Other than yourself, who is your biggest supporter?
amethyst7986
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This weekend we moved from an apartment on the 3rd floor to a house. In the process my 12 year old daughter kept telling me how proud of me she was that I had lots of energy and looked like I was losing weight. She too, has made changes in her own diet and exercise habits for the better--without anyone asking her too. She drinks more water, less candy/sweets, and will call me at work to see if we can go for a walk when I get home. She's by far my biggest supporter and motivator--when I hear her complimenting me I know that I am doing good and when I see her making those better choices I know that I am helping her.
Who is your biggest supporter?
Who is your biggest supporter?
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My husband! He has always been stick-thin, and doesn't have to work out. He works in HVAC so he does a lot of heavy lifting and walking and moving things around all day so his job has him working out. I on the other hand work as a Speech Pathologist in the schools, so yes I am on my feet, but I don't get nearly as much exercise, so I have to exercise outside of work. My husband is always reminding me that I can do this and to stop weighing myself! He also signed up to do a 5k with me in September and to me that is the biggest show of support!0
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My husband as well. Not only did he not complain about the changes in diet, but he often goes to my CrossFit class just to cheer me on (he doesn't do the workouts, just stands to the side to cheer). Additionally, he pushes for extra gym time or walks every night to get us moving. He is always telling me how beautiful I am and has been known on occasion to hide the scale. Also, when we go shopping for clothes for me, he has a no tag looking rule. That way I can't see the size that he picked out for me to try on. Turns out he can visualize my size in clothes much better than I can.0
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My husband and kids...I know only one, but they all do in their way. My husband defends my logging if someone makes a snide remark, he will weigh things and look up info for me, he goes to the gym with me. He is very supportive as long as we do not discuss facts, he still believes many of the debunked things that others at MFP like to post sometimes. My girls are always complimenting me and asking questions about the gym. My oldest is a little upset that she soon won't be able to steal all my "skinny " clothes, she was worried she would have to return the ones she already got from my closet, but the hubby says when I reach the size I want....a whole new wardrobe is needed.0
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Definitely my 14 year old daughter. She tells me all the time I look great and she's proud that I'm taking better care of myself. She's visiting with my mom and I texted her pix of me in a size 8 jeans (which was my goal size). I didn't take but 1 second for her call me, she was screaming in the phone how awesome I looked and how she couldn't wait to see me in person. Then she laughed and said "don't be wearing my clothes while I'm gone". LOL not likely, she's 4'10" and weighs 73 lbs, but he was too funny! My SO is a very close second, he tells me all the time that I'm doing awesome and when he cooks, he makes sure I'm okay with what we are having and if it will fit into my macros for the day.0
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My boyfriend! He has took on healthy eating with me, and is very supportive with my work outs. He also keeps me in line with my eating which I like and need.0
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For me it is my wife who always tells me how well I am doing and always there to support me in my runs. Have to say sounds like the move was a great NSV for you, and congrats on the new place.0
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For me it is my wife who always tells me how well I am doing and always there to support me in my runs. Have to say sounds like the move was a great NSV for you, and congrats on the new place.
Thank you and yes, the new place is going to be a great thing for us.0 -
My husband! It is wonderful to have someone who cheers me on in all areas of life, but when it comes to weight loss and fitness it is especially nice to have a likeminded & encouraging partner like him. He's the guy who will make us a huge healthy stir fry with tons of veggies and tofu but still likes to get ice cream together after a busy day of activity. He's awesome.0
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My dog0
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my 6 year old daughter. She is right there on the floor with me. When she gets tired she takes two shower caps and she cheers me on. Sometimes I get winded and wanna stop she starts cheering I find that extra boost. Just yesterday she's laying on me and she says "mommy your belly not so fat now"....lol. I felt soooooooo good0
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My fiance. He points out areas where I'm looking better, laments the loss of my tush/bust, but is always taking me for long walks. I notice after a weekend together, with 5+ mile walks every day, the scale slides down rather quickly over the next week!0
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My boyfriend.
He got me a barbell set the other day.
That's so much freakin' cooler than flowers.
We also workout together 3-5 days a week, and cook each other our definition of healthy food.
Tonight... Sword class and a swim while the pork & sweet potatoes cook!
