Stuck in the same ship, any help?
Ignotus
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Hi everyone,
Very recently I have decided to tone up and get fit. For the past year or so I have lost a little weight, I still look about the same, but I have people telling me I look just fine and don't need to loose any weight or diet. So, paired with that and the fact I have an INCREDIBLY active career (50+ hours a week ballroom dancing) I have justified not working out or eating right. Although I am in an ideal weight and BMI range, I don't feel my best and I certainly don't look my best.
I'm hoping joining this group will give me some motivation to tone up and feel good about myself and my body with success stories from people in the same ship as me.
So, please add me and give me some advice on any types of fitness/meal plans you have done to succeed, or just to help keep me motivated and I will do the same!!
Thanks!
Ignotus
Very recently I have decided to tone up and get fit. For the past year or so I have lost a little weight, I still look about the same, but I have people telling me I look just fine and don't need to loose any weight or diet. So, paired with that and the fact I have an INCREDIBLY active career (50+ hours a week ballroom dancing) I have justified not working out or eating right. Although I am in an ideal weight and BMI range, I don't feel my best and I certainly don't look my best.
I'm hoping joining this group will give me some motivation to tone up and feel good about myself and my body with success stories from people in the same ship as me.
So, please add me and give me some advice on any types of fitness/meal plans you have done to succeed, or just to help keep me motivated and I will do the same!!
Thanks!
Ignotus
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Welcome!
I've never, even at my heaviest, made it to the upper reaches of the "healthy" BMI range or out of the arbitrarily-set ideal/healthy weight for my height. But I know that I look and feel my best within a 10-lb range that puts me at the bottom of the "healthy" BMI zone.
I stayed within that 10-lb range for about 8 years, ever since my weight normalized after having my son, but in the last 2 years I'd been consistently right at the top, and over the winter I found I'd gained some weight and was 6lbs over my maximum. Eek! I cut some of the junk out of my diet and soon found myself back at the same top-of-range weight, and it was at that point I joined MFP, with the goal of getting down to the lower end of my acceptable range. A few months later, I'm now one pound less than my goal weight, and determined to stick here!
What's been most helpful to me is just to be mindful of how much I'm eating. There's nothing I've cut out entirely, but I'm eating less junk and smaller portions in general... and it's working!0 -
Ive been trying to lose the "last ten pounds" for a while now, I am using MFP, and increased my cardio, and weight training. Hopefully I can lose the rest now. I'm in my 50's and it seems harder to drop lbs. I am working with a trainer for the whole program, just need encouragement,.0
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