Something clicked!

follmer20

I've been trying to lose the baby weight I've put on after my second child and I've failed numerous times. I've lost 20 lbs before but put it right back on because I got bored with my workout..I started eating whatever I wanted again and before I knew it, I was bigger then I had ever been. None of my clothes fit me. I wear sweatpants, yoga pants, hoodies, thirst, anything that is comfy. I'm a SAHM for over a year now and thought it would be easier to lose the weight but so far it hasn't been.

These past couple weeks I've decided things need to change. Summer is coming and I don't want to look horrible in shorts and tank tops. And I nt to actually get into a swimsuit without being self conscious. I had recently joined the gym but hadn't gone. This past week, I started going to the gym, Ive been watching what I've been eating, and I haven't had a soda since Sunday. (before I would drink 3-4 bottles a day of dr pepper :-/). I started a weight lifting program I got off of bodybuilding.com. After only one week, I feel amazing. I have no intentions of having a soda, chocolate, ice cream ( which is a big thing for me, I LOVE icecream).

I love this feeling, I love waking up in the morning knowing I'm going to the gym to workout.

What made you realize you wanted to change your life?

LoadsOfLbsOff

I feel really unhealthy.. Joined today as my weight is really limiting my life and enough is enough now.

I could not sleep last night and actually said out loud 'have you really given up'.. Clearly my answer is NO!!

likitisplit

For me it wasn't the "wanting," it was the tools. I tried to do portion control and fail at it every time. When I logged everything into MFP, I found that - with the breastfeeding - I should be eating north of 2100 calories A DAY. Wow. That wasn't what I was expecting. My portions had been WAY too small.

Once I started doing that, I was able to be successful at losing weight because I was limiting my calorie intake but wasn't hungry all the time, had the energy to take care of my toddlers and even run.

I also needed time to exercise because that's what gives me the motivation to watch what I eat. Finding the Couch to 5k application let me fit opportunities in around my family and work responsibilities. Also, my youngest turned one, and that makes a huge difference in the amount of care your baby needs.

LoadsOfLbsOff

P.s Good Luck and well done so far

twentyco

Something clicked for me, too. I have been overweight since college, which is longer ago than I want to think about. :-) I didn't have tremendous gains each year, but my weight has gone up maybe 8-10 pounds each year, every year. I have occasionally made half-hearted efforts to eat better, or less, or to exercise, over the years, but it never stuck. Even spent a couple of weeks on MFP last summer, but didn't stick with it for very long. I also had some injuries that led to a couple of back surgeries --- though the last one of those was 12 years ago.

Right after Thanksgiving this past year, I stepped on the scale and saw "314" staring back at me. I'm tall (5'11"), so it wasn't obvious that I weighed that much --- but it was clear to me that I did. And I wasn't okay with it. I decided then that I would change this. I started logging the next day, and have logged every one of the 109 days since then. I will not accept failure from myself this time. I've made changes slowly, logging everything and trying to stay within my calorie goals. Started drinking more water. Have recently added some kind of exercise three times a week. And I'm taking it one day at a time. For me, part of what clicked was just being so heavy --- I could not believe that it had gotten to that point. My first goal was to get under 300 pounds, which I did by the end of the year. I'm not going back there, ever again. The other part, though, has to do with believing that I'm worth taking care of, and that it's worth it to take the time to eat correctly, exercise, and generally take better care of myself. That part is actually much harder --- but one day at a time it is getting better.

I'm finally starting to see a change when I look in the mirror. Though I'm still wearing mostly the same clothes, they are a lot looser. I have some things I can't wear any more, and others that I used to be unable to wear that I can wear now (some of which are actually starting to get a little big). Over the last two days I'm finally starting to see a difference. I've lost almost 50 pounds --- and I like that accomplishment, and want to keep going. I have about 93 more to go, but for the first time in my life I actually feel like I can get there. MFP has been a great tool for me, because (for me) it takes a lot of the emotion out of it and turns it into a math problem --- calories in minus calories out. That I can do ....

aarikadanielle

I joined a gym just to start working out again. I knew I needed to lose weight, but the day I went to the gym to sign up, I had a consultation with a personal trainer and he calculated my BMI. After I saw those numbers and how much I weighed I was mortified! So that day I signed up for two sessions with him. I was really nervous about training with a trainer as I had never worked one on one with someone before, he worked me hard. But after that day I was hooked. That was back in the beginning of November 2012. I am now 33 pounds lighter and still losing. I still train with the same trainer and I adore him! I am actually signing up for more session with him on Sunday. I figured If I am going to do something about my lifestyle, then I am investing everything that I have! I have no regrets and have no plan on looking back now.

anifani4

Good topic. Very motivating. congrats to OP and other posters. For me, it has always been seeing a photo of myself that is the biggest motive to change. Way more so than seeing a number on the scale. It's amazing to me how I can look in the mirror and not see reality but a photo does the trick. My problem is in sustaining my efforts over months or years. But along comes another photo and I am so mortified that I start again to eat in a healthy way and watch portion sizes.

akitagirl78

This website actually made it click for me and is keeping me motivated. I also think I FINALLY came to peace with the fact that losing weight is going to take some time and I have to stick with this and keep working at it every single day. For the longest time I would give up if I didn't lose a bunch of weight after only a few days of dieting and working out. lol I had to let go of my very unrealistic expectations.