Getting fit before I'm 30 to make it into a lifelong habit - 190 days that matter!

LaMaria said:
Perfection is a goal to strive toward, something to give you direction, not something you must achieve before being a worthwhile human being. This was obviously a much better day than your average thus far, so it a good day and you get to pat yourself on the back. In the long run that makes for a more positive attitude toward healthy living, which in turn makes it easier to keep up for a lifetime. Great job!
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I agree with you, LaMaria. However, I'm always very cautious of being too forgiving to myself - in fact, it's only recently that I realised that self-indulgence is one of the biggest problems that people have in their lives and it prevents people from being successful on so many levels...

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Happy New Year Phil! It is so much easier to berate yourself over small mistakes & it seems it's so much harder to be kind. Be kind to yourself & know that there is no such thing as a perfect person. We all make mistakes & the key is learning from them.I'll be learning until the day I die. Every positive change you make is good. Every_positive_change. Cheers, Cate.
 
Hello again everyone.

So I see the forum got a nice changeover, it's time for us to do the same.

Unfortunately, I stayed away from the forum too long during my holidays and there were two reasons for that: 1) I couldn't stick to the proper food all the time and 2) once I actually did something horrible to my stomach and overate which caused a disorder which now prevents me from eating more than a handful of some proper food.

I haven't consulted my doctor yet, but I'm afraid that I'll have to because it's been a week since it started.

Anyway, it was not all that horrible and I actually think I lost some weight, but I had a realization that I don't actually have to go to the gym to do physical exercise. After all, my biggest weight loss ever happened when I was using just a pair of dumbbells and Wii fit.

So tomorrow I'm starting a new chapter in my diary and this time I just can't fail. After all, they say that the third time is a charm for a good reason!
 
cate said:
Happy New Year Phil! It is so much easier to berate yourself over small mistakes & it seems it's so much harder to be kind. Be kind to yourself & know that there is no such thing as a perfect person. We all make mistakes & the key is learning from them.I'll be learning until the day I die. Every positive change you make is good. Every_positive_change. Cheers, Cate.
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Thank you so much Cate, I agree with you, it's just hard to understand the difference between being kind to yourself and being self-indulgent. I think the former is just more long-term oriented.

Happy 2016 to you too, may it bring only positive changes to us all!
 
O man, sorry to hear about your stomach issues; I hope it´s just gastritis. Definitely a time for kindness rather than indulgence...
 
Thank you everyone, now I can safely say I'm back to normal. Tomorrow is the last time I'm going to allow myself to restart the diary.

This is my last hope.
 
I restarted my diary sooooooo often... But through all that I did lose weight instead of gaining it - at least on average. So I remain convinced that it´s better to stay here and restart for the 134676589th time than to give up and gain, gain, and gain some more... You can do this!
 
This is not your last hope. Never give up. We all make mistakes & are constantly learning. You can do this Phil!
 
The biggest hurdle is to finally decide that you are ready to change. Many of us have had numerous false starts and setbacks over time but making any significant progress won't happen until you're really ready to do the work.
Having your head in the game doesn't mean that the progress is going to be constant or that you will never slip but it does make it easier to pick yourself back up and keep moving forward no matter what happens.
Hope to see your regular updates
 
Were you able to get back to that rigid plan? Did you have to cut yourself some slack a bit? Sounded hard to keep up. I personally had to cut myself some slack because my initial plan was too ambitious and rigid and I never would have kept it up. Slow and steady wins the race, right?
 
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Were you able to get back to that rigid plan? Did you have to cut yourself some slack a bit? Sounded hard to keep up. I personally had to cut myself some slack because my initial plan was too ambitious and rigid and I never would have kept it up. Slow and steady wins the race, right?
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Thank you, but, unfortunately, I know that I know that I can either stick to a very rigid plan or drop it altogether, there is nothing in between. So I choose to go for the same plan I mentioned earlier. It is true that I lost a lot of time, but I know that this time I just can't lose.
 
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