Just needing to vent...

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  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    When you wake up in the morning ask yourself this: At the end of this day, will I regret what I didn't do or be proud of what I did.

    The old Nike ad campaign "Just Do It" isn't enough.

    I prefer to OWN this one: "Just Did"



    And for me, I have to have some specific goal in mind - a race, a new activity, something like that. Losing weight for the sake of losing weight isn't enough. Getting in shape just to get in shape isn't enough.

    I started by signing up for a Sprint Triathlon - that got me started. Each accomplishment was followed by another goal.
  • cookiealbright
    cookiealbright Posts: 605 Member
    Friday was my birthday and I ate all weekend! I just said to m husband that I am pitching out the rest of the cake. It was a good weekend,but its over. Time to move on.
  • berthabunny
    berthabunny Posts: 251 Member
    How many times have you sat on your couch at the end of the day on a Sunday and thought to yourself, "Damn...another week down the drain" as you sit there eating something salty or sweet, hating yourself for your lack of willpower?

    I have been telling myself for so long that I'm gonna lose weight, tone up, change my eating, drink more water, get more sleep, party less, etc, etc, etc...I'm so over the bullsh*t with myself.

    I cannot live like this anymore. I can't spend every day thinking about how much I'd LOVE to be thinner and stronger. I need to make my dream a reality because it is completely possible!

    Can anyone relate? I feel so alone and ugly and depressed and pitiful and ashamed...I take full responsibility for my actions, but I have some really bad habits that I need to break because my life depends on it.

    :frown:

    Thank you for venting.
    You described my exact thoughts until I did change my habits. Now when I feel bad about my weight, I tell myself that I am changing it day by day.
  • bekeyers
    bekeyers Posts: 18
    Well yes I have absolutely been there. And I hope you don't take offense to this because I say it in order to help and because I have been there. You just gotta cut the crap. Sounds harsh but it's true. I would follow my eating plan and feel fantastic about it and then come a certain time and I would binge eat. One thing after the other after the other until I felt so full I could burst. And I would say the same thing why they hell do I do that, all the hard work down the drain, there must be something wrong with me, I can't control it. So as always I'd beat myself up and then swear in the morning I wouldn't do it again. Until.... and then off I go again.

    I believe it's a mind thing. You have to make the decision that you have had enough. As Tony Robbins once said that "making a true decision mean that you cut off all other possibilities" And that's true. Know what your plan is and know there is no "if I's". When you are weak you might hear your voice say "oh I feel like something sweet. I've always had a sweet tooth I need to have something sweet. I'll just have 2 cookies and cut my kjs down for the day." Or something like that. Whenever you hear your voice going into negotiation that's when you pull up and say NO. There is no negotiation, this is what I am 100% committed to.

    That's what I believe and I quit smoking that way too. Soon it becomes a habit and a lot easier. I wish you all the best and hope you reach your goal and hope you never feel that way again because its not a nice place to be xx

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