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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Tue Jul 10 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

299.0. "Getting motivated and OA" by NHL::GOLDEN () Wed Jun 08 1988 17:56

    Hi all...I have 2 questions:
    
    	1.  For those of you have done it, how do you once and for all
            make your mind up that this is "really it" and you will
    	    lose the weight this time???? (I have 50 lbs. to lose and
            am having a hard time getting motivated since I feel like
            this is a phenominal feat to undertake (as opposed to losing
            10-20 lbs.)  What has happenned in your lives to make you
            finally say, "Look self, this is it!!!"  (I know there is
            a note on 'motivation', but didn't see this covered).
            The reason for my request is: I'm in a wedding in Sept.
    	    and, of course, want to look good in all those pictures.
    
    	2.  Does anyone know of an Overeaters Anonymous group in
    	    the Marlboro/Hudson, MA area that meets in the evening?
            I have been thru everything...Diet Workshop, Cambridge
    	    Diet, Atkins Diet...and from what I hear it sounds like
    	    OA is the answer for me since I tend to eat without
            thinking about it.  Also, for budget reasons, I can't
            afford to join a WW or DW right now.
    
    Thanks folks.  Looking forward to hearing from you.
    
    Patty

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299.1Let your finger do the walking 8-)SRFSUP::GOLDSMITHOnly 65.9% of my former self.Wed Jun 08 1988 18:156
    
    I don't know of a meeting, but check the White Pages under Overeaters
    Anonymous, there is a listing for them in many cities in the US.
    
    							--- Neal

299.2The feeling youget is great!SMAUG::MICOZZIThu Jun 09 1988 09:3613
    For a number of reasons and excuses I put on 100 pounds in four
    years.  I knew I had to loose weight but I couldn't get myself going.
    The week before Thanksgiving two years ago I realized that if I
    went through another holiday season eating like a pig I would put
    on at least ten pounds.  It was time for me to gain control of myself.
    Also, a guy at work said to me "You would be very pretty if you
    weren't so heavy".  I thought to myself, "I wonder if my husband
    feels the same way". 80lbs. later, I feel like a pretty woman. Get
    on a weight program and stick to it, the feeling you get can't be
    beat.  
    
    Donna Micozzi

299.3Work for better, instead of bestATSE::KASPERDoes the name Pavlov ring a bell?Thu Jun 09 1988 12:5521
    I can sympathize with .0, but unfortunately I haven't figured out a way
    to trigger the motivation.  I have tried.  I've made resolutions, and
    I've sometimes stuck with them for a while.  Having something click,
    though, is a personal thing, and it has to come from inside.
    
    Since you have a specific occasion to work for, I'd focus on that.
    Don't worry about how much you can lose by the wedding; 50 lbs is
    almost certainly unrealistic.  Instead, resolve to lose as much as you
    can.  Aim for an average 1-2 lb/week - that's a healthy, maintainable
    loss (the first week may be more, but it should steady out).  If you
    lose 20, that's great.  Guaranteed people will comment at the wedding
    on how good you look; they won't be saying "she only lost part of the
    weight; what a slug!"  If you lose 10, that's okay too - it's the
    direction that counts.  As long as you are losing, eventually you'll
    reach goal.
    
    Take it one day at a time, and don't expect yourself to be a saint!
    Good luck,
    Beverly
    

299.4On motivation...JJM::ASBURYThu Jun 09 1988 13:3030
    re: .3

    >Take it one day at a time, and don't expect yourself to be a saint!

    Beverly,

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I needed very much to hear this
    today.


    re: .0

       About motivation. I think it is an on-going thing. It is for me,
    anyway. In fact, earlier this morning, I was on the phone with 
    my friend Sara who joined Weight Watcher's at the same time I
    did. We were discussing this very same problem. Haven't come up
    with any great solutions, yet. 

       I think that at some point finally losing the weight must become 
    more important to you than anything else. More important than 
    enjoying that cake. (Or whatever.) more important than any 
    immediate gratification. At that point, the weight will come off.

    Good luck.

    -Amy.

    

299.5My experiences. QBUS::WOODThu Jun 09 1988 18:1716
    
    I think Amy hit it right on the head.  The weightloss has to become
    a priority in your life.  For me it took a combination of things:
    
    	1.  Turning 40.  Something about that made me realize I didn't
    	want to be overweight for the next 40 years!  
    	2.  Back problems that my chiropractor and I felt would be 
    	alleviated with a loss of weight. 
    	3.  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome which also would be less of a problem
    	with less fat in my body and diet. 
        4.  Realizing that food was a problem for me and that the only
    	way of overcoming it was to get my eating under control. 
        
    	Good luck! 
    

299.6My motivation for losing weight was...SRFSUP::TERASHITACalifornia NativeTue Jun 14 1988 16:229
    ...hearing from my orthopedic surgeon that I will need joint
    replacement surgery sometime within the next 3 years and, not only
    can we postpone it for a while if I weigh less, but the less I weigh
    when the surgery is done, the better the outlook for recovery.
    
    Now THAT'S motivation!
    
    Lynn

299.7dietsCLEVER::SULLIVANThu Jun 23 1988 11:2714
    I feel that motivation is something within all of us, something
    triggers it on and of, could be an insult or a compliment, it is
    such an individual thing.  We can only find it within ourselves.
    I get it, I lose it, it is never consistant.  What ever the click
    was it went of in my a little over a year ago, I do wonder away
    from program, but seem to regain my motivation back before much
    damage it done,  it did take 47 years to get it, some people are
    17 some are 70, it all depends on the individual.  I do not think
    all the diets in the world work, w.w., diet work shop or o.a. unless
    the state of mind is to lose all the weight.  Good luck, I am sure
    you will suceed.  Re the 50 pounds, it could be 180, every thing
    is relative.