Motiovation
I really need encouragement and some motivation.....Can anyone help me?
My eating is just out of control
Lack of interest in EVERYTHING !!
Needing to do excercise - but just can't get motivated..........
I bought a new gym bag this weekend so that I could bring shorts, t-shirt and tennis shoes to work and get my butt moving during my lunch time at the gym that our building management company provides FREE !! SO WHAT IS MY FREAKIN' PROBLEM !!
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE !! I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I JUST CAN'T AND HAVEN'T BEEN SAYING NO............I've regained the 20# that I lost back in Jan and Feb...
My eating is just out of control
Lack of interest in EVERYTHING !!
Needing to do excercise - but just can't get motivated..........
I bought a new gym bag this weekend so that I could bring shorts, t-shirt and tennis shoes to work and get my butt moving during my lunch time at the gym that our building management company provides FREE !! SO WHAT IS MY FREAKIN' PROBLEM !!
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE !! I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I JUST CAN'T AND HAVEN'T BEEN SAYING NO............I've regained the 20# that I lost back in Jan and Feb...
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
Phyllis you have to be motivated and want it enough to do it yourself. No one else can motivate you. Just tell yourself you can't do something else you enjoy until you exercise. If you wait until you want to, you may never do it. Don't go out to eat more than once a week and don't buy food you shouldn't be eating. That's the best advice I know to give you. You can do it if you work at it.
Karla
Karla
Karla Lewis 337/194/175
Lap RNY 1-23-2006 Dr. Terry Scarborough Houston, TX
Lipo 4-27-2007 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
LBL 11-13-2007 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
BL & brachioplasty 7-18-2008 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
Phyllis,
I need to get back to exercising too. I was doing so well before my recent surgery and although I am cleared for light exercise I just can't seem to get back on that damned bike.
Tell you what, I will do 5 min this morning if you take 5 min to do some sort of exercise. Just 5 minutes,we will start with that and progress from there together. Will you join me?
The eating you just have to buckle down and do it.plan your meals, don't keep change in your desk at work (then you cant buy snacks,leave the money in the trunk of your car then you have to exercise to get it), Keep a journal, I am more likely to avoid the evil foods if I have to write them down,. Start signing on with Paiges dailey plate!!
Anyone else want to join in on my 5min of exercise and start with me???
Meggie
I need to get back to exercising too. I was doing so well before my recent surgery and although I am cleared for light exercise I just can't seem to get back on that damned bike.
Tell you what, I will do 5 min this morning if you take 5 min to do some sort of exercise. Just 5 minutes,we will start with that and progress from there together. Will you join me?
The eating you just have to buckle down and do it.plan your meals, don't keep change in your desk at work (then you cant buy snacks,leave the money in the trunk of your car then you have to exercise to get it), Keep a journal, I am more likely to avoid the evil foods if I have to write them down,. Start signing on with Paiges dailey plate!!
Anyone else want to join in on my 5min of exercise and start with me???
Meggie
Megan
Hi Phyllis,
I have a CD on motivation by Katy Jay w/ NAWLS. It's amazing. PM you address to me and I'm happy to send it to you.
Also, I have my low moments too. Keep in mind this WLS journey is a process. So try not to get so down on yourself. -- Even if you don't want to, just "do" the next right thing. Pick the right food, go to the gym or for a walk around the block. -- Just do it, let's not worry so much about the WHY? WHY? WHY?
Hugs,
Lisa
I have a CD on motivation by Katy Jay w/ NAWLS. It's amazing. PM you address to me and I'm happy to send it to you.
Also, I have my low moments too. Keep in mind this WLS journey is a process. So try not to get so down on yourself. -- Even if you don't want to, just "do" the next right thing. Pick the right food, go to the gym or for a walk around the block. -- Just do it, let's not worry so much about the WHY? WHY? WHY?
Hugs,
Lisa
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good morning phyllis, believe me the exercise part is not easy for me but started back at the "free" gym at work on monday and did 30 minutes on the treadmill it wasnt too bad... i havent walked or excersied in years so i am starting out slowly which is a good thing...
you just have to want it bad enough like when you wanted your surgery think about all the right things you did.... go back to that....
you just have to want it bad enough like when you wanted your surgery think about all the right things you did.... go back to that....
Debra
227/205/135 at goal
1st Surgery/Revision/Today
8/98 - 8/04 - today
Support Group Leader
Co- Founder www.rydobesity.com
227/205/135 at goal
1st Surgery/Revision/Today
8/98 - 8/04 - today
Support Group Leader
Co- Founder www.rydobesity.com
Just Do It! Pull out your pre-op pictures, tape them everywhere. Remember the discomfort and health issues you had before WLS.
Only YOU can push yourself. We can encourage you but it has to come from within you to JUST DO IT!
Only YOU can push yourself. We can encourage you but it has to come from within you to JUST DO IT!
Proximal RNY Lap - 02/21/05
9 years committed ~ 100% EWL and Maintaining
www.dazzlinglashesandbeyond.com
The biggest motivators for me were some hand me down jeans that were a little snug and then the marathon. I knew I had to train in order to get across the finish line. Once I got out there and did it I found that I actually kind of enjoyed it. I still don't like running but I feel so much better when I'm done.
