Off the wagon....

MyIrishSpirit
MyIrishSpirit Posts: 43 Member
in Motivation and Support
I've lost 22lbs so far but I've become stagnant. My schedule at work changed so I haven't been going to the gym because it's way too crowded at the time I can go now. I try to work out at home but I feel like I'm not doing enough and I'm certainly not working out like I used to at the gym. I used to do at least an hour a day, 5 days a week. Now I might do 30 minutes 2-3 times a week without the aid of cardio equipment (which I've found is a much harder workout oddly enough but that's another topic).

Then when Hurricane Sandy hit I got sent to New Jersey for work and was living in a hotel eating out every meal. I gained 6 pounds in one week! I have JUST gotten that 6lbs back off.

My motivation level is in the toilet. I still WANT this, I'm back on a regular eating schedule and regiment but I'm having a REALLY hard time getting back to exercising enough. I know that these setbacks I have had are excuses in reality...and yet my inner lazy *kitten* doesn't want to get up and go. I need a kick in the pants....because my pants are still too tight.

Losing 22lbs was awesome. I was stoked. Then I fell off the wagon and it left me in the road. I've got a long way to go, I need to get back at it... I'm all gung-ho at night saying "I'm going to set my alarm early and get up and go to the gym (or do a workout video etc) in the morning because I will feel amazing all day if I do and I WANT to." Then my alarm goes off and I hit snooze for an hour then rationalize about how now I don't have time so I'll do it after work. Then I get home from work and I'm beat, it's dark, my boyfriend takes my car to work...so I plop down and watch netflix til it's time for bed. ALL BAD!!!

I don't want to give up...I have another 100+lbs to go. How do I get that initial exercise motivation back? I know how awesome I'll feel if I just DO it....but I talk myself out of working out. How do you guys shut up your inner lazy *kitten* when it starts talking back?

Anyone that is motivated and active feel free to add me as a friend on here, we could all use the support right??

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  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    if you really wanted it you would just do it and not complain about not having the spoonful of sugar with your medicine. I was displaced because of Sandy as well since Im in Red Hook - I volunteered my *kitten* off for weeks and lost 10 pounds. Eating out isnt unhealthy- ordering crap instead of healthy things is the problem- but you said you're back on a good eating schedule so congratulations. now put your money where your mouth is and stop procrastinating on the internet instead of doing what you know you're supposed to be doing.

    how was that for a kick in the *kitten*? :flowerforyou:
  • liftingheavy
    liftingheavy Posts: 551 Member
    I could have written that post myself. I tell ya, between Thanksgiving and yesterday, so a whole week, my eating was so horrible that I didn't even feel like working out. Too full, too much sodium, etc.

    And on those days my inner "b" told me that I needed this food/no exercise break to reset my metabolism...

    And my inner "b" told me that this morning too, but I literally dragged myself to the gym by realizing that it's a slippery slope back to gaining all of my weight back and that simply cannot happen.

    And now, I feel amazing.

    Go tonight. You will not regret it. I get to work out in the morning so I understand the overcrowded thing, but I would go anyway. I burn much, much better at the gym than at home.

    Get up girl, and all the best.
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    if you really wanted it you would just do it and not complain about not having the spoonful of sugar with your medicine. I was displaced because of Sandy as well since Im in Red Hook - I volunteered my *kitten* off for weeks and lost 10 pounds. Eating out isnt unhealthy- ordering crap instead of healthy things is the problem- but you said you're back on a good eating schedule so congratulations. now put your money where your mouth is and stop procrastinating on the internet instead of doing what you know you're supposed to be doing.

    how was that for a kick in the *kitten*? :flowerforyou:

