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To be honest, I haven't been putting my best foot forward when it comes to losing weight the past couple of weeks either. Since Tuesday though, I have been extremely good! I don't know what your personal or professional life is like, but what helped me and is helping me, is to get a little bit selfish. For me I have to get a little selfish and focus on myself. Afterall, weightloss is about improving yourself! Weight loss is hard, very hard! Don't beat yourself up over not reaching your goals. Set another goal and try for that one. I don't know if this helps you at all, but my thoughts are with you! Charity
hi kd! **heres a boost :) ** as we all well know, being a woman sometimes is synonomous with being selflishness. after all juggling a job, a family, friends takes a lot of time. somewhere in that mix "you" get lost.. if you are a single parent it may be even worse. i have a few ideas for you to find/ sustain your motivation, because sitting on the couch is "easier" than doing exercise :evil: sometimes. *find somewhere to keep a motivation point. if you are inthe kitchen a lot, you might get a corkboard. on it, cut out photos of other women that have accomplished success in their weight loss, exercises that will help you tone up those "problem areas" When you are tempted to eat, take a look at your motivation! *keep your eye on the prize. visualize yourself as the healthy, slim woman that you WANT to be. it will happen. if you fall off the wagon, pick yourself back up and focus on today. focusing on your past failures is sure to keep your mindset stuck there. Just a couple of thoughts for you.. i know that you can accomplish everything you set out to do. where there is true will, there is a way. i hope that helps! now have a great halloween! and smile.. if you smile the world smiles back :) :D
Allow me to say I have done a pretty crappy job this week but it could be a lot worse. My theory: losing weight is hard as heck! Gaining it is real easy. This is especially true as you get older. It is a barrel load of effort. You have to really want it and sometime I don't want it enough. I just want something tasty :) It is tough to focus on your food so often.
Hi KD, What are the reasons you want to lose weight? If you can describe them in detail you might be able to find your motivation again.
kd, i can definitely relate to your plight. i went in the dumper in october after having a good month in september. now i am right back to where i was: nowhere. being forced to start over and over again is much worse than just losing weight on your first attempt. i am sick of eating rich food and then feeling guilty about it. i need to get this situation under control. good luck to both of us.
Yeah, October didn't exactly go as planned. Let's both set a goal for Christmas and try and keep that one alive! We are heading into the holidays, which is the hard part. I am going to lose 15 pounds by Christmas. What's your goal for it?
i plan on losing 25 pounds by christmas. it will be some sort of a victory for this year and it will set a good tone for next year. i know i can do it. in 1997 i cut 75 pounds and people i knew were "oohing and aahing". it felt great. i regained that plus more going through a divorce, etc, but now i'm re-married and really happy. the only thing i am unhappy with is my weight. that can change easy :)
Well, let's face the facts here. Almost anything seems more interesting than excercising - or at least it does to me. Still, I finally got out the old workout tapes last night and actually it felt pretty good to work out for a bit with a video instead of just doing it on my own. Though the little one (my son) made it quite a bit different, and difficult to do it properly. Hard to move with him underfoot. Okay, well -I am not sure about a Christmas goal - I was thinking more along the lines of a Thanksgiving goal, but now that I think about it maybe the other way would be better. Okay, 15lbs by Christmas. Which means that I should try to lose 7 or 8 by Thanksgiving.
I can relate to you KD, having little ones underfoot does make it difficult to do the exercises properly! My 2 year old son sees all the leg lifts as kicking, so naturally he comes over and kicks! Yesterday though, I set him up with a distraction and it worked for about 10 mins then he was right back with his kicks....
