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Omg!! Here I go again.....

im4gryffindor
im4gryffindor Posts: 23 Member
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hello friends...I am back.... struggling yet again and even harder since the covid began....I am 46 years old and 5'2"...I am not very active...but have many things I can do including elliptical machine and small weights and bands...all that....I am still struggling with motivation....I know I am the only one to do this...I want food to not be such a friend (or is that a bad way to look at it?) I also know that if I lose my first few pounds...I will feel better and have more energy to accomplish more....it's the motivation I am seriously lacking...I am a stay at wife and caregiver for my mother and just find it so easy just to do bare minimum and sit down and watch television....I don't eat alot...but what I eat and no exercise make it really add up and I feel so down....for some reason I keep looking at losing weight as a horrid job or like going to the dentist....hahaha....but seriously I need to change my outlook and become more positive....I just want to feel better again....I want to be around a long time!!!!

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  • dts_90
    dts_90 Posts: 58 Member
    Welcome back - just remember 'you got this'.
  • im4gryffindor
    im4gryffindor Posts: 23 Member
    Thank you dts_90!!!
  • JessTheChamp
    JessTheChamp Posts: 1 Member
    Hi there!
    I have a very different situation to you but your post spoke to me! Food is my friend too and I keep trying afresh... I don’t know what the answers are but after doing lots of research I think that altering your perspective is key. So, seeing exercise- even just a little bit- as a friend. I try to distract myself when reaching for cakes/ chocolate etc and keeping track of what I’m eating helps!
    Good luck! X
  • NorthStar77
    NorthStar77 Posts: 1,093 Member
    im4gryffindor wrote: »
    Hello friends...I am back.... struggling yet again and even harder since the covid began....I am 46 years old and 5'2"...I am not very active...but have many things I can do including elliptical machine and small weights and bands...all that....I am still struggling with motivation....I know I am the only one to do this...I want food to not be such a friend (or is that a bad way to look at it?) I also know that if I lose my first few pounds...I will feel better and have more energy to accomplish more....it's the motivation I am seriously lacking...I am a stay at wife and caregiver for my mother and just find it so easy just to do bare minimum and sit down and watch television....I don't eat alot...but what I eat and no exercise make it really add up and I feel so down....for some reason I keep looking at losing weight as a horrid job or like going to the dentist....hahaha....but seriously I need to change my outlook and become more positive....I just want to feel better again....I want to be around a long time!!!!

    Good luck
  • Clive_1963
    Clive_1963 Posts: 52 Member
    The fastest 2 ways I lost 15kg in about 2 weeks were

    #1 broke my leg in a motorbike crash and spent 9 days in hospital (the food their was so bad you don't eat much and your body burns calories to heal your body.

    #2 my appendix burst and infected my stomach which stopped working for 2 weeks so was being fed some white stuff in a bag via a drip.

    I wouldn't recommend either but they both are a sure fire way to lose the weight ;-)
  • SoonerFanForLife
    SoonerFanForLife Posts: 53 Member
    This is a great community - always here to support and root each other on - you got this!
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