I NEED SOME HELP HERE

Hi Amber, my name is Jesse and I am 26. It sounds like you have the right attitude to accomplish all that you want to, just need a little push. I'm not exactly new to MFP, but haven't acquired too many friends so far. Feel free to add me and together with a lot of mutual support and motivation we can both be losers!!! Good luck, you can do it girl!!

I too just joined and have more thoughts about motivation than actual action! Please feel free to add me as a friend as we can all support each other!
Laura

So, people come to you, maybe feeling not so good, and you do their hair and they go out feeling top-of-the-world , like a film star. So now it is time to have someone do the same for you.

On the positives, you are very honest - been there, done that: got the t-shirt that says "When I've just do this "essential" bit of (whatever) I'll go to the gym - if there is still enough time to do a 'proper' work-out. Oh dear!" (It is a big t-shirt, obviously)

If anyone tells you they never do this then either they are a scoundrel, in denial, a paragon of virtue or, maybe, one of those who post photos of their navel in here (but never their faces, which I find just a bit odd).

It is hard. but it does actually get easier. I thought people would laugh when a tub-of-lard like me turned up at the gym - but they didn't, and I found that what I lacked in speed I made up in stamina AND I COULD DO IT!

AND people noticed when l started make less of "a presence"

I have a long way to go yet but those endorphins beat any amount of pills. Go give 'em hell but don't expect too much of yourself at the start - you'll build up the routines (or get bored out of your skull with the same old thing over and over)

Good luck and best wishes

Hey, I have struggled with my weight for 18 years now. My doctor put me on a diet at 13 because I had high blood pressure and I have been up and down on the scale ever since. I have gained and lost 70 pounds twice. I put on 50 in the last two years and was back above 200 pounds for the first time in almost ten years. I don't have children so I can just imagine how hard it can be to find the time but I do have 3 jobs and am taking courses through correspondance. I finally realised that health and fitness have to be a priority just like anything else that is important in my life. Like some have said here you don't have to go crazzy you just have to make small changes that add up in the end. Find an activity you love to do and schedule it into your day. One of the things that helps me here is that I put my workouts into MFP when I wake up and then I feel I have to stick to it because it is already on here. I do the same thing for the food diary. If I already know what I'm going to eat I punch it all in in the morning and then I feel obligated to stick to that menu. It really works for me. I would love for you to add me as a friend so I can help you on this journey. Just know you r worth it and nothing feels better than attaining your goals. When you can fit in regular store sizes, when you have the energy to take on anything, when you smile at your reflection, when youy can keep up to the kids. These are all worth it. It is never easy and it always takes time but it does happen if you stick to it.