Help me stay focused please

HURLEYX3RO
HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
edited November 8 in Introduce Yourself
A little background on myself.
Im Veronica, Im 23 years old
I am currently a receptionist at a sheet metal fabrication company full time, I also work as the receptionist at a gym part time and I am also a student currently studying Phlebotomy.
I have a very very busy schedule and have little down time.
I am a competitive gamer, but I am very active.
Throughout highschool I was small and in dance / drill, my senior year I was in an accident which messed up my knee pretty bad, from there I did nothing and packed on roughly 70 lbs in 3 years!!!
I got a personal trainer and he's been great! I lost about 50 lbs and was happy!
Then I got gallstones and a bad case of pancreatitis and was in the hospital with 2 surgeries in one week and was out from doing any activity for a month! Then I got into the lazy habit again and gained back all of my weight.
I now have to start over. I always find that my tiredness always gets the best of me and I dont do what I should be doing.
I just need some friends that understand where Im coming from and are willing to help motivate me and vise versa.

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  • Angelily89
    Angelily89 Posts: 14
    As a fellow gamer (gamette?), I always try to make a list of stuff I want to accomplish for the next day and don't let myself play any games (unless I'm using them to work out) until I get that list done. Which is pretty easy, since my boyfriend is just as addicted to Skyrim as I am, so there's some competition over the Xbox :P
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    Gamers FTW! haha
    To be honest I havent really even gotten near my xbox in weeks possibly months... I believe the last time I actually sat down and played a game was Halo and it was back in August. :/ Crazy I know. The husband and I actually have His & Hers gaming stations set up in the room :) If I do get on a game I usually just try to play on Dance Central (which I highly recommend)! But I love your idea I really need something like that to make myself do all the things I need to before I go to sleep. I have a crazy busy schedule and when I get home all I want to do is dive right into my bed and pass out! haha
  • Angelily89
    Angelily89 Posts: 14
    I know the feeling; my boyfriend and I have really different schedules, and it's difficult to find time to spend together that's not always going to sleep or watching tv. I have started meal planning, though, going off of both of our schedules, so that the meals we do eat together are healthy and so fourth, etc, blah. Since doing that, he's been more on board with my weight loss, and he even does yoga with me when he feels like it :)
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    Thats great!

    I started with a trainer last year and lost a ton of weight husband had joined along with me and it worked out perfectly!
    We both lost a lot of weight and we ate the same things, it made life easy.
    Well after my surgery I was unable to really do anything for a month and the foods I could eat were limited and definitely NOT what were on my meal plan given to me by my trainer... I gained almost all of my weight back, but it wasn't really my fault. At that same time (since I wasnt prepping the meals or going to the gym) my husband kinda followed along. He then realized that he didn't want to work out any more he was tired of eating chicken, turkey, and fish, etc. And til this day Im back at the gym working out attempting to do what Im supposed to while hes at home playing video games and eating whatever he wants! It makes it difficult bc the temptation is there and making 2 completely separate meals is just silly! Im doing what I can to get by but I still feel as if Im slacking.
  • Angelily89
    Angelily89 Posts: 14
    You just gotta smack 'em around a bit ;P just kidding. We also had to make a budget; found out that where we were really overspending was eating out and fast food, partly because he just gets fast food for lunch while he's a work instead of the healthier alternatives he could bring from home >:P Where I'm really suffering is not getting my thai food once a week :(
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    I hear you on that one!
    Im a sucker for Italian food...
    If I see pasta or sauce Im drooling.
    Thats my biggest weakness! lol
  • rinnismom
    rinnismom Posts: 190
    i can see your hesitance. my boyfriend and i are both trying to get back on track with our bodies. i can't really say what has kept me this big this long, other than laziness. i know that during the summer, i am outside twice as much as i am in the winter. i would start losing weight and then here would come winter...... winter - with all of it's comfort foods and warm heater blankets and lots of coffee and the excuse of "it's cold outside" to keep myself from walking or hitting the trails. i love winter because my mind uses it as a romantic gesture to cuddle up and be useless to everyone - including myself.
    this year, i have gotten out of bed and out of the house, layered up, and walked. i was on a stint of a week straight, but i decided to alternate between my floor work and the walking. sometimes you just get tired, you know? you wake up and think, "i've been busting my *kitten* for so long now... i'm just going to take the day off." *LOUD BUZZER SOUND* wrong!! that is my mind seducing my body to get back under the covers and break the good habits i was forming. anyhoo...
    this is the first year that i can remember that i haven't gained weight. i'm 13 down, which fluctuates from week to week, but it's the most consistent i've ever stayed once losing weight of any amount. mr. wonderful is my motivation. he will push me to get up without a word of dissent. he's gotten himself healthy and reversed many illnesses he was dealing with due to mfp. it has helped me realize that all these years of me thinking there was a "miracle cure", be it pills, videos, machines, "diets", was my personal fantasy. there is no miracle cure.
    i can smell food and gain weight. (i swear i can.) i'm just going to continue to monitor myself, keep up with logging in, and logging my eats. i enjoy getting on here and seeing what you (my friends) are doing and how you're doing. i'm not great on advice. i don't really feel confident offering something that i'm obviously terrible at. but i can offer support. i have met some very nice people on here. i have been up to high numbers on log-in days. i have lost friends. i still message friends that i haven't seen on in months. i try. so...... *deep intake of breath* i will try to offer any life experience that have helped me if i can but i'll always be here to pat you on the back because we're all in this together.
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    I have to say I agree with you 110%!!! Except Im slightly opposite Id much rather work out in the cold vs the heat (I live in Texas every season, but winter is like living in a firey pit) lol.

