So Hard this Time

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  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    This sounds like my last five years! Hormones change everything! Here to follow the advice.
  • cd60kg
    cd60kg Posts: 7 Member
    The key I think is the phrase "why bother?". I agree with everyone here that you gain experience and the ability to make a plan. You understand your own limits and what works for you. For me its exactly the same. For ages its been the "why bother?" voice in my head that is the problem. Yes being 47 makes it physically more challenging however I did kick in to some exercise a year ago a lost weight well so I cannot hide behind excuses.

    2 weeks ago I got on the scales and weigh more than I ever have even when I was pregnant. Not cool!

    I have lost 1kg since then and its the psychology of the process not the food and exercise that gets to me. Thanks for sharing because my head is all over the place and I have to get control of the negative and accentuate the positive.

    Hopefully this is not too embarrassing to admit but I went to a hypnotherapist and it helped me focus on the hot 50 year old and picture that me in my head. I even have a haircut and dress in mind to make it real.

    Good luck and thanks for the inspiring thoughts.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Whitezombiegirl wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    What are the right things?

    For me, the right thinfs are low cal, nutritous and add volume aka veg. Also protein and fats.

    For me the wrong things are sweets and alcohol because i find it hard to limit them once i start.

    But sometimes the wrong things are so right!

    To me, and I will give MFP a lot of the credit for it, no foods are off limits, so that sounds a bit distorted. I used to think that way myself, because I couldn't eat "the right things" for very long, and then I overate "the wrong things" (not alcohol, but I used to gorge myself on chips, ice cream and cookies), and so I was distressed, unhappy and overweight. Have you looked into mindful/intuitive eating?

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