Chronic fatigue and weight loss
MrfreddieV
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I have been dealing with fybromaliga big time for the last 14 years.
Each time I set a goal to get in better shape I hurt myself in the first few weeks or crash from the chronic fatigue. Destroying any momentum I have built up.
This time i am doing it very differently. I am giving myself a calorie goal as the sedentary person I have become the last decade.
Yes, I am using my WII fit program as I can.
Yes I am even getting out for short walks from time to time. Slowly I want my activity to increase into a stable workout but this time i am not failing, as with a sedentary amount of calories, I am losing weight! And when i hurt to much to do much I am not failing.
When i crash and sleep for 20 hours I am able to still loss weight. MFP is the greatest thing to happen to me in a very long time.
It is teaching me to move forward and not wallow in the state I had gotten too.
I have been feeling like my old self right from the first day I signed up with MFP. Now 55 days later I am living with a loss of 26 pounds and my daily pain is on a level that i have not been on in 12 years.
My doctors are saying keep doing what you are doing and I know I will. This time I am not set up to fail. It is all positive.
Started out with a goal to loss 84 pounds and now I need to loss 58 pounds. It just makes me happy, to understand how I can do this now.
I am not on a diet. I count my calorie intake and when I am up to excising I am shown the earned calories.
I am able to eat back some of those calorie and still feel like i really got something done that day. And it is not just a guess MFP adjusts the calories according to my changing body.
Even slowly learning to adjust what kind of calories help me stay healthy. Showing a goal of the calories in proportions of protein,fats,carbs ect. If you are dealing with health issues how are you finding MFP is able to help you?
Each time I set a goal to get in better shape I hurt myself in the first few weeks or crash from the chronic fatigue. Destroying any momentum I have built up.
This time i am doing it very differently. I am giving myself a calorie goal as the sedentary person I have become the last decade.
Yes, I am using my WII fit program as I can.
Yes I am even getting out for short walks from time to time. Slowly I want my activity to increase into a stable workout but this time i am not failing, as with a sedentary amount of calories, I am losing weight! And when i hurt to much to do much I am not failing.
When i crash and sleep for 20 hours I am able to still loss weight. MFP is the greatest thing to happen to me in a very long time.
It is teaching me to move forward and not wallow in the state I had gotten too.
I have been feeling like my old self right from the first day I signed up with MFP. Now 55 days later I am living with a loss of 26 pounds and my daily pain is on a level that i have not been on in 12 years.
My doctors are saying keep doing what you are doing and I know I will. This time I am not set up to fail. It is all positive.
Started out with a goal to loss 84 pounds and now I need to loss 58 pounds. It just makes me happy, to understand how I can do this now.
I am not on a diet. I count my calorie intake and when I am up to excising I am shown the earned calories.
I am able to eat back some of those calorie and still feel like i really got something done that day. And it is not just a guess MFP adjusts the calories according to my changing body.
Even slowly learning to adjust what kind of calories help me stay healthy. Showing a goal of the calories in proportions of protein,fats,carbs ect. If you are dealing with health issues how are you finding MFP is able to help you?
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