What do you do when you want to give up?

jessrainsb

Thanks for all the responses.

Endgame - Thanks for the tip about the iodine, I've heard about the thyroid/iodine connection but never really looked into it. It looks promising, I may have to give it a try.

To everyone else, thank for the encouragement. It sucks to have medical problems, but it's nice to at least talk with others who've been there done that.

cebreisch

Can't help you much with the thyroid issue. I don't know enough about it.

I can tell you though that the weight that I've lost, I've lost it without exercising. If you're going to pick something to really hunker down on (yes, I'm from Kentucky), then choose to do that with whatever food you're consuming.

It's more important to regulate how you fuel your body then what you're doing to do with it once the fuel's been put in.

I had my "aha moment" in April 2011 when I went to a school event with my daughter. I was so out of shape and obese that I could hardly walk from the parking lot to the door. When I got in the door, I had to sit down and catch my breath. There wasn't a place for me to sit, so I plopped down on the floor. The teachers asked if they could do something to help, and I had the nerve to grumble at them for making me walk so far. I remember telling myself, "Something has got to change."

I can't go back to that. I could hardly walk up the stairs without huffing/puffing. I constantly got sick. My husband was constantly worried about me. I've been there, and now I'm here, and I like here better than there.

lecounth

I go to the gym to see familiar faces of others who are trying to be healthy like I am.

I have a small talk with myself and say that I have the choice to listen to the "angel" or the "devil". No one else is putting food in my mouth.

I distract myself with tinkering around the house -- trying to catch up on laundry, reading the paper (as in, the ACTUAL newspaper), piddle in the yard with raking or other random stuff that needs to be done. . .

And on really bad days, I put on the pair of shorts I used to wear every fall semester when the institution I work for opened for the semester. I wore the same shorts for years and one year they were even too small. Now they are about 4 sizes too big. THAT is a reality check of where I am not going again!