 Losing weight - a seemingly endless battle.
Hello everyone. I've gotten to the point where I think I need to ask for help. I'm 26 and am about 80 pounds overweight. I have been overweight since I was about 8 years old. For six years now I've struggled immensely with dropping this extra weight. I've learned a lot about myself along the way and have been able to accept myself as is without being disgusted (self-acceptance has helped me bigtime). However, no matter how educated I get on nutrition, exercise, goals, beliefs, emotions, etc. I still have not been able to stick with anything consistently enough to finally succeed. Any success is incredibly grueling! For example, I did a 30-day trial in February. I really cleaned up my diet by cutting out any junk food, etc. and ate mostly green cruciferous vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds and fruit (Eat to Live). I made some progress but wow, that one month felt like ten! I was pretty consistent with my eating plan, which I really believe in, but I don't know, it was exhausting in retrospect. Physically I felt pretty good, but overall not so great (mentally, emotionally, general energy levels, listless, etc.) This seems to happen regardless of which eating and exercise plan I chose. For some reason, I have never been able to stick with anything consistently!
I've done this same thing over and over again. I am just about 100% convinced I need a new approach to this, as in, an approach that's "inside out" rather than "outside in"! I think it takes a while for me to learn these things! Since I've decided that this year is the year I get this handled once and for all, I am going to keep approaching this until it works, instead of "going dark" once again and finding myself 80+ pounds overweight at 30.
Has anyone had to struggle so intensely as this? Have you found strategies that provide relief and help make progress more automatic and less grueling? I'd really appreciate any input with this as it has been one major struggle I'd really like to overcome!
Brendon
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