I haven't posted in a while, but I feel disgusted. I actually got down to 153 and now I'm right back where I started 177, ugh, ugh, And last week I was 180, oh my goodness. I'm gaining!!!!! But I did manage to lose three pounds.
My clothes are tight and I really want to buy new clothes, but not at bigger sizes!!!! I have bags of smaller size clothes and I refuse to throw them away, what if I am successful? I have gained thirty pounds over a few years! My doctor says I have to lose because I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and I have not gone to the doctor because I have not made any progress.
I have been mountain biking, a very strenuous, tough exercise, where sometimes you even get injured, and I have been cross country running, and hiking and walking. So I have been exercising. Its the food part. I just am terrible at logging the calories, and controlling my cravings, I believe I do some emotional eating and I am being treated for depression and seeing a therapist, Any advice on just getting myself motivated? I try to think of how I lost weight before but I just am having a tough time of it, I try to not buy junk and stay out of restaurants. Yeah, I have to change the ticker, ugh, any advice appreciated. My husband is in terrific shape and it saddens me, because I can't do it.:(
You've done it before and you can do it again. This isn't easy, as we all know. I would think maybe try and figure out just why you gained it all back, and that might be the key to keeping it off and moving the scale downward. Hang in there! I do know that exercising and eating better does lift my mood and help me to feel a lot better about everything I face day to day in my life. Wishing you the best of luck!
thanks Kellost, I was really in the need for support. Its just looking in the mirror that kills me, and seeing how much smaller my clothes were. I even have a black cocktail dress that I'm keeping, hoping one day....I think I'm going back to exercise t.v. too, those are decent workouts, they have everything form short ab workouts, to yoga, to intense workouts with weights,
Oh I even joined this mountain biking group, and got this expensive bike. Those bikers are sooooo fit. I actually can do jumps and everything, but I feel awkward with them because I have weight on me, Maybe I should go back to weight watchers?
Sweetie, what more motivation can you possibly need then that of gaining your health? High blood pressure leads to some very scary things. High cholesterol is also nothing to scoff at. These are pretty serious conditions. BOTH of which can be reversed. Don't wait for disaster to strike. We often don't value our health, until it's gone...
That can certainly be a starting point. That and how miserable you are about your clothing situation. Sounds like you've got more then enough reasons/motivation to shed the pounds.
But the thing is, motivation is usually not enough. It never seems to be around when the fried foods and the goodies are. I think you may be lacking - commitment. THAT'S what's needed. You need to COMMIT to do this. Once and for all. No matter what. Period. Once you've made that ironclad commitment, once you clearly define what you want, well then your choices should become easier. That's when you easily pass up on the cake in favor of the sliced apple with cinnamon. That's when it seems clear to you to pass up on the fried chicken in favor of the baked fish. That's when you no longer mind saying no to the fetticine alfredo and yes to the roasted veggies. That's when you track your calories instead of just guessing. That's when you faithfully monitor your food instead of "just watching yourself". That's when you control those cravings, because they ARE controllable.