I refuse to be a Yo-Yo
So, was reading a ton of stuff the last few days. I've been interested in Steve Vaught's journey across the US. He's starting in CA and traveling to NY, he left in April and intends to lose weight on his trip. He started over 400 pounds, and hes not quite halfway on the trip and hes lost just 50 pounds.
The Fat Man Walking
He's gotten alot of fame along the way, numerous TV appearances and newspaper articles, besides a guest book and yahoo groups. What gets me is listening to the people talk about his story, either in the guest book or the groups. The naysayers and the internet trolls are one thing, but so many people seem to think they have a say in how this man is walking its pathetic. But he has also regained 8 pounds. How do you regain 8 pounds when you are walking that much every day? And no, its not muscle.
What is really bothering me is reading the stories of other people and their losing weight stories. I don't think I've read a single success story as of yet. Not a single person that has lost a monsterous ammount of weight and kept it off. One lady's story that I read talked about her losing 30 pounds, gaining all but 6 back and she exercises and seems to eat right daily. Its so hard not to get discouraged, not to feel like you are going to ultimately fail.
I don't think I could do all this again. It would be too discouraging and disappointing. I WILL not fail and I will not regain this weight. I fully realize my goal might not be the weight I have chosen out of the air. I might stop at 160, I might go to 140 (highly doubt it) but I know that when I hit this goal finally, that I will fight hard to stay there. I've wasted enough of my life being fat and unattractive, I want to live the rest of my life in control of myself and my body.
I've said I've lost 11 years of fat already, I've gone down to what I was before I got pregnant with Megan. I still have 5 or so more years to get through. I've looked back to my high school year book and realize I never knew I'd gotten thin my senior year. I won't waste that feeling again. I know I'll never be that thin again, but I can get down to a size that feels good.
I will not be a yo-yo
The Fat Man Walking
He's gotten alot of fame along the way, numerous TV appearances and newspaper articles, besides a guest book and yahoo groups. What gets me is listening to the people talk about his story, either in the guest book or the groups. The naysayers and the internet trolls are one thing, but so many people seem to think they have a say in how this man is walking its pathetic. But he has also regained 8 pounds. How do you regain 8 pounds when you are walking that much every day? And no, its not muscle.
What is really bothering me is reading the stories of other people and their losing weight stories. I don't think I've read a single success story as of yet. Not a single person that has lost a monsterous ammount of weight and kept it off. One lady's story that I read talked about her losing 30 pounds, gaining all but 6 back and she exercises and seems to eat right daily. Its so hard not to get discouraged, not to feel like you are going to ultimately fail.
I don't think I could do all this again. It would be too discouraging and disappointing. I WILL not fail and I will not regain this weight. I fully realize my goal might not be the weight I have chosen out of the air. I might stop at 160, I might go to 140 (highly doubt it) but I know that when I hit this goal finally, that I will fight hard to stay there. I've wasted enough of my life being fat and unattractive, I want to live the rest of my life in control of myself and my body.
I've said I've lost 11 years of fat already, I've gone down to what I was before I got pregnant with Megan. I still have 5 or so more years to get through. I've looked back to my high school year book and realize I never knew I'd gotten thin my senior year. I won't waste that feeling again. I know I'll never be that thin again, but I can get down to a size that feels good.
I will not be a yo-yo
posted by Tammy at
6:30 AM
1 Comments:
just clicked at a random blogg and saw yours and after reading your entry I just wanna push you and say that it is possible. My boyfriends brother was up at 120kg and fat as a football and is now down at 75kg all muscles and he's running everyday and he can still grab a burger and hang around...
First of I wanna tell you that when you lose weight you start of losing a bit then you mysteriously gain alot more but seriosly it's just muscles then you drop all the fat.
the most effective way to lose weight what I've seen is "Spinning training" in group with an instructor... though a lot of ppl tend too throw up the first times.
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