Need to loose weight but i am not motivated, help!

Aurylin · June 2018

Hi: my name is Aury. I am 58 years old with the need to loose 50 pounds. Help!!!! I have no motivation but I know I need to loose the weight. I am food intolerance to : eggs, oats, yeast, black peper, vinegar, shrimp, lobster, red kidney beans, mushrooms, radish, rice. What can I do to be motivated to do excersice which I do not like to do. Does anyone have sugestions.

angelsja · June 2018

You don't "need" to exercise to lose weight it benefits your overall health but not necessary just eat at a calorie deficit

livingleanlivingclean · June 2018

I wasn't successful in losing weight (from long term consistency to tracking my food) until my desire to succeed was the most important thing to me. Prior to that, I'd lose a bit, then choose to eat mindlessly and just eat things I felt like whenever I felt like (putting me at maintenance or surplus calories). No one else can work that out for you, or give you motivation.

Luckily, you can lose weight without exercise. It is great for health, so finding anything you enjoy that gets you moving more would be beneficial.

barbiecat · June 2018

Exercise doesn't have to be the gym or running triathlons. I started walking daily in my neighborhood. Now I walk a lot more thanks to technology (audio books on my phone with blue tooth headphones).

TeaBea · June 2018

Baby steps. Pick one small thing and do that this week. Example 1 - buy a pedometer and make a goal of 1,000 more steps this week, than your usual. Then add another small thing the next week - add a serving of veggies each day (remove something else....perhaps swap out chips at lunch). Keep upping your steps, and making dietary changes each week.

Eating less (calories) is all that's required for weight loss, but we have to find a way of making that consistent. Even after we've lost the weight we need to eat (somewhat less) forever. Weight maintenance is forever.

Moving more (burns more calories) is not required for weight loss, but it's good for our bodies. It doesn't matter what the activity is, just do something.

CowboySar · June 2018

Agreed with the walks. I started with walks around the neighborhood, then around town, then from my town to the next town.... Kinda sounds like Forest Gump lol... Any ways into hikes, always trying to challenge myself more. Then if weather was bad I did my cardio in the gym, or added the gym on top of the walks and hikes. Start small and work up. I find it takes 3 weeks to create a habit, work at it and get through the 3 weeks.

Panini911 · June 2018

I struggled with this issue for maybe two years and the weight kept creeping back on. Unfortunately I have no words of wisdom. When my dog died I needed to keep busy so hit the gym and for some reason, once I started working out the eating became easy (well more or less "easy" but not nearly as hard a mental struggle as it had been).

My dietician years ago (when I lost weight the ... second time I think) said start with ONE meal. for example, breakfast. Figure out about how many calories it shoudl be and what a health breakfast should be and start putting that in your MFP journal. Once you hav ea handle of that for a week or two add another meal.

For exercise - you don't HAVE to do any but you can also do baby steps. Park a little farther away. walk around the block once. getting started is the hardest so don't plan for a 30+min block which you never get out to do but for even 5 minutes here or there. build from there.

ACanadian22 · June 2018

Sorry Dear but I honestly believe that you need to want to lose weight in order to lose it. I am in the 50 pound club as well and love my walks and finally can actually "peek" at myself in the mirror. I wanted it so bad and that is how I am doing it. I am 50 years old and almost back to my pre-children weight but it does take dedication.
Hope you do well Hun xo

ACanadian22 · June 2018

CowboySar wrote: »

Agreed with the walks. I started with walks around the neighborhood, then around town, then from my town to the next town.... Kinda sounds like Forest Gump lol... Any ways into hikes, always trying to challenge myself more. Then if weather was bad I did my cardio in the gym, or added the gym on top of the walks and hikes. Start small and work up. I find it takes 3 weeks to create a habit, work at it and get through the 3 weeks.

Helps when I crank the classic rock on my phone too

kimny72 · June 2018

So the truth is, motivation is a crutch and an excuse. No one stays motivated. No one gets consistently excited to do the small daily things they need to do to lose weight. You just have to put on your big girl pants and do it. You need to create daily habits that will eventually become another thing you do without thinking about it, like brushing your teeth or taking out the trash.

Just start logging. Get your calorie goal and start trying to hit it. Log accurately and consistently, every damn day. Learn from it and make small tweaks. Baby steps, one week at a time. You don't have to make huge changes to your diet. You don't have to become a fitness warrior. Just start logging and take a 10 minute walk. You don't have to be perfect, you will have days you don't do what you planned.

While it's not necessary to lose weight, exercise burns some extra calories that can make it easier (plus it's good for you in other ways). Exercise can be: walking, jogging, DVDs, treadmill, elliptical, playing tag with your kids, cycling, running with the dog, dancing in your living room, playing basketball, hiking, rowing, calisthenics, classes at the gym, mowing the lawn, etc...

You can do it, you just have to stop thinking that there is just one way to lose weight, and that it requires a huge change to everything in your life. Read the pinned posts at the top of each forum. Just decide to start.

jgnatca · June 2018

I suggest you change one routine this week that will help you to your goal.

You know what you can eat so keep doing that. Weigh and log your meals and find out how many calories are in your meals. Adjust as necessary.

I am the same age as you and exercise has done the most to help me feel energized and strong. The mistake I made for the longest time was thinking I had to do weight loss exercises, many of which I found deadly boring. Everything changed when I started trying out anything that came along. Eventually I found activities I really enjoyed. Now those I can do for life.

Are you introverted/extroverted? Prefer team, group, or individual sports? Are you coordinated?

MarvinsFitLife · June 2018

It’s good I didn’t seen any green leaf veggies or chicken also I would suggest baked sweet potatoes. Quinoa, avocado, fruits and almond nuts, Brazilian nuts, lots of WATER stay away from processed food and start walking a mile per day gradually increasing it by 1 mike when you feel stronger, then ease into running, you can also consider signing up for spin classes, Zumba, strength and conditioning. If you can swim include that twice a week

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