fitmattnotfatmatt Member

Welcome! Let's do it!

I haven’t earned anything yet but I will need to keep that in mind as I continue in this, thank you!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48846322#Comment_48846322 Great advice! Thank you for saying all of that, it helps us all I think.

Same problems I’ve experienced!

Good luck! Depression is terrible but we can work on overcoming it. I think taking control of health is a great place to be with that. Let me know how I can help!?

Great! Welcome! Less processed foods are a goal of mine too!

Numbers and analytics do not come natural to me so you will need to teach me that love!

Same here! Feel free to add

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48841712#Comment_48841712 Cashews are unhealthy?!

Same with type 2, feel free to add!

Back at it after a long hiatus, would welcome anyone who wants to share the journey!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48837167#Comment_48837167 In a similar boat!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10950699/60-years-old-and-60-extra-pounds-how-did-i-get-here I am all about this! I am 38 but I am at a point in my life where I am like "how did this happen?" I do not want to get to 40 being this way. I do not want the shots either, as a former athlete I want to put in the…

Great suggestions! I am going to incorporate some of these myself

I agree with giving yourself grace. A lot of times I feel like we are so intent on going 15 rounds with ourselves because we feel guilty. Much of what you described is how I feel at times too so I get it. But we need to work on the positive habits, both of us.

Just today, I will get started

I can learn a lot from you!

Interesting thing about willpower, it is an exhaustible resource for people. You need to switch it up to replenish it otherwise you run out until you give your decision making a rest.

A family member's motives are different. They might be surprised or worried about your general well-being. A trainer is going to talk about what goals and objectives do you have and are decisions being made to get closer or further away from them. If a trainer tells me, that's not getting you close to your goal and look…

I agree with this. A straightforward push is sometimes necessary but you need to be in the headspace to receive it. Otherwise I feel that I just dig in deeper.

Incredible that you keep coming back from hardship, feel free to add! Getting over sadness is difficult but you are doing it and going after your goal

Feel free to add! I feel like everyone is in the same boat

Hey the good news is you know how to do it, you don't have to prove to yourself that you can. 80lbs is a testament to the process and that took a lot of fortitude to accomplish. Give yourself some grace, life happens and everyone's life changed pretty dramatically the past 2 years. The best is you have the know how…

Same, also type 2 with over 100 to lose, we can help each other!

Yes

I understand that, I also grew up active! I work in education and kids deserve your best, feel free to add!

Midwesterner here too, not the easiest region to lose weight in. I definitely felt when I got bigger it was like I joined a club of sorts, feel free to add!

She insisted we train for an Ironman race!

Yes!

Feel free to add! The accountability aspect of this community is so important