    And the excuse "Ive been busting my *kitten*...Im just going to take the day off" comes out of my mouth MORE THAN IT SHOULD!

    I am thankful for my trainer who has taught me so much. I know what I have to do and I should do it without hesitation... I just need that extra little push and reminder sometimes, which is why I came here. :)

    It's great that your "Mr.Wonderful" pushes you and helps you along your journey! It always helps to have someone like that!

    You sound just like me there really isn't a "miracle cure", but it is possible it just takes a little hard work and dedication.
    I tried everything no carbs, low calorie, low fat, salads only diets etc but what I lacked was knowledge.

    Its hard to believe that my "Diet" consists of 1600 calories, 130g of protein, 214g of carbs and 26g of fat and its easy to follow and it works! haha it's something that I honestly wouldve never ever tried!

    Another thing that really bothers me is I am the same exact way to a T: I get ANGRY when Im eating this "diet" food and I see this little twig of a girl go into Mc Donalds or Pizza Hut etc and just eat whatever the hell she wants, while I bust my *kitten* and to me if I smell food I can gain weight! Its frusturating sometimes, but I love that Im being re-assured that Im still doing the right thing and that at the end when her metablolism slows down as she ages its gonna bite her in the butt!

    I have to admit even for a while I was jealous of my younger sister... and why bc she was dropping a ton of weight, eating what she wanted not doing any exercising! She later found out that she had a hypothyroid where it makes her lose weight. But it wasnt something she could help... I had to realize that she was SICK and that Id much rather lose the weight the healthy way.

    But I am confident in what I know and Im always willing to share what I do and give any advice to everyone! Ive been there I dropped the weight I needed to, and even though I gained most of it back (for reasons I couldnt stop) I now have the tools that I need to do better :) I will be here if yall need any help.

    BTW u keep saying 13 lbs like its a bad thing... sure its not 50 or 100 lbs but its better than gaining or not losing weight at all :D

    <3
  • Angelily89
    Angelily89 Posts: 14
    You sound just like me there really isn't a "miracle cure", but it is possible it just takes a little hard work and dedication.
    I tried everything no carbs, low calorie, low fat, salads only diets etc but what I lacked was knowledge.

    Its hard to believe that my "Diet" consists of 1600 calories, 130g of protein, 214g of carbs and 26g of fat and its easy to follow and it works! haha it's something that I honestly wouldve never ever tried!

    I don't believe in "diets" either; I think there should be leeway some times, so you can eat what you want. Food is yummy and should be enjoyed. :) I'm sure I enjoy food too much sometimes, but I try to counteract it with extra exercise. The thing is you can't keep up on "dieting" all the time, and be aware that you're not always going to burn more calories than you eat. Everyone has to have a lazy day or two, but the strength is knowing when to get off your butt because I ate too many sun chips.....I mean you....
  • Angelily89
    Angelily89 Posts: 14
    To be honest, I don't really know how to work the quotes thing just yet
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