Long journey, down 160 pounds.

I have never told myself that I can't, which is why I am down 160 pounds, neither did i ever 'not want to', I did what I had to.but the science is there to back my claims. I experienced it for ten years of my life, everyones body reacts differently. The medications they put me on for PCOS damagedmy body in other ways, which later down the road hindered my chances of losing weight and keeping it off even more. ANYONE can lose weight, and it takes a lot of hard work and changing habits and behaviours, it takes dedication. I was doing everything the right way and every doctor I have ever seen says exactly what I said about the odds being against 'us'. I am happy for you and your hard work and everything you have done to helpnyourself, but please don't say things like 'anyone who has this tried this and it worked so what you are saying isn't true' ((i also realize we are conversing through text so there is no tone and lots of room for misinterpretation)) Genetics are a powerful factor. I never tell anyone they cant, but im still not sure why you are telling me things ive already said in my comments, that with hard work, staying hydrated, not drinking calories, smaller portions, etc is the key to getting on the road to success. I never followed trends or fads to lose weight fast. I knew sit was a long journey. So with this, I ask that you read my other comments or read this twice before you respomd agaim, because i think you are trying to talk to someone who is saying they cant, or making excuses or saying something is holding them back, and I am not. I have several friends with the same issues and try to use that logic, and they get mad when I explain to them that they can do it they just have to work hard. and i refuse to let people use their heath issues az an excuse for not attempting, or stopping because they dont get results fast enough.

I lost my weight by hard work and dedication and discipline. I work out 1-2 hours every day, sometimes twice a day. I walk instead of driving, steps insread of elevators, only drink water, drink water before each meal, eat portions no bigger than my fist, and after years of doin that, where I would lose about 40 pounds before my body would just stop, i'd increase my activity level, drop my portions a bit more, or grazed every two hours on healthy snacks like veggies or protein. But it wouldn't help, I usually gave it another month before my body would just stop or adjust, whatevef. And i would still have over 100 pounds to lose. I would continu eating healthy but when my activity level (which was pretty intense) lowered I would gain it all back and then some. I dealt with this for 10 years until I got to 360 after two children- where i was still active throughout both pregnancies. My body just refused to work with all the work I was putting in. It took me 3 years to finally be approved for bariatric surgery, so i chose to have the gastric sleeve done. I had intestinal issues that the surgery was going to jelp, and I was also told tjqt it could fix my thyroid AND PCOS (from the weightloss for pcos) so I had the procedure done. In my family, again, genetics, morr than half of mh family members have had some type of bariatric surgery, and after yeas of trying, it would be the only thing that worked for them.

My surgery has helped me keep weight off, helped my GI problems drastically, fixed my thyroid (for now), and I have a 3 week cycle where my body is getting rid of all those underdeveloped eggs (cysts)

I apologize if at any point i did not explain myself correctly, but usually in the loseit community people are supporting from what I see and don't just come in to explain to someone that their perspective ofntheir bodily functions are wrong, or telling them whatvthey already know and touched base on in comments. After rhe first few months of recovering from surgery, which was hell and i will not lie (the pain and weakness, not anything else) my metabolism, PCOS, THYROID, insulin resistance, and even my hypoglycemia has gotten better or 'resolved' ( even if just for now)

Because of all of this, I can now eat as i please, though I will permanently be eating small portions fpr the rest of my life, and I do not mind. If i want a soda now, I can enjoy one now and then withiut feeling guilty. I am now a runner and I am very into fitness and healthy living.

I never held myself back, i never felt sorry for myself. I never told myself i cant because of mh health issues, I told myself that my health problems make it harder, and so i needed to work harder.

So while you are one of the people that doesnt (from the way you make it seem) have to deal with as much as others with similar issues, I am one of the people that was very much so affected and had the odds heavily stacked against me. I fought harder and was willing to do whatever it took to get healthy.

So here I am, a much healthier person, despite all of my hurdles, I made it to the finish line and I am still running.

I explained all of this because what you saidncould be very damaging to someone in the middle of a journey. Weightloss and obesity is such a touchy subject that you need to have tact, and while telling someone that they are able to despite their problems is okay, telling someone they are refusing to help themselves and saying they are blaminf things that arent holding them back (when they really are, regardless of severity) could break someone down ro the point of giving up. You could damage someones self esteem when they peobably dont have much to begin with. It comes off very arrogant and there is absolutely no way youncould know everything about someones journey and make judgements just because yiu have a similar issue and got through it.

If this was all spawned from me mentioning part of the reason why my journey was hard, or because i said 'luck', which i admit was inappropriate but i was attempting to be polite, maybe next time you could say something encouraging before trying to rationalize something and come off negatively. I still appreciate you commenting because it made me type out more than I wanted to toucj base on in my original post.

Sorry for any typos, I am on a touchpad keyboard and it's terrible because I type too fast.

/r/loseit Thread Parent