Weight Loss Journey and Life Lessons
About a month ago, I started working out with a trainer, set some goals for myself and started exercising a lot. I recently found out that I didn't meet one of my goals, felt devastated and started to sabotage myself. I think the life lesson for me here is that I have to learn to live my life for myself, no one else. While I think it is great to have goals, I have to set them for me and when I set them this time, I was setting them with the trainer, and in a way I was trying to please him. I find that working with a trainer is awesome, but I have to be responsible to myself and happy for me when I accomplish something, not trying to please anyone else. I used to try to lose weight because my family wanted me to do but this time I am doing it for me.
I need motivation though- what helps you with motivation? |
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i guess my biggest motivation is that i've finally realized that it's not about messing up but about recovering, getting up and finishing the race that makes you a winner in the end. I always used 2 quit the minute I overate one day or didn't workout enough. But now I just focus on staying on track even if I mess up sometimes ---- I made my only goal to work out for a certain number of hours/days in a week and to make sure I stay on plan 90% of the time. My motivation is I try to talk 2 other people who have gone through the journey already, people who have succeeded, people who are on track at the gym and thats what keeps me going. |
I think caliyah's words are right on.
I've learned to keep committing to my plan daily even if I binge 5 days in a row, which I did recently. You don't have to work the plan perfectly for it to work. I fight this battle on two fronts: eating and exercise. When I binge, I still try to exercise. And when I don't exercise I try to eat right. But I feel really great when I exercise and eat right. I have come to appreciate the benefits of physical fitness. Even if I don't lose another pound, I would be happy if I got in better shape. I've found that other people distract me from my goals, so I generally keep my exercise and eating private from others. I take their compliments, of course, but I consider this a solo journey (with help from 3FC) |
Motivated,
I like everything you said above. It sums up my recent experiences. Looks like we are on a similar path -- but you are ahead of me. How long have you been working your plan? |
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Motivation? Well I want to LIVE, I want to be the best me - settling is no longer an option, I want to have the highest quality of life and not an inferior one, I want great doctors visits, I want self respect, self confidence, self worth, I want to give myself the best chance at having a disease free life. I want an incredible wardrobe. I want choices. There are plenty of REASONS to lose/maintain weight. I'm not sure if that's what you're asking or not. But..
That motivation is not always around when the pizza, french fries and ice cream are. So, I don't rely on it - ever. I rely on the COMMITMENT to do this - no matter what. I made the decision to lose the weight and then the commitment to lose the weight and keep it off and I intend to see it through. I am committed to doing this and therefore I do it - no matter what, whether I feel like it or not, whether the circumstances are right or not. That's it. I made the commitment to good health/good eating and for me to do otherwise is no longer an option. |
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Rockinrobin......what u said here is so right on the money. I want all of those things and when there r times that I make a bad food choice, I try not to beat myself up over it and quit. I work out a lil extra harder and eat better the rest of the day. I can't give up cos I want to have and feel all of those things u stated above. Thanx for posting that. :hug: |
Robin........I could not have said it any better than that so I will just say
"Ditto" ;) |
This time around, I have had some "slip ups" (for lack of a better why to describe them) but I don't let that get me down. I keep getting back up and trying again. If I have a weekend of drinking and eating, I look at it and think about what I could have done differently and think about how I will use that to have a better plan for next time.
If I have a week where I don't get around to exercising, I don't just throw in the towel and give up the gym - I get right back tot he gym the following week. The fact that I keep "plugging away" (as my mom would say) has really made me feel good about myself. This has really been an on-going learning process for me. It is going to take me some time to undo all the bad habits I have learned the last 31 years. And so, each time I only eat 2 pieces of pizza when I am at someone's house and we order pizza - that is a tremendous victory for me. When I eat a bazillion serving of veggies in one day - that is another huge victory. And I know the more and more I do these things, the easier it will all get. Sometimes I tell myself, "Today is the hardest it will ever be. Once I get through today, tomorrow will be a little easier. If I can get through today, then I can accomplish my goals one day at a time". Because the more I exercise, the easier it will be. The more I stay "on plan", the closer I get to making it all a habit. |
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