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Motivation????

LeeKeplar
LeeKeplar Posts: 40 Member
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So I have been working on this weight loss thing for it seems like my whole life. and sometimes I just want to give up and quit trying. I have not made any real progress. So How do I get motivated to work out. I work an 8 to 5 job so I should be able to work out in the evenings when I get home. I have a tread mill at my house and tons of DVDS Jillian Michaels and some Tae bo. My mom has an eliptical that I bought and it is at her house. She only lives about 3 blocks away. But how do I make this change to work out and eat better. I belong to a TOPS group and the goal for February is to log our food so maybe if I get serious and do that I will see a difference. apparantly I am eating more than I think. Thanks for listening. :smile:

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  • aefallis
    aefallis Posts: 169 Member
    I'm not great at working out. It happens every once in awhile but not often. I do recommend tracking everything you eat. It may seem time consuming at first but it really doesn't take a lot of time. Not sure what you have your calorie goal set at but you may need to re-evaluate. Figure out your bmr and tdee and try to eat between those two. 20% less than tdee is ideal. Here is a great calculator for tdee: http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator and here is the one for bmr: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator
  • LeeKeplar
    LeeKeplar Posts: 40 Member
    on here it says I should be eating 1380 I don't know haven't really tried that hard to count calories and have no clue about my BMR or the tdee I will figure out what they should be thanks
  • LeeKeplar
    LeeKeplar Posts: 40 Member
    okay so it says my BMR should be 1623. don't know about the other number
  • aefallis
    aefallis Posts: 169 Member
    If you start tracking, make sure you eat right above that number. The goal MFP gives you is a base number and usually lower than where you need to be.

    Hope you're able to find the motivation you need to workout. It is hard but once you get going and start losing regularly the motivation should come a lot easier. Like I said before, I'm definitely right there with you on needing to workout.
  • LeeKeplar
    LeeKeplar Posts: 40 Member
    I WILL work out on my treadmill tonight NO EXCUSES! I am doing this. :happy:
  • Lacey_Cakes
    Lacey_Cakes Posts: 223 Member
    I WILL work out on my treadmill tonight NO EXCUSES! I am doing this. :happy:

    yea!!! you can do it!!! once you get used to working out itll jsut be a thing you do and its not so hard. sometimes actually fun. sometimes...lol

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