way, but tough to get going again.
It's so hard to start again, but I think those small steps of posting and reaching out for support are fantastic.
Lots of support and no judgements to be found here!
Take care,
Garden
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