Finally weighed myself...

I've been on my quit for 11+ months now, and I know I've been gaining weight and dealing with it, for the most part, with incredible reserves of denial.

But since only one pair of pants now fits sort of correctly, there could be no denying that I have a weight-gain "opportunity."

I've added 15 pounds to an already "robust," shall we say, frame. I can say this to all of you because I don't know any of you. It would be too embarrassing to say it out loud to anyone in person.

I weighed in at... 265 pounds.

I was at about 250 when I quit.

I've started to focus on how to fix this, and the first thing I've done is to begin walking every other day up a nearby hiking trail. I've even spent $100 on a pair of hiking boots (the trail is VERY rocky). So far, so good - I go about two miles (half is uphill, the other down) on these walks.

But I will have to address what I eat as well, and I'm anxious about having to give up anything because it reminds me of giving up cigarettes. I know I can do it, but the food version of the evil Nic tells me it's going to be too hard, etc. Whine, whine, whine.

Anyway, there's no getting around it, it's time to kiss butt and start on Phase II of my make-over. I've pretty much dealt with the smoking thing, so now it's time for the nutrition and exercise thing.

I'm going to be such a rock star when this is all over!

[nsd_user663_53658]

DGee, you already are a rock star! You're going to be a rock god when you complete phase 2.

You'll do great, I know you will.

Molly x

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I echo what Molly says, you rock anyway Dgee!

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I feel your pain DGee. I've gained over a stone and it just looks horrible on my small frame. ...not to mention that I have had to get all my fat stuff out of the loft. On the plus side , my OH had a horrible bug last week for 3 days and could not eat at all and I could not be bothered cooking just for me , so I had lots of very light meals and I have stopped all biscuits and chocolate ( my downfall, I have a terrible sweet tooth) for Lent. Result! in 2 weeks I have lost 4 pounds, so it is do-able. I am going to do that 2 day fast thing definitely.

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Hi DGee,

265 sounds quite lardy - translates to about 19 stone in English, so not as lardy as me at my [un]glorious peak so I know where you're at

Seriously, I've found the best way to tackle weight issues is to look at calorie intake before you start to worry about exercise. I've had a bit of a yo-yo over the last couple of years with weight and I've managed to keep it down on this quit by keeping a diary of everything I stuff my face with - and tried to keep it to under 1500 cals a day. If you're not counting the cals you can very easily bust 3000 a day (correction - I could bust 3000 a day) which is ok on the odd day, but day in, day out is only going to end up on the arse / hips / other wobbly bits.

I'm not knocking exercise at all, but in my experience, losing weight and getting fit / toned / healthy are two very different things, and if you look at the stats you'd probably have to run to the moon and back to burn off the excess calories I was eating / drinking on a bad day.

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I think you make some fine points, Egg.

Many years ago I dropped 50 pounds pretty quickly in a medically supervised liquid fast, and one of the things they taught us was the importance of a food diary. It really did work - it was so hard to write down something that was obviously junk, so I wouldn't eat it to keep the diary pure.

I'm going to look online for some resources to do that again. My biggest temptation is the sugary foods; I know what I should be eating and what I shouldn't. Following through with what I know is the change I need to make.

The one flaw to the liquid fast program above was a paucity of support AFTER the fast. We had all been given a lot of good information, but alas, when left on our own, many (most) of my classmates and me soon reverted back to hold habits and old weights.

I need some food version of NOPE I guess!

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I found an online resource that looks promising. It's called MyNetDiary.com. I've downloaded the free version of the app to start playing around with it. There's a paid version that's only $3.99 US with a lot more features.

I'll let you all know how it goes...