Ok my nutritionist made me do this..lol

Welcome. Is your nutritionist also providing a meal plan that will assist you in your goals? I have a sports nutritionist that plans my meals on a weekly planner that seems to work very well for me. Losing about 3lbs a week.

Good luck and welcome!!

Hello all:

I am about to hit the big 4-0 in a few weeks. I am a Type I diabetic (for 15 years now) and I am looking to lose weight as well as get my Ha1C under control. I am currently at 205 and have a goal weight of 130. I work full time; go to graduate school full time, and write fiction part time. I am finding it hard to squeeze exercise into my life. I eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but do eat fish and dairy. Any help anyone can impart, I greatly appreciate it...

Elizabeth

If you have a nutritionist then your diet is under control? Exercise... you really just have to find the time for it somehow. Maybe it's waking up an hour earlier or staying up a little later but somewhere there is time for exercise you just have to want to find it. A lot of people on these boards exercise at odd times. Me for instance, my butt is up at 3:30am. LOL

When I 'm working I walk during my breaks. I am lucky, I get 2 15 minute breaks during the day. Try to fit it in anywhere you can. Every little bit helps.

Welcome!

As for fitting in exercise, is there time before work? I wake up at 5am and even though I was running in the dark this morning, it was the only time I had so it worked for me. My sister works full time, is in grad school and has two children and she finds it best to work out after dinner and the kids have had a bath. On class days, she works out once she gets home at night. Is this an option for you?

Good luck on your new journey! Listen to your nutritionist and don't give up... you can do this!

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Hi! So my life isn't quite as busy as yours, but I'm vegetarian, a full time grad student (finishing up soon ) ...and oddly enough a fiction writer wanna-be. Feel free to add me.

That is really hard. I go to law school part time and I only have a part time internship now but for a while I had a full time job and went to school part time at night. I am NOT a morning person so waking up at 5am was never a choice for me. I had to wake up at 6am as it was and didn't get home until 11pm at night. I totally feel you. I think the best you can do is probably just work out on the weekends in order to keep your sanity. During the week be extra good with your calories. Also, do little things like park farther away or take the stairs instead of the elevator. ANYTHING you can do will help!

Welcome feel free to add me too

It's easy. You make time. You might have to make trade offs and decide what is more important, this or that?

When I first started, I was scheduling it into my day. it would actually be an entry on my calendar. Now, it's just part of my life. I just do it. There's no question. And, I make sacrifices for it. But, it's very important, especailly as I get older.

I don't work full time, but I'm in graduate school full time, and that can be like 2 full time jobs some days! LOL!

My BF is a type 1 diabetic. He has been struggling with his weight lately too. A few things he does to help himself is eat high protein and high fiber, takes cinnamon and chromium piccolinate (for better insulin usage), and exercise is a must. Your body just uses the insulin better if you get exercise! He's also hypothyroid, so he's got a double whammy there. It's impossible to get blood sugar under control if you don't have your thyroid under control, so watch for that, just in case. He was diagnosed as a diabetic about 5 or 6 years ago, but only last year did he learn he was a type 1. When the thyroid went is when he learned this.

I found I MUST make time to exercise in my crazy schedule. As I said, I'm a graduate student, working on my PhD in Chemistry, I'm also a small business owner (making jewelry, selling at festivals), and live a fairly active social life! If I don't exercise, I don't function properly, and none of it gets done! Carve out half an hour a few days a week to start. You'll be thanking yourself in no time!

Good luck to you!

WELCOME!!

The biggest advice I can give you is to stay POSITIVE. ALWAYS believe you can do it. NEVER give up or get discouraged. It is the moment that you decide to stop trying that you will not succeed. As long as you keep trying you are guaranteed to succeed! It's as simple as that.

Just remember: Whatever you can do, great! Do that! Whatever you can't do, give it time and DO NOT beat yourself up about it. Like everybody's been saying - Every little bit counts.

Easy ways to get started include:
No sugary drinks! lol
Looking at the ingredients lists of the things you eat regularly, and maybe switch brands to things that have less processed ingredients, more organic ingredients, no high fructose corn syrup, less sodium, etc. etc. etc. Upon making those changes, staying within your assigned calories per day just gets easier and easier.
Blog your butt off! I find blogging about my experiences really helps me to think about the causes and effects of my decisions and my reactions to the world around me. Stress eating, for example, feeling motivated, etc.
Don't expect tons of results right away! Be patient and consider your psychological progress as success. When you change your mindset to something more positive and healthy - THAT is progress. And it is something that will keep you going throughout this journey. That is MUCH more important progress than losing a pound.

Okay I'm blabbing but I feel like I've learned and grown so much here on MFP, and I just want to share what I've learned. :P

Feel free to add me! Good luck!!! ^_^

- Mary