Fighting a never ending battle. Im ready to raise the flag

BloodGeist

All I can say is wow....I was not expecting this much help and support. It does light a fire under my *kitten* to get up and go.

I know it says 1500 calories in my plan but thats because I havent adjusted it since ive come back on. I was actually doing 1800 calories. I would consume 1800 + my excersize calories which ranged from 300-800 a day in the past. So i would actually consume about 2100-2600.

I knoq my biggest fuel is for my wife and my son (also have twins on the way ^^) . I want to keep up with my children and set a great example. I want to be by them the entire way and not have to stop and suck wind because I am out of shape.

I am going to head to bed early tonight and get up and go. I know I need to. Thank you everyone for the motivation and support. I am going to keep in touch and with updates.

Tommy_Valentine

"I just feel like i cant do it. I am stuck in this vicsious never ending cycle and rut. I am just so tired of it and how it is such a hard struggle for me. I am so tired of it."

"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford
Before anything, you need to completely change your mindset. If you THINK that you can't do something, you can't. I definitely think you should motivate yourself first before attempting anything.

jlohcook

For find - plan ahead, including those snacks you wanna eat. Not in plan, don't take it or chek f you have extras to spare.

For time, I work full time, have a kid too, not a morning person too. So, what I do is workout at night after dinner on week days, and morning on weekends, and weekends I usually do more, burning more calories to make up for the week.

It's all about setting your mind to it. Go do it, you can.

Whitebone

I've found things that are sweet or that I like that are surprising Low in calories and something I just will never try again. For a while I was eating no fat cottage cheese( high in salt but I have constant levels of low sodium). It was just like eat some kind of nasty medicine I did it for about a month and said forget it. Some days are going to be hard. Those days I try to exercise more. If you don't have time to fit in exercise start small. Like they say "take the stairs and not the elevator." I tell my friend who has owns her business and has 7 kids, you don't have to spend an entire hour on the eliptical try 15 minutes if that's what you have time for. I have enjoyed raking leaves. Burns a ton of calories and its not really exercise.

Some days you will slip and go for the forbidden but tomorrow's a new day. I'm still learning if I cheat on my diet not to blow the entire day. One day under stress I bought a donut I said what the heck you get a discount when you get two and I ruined my calorie count for the day. I should of had one instead I had two at a total of 700 calories. Not a good choice.

Good luck just keep moving
Hope

Crazy4Healthy

Your diary states that your daily goal is 1500 calories, and that you are a 28 year old male. Depending on your height, it sounds like you are trying to restrict your calories too low, and it's causing frustration that results in overeating. Try calculating your TDEE and subtracting 15% to get your daily goal -- I bet it's way more than 1,500/day and you can still lose weight.

I agree with this, you may be eating too little and leaving you hungry. Hunger may lead to binging and then frustration with yourself. Take a look at your goals and re-evaluate, this may help remove one of the time obstacles you feel you face. Losing weight is 99% diet. while exercise is great and I highly recommend it, if you get your diet in order you will still lose weight.

kiachu

Full time job
Full time mother
Full time wife
Full time home keeper
Full time physique competitor
Full time foodie
Full time want it

You have to organize your life and fit this into it. If that means joining a 24 gym and going after the kids are asleep, do that, if it means waking up early, do that. My 24 hour gym just closed down on me so I had to join one farther away but it has childcare so had to make some adjustments, but I made them.

Have a plan, put it in the roadmap that is your daily existence. Just like I got to work everyday from 8-5, I got to the gym from 5-6:30. It's an extension of my day. I don't have an option for skipping out on work for no reason I don't have an option of skipping out of the gym for no reason it is just part of my daily routine. Weekends are for family and errands, period.

I have trouble with food, I like to eat, I like to eat a lot, and I like to eat good. When i'm in contest prep mode its a struggle but I make sure my diet is made up of things I like and I plan and prep. I"m in the off-season but I still can't go hog wild so I have to maintain a plan. I go off this plan occasionally, but I hop right back on it when I feeling to fluffy. I'm flexible. Be flexible.

Personally I wouldn't even use MFP calorie recs or eat back what they say you burned. I would just set one caloric goal and macronutrient goal and stick with that. If you worked out three days a week you could probably lose on 2500 calories. But don't just look at calories look at quality. What is making up those calories. If your diet consist of lean cuts of meats (steaks, chicken,pork, eggs, fishes, turkey bacon, etc), piles of fresh or frozen veggies(kale, broccolli), things like yams, grits, oats, white potatoes, brown rice, white rice, granola, etc) dairy like eggs and egg whites, skim milks or almond milks, greek yogurts, low fat cheese, low fat, low sugar condiments, olive oils and coconut oils, cooking sprays, and what not, you could probably eat large volume of food and reach 2500.

stay strict on the weekdays and have fun on the weekend or special occasions. Practice self control, you can definitely do it.