Right now I am training again for another marathon and I need to get this baby weight off. I'm going on a cruise in November to the Caribbean and I want to feel good in a swim suit.
There are two kinds of motivation in the world- positive and negative:
Negative motivation keeps us from things that have negative impacts on our lives- like speeding- we don't want a ticket, negative motivation also keeps us from showing up late to work everyday- we don't want to lose our jobs, etc etc... eating unhealthy and not exercising can cause long lasting effects on our bodies (which is why most of us had surgery). I'm not good with negative motivation, I'm more of a carrot dangling kind of gal. I need a reason. A BIG reason. Two pounds here, one pound there, a sore back, etc are all negative consequences BUT it doesn't happen all in one night so to me its not really an affect. I didn't weigh almost 300lbs because of nothing and it didn't happen overnight either. If negative motivation worked for me then I would have never been 300lbs to begin with. The surgery was supposed to 'fix" that part of it. Most of us go into the surgery suite with the mindset that the surgery will take care of the weight issues. When that didn't happen for me I had to find the positive motivation aspect of my weight loss journey. Hence the jeans, the marathon, and now a bathing suit.
I have to have a great reason to want to work out and to want to eat healthy. This is the positive side of motivation. When I could shop at regular clothing stores in the mall, when I hit that single digit in my pants size, when I could run more than ten feet and not get winded, etc etc... then I moved on to bigger things to push myself.... setting goals... setting bigger goals, and never stopping the bar! Whenever I stop pushing myself I find myself sliding back down into bad habits.
My point of this jargon- Phyllis YOU have to find your motivation. You need to figure out if you are going to do this for the negative aspect of it- that eating unhealthy and not exercising is going to harm you. Or you need to find something to work towards- a certain weight, an outfit, an accomplishment...whatever your drive is. Take baby steps- 5 minutes on a treadmill, 2 pounds a week are all attainable. Set your baby steps up for a bigger goal- running a 5k full out with no stopping, a certain goal weight magic number...and then don't ever give up on that and don't ever settle!
Good luck!
Love you!
Tracey
Right now I am training again for another marathon and I need to get this baby weight off. I'm going on a cruise in November to the Caribbean and I want to feel good in a swim suit.
There are two kinds of motivation in the world- positive and negative:
Negative motivation keeps us from things that have negative impacts on our lives- like speeding- we don't want a ticket, negative motivation also keeps us from showing up late to work everyday- we don't want to lose our jobs, etc etc... eating unhealthy and not exercising can cause long lasting effects on our bodies (which is why most of us had surgery). I'm not good with negative motivation, I'm more of a carrot dangling kind of gal. I need a reason. A BIG reason. Two pounds here, one pound there, a sore back, etc are all negative consequences BUT it doesn't happen all in one night so to me its not really an affect. I didn't weigh almost 300lbs because of nothing and it didn't happen overnight either. If negative motivation worked for me then I would have never been 300lbs to begin with. The surgery was supposed to 'fix" that part of it. Most of us go into the surgery suite with the mindset that the surgery will take care of the weight issues. When that didn't happen for me I had to find the positive motivation aspect of my weight loss journey. Hence the jeans, the marathon, and now a bathing suit.
I have to have a great reason to want to work out and to want to eat healthy. This is the positive side of motivation. When I could shop at regular clothing stores in the mall, when I hit that single digit in my pants size, when I could run more than ten feet and not get winded, etc etc... then I moved on to bigger things to push myself.... setting goals... setting bigger goals, and never stopping the bar! Whenever I stop pushing myself I find myself sliding back down into bad habits.
My point of this jargon- Phyllis YOU have to find your motivation. You need to figure out if you are going to do this for the negative aspect of it- that eating unhealthy and not exercising is going to harm you. Or you need to find something to work towards- a certain weight, an outfit, an accomplishment...whatever your drive is. Take baby steps- 5 minutes on a treadmill, 2 pounds a week are all attainable. Set your baby steps up for a bigger goal- running a 5k full out with no stopping, a certain goal weight magic number...and then don't ever give up on that and don't ever settle!
Good luck!
Love you!
Tracey
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. Walt Disney
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WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW.....a person would have to be DEAD not to be MOTIVATED after all these wonderful posts..especially TRACEY's...no wonder she works with WORDS for a living...
I certainly cannot say it as well as everyone else already has. I'll only agree..and repeat:
NEVER, EVER EVER GIVE UP ..What was the quote JENN D gave me the other day? hmmm...let me paraphase it...
Something like.."Never give up on what you wanted to be"...Lord knows, and HE proved to me it's never too late to do what HE wants to help you do..you just have to ask
RNY 4-22-02...
LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155
We Can Do Hard Things
THANK YOU EVERYONE !! I will be printing these words of advice and getting to it !!
Lots of stuff has happened since Christmas UPs and Downs.............and I just have been in a tail spin of "life" and I'm sick of spinning..................it is slowly coming to a stop and I just need to decide what is best for me..................I know I'm just sick of CRAP and LIFE so to speak....:(
Luve you all !! muah !! xoxoxox
Lots of stuff has happened since Christmas UPs and Downs.............and I just have been in a tail spin of "life" and I'm sick of spinning..................it is slowly coming to a stop and I just need to decide what is best for me..................I know I'm just sick of CRAP and LIFE so to speak....:(
Luve you all !! muah !! xoxoxox
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
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