Learning the hard way...

north35

Well here I am 2 pounds up again this week. I lose 2 I gain 2 and on and on it goes. I had friends visit this week and although I tried to make good choices (and I failed a few times) I did not get my work outs in and then my son was hosptilized for 2 days....so hospital food and no exercise (now that one I had NO control over)

So I need to realize and I am working on it is that no matter what is going on in my life I need to make better choices. Getting up early to get my work outs in. Chosing me 1st over everything else (well except my kids of course, you know what I mean though). I am tired of this roller coaster I am on. It's exhausting. I have good intentions but I keep failing. I have been trying to lose weight for 3 months and so far 1 pound? Not good. Today is a new day. A new week, a new year.........

cobracars

My daughter (about your age) is having the same issue...watching what she eats, lots of exercise, and hasn't lost a pound.
I think she is over-doing the exercise and converting fat to muscle, which is more healthy, but muscle also weighs more. So even though her body is probably changing she isn't seeing any weighloss.

Promise yourself to get down to the basics..
In bed by 10:00p, up at 6:00am - this has been the biggest, hardest, and best change I've made this month. Makes it easier to do the rest.
20 - 30 minutes workout (a 20 minute brisk walk is 1 mile and will burn 120 calories)
three 400 calorie meals (DON'T skip breakfast!)
a couple of 100 calorie snacks

You'll get there, I think you're just finding too many interruptions in your life that put your weight loss on the sideline.

Don't blame the hospital food for you not sticking to healthy eating...most hospitals I've visited or seen in the last 10 years or so ALL have healthy choices in their cafeteria.

My own challenges are getting to bed early. I've always been a nightowl and I flip tv channels from 9:00p until whenever, but lately I've been committing myself to get to bed by 10:00p. I wake up without an alarm clock around 6:00am. I usally need to be on the road to work by 9:00a, so that give me a few hours to feed the dogs and get them outside, feed the cats and clean the box, walk the dog for 20 minutes/1mile, make breakfast for my dad and me, shower, get my day's paperwork together and head out the door.

Cathy_5011

Don’t get to frustrated. I am the same way. I have started and stopped several times. I think the biggest thing is realizing why are not sticking with it. For me I realized I am a big emotional eater. When things got bad with my job I would eat, when I am upset, I eat and especially when I am stressed all I can think of is really bad food.

Knowing that this is my problem I am trying to find better stress coaping techniques. Also that every day is a new day and a new start.

Just know you are not alone.

north35

Thanks for your wise words..........4 kids and shift work do take a toll on me. I like your idea of in bed at 10 up at 6 (unless I am working nights) just making little changes like that are important. I was not making excuses about the hospital food (they actually fed me, so I had no choice, they were healthy meals though) I was just not able to exercise and since I can only eat 1200 cals a day I went over each day. Working out is huge for me.

I will start making better choices.

north35

Don’t get to frustrated. I am the same way. I have started and stopped several times. I think the biggest thing is realizing why are not sticking with it. For me I realized I am a big emotional eater. When things got bad with my job I would eat, when I am upset, I eat and especially when I am stressed all I can think of is really bad food.

Knowing that this is my problem I am trying to find better stress coaping techniques. Also that every day is a new day and a new start.

Just know you are not alone.

Thanks,
I am a huge stress eater as well and I have a lot of stress in my life. You are right, finding different ways to handle that are so important. Thanks for the encouragment!