Must lose around 90 lbs and don't have any support

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  • ellisboyd1
    ellisboyd1 Posts: 67 Member
    it can go one of two ways for you:

    a) lose the weight and you'll be looking awesome in 18 months time.

    b) dont lose the weight, and sit there feeling depressed in 18 months time, wishing you had started NOW.

    The sooner you start, the sooner you'll finish.

    the brain is like a spoilt 13 year old. you say "no more chocolate", and the brain goes into a major tantrum. everyone's the same.

    I started eating a healthy 500 calorie breakfast, and then nothing (except maybe fruit or veg) until lunch. The rest of the day I would be awful, but I developed that habit of eating healthily until lunchtime. my brain stopped having a tantrum every morning, and then after 6 weeks I started a 500 calorie lunch, then evening meal etc.

    There was a moment of clarity for me, where I said "I don't want to be this person anymore", and i was just willing to make the changes I needed to. I started binning refined sugar products like cake, chocolate, sugar laden yogurts. I binned anything bad, really.

    My will power got stronger through that. I just quite simply made a choice to become someone else.
  • Chandler330
    Chandler330 Posts: 378 Member
    Feel free to add me :) Having friends on here to help with motivation, keep my accountable, and being there when things have gotten bumpy has been a wonderful resource for me. I still have a long way to go to reach my final goal, but I'd love to pay it forward.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    To have people to inspire or support one can be motivating; but it is only onesself that can make the commitment.

    MrsO, gather the people around you who will talk with you through the highs and lows of your endeavour.
    They may inspire you to climb a mountain, or support you through your first 5k. Some may motivate you to write a cook book full of all the recipes you devised to reach your goal.
    But most of all they will be there, and identify with the problems you have, and by sharing their experience will help you commit to, and attain your goal.

    Cheers, h.
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