Forever Fat

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  • valerieee
    valerieee Posts: 13 Member
    You can definitely do it! I am the most negative person ever and I'm managing. If I can do it, you totally can. Like everyone says, choose the healthier options at McD's. Then treat yourself on the weekend with one of your favourites! I'm having a total blip right now and I'm 8lbs up from my lowest weight. :( But thats gonna happen, you just need to get rid of the negative thoughts and tell yourself you can do it. Just take one day at a time, you'll totally get there! :)
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    look, so long as you enjoy your current lifestyle, you're not going to have the motivation necessary to go on a healthy lifestyle journey. All I see when I read your initial post is excuse after excuse. Trust me, I'm an excuse expert....I used to live that life as well. It was easier to make excuses than to commit to making the mental commitment to change my life.

    If, however, you don't like your current lifestyle and long for something different....something more healthy and active....then dig deep within yourself and find those powerful reasons that will get you out of "I'm a walking, talking excuse" land. if you need help with this task, review my will power blog below. Take some real time for yourself and dig deep for some real powerful reasons to make a change. If the reasons are powerful enough, and if you do not like your current lifestyle, you will commit to a healthy lifestyle journey and figure out a way around the excuses you wrote down. I promise you that EVERY ONE of us had reasons why it would be EASIER to stay FAT. I also promise you that EVERY ONE of us who made a commitment to make the changes necessary to live a healthier life are glad that we did. I sure as heck am. But hey, excuses work for many people. its the easy way afterall (that is, until you get to a point where diabetes, high blood pressure and other ish starts interfering with your easy life).

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/H_Factor/view/recipe-for-a-will-power-pill-for-help-with-the-mental-part-of-the-journey-155978
  • Leigh_b
    Leigh_b Posts: 576 Member
    Please don't give up... being healthy is so important, and you will thank yourself for staying the course when you are older and able to appreciate everything you've done for yourself now...

    Don't let the bumps in the road stop you... just pick yourself up and start again.



    Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

    If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

    Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

    - Henry Ford
  • jenniet04
    jenniet04 Posts: 1,054 Member
    If you don't get rid of the mentality that you can't do it, then you won't.

    Make a goal of losing 1 pound. If you lose one, you can lose 2. If you lose 2, you can lose 4, and so on.

    Move that mountain one pebble at a time.

    This exactly!!!! Try not to look at the big picture of losing lots of weight. Start with baby steps - better eating - start bringing your meals with you to work or making healthier choices at work. Track your food, you will feel more full the more protein and fiber you eat.

    Just don't give up - you can do this.
  • AnitaAntone
    AnitaAntone Posts: 177 Member
    I felt similar my whole life! Fat family,fat for life. I'm 43 and proving that wrong this year! Wish i got this right at your age and i Hope you do! I had to change my habits and most importantly my thinking. It is taking more time than i like but its happening! and i've got my whole life to get this right and so do you! Good luck on this journey and i offer my support, if you want to friend me!

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  • rmdaly
    rmdaly Posts: 250 Member
    You say that you are young. Use this as an opportunity. Learn to cook good healthy meals and shop for foods. That knowledge will take you into adulthood with good habits.

    At the gym, hang out with a friend while you workout. Motivate each other and compete with each other. Join a class and meet people. It will motivate you to get to the gym if you get to see friends there.

    Eat at McDonalds, but know what you are eating and how many calories they are. If you have to have french fries, have the smallest size you can. Same with hamburgers and shakes.

    Keep in mind that you are doing this to make you the best you can be. And you deserve that. Don't treat it like a punishment. You are breaking away from the bad habits of your family and creating new good habits. It will get easier over time.