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My personal trainer and any that likes me to improve or any that makes me noticed that i gained weight, then i usually befriend cause i take it as a help to become better no a critic !!!0
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Definitely my 14 year old daughter. She tells me all the time I look great and she's proud that I'm taking better care of myself. She's visiting with my mom and I texted her pix of me in a size 8 jeans (which was my goal size). I didn't take but 1 second for her call me, she was screaming in the phone how awesome I looked and how she couldn't wait to see me in person. Then she laughed and said "don't be wearing my clothes while I'm gone". LOL not likely, she's 4'10" and weighs 73 lbs, but he was too funny! My SO is a very close second, he tells me all the time that I'm doing awesome and when he cooks, he makes sure I'm okay with what we are having and if it will fit into my macros for the day.
Sweet! Your husband sounds like he really cares about your accomplishments and wants to make your goals successful!0 -
My husband! It is wonderful to have someone who cheers me on in all areas of life, but when it comes to weight loss and fitness it is especially nice to have a likeminded & encouraging partner like him. He's the guy who will make us a huge healthy stir fry with tons of veggies and tofu but still likes to get ice cream together after a busy day of activity. He's awesome.
I've never made my own food using tofu, however I do love that it takes on most flavors--I'm in love with the Pad Thai ! Thai cottage-- my mom has me addicted to it!
Great husband you have there! Good luck to you!0 -
He got me a barbell set the other day.
That's so much freakin' cooler than flowers.
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My 17 year old son-he loves to talk fitness with me and tells me I look awesome (for a mom-he's learning!). Three of my girlfriends tell me I look great but we all have different views on exercise/diet so we don't discuss that aspect but we all tell each other how proud we are of each other's efforts.
Sadly, my DH is NOT supportive. He doesn't workout, he eats total crap (and tries to get me to eat it with him more than I'm willing), he tries to make me feel guilty about rolling out of bed early to hit the gym. I just ignore him and keep doing my thing but it sure would be easier if he was along for the ride. I guess I will look good for my next husband though!
Oh! And I get comments from the folks at the gym too-I almost think those are the best!0 -
Sweet! Your husband sounds like he really cares about your accomplishments and wants to make your goals successful!
He's a good boy LOL Last night he came in with little Milky Ways (my favorite) and he said before you say anything - they are fun size "just like you", I'll put then in the freezer and then when you have that extra 100 calories at the end of the night or after you have a great run they will be here. He knows me so well, I love when I see at 8:00 I have "extra" and can have chocolate. He also knows I won't eat them if I don't.0 -
My son (the kid I have in a headlock). He is always so proud of me and has even started running with me, we did our first 5k (we walked and ran) together this weekend.0
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Husband with no doubt
He is moving my weights, barbell, bench, stereo as we speak into his "man cave" so that I can make a home office inside the house... 0 -
My friend, Nicole!0
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Honestly, my friends here on MFP are.
My fiancé, friends and my mom have all told me I'm "too thin" and are always telling me to eat more, workout less, mom has made me get on the scale twice now cause she thought I was losing too much. I'm not, I'm getting stronger if anything anyways my MFP pals always encourage me to get my workout in and exchange various workouts and idea to stay fit. Also it's not just about the physical, it's about the mindset too and they're all pretty upbeat and sweet people. Maybe the people in my life that I can physically touch will one day be on board with me but for now it's my buddies here. :drinker: 
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My son (the kid I have in a headlock). He is always so proud of me and has even started running with me, we did our first 5k (we walked and ran) together this weekend.
That's amazing, my daughter did 2 5k's with me last year-- we did the color run and neon splash dash! They were fun, this year we are doing the Texan's Bulls on Parade 5k and maybe another color run! We never run the whole thing, but we did set a goal to finish faster each time. I believe we walked/jogged the first one in 45 mins and the 2nd one only took us 30 mins! We were so happy and tired!0 -
A very good friend of mine.
He and I met two-ish years ago on Fitocracy, and have always pushed each other on there. As our friendship as evolved, so has the motivation and the exchange of stuff like pictures. We met up for the first time this weekend and he was blown away (his words). Eating habits, I admit, are my downfall, but we kept each other on track this weekend. And with our workouts we're always trying to push, and motivate each other to go for a heavier lift, or more reps, or a faster lap time. He's actually crazy enough to want to climb the CN Tower with me (he wanted to do this year's but it didn't fit in his school schedule, he's hoping for next year - it'll be my 3rd climb and his first).0 -
Super Trainer!!!! I have no spouse or kids (not for lack of trying, but apparently the male population around here has absolutely no interest in the likes of me) and my parents live 3.5 hours away, so no family nearby to support me
Almost 6 years ago I lost my best friend to stage 4 colo-rectal cancer (her second round) and really floundered for friends (have discovered that I have some of the greatest friends over the past 6 years, and in the past 2+ two of them have stood out and are the closest that I've had to my best friend.) Then just over two years ago I joined Lifestyle Family Fitness and met this really vibrant Les Mills Combat instructor. When I decided to look into some personal training, on the advice of another instructor, I decided not to work with the personal trainers at the gym (apparently LFF charged $30-50+ per hour and the trainers only received about $12, didn't seem right and I'd rather the trainer get the bulk of the money), so I asked the Combat instructor about this as we had started to become friends, she told me on the down low that LFF was being bought out by LA Fitness and they were not being kind to the Les Mills instructors (all the LM people were fired when LAF took over at the location I was at) and that another instructor was opening his own gym where she was going to be offering personal training. Well I became her first training client and we've become fast friends.
