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Josh9706

Hey everyone I'm Josh! My goal is to eliminate the fat I do and then bulk up and cut. I am super supportive and post regularly. I try to post each night or each morning, sometimes doing a calorie burn challenge.

If you need supportive people feel free to add me. I have an amazing group of friends on here and they are dedicated to meeting their goals. You'll meet them through my posts or different things we do such as challenges. They are always looking to expand their fitness family as well as myself.

Have a great day/night and I look forward to meeting you!

katattackme

You literally are one of the most motivating people on here that is on my friends list! I look forward to your posts. I want my mom to add you. She just joined and you are an inspiration ♡♡♡

EllaLeahB

^^Amen^^

JCcatalyst

I'm trying!!!

JCcatalyst

Ps Katattackme mother lol

katattackme

JCcatalyst wrote: »

I'm trying!!!

This is my mama

Josh9706

You girls are too sweet! Thank you!! I wouldn't be able to do it without all of you. This has become a family all going for the sames goals..to live a healthier lifestyle and to better ourselves! I look forward to seeing each and every one of your results!

I added you JC haha welcome to the crew!

healthypelican

Pretty much sick of trying to lose weight...

I have been actively trying for the last two years. In the first year, I lost 17kg and in the second year, I gained 10kg.

I'm sick of thinking about this all the time. Feeling guilty for eating treats. Being obsessed with getting a certain amount of steps in.

For my mental health and sanity of my family, I have to keep trying. I just don't want to anymore.

My reasons for wanting to lose weight were pretty *kitten* anyway... I wanted to find love, have a supermodel body and have amazing clothes. If men are going to reject me forever because of how I look, I don't want them anyway. And according to a sibling, I'm unattractive (although everyone else is always telling me I'm pretty/cute, who is lying?). Plus, I'm dirt poor, so the clothing thing isn't happening anyway.

I basically have an eating disorder.

Sick of my life, sick of food, sick of people, sick of being the free childcare and the dog walker. Ugh.

Thanks for giving me a space to share all that.

And after feeling sick of all this, I'm still going to work-out tomorrow. It makes me feel better once the endorphins hit even if I binge afterwards.

Josh9706

Okay so first things first. When you say you're actively trying to lose weight, what are you physically doing to make that happen? You also say you're sick of a lot of things, your world doesn't have to revolve around fitness 24/7 and you don't have to focus on your steps. Take each day for what it is. Whether you walked a lot for work or running errands, each step adds up. I don't even look at my steps till I go to bed, I don't look throughout the day to see where I'm at. Why? Because the steps are an added bonus, they are part of every day life and you don't have to change what you do to burn calories. You simply walk and over time it's adds up.

As for your reasons to lose weight, those are personal. We have to set reasonable goals and over time they will add up to a huge goal. There's nothing saying being healthy is easy. If it were we wouldn't have to worry about out obese people whether it's a medically created or out of emotions. Finding love doesn't really have anything to do with whether you are supermodel material or if you have some extra weight. True love will accept you for who you are and will support your choices you make. They will stand behind you and push you to do better and be a better mother/wife/girlfriend/friend.

Clothes don't "sell" a person to make them more acceptable. So what if you don't have high clothing. If you did you'd be wasting money on things that you honestly don't need. Personalities "sell" people, connections sell people, conversations sell people. High end clothing only hides what you don't want people to see within you. They see the clothes and think we'll *kitten* she/he has nice clothes, they must be loaded or their life is on track.

If you find a man who doesn't accept you for who you truly are, then yes you're wasting your time. There are men out there that are in the same boat as you. You are good enough, don't tell yourself you're not. If you go into life with that mentality you're setting yourself up for failure. Go into like being optimistic, focus on even the smallest amount of good and you'll see that it's really not that bad. You have to put forth the effort to sort through all the junk, bad things, to find the one positive thing and hold on to it.

It doesn't matter who is saying what or who is lying. The world unfortunately is full of lies and truths. The ones that matter the most is what YOU think about yourself. Not what someone else thinks about you. If we all took everything people said to us to heart we'd be some pretty low people and it'd be hard to dig out of it alone. That's what MFP is great for. There's so many people that you dont even know who are willing to help you make the transformation and be supportive through the whole process.

You can't be sick of your life, if you were sick of it you wouldn't bother changing a thing and just accept who you are and leave it at that. You care about your life and that why you're making positive changes. You're getting to know yourself all over again. The gym has become my home along with MFP. I spend a lot of time at the gym because I want to see my results and it's my stress relief.

You don't have to completely cutout every bad food. Start slow, eat a healthy snacks for a little while. Then switch one of your meals to something healthier for you. Slowly work your way towards a clean diet.

You're welcome! You can vent to me anytime you need to. I'm all ears. I hope this helps you, truly I mean that. You have what it takes to get where you want. Start small and work up from there!

Josh9706

Anyone is welcome to add me!

Josh9706

Thank you! You're a trooper and I love it! Keep working hard and the results will just fall in front of you!

EllaLeahB

You're becoming one of my favorite humans Josh.

petete101

You are so awesome I just added you!
Wonderful advice.

5n00py

Josh9706 wrote: »

Anyone is welcome to add me!

I can't!!!

It won't let me have two slices of you!!!

Josh9706

Thank you everyone! I just always try to see the positive side and always remain optimistic!

JCcatalyst

Optimism is my middle name and part of what I do with kids! You would be great! Thanks or your support!! And keep up the good work you are rockin it!!!

Josh9706

Thank you JC! Being optimistic is all we really have in the world. There's so much negativity and hate anymore and I just don't see why people are acting out like they are. There's so many things that have changed for the worse and I don't like that. I'm trying to make a difference one person or one smile at a time. Just the littlest thing can brighten someone's day and that's my goal, on top of being fit and healthy.

Josh9706

Bumping thread to the top for others to see.

Josh9706

Bumping

Working_Hard4me

This is inspiring! Just added you!

Josh9706

Thank you! I added you back as well. I try to post daily. I always seem to have something to say so I just go with the flow and write away. This is such an amazing family because there's so many supportive people and people that are willing to help in any way they can. I look forward to seeing more of you and helping each other along the way!