What's Stopping You?
RobynMWilson
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Why do you think it's so hard for you to just use the many tools available out there and commit to change? What do you think is stopping you?
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nothing is stopping me, 38 lbs down!0
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I couldn't do anything for 3 months due to brain surgery. It is EXTREMELY hard for me to go out and do anything now. I have worked out a couple times but since my surgery, i've gained almost 45 pounds!
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I couldn't do anything for 3 months due to brain surgery. It is EXTREMELY hard for me to go out and do anything now. I have worked out a couple times but since my surgery, i've gained almost 45 pounds!
Oh my goodness. My mom had brain surgery for a tumor back in 2007. She's doing amazing and so will you! My prayers and thoughts go out to you!0 -
Why do you think it's so hard for you to just use the many tools available out there and commit to change? What do you think is stopping you?
If it was so easy and just a case of 'doing it' there would be no fat people!0 -
For me, it was excuses. I've found over time that if I really want it, I will learn the best way to make it happen, carve out the time to do it, and give myself new challenges on a regular basis. Also have learned to do what I can with what I've got as far as equipment and gym or no gym membership.0
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That's a great quesiton. What's stopping me? I know calories count, I know I should eat cleaner/healthier, work out, do more weights, but somehow I cave to snacking at night or even binging and basically self sabotage. I guess what I need to do is to really dig deep to find out why I'm eating when I'm not hungry and really face those feelings head on.0
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Nothing now.
At one point I did not actually *believe* I could do it, being the special snowflake I thought I was. I ate my emotions. I thought I "deserved" to be able to eat whatever I wanted. When trying to lose weight, I required 100% adherence to whatever I thought was the way, and fell of the wagon hard when I (of course) was not able to sustain the unsustainable. I thought that I had to "feel" like following my plan every day, when in reality some days you just do it to do it, not because you are feeling it. I never had a solid plan for transitioning and monitoring maintenance.0 -
OP... be careful. I posted something with a similar theme yesterday and got flamed big time. It was like a piranha feeding frenzy.0
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Nothing now.
At one point I did not actually *believe* I could do it, being the special snowflake I thought I was. I ate my emotions. I thought I "deserved" to be able to eat whatever I wanted. When trying to lose weight, I required 100% adherence to whatever I thought was the way, and fell of the wagon hard when I (of course) was not able to sustain the unsustainable. I thought that I had to "feel" like following my plan every day, when in reality some days you just do it to do it, not because you are feeling it. I never had a solid plan for transitioning and monitoring maintenance.
"do it to do it" that's a good advice, esp. for when I don't "feel like" going to the gym. I just have to go that's just the way it is!0 -
OP... be careful. I posted something with a similar theme yesterday and got flamed big time. It was like a piranha feeding frenzy.
You called people whiners and babies and then furthered argued that eating disorders and other influences should not be an issue.
The OP has not done that. People will generally respond better to her post.
My excuse was similar to another poster's - I thought I deserved to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I think, perhaps, I thought what I did NOT deserve was a nice body. Self-love and patience has made this work this time.0 -
Why do you think it's so hard for you to just use the many tools available out there and commit to change? What do you think is stopping you?
Exactly! This is what clicked for me last month. I can't control some things in my life..but I can control what my body looks like. I decided to not waste time. Once I decided to change, it has been easy..17 pounds in a month and a half gone..and still going strong!0 -
This is me, too.My excuse was similar to another poster's - I thought I deserved to eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I think, perhaps, I thought what I did NOT deserve was a nice body. Self-love and patience has made this work this time.0 -
Good on you for staying connected to a fitness site after your surgery and I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.I couldn't do anything for 3 months due to brain surgery. It is EXTREMELY hard for me to go out and do anything now. I have worked out a couple times but since my surgery, I've gained almost 45 pounds!
This is a prime example of why some people can gain weight or get out shape...due to injury or illness, people are often to quick to judge others labeling them as lazy,complacent etc etc It is not our place to judge others or condemn them when we simply do not know what is happening in their lives and often project our shortcomings onto them.
I admire anybody who are working towards a healthier lifestyle but is a real shame when they start achieving their goals and start looking down their noses at people they don't perceive as putting in the same amount of effort they have.0 -
not a daym thing!!! 149lbs gone forever!0
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The only thing stopping you is the bull**** story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't do this.