She has been there through the worst: the first year of training with her I gained (yeah, I said GAINED) 40 lbs, she supported me through the tears, frustration, and anger. Even through the moments of being ready to give up because we couldn't figure out why all the exercise and eating right wasn't working. If I didn't show up for class I got a phone call (still do) to check on me, when I was down, she tell me we just have to find the right key, let's try this, there's got to be something going on. Every fail was met with an attempt to solve. When I went to an endocrinologist, she called before my appointment was over to see if I had answers (not yet at that time since I still had lab work to get done now that the doc knew what the background was), we cheered when we found out that I really did have something wrong with me (how sick is that? we're happy that I have something wrong???) and now we're seeing extremely slow progress (I'm hypothyroid and insulin resistant, just got stabilized on all the meds in the past few months), but we're seeing progress! And she's still my biggest cheer leader and always reminds me that I found my "roar"0 -
Without a doubt my husband. He is my number one fan :drinker:0
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My son (the kid I have in a headlock). He is always so proud of me and has even started running with me, we did our first 5k (we walked and ran) together this weekend.
That's amazing, my daughter did 2 5k's with me last year-- we did the color run and neon splash dash! They were fun, this year we are doing the Texan's Bulls on Parade 5k and maybe another color run! We never run the whole thing, but we did set a goal to finish faster each time. I believe we walked/jogged the first one in 45 mins and the 2nd one only took us 30 mins! We were so happy and tired!
We did the Neon Dash this weekend!! He told me he was going to start looking for other runs he thinks would be fun to do0 -
My best friend and my fiance are both my biggest supporters! My best friend is the one who got me into this site in the first place. We literally do everything together and say, if she pours a glass of soda without thinking, I tell her no and hand her a water bottle. She does the same for me. We even do our cheat days together haha.
And my fiance is a Marine, so he's fit. He and I had a conversation about me losing some weight and getting more in shape, which hurt at first but he's been really helpful. He tells me how proud he is of me, when he can see progress, etc. Only a couple other people really know I'm doing this because I'm a little afraid they'll be like "You don't need to lose weight!" and then my motivation will be thrown out the window.0 -
Every fail was met with an attempt to solve. When I went to an endocrinologist, she called before my appointment was over to see if I had answers (not yet at that time since I still had lab work to get done now that the doc knew what the background was), we cheered when we found out that I really did have something wrong with me (how sick is that? we're happy that I have something wrong???) and now we're seeing extremely slow progress (I'm hypothyroid and insulin resistant, just got stabilized on all the meds in the past few months), but we're seeing progress! And she's still my biggest cheer leader and always reminds me that I found my "roar"
I felt the same way about being happy to hear something was wrong with my daughter in school-- she had a tough time reading and we tried everything to help her but nothing did the trick until we had her tested for a learning disorder, when I found out she was Dyslexic it was both the happiness and one of my saddest days-- but at least I had something to guide me through, the diagnosis allowed me to look for signs and what to expect. I'm happy to hear that you are making progress and that you have a great friend to help you along the way. Progress is being better today than you were yesterday!0 -
My son (the kid I have in a headlock). He is always so proud of me and has even started running with me, we did our first 5k (we walked and ran) together this weekend.
That's amazing, my daughter did 2 5k's with me last year-- we did the color run and neon splash dash! They were fun, this year we are doing the Texan's Bulls on Parade 5k and maybe another color run! We never run the whole thing, but we did set a goal to finish faster each time. I believe we walked/jogged the first one in 45 mins and the 2nd one only took us 30 mins! We were so happy and tired!
We did the Neon Dash this weekend!! He told me he was going to start looking for other runs he thinks would be fun to do
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