Exercise vs diet

AnnPT77

mkeatonmom4 wrote: »

I just have so many questions it is crazy! I am 45 years old. 9 kids still at the house. My husband and I have started trying to eat healthier and exercise more. I was walking 30 minutes a day. Now I am walking 60 minutes a day. Mist days of the week. He doesn’t track food. I try to. My dietician wants me to focus more on whole grain, fruits and vegetables. I get that and I try very hard to do that. It can be hard to keep the house stocked with healthy foods. My kids eat too. I feel like my walks are moderate . I am huffing and puffing. My feet hurt. I keep going. It is hard to be certain that all the numbers are correct. My dietician says I am doing things right by just changing my diet and exercise. I just worry it is not enough. I can’t afford the premium MFP. I don’t want to live my life just by numbers on the MFP app. My dietician says we eat food not numbers. Is it possible I am too rigid with this. My therapist thinks so too. Maybe I am. I have become more active and I do pay better attention to my food choices. I guess I should be happy with that for now . My husband thinks I am to hard on myself. Sorry for the long essay!

You are doing the things you can do, to improve. That's the good path. Stay on that path, gradually incorporating manageable positive tweaks to eating and activity levels, and you'll get there. Incremental change is easiest, and most sustainable, for most of us. At times, it can feel like nothing much is happening, but when you reach the point of looking back several months, you'll be surprised at what you've achieved.

Listen to your dietitian.

There's no magic in Premium MFP. The basics you truly need - especially at first - are in the free MFP.

On the exercise front, for most of us, the sweet spot is something that is just a little bit challenging to current capabilities, a bit of a push forward, but not miserable, painful or exhausting. That's an improvement path, and a side benefit is that we learn that moving more can be enjoyable, doesn't need to be punitive. You've doubled your walks: That's amazing!

You're doing fine. Be kind to yourself, celebrate the positive changes. How would you talk to your best friend, if she were working on what you're working on, in the way you now are? Talk to yourself that way. Persistence IMO is more important than perfection.

If someone had told me at age 45 (when I was wrapping up stage III cancer & a full course of treatment, obese, totally inactive, physically depleted), that I'd later be compete as an athlete, work out regularly, eventually be as slim as I'd been at 22, I would've thought they were out of their ever-lovin' mind. But now, age 64, that's more or less where I've gotten, through a series of individually pretty small, manageable life changes. I surprised myself. You can, too.

Wishing you continuing success - just keep going!

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