Tomorrow is the start

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I have always been overweight and since having my baby 2 and a half years ago I put even more on. I was 14 stone. I'm now down to 11 and a half and looking OK but not feeling good about myself. Since last summer I have been trying to turn around areas of my life that i'm not happy with. These are not big huge problems compared to what some of you all have to cope with but we have to understand that each persons personal hang ups are important to them.

So I have changed my diet drastically. I have educated myself on what to eat and what not to eat. I m learning how to cook for myself and family instead of ready meals and opening cans etc. I have identified why I obsees and indulge. I try to recognise that I do comfort eat and eat out of bordom and I do 'hide the evidence' which I have had to come to terms with.

Because of the way I eat now my mood has increased and i'm an overall happier person. I can cope with work life and my little girl where as before I was in a real state and probably on the verge of collapse.

Tomorrow then. Well that is the start of the next chapter to a happier me. I am going to start to exercise. Well to 'learn' how to run. I am going to do a training program which will gradually get my body used to paced walking then jogging then running getting me fitter and hopefully also add to the happy hormones in my body.

I need a goal though. I need something to work for. Any ideas? I hope I don't just give up because I have never succeeded in exercising.. but I was a different person before. Wish me luck - i'm going to need it at 6.00am in the morning!
 
Work for you :) Go buy yourself a nice t-shirt but get it 2-3 sizes too small or somthing... and when you fit into that you know you have reached your goal :)
Do you have a dog? I walk my dog everyday for like an hour... and i feel a bit more fit ;D

Good luck
 
Tomorrow never comes. ;) Do it now!!
If something is there i'l eat it. If not, ;D i dont. So i dont buy the 'bad' foods i know i'l eat. I can do without crisps and biscuits and fizzy drink. But not my chocolate.
 
What now! Yeah. I should - that would give me a bosst wouldn't it. It's only 20 mins to start with at fast walking but I have to do that 3 times a week for 2 weeks then move on. you no what you are right. I'm going to do it now!
 
Great for you! Tons of luck too. On the goal side, buy yourself something that you really wasnt to wear/fit in to, or at the end of your goal/target weight that you are going to do something - buy a car, new computer.. anything to make you want to stick to it and look forward to.

I've made a decision (in my head) that I am going to see a dietician as I can stick to a diet better if it is written down in front of me
 
Yay!! *chants* Go Squeaky, go squeaky!
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Good luck O0 I like other peoples ideas, maybe buy a nice top or something that's too small so you have something you want to get into at the end of it.
 
LMAO! I been and I have a stitch :-\ I've only just walked. Might be because it's so cold, my chest hurts too because i was breathing heavily. I just don't exercise. That is pitiful. Well, That's a start! Not allowed to do it 2 days in a row so going try to teach my self pilates. There's bound to be some stuff on net.

It's just the boost I needed.. to get off my *rse

Oh and goal.. Beginning of May going to buy myself a superdooper running outfit to look better than a bag lady - thats how i've just felt!
 
Good luck and well done for what you've done so far! I need to get myself motivated as I know I comfort eat and I need to excersie-it doesn't help when the other half won't eat anything unless it's really high in fat! I think it's a great idea to have something nice to aim for-get something just for you xx
 
Well Done!

Stick at it - it gets easier and exercise is incredibly addictive once you get past the first few times!

Good Luck and well done on what you have achieved so far.
 
You sound much like me! My little boy is 2 and I weigh more now than I ever have done. Just started a 'healthy eating' plan, not a 'diet' as I think of you put too much emphasis on the word diet it makes you think about food all the time! Over the last few days I have, funnily enough bought loads of new clothes that are gorgeous in a size that isn't i'll just say, my size! I'm thinking this is just the kick up the bum I need to get me going. Maybe we should keep a track of our progress and support each other?
 
I want to lose weight too, but hate excercise. So i have just started weight watchers and have already lost 10 pound since january.

diets for lazy people are good :) good luck with your excercising, I know *I* couldnt do it!
 
Is he your first, darkest dreaming? After having my daughter who came along first I lost alot of weight after having her, slipping back into my jeans within a week of having her was bliss! I put on nearly 5 stone while pregnant with Daniel and boy, do I regret being addicted to Asda's chocolate orange muffins ;D
 
Yep first, although he was a big baby(8lb 11oz) i only had a minute bump. Then it all just fell off! Wondering what the 2nd pregnancy will be like. ?
 
I ahd a tiny bump first time round too, but the second I was huge! Have pictures of me looking like I'm carrying twins. My second was a big un at 9 and a half pound which has put me off any more ;D
 
You'll love running. I go 3 times a week, have done for years. Really gives you a buzz, but take it gently to start with. :)

Atkins is the best diet by far. I lost a stone and a half in ten weeks.
 
I looked like the marshmellow man in Ghostbusters when I had Joe. Even the backs of my knees had stretchmarks. Mind you, he was 9lbs 3ozs. I started to get my figure back and then fell pregnant with Martha. I had a petite little bump until the last few weeks and then I ended up with a huge bump, but that was my only gain - not all over like Joe. Mind you, she was a good weight also at 8lbs 2 ozs. I lost weight well to start with and then 'went to pot'. I piled weight on and after getting on the scales in November and being horrified at my weight (I won't confess how much), I have now lost 17 lbs. Not sure where from though. I have cut the crap out, but do allow myself a little treat if I want something. I am thinking of it as a way of living rather than a diet. I am also walking more - its also doing the kids good.

Well done for for your weightloss and good luck with your exercise.
 
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