Advice Anyone?!

Find a small goal for yourself for the week, such as getting all 8 glasses of water. Or exercising 30 minutes each day. Meet the small goals first, then the bigger ones fall into place.

YOU CAN DO IT!! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF FIRST.

:flowerforyou:

Look at how great you have done thus far!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!

You can do it! I like the idea about setting a small goal.

My husband reminds me often..."How do you eat an elephant? One bite at at time."

Same with changing our health habits...one bite at a time!

listen i hear you ! being young and having maybe a changign schedule makes me realize that first I have to do for me then I can help others....

always do what ever you can ... A little goes a long way so your swimming is great .... just every day maybe work a little harder .... and planning ahead i find sometimes helps....like if i know that I am going to snack around this time then i will bring fruit and no extra cash... either way ....
think about all the positive!
and you know what if you really need a lift you have come to the right place that is why they call it mfp!

I've done horrible this past week. I only exercised twice & I've been staying under my calories, but still not eating very healthy. I've gone swimming the past 3 days, but I'm not sure if I can consider that as exercising. I really want to start this week fresh, but I'm not sure how to pick myself back up. Does anybody have any helpful words for me so hopefully I won't fall back into my old habits? =(

for a majority of my highschool years, I refused to exercise or watch what I put in my body. When I did show a slight amount of interest in my health, all my activities were done at a mediocre pace and not enough dedication was put into anything from my behalf.

then, I went for a physical one day and the look in my doctors face after weighing me and informing me of my 300lb + structure, something snapped inside me. it became imperative for me at that point to not mess around anymore and focus on a healthier me.

it took alot, I started slowwwww. I made sure any soda was blasphemy and I haven't had a drop in five years and made other small yet substantial promises to myself and my body. I hated running. Now, it clears my mind and allows me to escape my arduous thoughts instead of pushing them to the side when I did recreational drugs. I hated lifting anything and now I can bench a respectable amount.

to make this long story short, accept the fact that we are humans and the inevitable is within our flaws. that being said, it also takes a commitment and dedication. I recently had a lot on my shoulders personally so I gained 15lbs from stress and being dormant for these past couple of months. I had lost my internal flame to pursuit my happiness healthwise until recently with my friend recommending this wonderful site.

but in a nutshell, YOU CAN and WILL DO IT. I have great faith in you. Realize that half the things the grocery sells is something we never needed and something our forefathers survived without for many many years. High fructose corn syrup is the enemy! Good luck and God Speed!

I've done horrible this past week. I only exercised twice & I've been staying under my calories, but still not eating very healthy. I've gone swimming the past 3 days, but I'm not sure if I can consider that as exercising. I really want to start this week fresh, but I'm not sure how to pick myself back up. Does anybody have any helpful words for me so hopefully I won't fall back into my old habits? =(

for a majority of my highschool years, I refused to exercise or watch what I put in my body. When I did show a slight amount of interest in my health, all my activities were done at a mediocre pace and not enough dedication was put into anything from my behalf.

then, I went for a physical one day and the look in my doctors face after weighing me and informing me of my 300lb + structure, something snapped inside me. it became imperative for me at that point to not mess around anymore and focus on a healthier me.

it took alot, I started slowwwww. I made sure any soda was blasphemy and I haven't had a drop in five years and made other small yet substantial promises to myself and my body. I hated running. Now, it clears my mind and allows me to escape my arduous thoughts instead of pushing them to the side when I did recreational drugs. I hated lifting anything and now I can bench a respectable amount.

to make this long story short, accept the fact that we are humans and the inevitable is within our flaws. that being said, it also takes a commitment and dedication. I recently had a lot on my shoulders personally so I gained 15lbs from stress and being dormant for these past couple of months. I had lost my internal flame to pursuit my happiness healthwise until recently with my friend recommending this wonderful site.

but in a nutshell, YOU CAN and WILL DO IT. I have great faith in you. Realize that half the things the grocery sells is something we never needed and something our forefathers survived without for many many years. High fructose corn syrup is the enemy! Good luck and God Speed!

Great advice, and by the way, you really have a way with words! :flowerforyou:

I've done horrible this past week. I only exercised twice & I've been staying under my calories, but still not eating very healthy. I've gone swimming the past 3 days, but I'm not sure if I can consider that as exercising. I really want to start this week fresh, but I'm not sure how to pick myself back up. Does anybody have any helpful words for me so hopefully I won't fall back into my old habits? =(

for a majority of my highschool years, I refused to exercise or watch what I put in my body. When I did show a slight amount of interest in my health, all my activities were done at a mediocre pace and not enough dedication was put into anything from my behalf.

then, I went for a physical one day and the look in my doctors face after weighing me and informing me of my 300lb + structure, something snapped inside me. it became imperative for me at that point to not mess around anymore and focus on a healthier me.

it took alot, I started slowwwww. I made sure any soda was blasphemy and I haven't had a drop in five years and made other small yet substantial promises to myself and my body. I hated running. Now, it clears my mind and allows me to escape my arduous thoughts instead of pushing them to the side when I did recreational drugs. I hated lifting anything and now I can bench a respectable amount.

to make this long story short, accept the fact that we are humans and the inevitable is within our flaws. that being said, it also takes a commitment and dedication. I recently had a lot on my shoulders personally so I gained 15lbs from stress and being dormant for these past couple of months. I had lost my internal flame to pursuit my happiness healthwise until recently with my friend recommending this wonderful site.

but in a nutshell, YOU CAN and WILL DO IT. I have great faith in you. Realize that half the things the grocery sells is something we never needed and something our forefathers survived without for many many years. High fructose corn syrup is the enemy! Good luck and God Speed!

Great advice, and by the way, you really have a way with words! :flowerforyou:

Thank you. :blushing:

Anything to let people know I can empathize in one form or another.