Just looking to chat about food, fitness, life

Yes I'm in that boat! I have trouble making people understand you can be healthy and eat your cake too I lift 3 days cardio 2 days and I have the weekends off it works for me!!!

Most of the people around me are in the "nothing" category. Not many of my close circle (family, friends, etc.) care about nutrition or exercise. They probably view me as being in the "all" category, but that's not true at all. I try to maintain a healthy balance of nutrition and exercise and how anyone else views it is irrelevant to me. I don't discuss my lifestyle with anyone unless they ask a specific question. Otherwise, to each their own.

Good for you, OP for finding your balance and sticking with it regardless of others around you. It's not easy at times, so chatting with others here is a good idea.

@FeenixFlashfire , thank you for your concern, but I'm one of those people who is determined and independent. I don't need anyone around me to keep reaching my goals and I don't mean that in an arrogant way at all. I simply mean that I am set on my path whether anyone else is with me or not. I'm the same way with working out: solo. Although I enjoy the gym atmosphere and the others there are definitely a source of silent support to me. And people here such as yourself are helpful as well!

summerkissed wrote: »

I'm getting so sick of my posted getting cut short!!! I also wrote my hardest thing is stress from just general life that's what makes things hard for me...I'm trying to get back into my 10 minute meditation everyday before breakfast! I live in a real rural area and I have no one close to me so I get on here to chat with like minded people. I've competed in figure comps and have been very successful but I still have family members around me that say I'm totally wrong in the way I do things and they keep on there yoyo dieting fads

Congrats on the competitions! That's fantastic. The fact that you've done those and people around you still make these types of comments is completely baffling to me! Sorry, but I'm really glad you come here as a source of support.

I have just missed a full week school holidays (4 kids at home) and my step son pushing me to the brink of break down!!! Made life really really hard as I said stress is my biggest killer!

FeenixFlashfire wrote: »

Stress... My mortal enemy... Takes all I have to not devour everything in sight... Including the cats

Hahaha!!!

Yes, I have a few friends in the all or nothing category. I myself can be put there... only I never reach the "all" part. I've been doing this for almost 3 years and still going strong... happy but never satisfied. I take endless amounts of *kitten* and good and bad advice about my nutrition and exercise plan, but like BZAH10 said, for the most part the opinions of others are of no consequence to me. I am on this path in life for a reason and my motivation, drive and passion have been absolutely on fire for three years. I love it and I feel awesome.

Good for you for choosing to be healthy and fit and for choosing to enjoy your life. Believe me, as strict as I am, when it comes down to family time like holidays, Sunday dinner or whatever, I am super indulgent and simply don't care! I don't list things in order of importance but if I had too I would say that family, my nutrition and exercise are all number one and equally as important. I have skipped family events for group X and I have skipped group X for family events.

I used to be a cardio junkie and lost all my weight that way initially. Now I have toned down on the cardio and do StrongLifts three times a week along with a variety of body strength activities including MMA and military style bootcamp. I also love to dance and I love to run

I am a very stubborn Scorpio so I tend to see everything as black or white and I tend to approach everything with furious enthusiasm. Personally... I am sick and tired of taking crap for how I choose to live my life. It's no ones business really. Over three years ago someone told me that by now I'd be sick or injured or I'd lose my motivation, etc. Well... here I am still ready to go, still top notch, still top of my game, still excited.. Oh well.

Blah, blah, blah...

summerkissed wrote: »

@cushman5279 hey there

Funny how there are so many on the same path yet they are never close to us!!

Does anyone else have issues with only half the message they typed actually posting? I write some thing but it always cuts half of it off!!

@BZAH10 in my first comp I paid a coach $700 to get me on stage, she had me doing 40min of cardio daily!!! On top of 5 days heavy weights! I got to 9% body fat but lost nearly all my muscle and screwed up my metabolism too no end!! My second season I did 2x20min cardio sessions a week that's all and 4 days lifting....I kept all my muscle was able to eat pretty much anything I wanted and got on stage in better condition than the first comp!!! Fat % was higher but that was because I was full time career of my grandparents and my nan died the week before comp I decided not to compete so I stopped training but then on the day I carried her coffin I thought 'no nan helped me pick and bling my bikini this comp is for her " I got up on stage 2 days later without the proper prep and still looked better! On my profile that's the pic of me in my green bikini.....it's a very special picture! Endless hours of cardio is silly and not needed!!!