Diets ask us: How much do you hate being fat?

This is the silent question my diet (Nutrisystem) asks me every hour of every day of my weight loss quest!
Do I hate being fat and clumsy more than I hate tiny portions of food? Do I hate it more than plunging into my (unheated) pool every day and getting used to the water? Do I hate my fat more than I love eating whatever I want impulsively? Do I hate my excess weight more than I hate arguing with people who are determined to get me to eat something I shouldn't "because it's Jane's birthday and Aunt Wilma's made it from her special recipe and we're ALL having a piece"?

Sigh. So far, after just over 3 months of asking and answering this question...I've lost 18 lbs...with a whole lot more to go.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Someplace I read that it takes about 3500 less calories in one way or another to reduce by 1 pound. Do the math with a combo of more exercise/activity and less consumption.

To drop a pound a week, takes a difference of about 500 calories a day. So 250 calories more exercise and 250 calories less consumption every day should do the trick. Pick wasted calories first .... sugary stuff. Also high fat stuff like whole milk, ice cream, etc. An excess heaping spoon full of sugar every day will make someone 75 pounds heavier over 40 or 50 years. To get rid of that extra 75 pounds takes twice the effort .... 1 to stop the gain and another to shed the excess.

Hang in there!!