Healthy Weight Loss

[Zimmeh]

I want to say Congratulations to you! You have always been a tough cookie and yes life does happen. Good luck to you on losing that last bit of weight! I myself need to lose about 60lbs to keep myself healthy.

Zimmeh

Originally Posted by Medusa

I'm back at it.

I had lost a total of 153 pounds over the last few years with diet and exercise (and some unhealthy bulimia that is now in check) but have had some ENORMOUS life changes in the last 18 months.

I looked up one day and I had gained back 37 pounds and did that whole, "Oh, HEYALLLLL NAH" thing and started back with monitoring my calories and trying to get more exercise. My gain was mostly due to being off-plan, not exercising as much, indulging a LOT, and dealing with some of my grief and joy with old coping mechanisms of binging.

I have lost 22 of the 37 pounds I gained and have my eye on losing another 20 pounds as my first short-term goal. That goal actually puts me 5 pounds below my initial lowest weight but my plan was always to lose another 50 slowly and methodically.

I'll do it! It will be slow work but I'll do it by cutting back on my calories and getting back to yoga and walking and I SUPER look forward to getting my curvy self into a very cute dress I've been saving

[Zimmeh]

I started my weight loss in 2007. For about eight years, I was able to keep it off. When my life went in the shitter in 2015, I turned to food to cope with my depression and heartache. November 1st, 2017 I got the shock of my life. For the last couple of months I haven’t been feeling well. I just thought it was my blood sugars and hormones was out of whack. It wasn’t that at all. My doctor took my blood pressure and it was 180/101. I nearly had a heart attack at the age of 43. I am now on blood pressure medicine and I’m on a strict diet. I now have to lose around 70lbs. The moral of my post s listen to your bodies and don’t be stubborn about going to the doctor’s.

Zimmeh