Motivation! Please❤️!

pansyiris
pansyiris Posts: 2 Member
edited November 11 in Motivation and Support
hey everyone. Need some motivation and support. Please. I'm almost 57 and I've used MFP since August of 2012 and lost 60 lbs. then in April of 2013 my mom died. I have gained back nearly 25 lbs.- trying to get back in the swing of things but have since developed arthritis in knees and hips so exercise is difficult. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated! Thanks❤️!

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  • Right there with you my friend. Sorry about your loss. You didn't give up after you lost your first 25lb. Gaining it back is sometimes harder to overcoming mentally than just dropping the weight. Spin it positive always. 35lbs lost. Your mom was proud of you now it's time to be proud of yourself. Tip: fish oils for the joint pain. Go slow you have your whole life to enjoy workingout. sweat and heart for everything else. Nothing but love!
  • pansyiris
    pansyiris Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. ❤️
  • vllamas08
    vllamas08 Posts: 20 Member
    I'm so with you. I need motivation. I am looking to raise 15-20lbs. I have fibromyalgia which has been holding me hostage as far as energy and pain. I have gained so much weight because -1. not sure if a hysterectomy can cause weight gain but I had one in the summer. 2. I have been getting cortisone injections about every 6 weeks to treat my fibro. 3. I have a sugar craving that I have just given in to. I have always had my sugar craving but I have been having much bigger portions then I need. So today I'm starting my journey. I've used MFP before with much success. I know my failure to lose weight is on me. I've got to change my frame of mind. Maybe you and I can help each other reach our goals.
  • vllamas08
    vllamas08 Posts: 20 Member
    this was me last year. Before my fibro started flaring up. Before my hysterectomy, injections, and new meds. You can look at my profile picture and see the huge difference. by702cpqayg6.jpg
  • walkonfire5
    walkonfire5 Posts: 648 Member
    Sadly this post will be washed away by a sea of posts and maybe some wont see it. But if it can motivate one single person for 2 minutes its worth every tap of the phone

    What you do today will determine what your future is . What future do you want?? .......... Warning what i am about to post is the shocking truth

    The present A -for some reason or another you get disheartened unmotivated and you give up.

    The Present B - you stick with countings calories. Yes its hard yes theres temptations and yes there will be low points and depressing times.


    Future, what really is the the future. And what does it mean.

    Well future A means, when you say your to tired to work out or in pain. Just think about how much pain and how tired your gonna feel when your weighing 500 pounds. When you say to yourself i feel to self conscious to be seen jogging or in the gym. How self conscious are you gonna feel when you have a team of careers giving you a bed bath with a bucket and a sponge. How self conscious are you gonna feel when you need to be rollled over to defecate on a sheet and to be washed by a group of underpaid unsung heros. How bored are you gonna be. How depressed are you gonna become locked in a prison of fat. Not being able to get out of a chair or a bed for years to watch the world go by. To just cry out for the feel of the wind on your face not the sound of a cheap fan in the corner. Its a nasty vicious cycle of self loathing self hating and more food.the only way out is a life saving op this is your last chance to live and the first stage of this mammoth task is to remove half your wall to have some normality. Back in your life again. Imagine the pain being on a reinforced trolley. While though blurred vision of tears you say your last good byes .to your loved ones you have no idea if your gonna smell your huband again or hear your kids say i love you. While your being wheeled into the operation theatre. To be hacked apart its not pretty. The sounds of the machines. Your family waiting on tenterhooks as the minutes count down. the sound of the clock amplified. The all tell tell sound of the beep from reading your heart rate turning into a deathly 1 pitch tone as your family screams your husbands coffee cup falls to the ground.

    Give up, and This is the future. Corporations are using even more pushy harassing advertising campaigns to sale you food you do not need. They are making billions on your pain and suffering. Dont fight your urges to eat junk food. Stop yourself paying these people from slowly poisoning you to death.

    So next time you feel tired or in pain or self conscious..or have urge to buy junk food. Remember this. As this will become your future.
    Or do you want Future B - you become healthier fitter stronger faster sexier. you have that body you dreamed of. You feel sexier more confident. You hold your head high you walk with a smile of success your walking down a beach with the biggest smile with a great tonned body turning heads having fellow women. Ask how you got so defined. You feel more alive more energy your confident in your own skin in and out the bedroom. You have a new love for life. In the gym and out.
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