Help! Feeling Like a Failure!

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  • sairanasir
    sairanasir Posts: 54 Member
    Please dont hate yourself, you are beautiful and you will make it. why dont you try and do the Leslie Sansone work out DVD's you can start with a mile a day - they cost about 12:00 from walmart. give that a try and you should be fine, dont be too hard on yourself.
  • mislove68
    mislove68 Posts: 240
    Your doing awesome for losing 14 pounds already!

    I also have a bad knee. I have delt with it since I was in 5th grade. I cant run on treadmills or outside. So I use the elliptical at my gym. i belong to golds gym and it doesnt cost that much and as free classes, free daycare and a pool. Its 30 a month.

    But something to think about you dont have to work out at a high rate. To burn calories from fat your heart rate only needs to be at 60-70% of you max heart rate. Thats pretty low. You do 220-age=max heart rate. so i am 28 so my calories from fat range is 115-134.

    standing doing punch is great way to get your heart rate up!

    Also try 30 day shred. You make that as hard as you want. I have been doing that since jan 3rd and lost many inches. And I have gotten ALOT more stronger. Got my hubby doing it too!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,328 Member
    I repeat what has been said by at least one other person, you DO NOT need to exercise to lose weight. Every single thing I have read in the last several years about weight loss says the same thing, diet is far more important than exercise. I have heard 80% diet, 10% exercise, 10% genetics. I have no idea where those numbers come from, but those who run weight loss programs are moving more and more toward emphasizing diet and less and less exercise. I exercise, not to help lose weight, but to get my heart and lung and body strong and healthy.

    In my limited experience the only way to have tendinitis heal is to rest it. Concentrate on your diet. Concentrate on learning to eat healthy foods that will help you establish a healthy lifestyle, and don't worry about the exercise. If you have a lot of weight to lose, you will find that as the weight comes off you will want to become more active because you are not carrying around all that useless fat.

    Take a deep breath. You are not a failure. Skip the exercise and concentrate on diet. Let your knees heal well.
  • agoessli
    agoessli Posts: 81 Member
    Thank you everyone for you support. Last night was a definite low...today is a new day and thanks to all of you and your kind words and encouragement...I'm feeling a little better.
  • cindymunoz
    cindymunoz Posts: 2
    Don't give up! Take baby steps and keep going. Your not a failure because your here posting, sometimes we feel like we're never going to loose weight but if you keep trying pretty soon you'll see improvement and you feel good that you didn't give up. Keep going, you can do it!
  • LadyNay191
    LadyNay191 Posts: 38
    Whenever you have a bad day, just remember how fortunate we are that we get a fresh start every day. You can do tomorrow right and then the next day, and the next!
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