wow sounds like oct. was a blow off month for everyone. I do agree that a Christmas goal is a good idea and that is now what I have done for myself, 20lbs by Christmas! kd, I also need to be held accountable to someone. I always make excuses to myself. I don't have kidz but I refuse to exercize in the house when my husband is home. I cant stand the thought of him seeing me exercize :roll:
I can commiserate with everyone here. The promises I've made seem to be dust in the wind. What else can Isay? Now with the days getting shorter, it feels like midnight at 7 pm. I know my morale could definitely use a boost, too.. I guess that the one good thing is my scale has been stuck. It hasn't went up, so if I look on the bright side I haven't gained. Here's to the month of November being better.. Thanksgiving or not.. :)
[quote:d30b5b4055="Lucifina"]wow sounds like oct. was a blow off month for everyone. I do agree that a Christmas goal is a good idea and that is now what I have done for myself, 20lbs by Christmas! kd, I also need to be held accountable to someone. I always make excuses to myself. I don't have kidz but I refuse to exercize in the house when my husband is home. I cant stand the thought of him seeing me exercize :roll:[/quote:d30b5b4055] LOL! That is an odd statement. Then again, if you look and feel the way I do when I exercise, I guess I can't blame you. All those super-cut, in-shape, ripped people on TV exercise so flawlessly. They barely seem to break a sweat and look so elegant as they move. And here's me, panting away, struggling as I work on the BowFlex. Fortunately, I only have a dog at home and he doesn't care how I look when I work-out. ;-) But I imagine I don't look good at all. :lol: Still, what's the alternative? To not work-out and carry extra weight? Would you rather have your husband look at your extra roll of fat, or see you sweat a bit trying to burn it off? If he's like most men, I bet he'll be happy to see you in better shape, even if he likes you curvy. Most men, IMO, love curves, but there is a limit to how curvy. :wink: If nothing else, take your husband on walks with you - or walk in the morning (since it gets so dark so early now). This way, you can still exercise, but you won't look bad doing it. And if he goes with you, all the better! He can't complain about how you look when he's exercising too. :D I know my October wasn't fantastic, especially that last week, but I think I did a pretty good job keeping up my weight loss. So I have faith that all of you can do it too! Here's to Nov. and Dec. - 10-20 pounds off all of us! :D
it's a november to remember! goodbye unwanted fat!
Well sounds like we've all reaffirmed our hope. :) Good for us! I had a thought about the "working out in front of people" issue; I felt (heck,still feel) the same way when I first decided started trying to lose weight. So all my actual jiggly, jumping workouts were done in private (still are actually), BUT here's the trick for me I wore weights the days that hubby and I were home together (almost all day). I don't think he ever knew either. I wore two lb skaters weights around each arm and two lb strap-on weights around each ankle. You'd be surprised at how well it worked for me. Just doing my regular walking around the house, doing chores, making dinner, etc. . . Those few extra lbs that weren't mine helped me lose some of the lbs that were! Unfortunately I've lost my weights now, otherwise I'd still be doing it. Actually, now that I've written it down I have an incredible urge to go and buy more. They sure helped, and that way I at least felt like I was doing something when I was just hanging around the house doing housework. Oh, and they're really easy to hide so even if you work you could wear them there too. It is just a thought to anyone afraid of doing the jiggly dance at home.
that is definitely one of the dumb mental things about being over-weight. being afraid to get active. let's face facts, if you are fat and working out people will have more respect for you then if you are fat and eating out! i definitely have to get over my reticence to work out, or wear shorts, or do anything i feel is embarassing.
Okay everyone, Sorry to keep this post running, but I had a plan and then was pleased to see that lambchop had the same idea. Now she's posted a "Christmas Challenge" on the success board and asked that we say what we plan to lose. I think that's a great idea, what I'd also like to figure out (especially for those of us who have trouble with accountability) a way to really be involved in what and how we're doing and for those who want it - in how other people are doing as well. I don't know, perhaps it's not such a good idea, but for those who like the idea maybe we should try to work something out. Again, just an idea.
Kd, I think that is a good idea. I think having to be accountable for our daily doings is good! I know for myself that having to post something will keep me following my plan. I was thinking maybe someone start a daily thread on exercising. After you do your daily exercise, go and post what you did and for how long. Also maybe start a thread on water consupmtion. As for accounting what we have eaten for the day, I'm not sure. It seems that everyone is following a different plan. Hmmm, maybe posting what you eat daily could help other people see what you are doing and if what they are doing isn't working could give them ideas on other things to try. Wait, I think there are boards for this? :lol: Those are my ideas, I don't know if they are good or not, it is too early for my brain to be functioning at it's proper rate (or so I think :lol: ). Does anyone else have any ideas on accountability?
That sounds like a good idea. Sometimes I know that I could use some accountability for my eating habits :(
I am all for a public "outing" of myself. Maybe it will help keep me on track!
:D GREAT! :D Well, I'm going to start a new post then - "Accountability"; it's the only thing I can think of. I am sure that there are specific places for this, but then I guess once everyone finds them "Accountability" simply won't be used any longer. We'll pretty much have to make it up as we go along, but I KNOW that I for one could use this - no matter how rough it is to begin with.