Back at it...100lbs heavier than when i quit 2 years ago...

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  • caramel1920
    caramel1920 Posts: 271
    Welcome back! I can totally relate to the vacay! I just came back from a vacation at the beginning of this month and it's been rough getting back into the swing of things, this is only my second week of consistency with my exercise...my diet is another story entirely, but I will definitely get there! The key is to not give up, ever! You the man!!!!!:drinker:
  • steve2kay
    steve2kay Posts: 194 Member
    I saw one of those motivational pictures somewhere of a guy doing a pressup - it says something along the lines of "I thought about quitting .... then I saw who was watching" and in the picture is a baby in a nappy (diaper) in the pressup position.

    It made me think that while I tell my son about trying and not giving up - I've never really shown him me doing it, me stumbling but getting back up.

    It's what life's about and is a good lesson for kids, you strive for something, you get knocked back, you get up and go again.

    Congratulations on coming back (and on having a baby while you were away)
  • midwest_fittie
    midwest_fittie Posts: 25
    Welcome back! Feel free to add me, I've been "trying to lose weight" for the past 2 years. But I know I haven't been really trying at all! We can do this!
  • Vanity1920
    Vanity1920 Posts: 11 Member
    I'm right there with you. Back in 2007, I Lost 100 lbs and got down to 165. The smallest I'd ever been. Fast forward to a stressful job, getting a Master's Degree, and in March 2013, My father died of cancer, I gained it all back plus 20 lbs. I just woke up a couple of weeks ago and asked myself "what the F--- are you doing to yourself?" I am an emotional eater. I understand that about myself now. So I'm working out 5 days a week and logging everything I eat.

    So I completely understand where you are coming from. Looks like we both just started, so, c'mon, lets be losers together!
  • Gingycat40
    Gingycat40 Posts: 18 Member
    WeLcomE BacK :

    It takes many lifestyle changes. Healthy food/drinks/consistent exercise program and daily consumption of water.

    I have been on this weight loss cycle for many years - the kicker is... to stay motiveate and make the Lifestyle changes that

    you can continue with. If we make the changes and lose the weight and just go back to our old "habits"... nothing good

    will become of it..just the unwanted pounds will creep back.


    Key things:

    Journaling - tracknig food - eating healthy.
    Exercise - consistently / weekly - weight training & cardio.
    Water - 2-3 litres a day - this is what dietician - has told me..

    Keep reminding yourself of your motivators...and keep at it .. YOU CAN DO IT !!!!:)
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    I'm right there with you. Back in 2007, I Lost 100 lbs and got down to 165. The smallest I'd ever been. Fast forward to a stressful job, getting a Master's Degree, and in March 2013, My father died of cancer, I gained it all back plus 20 lbs. I just woke up a couple of weeks ago and asked myself "what the F--- are you doing to yourself?" I am an emotional eater. I understand that about myself now. So I'm working out 5 days a week and logging everything I eat.

    So I completely understand where you are coming from. Looks like we both just started, so, c'mon, lets be losers together!

    No one wants to be a loser..... Nevermind. I see what you are saying.
  • 311Phil
    311Phil Posts: 397
    I want to be a HUGE loser.

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