I have to know if this is really possible for the always-fat

[thaioneon]

I've seen people lose weight and be thin, but usually they were thin most of their lives and blew up temporarily. Can someone who was always overweight really become thin?? I just feel like it's going to take me forever to get to 150 which I was for as long as I can remember, but even then I was overweight. Do I really have a snowball's chance of becoming 120 or even 130 which would put me in a bikini for the first time in my life??? Has anyone out there done this, someone who wasn't thin before they got preggers or thin most of their life, but someone like me, who has always been overweight? I need to hear this can be done, PLEASE!!! :yikes

[Richt]

Re: I have to know if this is really possible for the always

I've seen people lose weight and be thin, but usually they were thin most of their lives and blew up temporarily. Can someone who was always overweight really become thin?? I just feel like it's going to take me forever to get to 150 which I was for as long as I can remember, but even then I was overweight. Do I really have a snowball's chance of becoming 120 or even 130 which would put me in a bikini for the first time in my life??? Has anyone out there done this, someone who wasn't thin before they got preggers or thin most of their life, but someone like me, who has always been overweight? I need to hear this can be done, PLEASE!!! :yikes

Personally I think it can be done. Surely its all to do with your mind set. if you want to be thin, then you can be thin.

If there is one thing that I have learnt since doing Atkins - its positive thinking can make the world of difference. I mean (sorry to turn the subject round to me but) - If someone had said to me 9 months ago that I was going to lose 56 lbs in the next nine months I would have thought they were taking the micky. 9 months later and I cant see any reason why I cant get down to 180lbs.

Its all in the head - IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH, YOU WILL AND CAN HAVE IT.

Good Luck

Rich

[Perry]

There is absolutely no reason why you cannot reach your dream weight. Sometimes when we lose our goals are 'modified', though. You may find that you look good at 130 and the extra discipline to get to 120 is not worth it. I just let my family and physician tell me what my optimum number was (180) even though I could have easily gone lower.

[Nik04]

I have been wondering the same thing..I have been overweight all my life and really don't know what Being thin feels like.

[JoanOH]

I have been heavy my entire life and I'm nowhere near my goal weight which used to be 150, but I now think is going to be around 135-140 -- but my answer to your question is:

H*LL YES!!!

If I believed anything else, I wouldn't be able to stick to this WOE for even one more day.

Have faith

Joan J

[Mikaela209]

I believe it to be true. I've been overweight my ENTIRE life!! Well starting 2nd grade. I'm a senior in highschool now and going on Atkins. My largest weight was 195. Which isn't good for a 5'3' girl. But now I'm down to 165. My actual goal weight would be 125 because thats what the BMI said that I should weigh when in actuality it should 135 to 140 because of the way my body is built. I accepted that I couldn't go lower that 135 unless I wanted myself to look TOO skinny. What I'm saying is if your body looks like its built to be in the 120's then go for it!! But my body is muscular so I realized my limits. Also think about the height part too. :geek

[matawguro]

I was born weighing 9lbs. I have always been fat. Is it really possible for people who have never been thin to become thin? I'll tell you when I get there (and I am well on my way to getting there).

[Kalymi]

I have never even come close to being "thin" or even "normal"! My whole family is overweight and so when I started this I set my goal at anything under 200, thinking that is as far as I could go (and not believing I would even get that far).
Well, I have just reached 198 :joy and I am starting to think- ****, why cant I wear a bikini next summer? So off to bikini bod I go! I dont know what weight that will be for me though since I have never ever worn a bikini in my life..... but I will let you know when I get there!
Hope the stretch marks fade.... ensive

[Donnie]

I will be happier than a pig in poop! ???

lol never heard that before and I live in Indiana!

[morgan82]

i dont remember ever weighing less than 150 in my whole life, and im getting close to that weight. i sure hope we can all get thin and fit, even if weve never been there before!

[nomorefat]

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[MarinWallace]

I think that my body type was designed to eat this way- I was a major carb addict. So it's no wonder with eating sugar sugar sugar I got fatter and fatter- my body was not supposed to be eating all that stuff. I used to actually CRAVE meat sometimes. Did I listen to my body? Noooo. Did I stop eating when I was full? Heck no. And did I eat more when I was truly hungry instead of waiting until I was ravenous? Nah. Why do that?

I also never took the care to exercise like this. To build muscles even though they are tucked away safely behind a bit of padding right now. To build cardio endurance so I'll be able to take a run when I want to- even though right now it would be too much for my poor knees and ankles. For my hard work, I'm rewarded, but I'm not an underwear model. It's easier to get up. My muscles have some definition. My arms are shrinking. These are great steps and keep me going- that and I feel GREAT.

My birthday is in a few days and I had set it in my mind as a major cheat weekend- I'll be 30 and I deserve it. As it stands right now, I don't really want to do that anymore. Will I eat some sugar? Yes. I would feel terribly deprived if I had no birthday cake. Will it be sugarpalooza? No- why do that to myself? I don't really even want it anymore. And before I did- I would eat what was left of my cake within a few days and wash it down with chocolate milk.

I think that the major transformation into a creature I never was before will actually come from doing what body really wants to do instead of following a flawed model of living that was clearly not working for me.

So, do I think we can do it even though we've never been thin before? Yes- absolutely.