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What was the hardest part

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  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    I don't understand why some are still focusing on that thread. Get over it. Srsly

    We don't need to get over it.
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    Figuring out how to manipulate my diet to get the changes that I want.

    And figuring out what real intensity in the gym means, not just going through the motions thinking I will make the progress I want.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    the waiting....\m/

    Don't let it kill you babe, don't let it get to you.
  • PomegranatePriestess
    PomegranatePriestess Posts: 2,455 Member
    the waiting....\m/

    Don't let it kill you babe, don't let it get to you.

    Until this moment, I never realized how supportive and motivational Tom Petty was... it's like he knows me!
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    the waiting....\m/

    Don't let it kill you babe, don't let it get to you.

    Until this moment, I never realized how supportive and motivational Tom Petty was... it's like he knows me!
    I am also running down a dream, I won't back down, I'm pretty much a rebel without a clue, free falling & an american girl.
  • ACepero79
    ACepero79 Posts: 711 Member
    For me it was the food. Going to the gym and sticking to a schedule is easy for me. I'm a creature of habit and when I form a habit, its like a bond. I had to give up the urge and inclination to eat what I wanted when I wanted. Instill discipline. And because of that, I actually cherish those foods I used to have constantly because I have them less frequently.
  • PinkyKiwii
    PinkyKiwii Posts: 512 Member
    I feel left out on what is being said about the OP?!?!

    She's using a fake account?! Who? What? When? Where?! Why?! How?!

    Someone tell me!!! :flowerforyou:
  • GemmaRowlands
    GemmaRowlands Posts: 360 Member
    I actually had tremendous motivation at the beginning of this, and that means I didn't struggle for a long time. I didn't fail to lose at least a pound a week, usually two, until Christmas when I decided I would have a week off. Gaining that weight over Christmas, and reintroducing myself to junk food, almost ruined everything. It took a lot to get back to it in January 2012 but luckily I did, and then in December I hit my goal weight.

    I then gained half a stone this Christmas, and need to lose three more pounds to get back to my goal weight, which I WILL do, because I've worked this long and there's no way I'm letting it all go to waste now.
  • gym_king_carlie
    gym_king_carlie Posts: 528 Member
    for me it was accepting I had a problem, I was 23stone and a half, and in my head I would convince myself I had a lot of muscle mass lol. It took a chat with my hairdresser to make me realise I was so fat, she was talking about the gym and there I was saying ''oh yeh Im doing great'' but its hard to lie when your facing a mirror! Joined a new gym the next day :)

    a year and a half later Im 15stone with actual muscle and not seen that hairdresser since, I booked in with her next friday, Cant wait!!!! lol
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Well, I'm at the beginning again, so I'd have to say that the hardest part is learning not to stress eat!
  • CarlaChalk78
    CarlaChalk78 Posts: 60
    Getting back on track after an ankle injury and Christmas....
  • Natashadb
    Natashadb Posts: 44
    I feel left out on what is being said about the OP?!?!

    She's using a fake account?! Who? What? When? Where?! Why?! How?!

    Someone tell me!!! :flowerforyou:

    Me too, where is this thread everyone keeps referring to? I am way too nosey ...
  • kaylalryan
    kaylalryan Posts: 136 Member
    I feel left out on what is being said about the OP?!?!

    She's using a fake account?! Who? What? When? Where?! Why?! How?!

    Someone tell me!!! :flowerforyou:

    Me too, where is this thread everyone keeps referring to? I am way too nosey ...

    Clearly... no one wants to go there :)

    Hardest part for me was getting my fat A** to the gym! I worried that everyone would be starring and that my fat big body jumping around would be the center of everyones focus.... come to find out, no one really cares :) The only people that stare at me are the other fat girls wishing they could be as awesome as me.
  • nickyfm
    nickyfm Posts: 1,214 Member
    Learning that that nagging 'starving' feeling at the beginning is just phantom hunger. Gotta just put up with it. No pain, no gain, right...?
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Taking the positive encouragement rather than the negative. This is MY journey, no one elses.

    That's what I said when my ex was taking all the records. "You can't have that one, it's MY Journey!"
    Sooo...it took me like 5 minutes to get this...but...good one!:laugh:
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Taking the positive encouragement rather than the negative. This is MY journey, no one elses.

    That's what I said when my ex was taking all the records. "You can't have that one, it's MY Journey!"

    HAHAHA
  • CherryDoll66
    CherryDoll66 Posts: 16 Member
    For me it was cutting sweets and just sticking to healthier foods. It's even harder to concentrate on yourself when u have a 1 year old running around and care for. Baby steps! :)
  • MissMary75044
    MissMary75044 Posts: 517 Member
    eating enough without junk food, i'm trying to gain weight
  • McKittyJane
    McKittyJane Posts: 143 Member
    Man, i just love food :)
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