Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@ShyCush6 I might try that. I have been riding a bike around our neighborhood but there are a lot of hills, so I'm trying to build up to going up hill. So a spinning class may help with that. @bluepoppies777 and @CariTJR I know I shouldn't care what others think and I'm pretty sure nobody cares that I'm not going as fast but it kind of hurts my pride in myself. I keep trying to tell myself that I can get back there, That I'm still young enough but sometimes it's discouraging. Sometimes I'm my own worst critic but I'm really trying to be more positive. I know I can do this. I know it's going to be hard and there will be times when I want to quit but I can do this. We can all do this. Thank you guys for the encouragement. You are all awesome.

Hi all, my name is Samantha, 56lbs to lose here. Trying to get back into this after a rubbish start to the year - My nan passed away new years eve after an 18 month battle with cancer and we had 3hrs travelling each way and a 2 night stop in a seaside town for her funeral - All fish and chips and ice cream no remotely healthy eating places in site especially in off season. My dad has also just been for a CT scan today after being really ill for the last 8-12 weeks (getting worse in the last 8) as the doctors suspect he has cancer! So going through the ringer at the minute and it's really difficult to not reach for the Junk food at all times. I'm using slim fast for breakfast and lunch at the minute as I'm really bad at eating those meals and I don't like bread and am trying to do a healthy meal in the evenings with the husband when our plans don't get changed last minute which seems to happen a lot at current! Need to get back into a routine with the gym as well which is difficult that's my goal for next week

@shy - I love that meme! Lol! That is me. I'm going to print that off and stick it on my fridge, my OH will laugh his head off.

@CariTJR - That's one of things that has motivated me to get back to the gym/on a diet. I know that my mum is going to need me a lot right now (It was her mum that passed away back end of the year) and I need to be healthy and fit myself to be able to look after her and help however I can with my dad etc.. Me and the husband had started trying to bulk cook a healthy meal at the weekends and then portion it and store in freezer so we are living off them at the minute. First goal is to get back to the Gym - we try every other day during the week and a day at the weekend which ever is free. I actually miss my hour long sessions on the treadmill where I just plug in to some TV and switch off. I don't get very far very fast but I was gradually building it up so looking forward to finding the time to get back to that. I hope your mum is doing better!

@nicholei26 Hi my name is Nichole also. Not many people spell Nichole correctly. welcome.

#dailycheckin - Hey peeps. My lands if you don't read on here everyday you get so behind you can't catch up. That's AWESOME! Love how active this thread is!

*Confession time* So I was listening to a podcast this morning - trying to get my mind back in the game of healthy living, taking better care of myself. Last weekend was smack in the face...more like a punch in the face. Too long to type but let's just say I woke Sunday morning embarrassed and ashamed of myself. Nothing bad happened, I just didn't eat enough food Saturday and drank way too much before I even knew it... it didn't occur to me to drink water! And when i woke up Sunday I couldn't remember most of the night. RIDICULOUS! That is a cue for me that things have gone a little too far with the "parties" on the weekends...like every weekend the whole month of February!! I need to bring myself back to goals, taking care of myself no matter what my friends are doing! This is about me!!!

Back to the podcast - This was a great podcast on busting thru those excuses for not exercising. I've been thinking about it all wrong! You can't think of exercise as a means for weight loss...weight loss is by product.... there has to be another reason or you'll never stick with it. There's has to be an instant gratification kind of reason. I workout b/c I love the high I get when I'm done and I feel great! I love how i feel when I do a push when I didn't think I could do push ups! Anyway, here's a link and it's a great podcast. Chalene Johnson is a great motivator... and she will tell it like it is in this one, knock out those excuses.

stitcher.com/s?eid=42935579

Thanks for reading... I'm determined to read on here every day!

Hello friends!! My legs are soooo sore after spin this morning - thanks to that crazy barre class two nights ago. I was seriously stiff yesterday, so I didn't even do a work out! Wow, talk about kicking my butt! So I got up for a 6am spin class, thinking it would help the stiffness. Ummmm NO!! hahah! It was tabata spin! LOL! Anyyyywayyyy!!! Stretching is my friend!
@Samgrim91 Sorry to hear about your Nan and Dad. It is good that you are working to get yourself healthy, it is important to care for ourselves, so we can help care for others.
@aevans0026 I know all about thinking back to the old days when I was thin and fit! That is something I really had to come to terms with, like how did I let myself gain 65 lbs? Why didn't I think my health was important? Why didn't I put myself first instead of everyone else in my life? That is all part of the emotional journey of losing weight and getting healthy. It's good that you are feeling those things, because it means you are working through the mental parts of this journey. Some people never do that, they lose the weight, but they don't work on the reasons and what is in their heads, so it all comes back again. So good for you for challenging yourself, and asking yourself those hard questions. It's really the only way to make permanent gains for yourself!
@nicholei26 Welcome here! 142 lbs to lose! You can do it!! Just take it 10 lbs at a time. I felt very overwhelmed with 65 lbs to lose, but I took it 5 lbs at a time, and I'm down 30 since October. It's a long process, but we are all in the same boat, whether it's 20 lbs or 200 lbs. You will have your good days and bad - just read back on this thread, we have all been there. It's nice to have a support group who knows exactly how each other feels, and to help lift each other up. So keep your chin up and don't be discouraged, you are going to do great!

Going through the hardest time now
25lbs lost and 20 to go, but going much slower now

trinty425 wrote: »

I have over 100 lbs to lose and this time around I have a medical issue that has popped up to push me harder. Getting my diet and tracking food is no problem for me. What I struggle with is....working out. Getting myself moving. It is so easy for me to come up with excuses. Or to prioritize other things so that I "don't have time" or "don't have the energy". I get wimpy when I first start out because "I'm tired" or "x body part is hurting", etc.

@CariTJR has it right. When I first started I gave myself all kinds of excuses. Once you lose enough weight to notice the change (it's diff for everyone) then you will be motivated to continue. This week I'm super busy with a concert so I'm not doing my workouts but I am sticking to my eating plan to compensate for it.

bluepoppies777 wrote: »

Hello, friends! I love this thread! I know I can log in at any point and read what everyone is going and what their highs and lows. Some days we are feeling discouraged, and some days we are confident, but we can lean on each other and know that we are all in the same boat!

I tried Yin Yoga last night at the gym with my friend... Let's just say I am not a yoga person!! I always knew I preferred to really move and sweat, but I was lying there thinking about grocery lists, what I wanted to eat when I got home, brushing the dog... You get the picture! I guess I don't have the skill of mentally turning the brain off and being calm. And it didn't help that a few ppl farted and I almost got the giggles!! Good grief, I will stick to spin and just sweat it out hardcore. But at least I tried something new, so I was glad for that!

@bluepoppies777 I do a 90 min yoga class every Monday. It's not a lie on the floor and meditate kind - you work up a real sweat. If you want something athletic try Vinyasa Flow or Ashtanga, I guarantee you won't have time to think about anything other than what you are doing in that moment (pushups, squats, more squats)! Glad you tried a class but there are many types of yoga so don't give up on it, try another!