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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief
Yep! I was 420 pounds at the beginning of 2014...changed my life in how I eat and my activity level.
No surgery, no pills, no crash diets, no shortcuts. But still a ways to go!
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That's the way you do it. Reasonable changes in what (and how much...) you eat and how much you exercise. It's slow but it's steady and it can bring life long change.
We forget that diet (and even exercise) is an industry. Fads end in failure and lead to yet more fads. All of us, especially this time of year, set these crazy, unrealistic goals, and ultimately doom ourselves to failure before we even start.
Why? Because we want to be fixed right now and we want it to be easy.
End result is a rollercoaster ride of diets and exercise plans and yoyoing weights and at the end of the day a lot of us really being disappointed with ourselves.
It's easy, but it's not fast. Move more. Eat less.
I think the best thing people here in this thread can do is keep it a place where the words 'fat' or 'fatty' or anything even remotely derogatory is thrown out the window. What I think everybody needs is a supportive place, not to brag or boast or make people feel worse about something we all probably hate about ourselves under the surface. No shaming, just advice or a place to vent or plan or whatever, but realize it's got to be a lifestyle change, and it may take longer than you want, be harder than you want, but never give up. Keep pushing ourselves. And to celebrate people's success along the way.
Just my 2 cents. Good on you for your progress, by the way!