    Good luck
  • jessashcher
    jessashcher Posts: 155
    First of all, when did you start on this site? This doesn't happen over night and if you keep telling yourself you can't do it, then you won't, so what's the problem? Sorry if I am going to sound harsh but it's honesty here, sounds to me like you keep coming up with excuses for yourself. I use to work at McDonalds too, and I didn't eat their food, I would bring my own or I would go home for lunch. When I first started this program I was hungry alot too, but I just told myself that would pass and I would drink alot more water or snack on vegetables, it's all about keeping your mind and hands busy without eating. The weight won't come off overnight, a little at a time and your stomach begins to shrink so the hunger pains will not last forever. If you really want this then just do it and quit trying to find excuses. You will in the long run be much more healthy and happier. Go to the gym and take some headphones and walk an hour on the treadmill, watch a good show or movie while doing it. I have lost 18 lbs. in about 2 1/2 monthes and it was mostly from just watching my calories intake, I have to say when it comes to exercising I am kind of lazy, but I do some to keep myself motivated. I do wish you the best with your decision, and that's just what it is, your decision on how you want to live for today. Tomorrow may not be here for any of us. So if you decide to give it your all, then don't think of it as something long term just think of it as waking up in the morning and doing it just for today, and every morning if you do that, then after a month you will be surprised and your results.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    Don't give up.
    Negativity will get you every time.
    Don't think of it as "I only exercised for 20 min then I gave up"
    Think of it as "I exercised for 20 min today. That's 20 minutes more then someone who didn't try at all"
    Every time you exercise a little longer you are achieving a new milestone.
    McDonald's isn't the best choice to eat, but if you are getting frustrated try to bring a healthy lunch 1 or 2 days a week to start.
    Don't think of it as "I ate bad 3 days this week"
    Think "I ate healthy 2 days this week"
    The more positive thinking and reenforcement you give yourself the easier it gets.

    Just don't give up.
    It gets harder the older you get (now that i'm nearing 30 I am finding it harder to keep weight off, when I was in my early 20's it seemed to come off a lot easier)
    You are young and beautiful and clearly you are thinking about it so you want to do it.
    Just think positive.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Just take your time. Make getting healthy the focus and the weight loss will come.

    You're fine, sweetheart. The only one who can stop you is you.
  • MacInCali
    MacInCali Posts: 1,012 Member
    If you don't get rid of the mentality that you can't do it, then you won't.

    Make a goal of losing 1 pound. If you lose one, you can lose 2. If you lose 2, you can lose 4, and so on.

    Move that mountain one pebble at a time.

    "Upon this rock" says it perfectly. If you continue to believe that you cannot eat healthy and exercise despite the roadblocks in your way ... an unsupportive family, working at McDonald's, etc. ... then you won't be able to it. In the beginning, it is ALL mental. ALL MENTAL! You have to believe you can do it. Fake it until you make it. Eat before you go to work. Snack on salads and apple slices. And when that cheeseburger or those fries look like the best thing on earth, picture yourself in the body you want ... because you know what? You will enjoy your healthy body waaaaay longer than you will enjoy that burger or those fries!

    You are here. That is the first step! Believe you can do it! :flowerforyou:
  • HeaterM
    HeaterM Posts: 275
    Thank you all so so soooo much! I really appreciate it!! I will make a change, for instance I have a gym membership for the next two years and the guy there said he will help me out if I need it and he gave me a little advice as well. It really is good to hear you all be so honest about not giving up and about how I am just throwing out excuses so that I can stay fat because I'm to lazy to make the changes. I think I will start my pebble challenge and see where I take myself:flowerforyou:
    I hope you all have a wonderful and POSITIVE day!!!!

    ~Heather~:heart:
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    Thank you all so so soooo much! I really appreciate it!! I will make a change, for instance I have a gym membership for the next two years and the guy there said he will help me out if I need it and he gave me a little advice as well. It really is good to hear you all be so honest about not giving up and about how I am just throwing out excuses so that I can stay fat because I'm to lazy to make the changes. I think I will start my pebble challenge and see where I take myself:flowerforyou:
    I hope you all have a wonderful and POSITIVE day!!!!

    ~Heather~:heart:

    ^^ LIKE :)

    I already feel a ton more optimistic about your achieving success given the difference in your mindset in just 24 hours. Good luck to you and EFF THOSE EXCUSES....they will get you nowhere.
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