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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / July 2004Here I am, same stupid 20 pounds again
Ugh. I am so stupid. Every few years I do the same thing...gain back the same 15-20 pounds that I've lost before. In the past, I've kept it off as long as 4-6 years, then it came creeping back. This past 18 months, it's come slamming back. I know "some" of it has to do with my age, 45, and peri-menopause. I'm all over the map with my cycle, and the mood swings are worse, and I tend to be an "emotional" eater. The past year especially has been very difficult for me on a couple of levels...stressful family issues, minor financial issues, just plain life really. I've been really busy, and have let my exercise really slide to the point of non-existent. There is no excuse for this...we have a good stepper and a really good quality weight machine. Hubby is really good at his 3x per week workouts. So I'm back to 140 pounds, from where I should be at 120-125. So today I'm back to counting calories, 1,400 my daily goal. Cutting back on the refined white food and sugars, more greens, and I'm going to hit the exercise room. No unattainable goals...just realistic. At least 3 times per week workouts, weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week. I know from experience that the first few pounds go quickly, and then it slows down. I know all this. Why did I let myself get back to this point? (theoretical question) I know I feel better when I take care of myself. I know I feel better when I feel better about myself. I know I know I know. Melissa 5' 3" 140/140/125 > Ugh. I am so stupid. Every few years I do the same thing...gain back the > same 15-20 pounds that I've lost before. In the past, I've kept it off as > long as 4-6 years, then it came creeping back. This past 18 months, it's > come slamming back. What you are describing sounds not perfect, but there are much worse alternatives. Like ballooning to 300 lbs. If you gain and lose 20 lbs and are normal/close to normal in weight, over many years, I would say, you deserve a solid B in weight management. > I know "some" of it has to do with my age, 45, and > peri-menopause. I'm all over the map with my cycle, and the mood [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > So I'm back to 140 pounds, from where I should be at 120-125. Sounds very good. > So today I'm back to counting calories, 1,400 my daily goal. Cutting back > on the refined white food and sugars, more greens, and I'm going to hit the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 5' 3" > 140/140/125 My opinion only Melissa, but you are a very good example of a diet conscious person who varies her condition from excellent shape to good shape. I am not sure if 125 is a good goal weight for you -- could be pretty ambitious given your upcoming menopause -- but if you stay under 140, that would be great. i My biggest frustration is that I'm very smalled boned...I wear a size 4 ring and have very little hands and wrists etc. On the other hand, I am broad shouldered, and carry most of my weight between my shoulders and hips. I don't gain weight like most women...I have a large waist and small hips and thighs and basically no butt. I "hide" my weight, but it makes it tough to buy clothes. If I get pants to fit my waist/tummy, they are too large in the legs. I've also had 4 kids...who are now 24, 22, 20, and 17. My tummy is very large, lots of fat and skin there. Even when my weight is down to 120, (my lowest was 116), I don't have a small waist and my tummy is always a bit flabby. It's frustrating, when you have 20" thighs (at my 120 weight) to have a 28 inch waist along with 35" hips. Right now I'd like to get back to 130, and on a regular exercise routine again. I just hit the weight room, 5 minutes warm up on the stepper, 1 round on the ParaBody machine, another 10 on the stepper, and stretches when done. I know from experience that when I exercise on a regular basis, my weight is very stable. Getting the exercise back into my routine is at the top of the list. Melissa > My biggest frustration is that I'm very smalled boned...I wear a size 4 ring > and have very little hands and wrists etc. On the other hand, I am broad [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > to buy clothes. If I get pants to fit my waist/tummy, they are too large in > the legs. Has it always been this way? I read an interesting book about aging, and it said that with menopause, weight for women migrates from their butt and hips to the waist. > I've also had 4 kids...who are now 24, 22, 20, and 17. My tummy is very > large, lots of fat and skin there. Even when my weight is down to 120, (my [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > very stable. Getting the exercise back into my routine is at the top of the > list. Sounds like you have a good plan, you know you can't change things like small boned and wide shouldered, but at least you will look your best. Plus, exercise supposedly helps with osteoporosis. Good luck! i > Has it always been this way? Yes, for the most part, my shape has always been this way. My ribs weren't so broad before having kids, but I got very large with my 3rd son, hit 170 pounds and he weighed almost 9 pounds. My shape changed the most after him I think. When I look at pictures of myself when I was younger, even when thin I was pretty straight up and down with not much shape. I weighed 120 when I got married, but of course at age 18, looked different than I do now at 120. I am going to try to not get caught up in the scale, and just do what I know to do. Melissa >I read an interesting book about aging, and it said that with >menopause, weight for women migrates from their butt and hips to the >waist. I think this is generally considered to be true, but it's generally a change to where one carries bodyfat. A relatively lean woman isn't going to have dramatically different proportions than she did when younger. I weigh now about what I did in college. My measurements then were roughly 40-27-41; now they're roughly 39-28-38. I'd guess my bf% is lower now, with muscle making up more of the size. My breasts are smaller but my pecs and back are wider. My butt is flatter and my quads are more muscular. My hipbones were and are wide, but I have never carried fat on the outer hip area. My tummy was pretty flat then and is now, but definitely not when I was heavy. It took some time for my waist measurement to shrink in proportion to other things, but now it has. When I was heavy, though, I definitely carried more weight through the middle than I probably would have when younger. My waist was over 40" at my heaviest (actually around 275 lbs., a couple of years pre-diet). Chris 262/143/ (145-150) > weight through the middle than I probably would have when younger. My > waist was over 40" at my heaviest (actually around 275 lbs., a couple > of years pre-diet). > > Chris > 262/143/ (145-150) I am curious Chris, did you gain your weight slowly before deciding to lose it? >> weight through the middle than I probably would have when younger. My >> waist was over 40" at my heaviest (actually around 275 lbs., a couple [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I am curious Chris, did you gain your weight slowly before deciding to >lose it? Well, I gained sort of slowly between ages 30 and 45, then added some more rather rapidly after entering perimenopause. I then stayed in the 250-275 range for several years before deciding to lose weight. I was lifting and going to the gym regularly before I decided to lose weight, so I was relatively fit for somebody that size, so I didn't find it a real hardship being that overweight. But I like it better this way :-). Chris >Ugh. I am so stupid. Every few years I do the same thing...gain back the >same 15-20 pounds that I've lost before. In the past, I've kept it off as [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >5' 3" >140/140/125 Hi Melissa! You'll find that some of us have never left. :) > You'll find that some of us have never left. :) Or have returned :-) Welcome back, your plan sounds very good. I have much more to lose this time around, but the goal is - like yours - to bring back the exercise routine into the daily schedule (which I managed to do in the last 3 days :-) Elly breastfeeding mom of a 9 months old, on a balanced low carb WOE Mid July 2004: 193.6 / 193.6 / mini-goal by August 20th: 182.6 sometime in the (distant) future: 150 lbs Melissa, daily weighings work for me. Without them I might "refeed" big time. > Ugh. I am so stupid. Every few years I do the same thing...gain back the > same 15-20 pounds that I've lost before. In the past, I've kept it off as [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 5' 3" > 140/140/125 > Ugh. I am so stupid. Every few years I do the same thing...gain back the > same 15-20 pounds that I've lost before. In the past, I've kept it off as [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 5' 3" > 140/140/125 Welcome back, Melissa. It sounds like you have a good plan in place. I know how easy it is to let those pounds slip back on<g> Beverly |
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