    /end thread
  • Divaflo1
    Divaflo1 Posts: 15
    Don't give up!!! Keep going!! You have said it yourself...You feel so much better now than before you started losing the weight. This is for you and no one else! I have 40lbs to go...we can do this! just move chica!!!
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    It sounds like working out in the morning would be your best answer. So to that end you have to want it more than sleep. You just have to swing your legs out, pull off the covers and get your clothes on. Remind yourself that getting out of bed takes10 seconds - the rest is so much easier after that. Don't want to be motivated - just do it and the motivation will come. Whatever time your alarm goes off, you have to remind yourself that it's worth it. For your mood, your health, your hapiness. It's not easy but it's definitely worth it. You're worth it!
  • toya316
    toya316 Posts: 137 Member
    I was so saying the same thing to myself... I so fell off and need a jump start. After Thanksgiving I just became lazy.. But you can do it. You already started once you started this post...
  • newfette81
    newfette81 Posts: 185
    by too crowded do you mean no available machines and all the weights are being used?? it may not be your ideal workout but its better than nothing...

    sometimes Im in the gym and i HATE every second of being there.. but i'm there and I get it done. the weight will not come off with excuses.. that how we got to be 100 pounds overweight in the first place.

    I can make a rational excuse about anything!

    if the gym is absolutly out of the question, do you live near a playground or park? you can have some killer outdoor workouts, if theres snow just condiser it resistance.

    yoda said it best. do or do not... there is no try
  • penith113
    penith113 Posts: 113 Member
    if you really wanted it you would just do it and not complain about not having the spoonful of sugar with your medicine. I was displaced because of Sandy as well since Im in Red Hook - I volunteered my *kitten* off for weeks and lost 10 pounds. Eating out isnt unhealthy- ordering crap instead of healthy things is the problem- but you said you're back on a good eating schedule so congratulations. now put your money where your mouth is and stop procrastinating on the internet instead of doing what you know you're supposed to be doing.

    how was that for a kick in the *kitten*? :flowerforyou:

    OMG! I need this! Can you yell at me everyday and tell me to stop making excuses?

    But seriously, as supportive and amazing as the people are on here, they can't do it for you. You have to make the decision, make a plan, and stick to it as best as you can.
    When I'm doing good, I have to make losing weight my priority. You might need to give some things up or make changes in your routine. Somethings I have to give things up, like sleep when I get up early to exercise, tv when I go to bed early because i'm tired, overtime when I spend my lunch hour walking instead of working through it. But I feel so much better physically and mentally when I am eating healthy foods and exercising.

    Good luck and keep going!
  • MyIrishSpirit
    MyIrishSpirit Posts: 43 Member
    if you really wanted it you would just do it and not complain about not having the spoonful of sugar with your medicine. I was displaced because of Sandy as well since Im in Red Hook - I volunteered my *kitten* off for weeks and lost 10 pounds. Eating out isnt unhealthy- ordering crap instead of healthy things is the problem- but you said you're back on a good eating schedule so congratulations. now put your money where your mouth is and stop procrastinating on the internet instead of doing what you know you're supposed to be doing.

    how was that for a kick in the *kitten*? :flowerforyou:

    You are my hero! Thank you.

    You're all right. Time to (wo)man up! I DO want this.. someone said something about dragging themselves to the gym and I remember the last time I fell off for a couple days it did feel like DRAGGING but I did it. If I did it once I can do it again. Snooze button be damned!
  • schlagers
    schlagers Posts: 58
    OMG! I need this! Can you yell at me everyday and tell me to stop making excuses?

    But seriously, as supportive and amazing as the people are on here, they can't do it for you. You have to make the decision, make a plan, and stick to it as best as you can.
    When I'm doing good, I have to make losing weight my priority. You might need to give some things up or make changes in your routine. Somethings I have to give things up, like sleep when I get up early to exercise, tv when I go to bed early because i'm tired, overtime when I spend my lunch hour walking instead of working through it. But I feel so much better physically and mentally when I am eating healthy foods and exercising.

    Good luck and keep going!

    You are so right! It's all about making it a priority. I fell off the wagon too...ugh...and my way to getting back on it is to change one thing at a time. It's hard for me to change everything right away tomorrow, so I've found it helps me to change little things each day. Stop drinking soda to wake up..check...eat healthier options at lunch...check...I find by making little changes each week/day it helps make these things lasting habits. So far so good!

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