Your advice to the old you ...
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You will need to do this for the rest of your life, so take your time.
Moisturize your skin lol.
You can run.
Don't give up; the blood, sweat and tears will all be worth it.2 -
- Losing weight won't fix your self-esteem.
- Stop letting your health fall into the background--make it a primary concern.
- You are far more capable than you realize you are.
- Appreciate the process; don't just rush for the results.
- Cut the starches--you feel better without them.
- Weigh and measure your food.
- Exercise is a huge and necessary stress-reliever for you. Slacking on it will stir the self-esteem/stress monster.
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1. Food will not always control your life, you will someday find happiness without it.
2. You are stronger than you think.
3. Keep going, someday you will meet your goals.3 -
Just do it already. Stop coming up with excuses not to lose weight and commit to it right now.3
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Eat healthy now.1
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You don't need a pie9
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More protein. Less Alcohol. A more consistent approach to exercise, especially resistance / weight based training.
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The quick fix is not the answer.
Weight loss is not linear it goes up and down step back to see the trend.
Sometimes smaller clothes are a better indicator than a scale.
You are in this for you.
What worked for someone else might not work for you, experiment, trial and error.
Body image is a state of mind, it will take a while to see results that others say you show.5 -
No, you are not big boned, or big because of your hypothyroidism, or destined by fate to be overweight forever. You are overweight because you have eaten too much food over the course of your entire life.
But don't stress out. You will experience looking at yourself in the mirror and liking what you see. You will be athletic. You will wear a bikini in public and feel a million bucks.7 -
Everything in moderation. You don't have to do it perfectly. I put so much pressure on myself to follow 100% a dozen different diets. But when I found I couldn't keep it up I threw in the towel.
When I finally stopped "dieting" I lost weight and kept it off.3 -
Buy a food scale.
Use the body weight scale as tool, not let it be and end all to your success and how you feel about your self.
Ample protein in your diet will prove vital.
You don't need alcohol, its halts fat loss during consumption, and do not need it as crutch in life.
Exercise is the best medicine. You will/are stronger physically therefore mentally and emotionally you are stronger too.
A lastly, low carb or restricting in any capacity is totally not necessary to lose and maintain.
Enjoy your WHITE potatoes.
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Every day plan for food that you really love, ditch the diet mentality!7
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AudreyJDuke wrote: »Every day plan for food that you really love, ditch the diet mentality!
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Remember how you love manual labor like unloading trucks? Well, the weight room is going to make your whole year!
Also, COUNT YOUR CALORIES! It's that EASY. That's it. The rest is just fun.4 -
Let one bad day be just that---one bad day.
Don't give up or let go, the habits that cause the numbers on the scale to go down are working.
Take some "before" measurements and photos, and hang on to at least one outfit from your heaviest to remind yourself of where you started.
Weight loss is not linear. Sometimes when the scale is not moving, you are still losing inches.
Love yourself. Seriously, love yourself. You are an amazing, strong woman who is capable of huge things.
Be honest with all of your logging, and do it every single day.
MAKE time. Everyone is busy.
Be consistent, in movement and eating.
Fat is not the enemy. Sugar, on the other hand, is not your friend.
Your little one is always watching. Be the example she needs.
Always try to figure out "why." If you know why, you can fix it.
Physical limitations do not define what you can do.
Did I mention you're awesome? You really are.10 -
CAPSULE WARDROBE
If you have a significant amount to lose, you will replace your entire wardrobe...multiple times. Buy only basics in a very limited array of colors so everything matches with everything else. And for the love of god, buy it all second hand.8 -
Great thread.
A few stand outs for me 66 pounds down, 24 to go.- Don't do anything you aren't ready to do for the rest of your life
- It's a lifestyle not a race
- LIFT WEIGHTS !!! Cardio is cardio. Lifting will shape your body. Do it NOW.
- You will fall. You get back up. End of story.
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- Stay the course - it's working
- Keep measuring and counting calories - don't guesstimate.
- Start lifting as soon as possible.
- Buy quality running shoes - don't skimp on quality or you'll pay for it (plantar fasciitis)
- Don't make excuses to neglect rules 1 -4.
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I'd have told me to pick up heavy stuff. But would I have listened to me? Nah.4
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Ahhhh to have told my old self...
That mac'n'cheese isn't worth it but eat it anyway. Willpower isn't an infinite resource, you must let it collapse a little so you can build it back up and stay strong over time.
Smaller sizes mean nothing if you cannot learn to love yourself.
Your plan will fail at first contact with the enemy (a plateau), but if you stick through it.... NOOOOO DON'T GIVE UPPPP... well even if you give up, each day that dawns is a day you can change the course of your destiny.
Don't beat yourself up if you miss the mark. It'll come 'round again, and this time you can slam your hammer of awesome down and squish it.
Take each step with humor... it's better to laugh than cry!
Don't hate the old you, that's still you. The new you just holds better tools to fight the day. Love the old you as much as the new you.
If you don't like the gym, then don't go -- but find something you DO like that gets your blood moving and your heart pumping. Not just for loss but to enjoy life away from the computer and games and all that sedentary stuff that landed you in the position you're in today. (Plus, it's EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to hork down food while sucking wind on a treadmill or deadlifting some weights).
Eat beautiful food. One of the best pieces of advice you'll get from scouring the forums is to eat beautiful food (aka, fresh food and grilled things and things that aren't drenched in oil and look like sticks of deliciousness that you want to hork down at the fastest... okay, eat some fries. But then start again! Remember, willpower is a resource! It can be tapped out. So let it... NO NOT THAT MANY FRIES!!)
Shhh, the pants don't lie. You're lying to yourself, but look! Those measurements you hated to take? Re-take them, because they love to tell you the progress you're making while the scale likes to play like the Evil Queen's mirror.
Those pants will one day fit and then they won't as you sky rocket through sizes.
One day you'll get to your final size and then realize that the thrill of losing sizes is gone and you'll be left wondering what's next. There's nothing next, only life. Stop trying to squeeze into smaller pants when you reach the end of the line, no matter what that feeling says that drives you forward to keep "going down one more size". Y'GOT THERE. REJOICE AND MAYBE EAT A FRY.
Mmmmmm, potatoes.
When you gain weight again because of the health problems and having to re-learn what is safe to eat, don't beat yourself up. Because this day just started AND YOU CAN CONQUER THE WORLD AGAIN.
Okay that one isn't for the old me, but the me-right-now, doing it all again -- well not all. But I'm equipped. I'm armed. I've got swords and horses and kingdoms and... well okay, I don't. But I danged sure am gonna go slay me some dragon pants and fit back into all the things I worked my booty off getting into!
stage whispers... I'm coming for you pants.13
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