Now that said, there are valid reasons why, once committing to making changes toward a healthier lifestyle, it is difficult to achieve your goal, brain surgery being one of them0 -
I wanted to be fat more than I wanted to be fit and healthy.0
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Actually I never said one word about eating disorders, and I said people were NOT babies. Reread the post.
To answer this; nothing is stopping me. I'm down at each weigh in, I've never gone over my calorie goals, I don't do "cheat days", and I'm seeing steady and consistent results.0 -
I'm stopping me! I really am my own worst enemy! I have all the excuses, lack of motivation, eat the wrong things, feel sorry for myself, over eat, binge, don't exercise... at all - but that's ok!
Why is that ok? Because now I know I do all of these things about myself and I can plan around them - so I have one bad day, doesn't have to be two bad days... or a bad week. I'm honest with myself and I hold myself accountable and now I'm moving forward for the first time ever!
Doesn't matter how many tools I had at hand before, until I got my head in the right place I was never gonna be successful.0 -
Beautiful horse MelsAuntie! Is that a palamino??0
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No, he's a golden chestnut with a flaxen mane, Egyptian Arabian by breed.Thanks, I think he's beautiful too.0
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NIKKI...you have the right attitude, with that, you WILL succeed!0
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No, he's a golden chestnut with a flaxen mane, Egyptian Arabian by breed.Thanks, I think he's beautiful too.
Wow..he's stunning!0 -
Why do you think it's so hard for you to just use the many tools available out there and commit to change? What do you think is stopping you?
If it was so easy and just a case of 'doing it' there would be no fat people!
Do you think it was easy for me to lose 70lbs back in 1987, when we didn't have these tools and knowledge available? I wanted it BAD ENOUGH that NOTHING was stopping me!0 -
I'm stopping me! I really am my own worst enemy! I have all the excuses, lack of motivation, eat the wrong things, feel sorry for myself, over eat, binge, don't exercise... at all - but that's ok!
Why is that ok? Because now I know I do all of these things about myself and I can plan around them - so I have one bad day, doesn't have to be two bad days... or a bad week. I'm honest with myself and I hold myself accountable and now I'm moving forward for the first time ever!
Doesn't matter how many tools I had at hand before, until I got my head in the right place I was never gonna be successful.
^^^ she hit the nail right on the head! This post was to help people who are struggling to reflect on what they think is stopping them and move forward from there!0 -
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but despite all the crap, I'm still trying to plan out meals and change the things I eat.. 0 -
I had three years that I couldn't do anything for myself. I couldn't take time to prepare the right meals, I didn't have time to exercise. It was purely survival mode. I have been judged for making excuses because obviously I wasn't making exercise a priority. At that time in my life, all I could do was survive but thankfully I'm past that point in my life and there are no excuses. I need to be healthier, I know I'll be happier, so here I am. Owning my life, making it into exactly what I want.
*survival mode happened when I had twins, 19 months after my VERY high needs boy, plus my two older girls with extreme learning disabilities. I have three years that were nothing but feeding kids, nursing babies, changing dipes and doing laundry, while falling asleep exhausted because I never got any sleep at night.0 -
I'm stopping me! I really am my own worst enemy! I have all the excuses, lack of motivation, eat the wrong things, feel sorry for myself, over eat, binge, don't exercise... at all - but that's ok!
Why is that ok? Because now I know I do all of these things about myself and I can plan around them - so I have one bad day, doesn't have to be two bad days... or a bad week. I'm honest with myself and I hold myself accountable and now I'm moving forward for the first time ever!
Doesn't matter how many tools I had at hand before, until I got my head in the right place I was never gonna be successful.
as I cry reading this! you hit the spot :sad:0 -
I guess it was acknowledging the real problem. The problem wasn't that i was overweight, but it was that I was living unhealthy. My philosophy needed to change. I ate everything on my plate because "it was worth my buck" and 'snacked a lot' to fill boredom. I knew that it was unhealthy, but was not able to stop.
: ) I'm changing my eating habits and adapting to my needs. My goal is to optimize my health, so far doing good!0
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