Tue, Aug-17-04, 08:09
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Senior Member
Posts: 7,989
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Plan: vegan low-carb
Stats: 252/252/199
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Vancouver Area
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I always thought it was a stereotype, but maybe fear of success is because I've been blaming my weight for so many things and if I don't have that to blame things on any more, what will happen? How will I handle things? I've been overweight now for almost as long as I was normal weight (gained when I had my son at 17 and never really got down to where I should be but really ballooned in mid 20's)... it's what I know (change is scary). Frustrating, tho, because it's something I really want and get upset and stressed over and it's under my control (what I eat and exercising).
For me, also, is that it's overwhelming when I think about how much I have to lose. I started out wanting to lose 74 lbs -- 74 FREAKIN' POUNDS!!! How the heck can I stick it out to do that?? It's going to take minimum a whole year of working so hard to get that off - and then the rest of my life to maintain it!!! AAAhhh, forget it, I'll never be able to do it -- pass the donuts and the Kleenex Now, I have 40 lbs to go -- yeah, still a lot and going to take so much work but it's not as bad as 74......
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