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Ian_Davies

Hey mate
There are a load of us just like you, the world is a tough unforgiving place but you're not alone and first off great job on the first drop in weight. As a start can I suggest moving your inspirations to 'reasons why' and perhaps considering a few positive goals as inspirations - daughter, strong background in sports. I have a photo of my daughter on my desk, she keeps me from snacking and reminds me why I will win this battle.

I have gone in hard, pushed and failed a few times (LEARNED), I am finding little easy steps easy, less emotionally tough and empowering.

A few little habits can make all the difference. I started with 3 little targets and ignored the rest, thought 1 month of this to start.

1. Gave up peanut m&ms - family pack every evening to keep me going.
2. Use my phone to track 10,000 steps everyday.
3. made sure I eat a good breakfast each day - 3 eggs - i mix it up with bacon, or peppers or spinach or cheese.

I also added only drinking, water, green tea, and black coffee in the mornings, thats how i started.

jillby6666

Was ridiculously hungry all day - probably due to new eating style and working out. Still way better than I've done in a long time, so live and learn, back to the gym today.
- I found the first 2 weeks to be the hardest (and hungriest!). Eating more protein has helped me feel less hungry and have much more energy to work out! This is a struggle, I can't agree more. I have found that feeling better and seeing small changes is very motivating if you pay attention!

SunflowerCat74

When eating out, try to look up the nutritional info before you get to the restaurant. If they don't have that then stick to simple dishes like salads (dressing on the side, no cheese) or lean proteins and veggies. Stay away from sauce laden dishes and pastas. I tend to go with a lean steak and ask for double veggies instead of indulging in the taters, rice, etc... In very fine restaurants the portions are usually perfect and not such a problem, but chains/diners have ridiculous portions. If the hotel has a breakfast bar, grab a piece of fresh fruit for a snack later. Protein bars are great too...in case you get a hankering for something sweet.

As for exercise I like the ideas of taking the stairs, watching tv only in the gym, even if you just have 30min...walk around the block several times. Walk to the restaurant, etc...all the little things add up.

Making exercise a regular part of your regimen will do wonders for your mental health. I don't think of my gym time about weight loss, but stress loss. Make it your time!! You can do this!

fightingoldbadhabits

OK, back from my trip and I'd probably give myself a B or B+. I ate pretty well, I did keep my diary going (although not 100% complete), I worked out hard 1x but did a tremendous amount of walking all day. A couple nights after going for about 16 hours straight I succumbed to the call of the cupcakes....

But I weighed in this morning and I'm break even, so considering the wining and dining and hectic-ness of the schedule, I'll take that all day.

I got another big trip next week - this time 3 time zones away. Danger here is jet lag and not truly getting enough time for exercise. Those long flights always get to me - esp. b/c I won't arrive until about 230 AM my time - that is a major danger zone for me, being that tired.

So in the meantime this week I'll try to get to the gym every day if possible, and have a bit more control over my diet, if not my appetite....

Thanks everyone for trip advice!

autumnreached

Hey there,

I've also yo-yo'ed due to stress and am on meds for MH stuff. It's awesome you're addressing everything that caused you to gain and that you're looking to get yourself back on track.

I find, for me, I need to stick to one small goal that I know I can do and then build. For instance, I have a calorie deficit but not exercising currently. Still losing, but not stressing or beating myself up. Once I gain more strength, will get a regime down.

Hope this & the other posts helped.

Best,
Marybeth

sofaking6

Being tired is a killer for me as well. Try and pack healthy snacks so you won't get too hungry and be tempted by the airport/airplane food. Find some motivating podcasts or audiobooks to listen to on the plane maybe?

fightingoldbadhabits

Amazingly, down 7 in first 2 weeks. Pretty shocking as I've had a few really bad days. But mostly been doing well, working out every other day or so, and trying to make better choices. Right now I'm 265 starting at 272. I should be able to get near 255 doing what I'm doing, but for 10 years I've had a road block to lose any more than that. 220 is goal, along with a 100k bike ride in August that I want to do without keeling over.

I seriously would not have gotten even this far without quitting had it not been for this community. Thank you, it helps a lot to have support, reinforcement, and especially to help others.