New Forum Member(seems to be suck at 148) needs advice

Tdecker0526

Tdecker0526

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Hi Everyone-

I am 22 years old, I haven't been healthy in a long time I have fooled myself into thinking if i weigh less then my friends i must be healthy right??? Wrong i have recently had blood work and my cholesterol levels are high my BMI is considered obese and I am getting knee problems at 22! I was in a bad relationship and i began to gain weight and not give a darn about my self. After three years of self destructive behavior i met a man who helped me change it all around.

This man is now my boyfriend of a year and a half and has helped me lose the weight i have so far (165 to 148 Current weight) He encouraged me and pushed me in all the right ways. Now i find myself stuck and not progressing on my goal because i returned to college and i am working on becoming a nurse and i work full time and just don't seem to have to time to work out any more and when i find myself in a pinch i tend to eat the high calorie high fat foods.

So this leads me to ask how do you all do it? I know we all have our crazy busy lifes but i just cant seem to find that extra energy after working an 8 hour day then class for 2-3 hours plus homework i feel just spent. But i know there has to be a way. People have to be able to do this... So any advice on how to save time would be appreciated!!!
 
i work full time and just don't seem to have to time to work out any more and when i find myself in a pinch i tend to eat the high calorie high fat foods.
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Honestly there's no magic answer here - the truth is that YOU have to make the decision to just do it. To be *committed*.

We all have things going on in our lives. Sure, there are times that things are easier, and times that things get crazy. Being committed means that you do what you're committed to no matter what the rest of your life is like.

Here's my philosophy on this kind of thing - on motivation and commitment and so forth. Maybe it'll give you a different perspective. :)

There are things that we all do every single day - not because we want to do them, or because we love to do them, or even because they're fun and interesting. They're just things we do because we have to. We get up in the morning. We pay our bills. We brush our teeth. We do laundry and dishes. We clean the toilet. You don't necessarily WANT to do those things, but you do them because that's what a responsible adult does in order to live a decent life, right?

I look at eating right and exercising the same way. I don't always WANT to say no to the candy bar. I don't always want to go to the gym after work. I don't always want to eat a salad. But just like getting up in the morning when the alarm goes off - I do it. It's no longer a choice - it just *is*.

Is that fun or exciting or sexy? No. But it's life. :)
 
Your right just seems like I cant even begin to find the time. But if I want to reach my goal of 120 i have to find away. Thanks for the advice. Got any time saving tips?
 
Tdecker0526 said:
Your right just seems like I cant even begin to find the time. But if I want to reach my goal of 120 i have to find away. Thanks for the advice. Got any time saving tips?
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Hi, actually the solution is simple. You just need to program your mind for weight loss success. Once your sub conscious mind is ready to get you to lose weight, all your actions will lead you to lose weight and achieve your ideal weight. You will not have thoughts that will cause you to do things to be fat.

I reprogram my mind and lost weight easily. (email address removed)
 
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seems like I cant even begin to find the time.
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Way back in the dark ages, when I was in high school ( :D ) someone I really respected told me something. I used to talk about "finding" the time a lot ... and he pointed something out:

When you talk about "finding" time, you're talking about looking through leftover time to see if there's a scrap left. It's not a priority - it's a leftover.

If you REALLY want to do something, you MAKE the time. You don't "find" it from leftover scraps. You MAKE it ... as a priority.

I make working out a priority. I go straight from work to the gym. I don't give myself the option. I don't ever plan to be home until a certain time at night - even though I get off work at 5:30, I know that I won't be home until 7 because I MAKE the hours between 5:45 and 6:45 to be my gym time.

I make eating right a priority. I take the time every weekend to plan my meals for the rest of the week. By *making* the time on the weekend to plan, it means I don't have to find the time during the week to figure out what I'm going to eat.

I'm not saying I'm perfect ... but it is a total mind change that you have to go through if you want it to work. Just like I said above - it's about making the commitment. I don't "find" the time to go to work. I don't "find" the time to clean the toilet or wash dishes or do laundry. So why would I relegate my health to "finding" the time to eat right or work out.
 
You've picked a very stressful time in your life to make these changes, and it sounds like the perfect excuse. You've taken on this journey as something you think you "have" to do... but you don't have to do anything if you don't want to. By simply changing the way you think about healthy living you can take all the stress out of it. When I was in college full time and working part time, I didn't have enough money for a gym membership so a girlfriend and I would meet in the morning, about 1/2hr walk away from the school. I got an hour walk everyday!! As for food in a pinch... I make muffins every Sunday afternoon for the week. I bought the cookbook "Deceptively Delicious". All the recipies have a pureed vegetable in them. So I make peanut butter and jelly muffins with cauliflower or apple cinnamon with apple sauce and carrot... all with whole wheat flour. It takes about an hour and I'm set for the week. In the morning if we sleep in, or in between school and dance class we have a healthy snack to get us through. Also, make a peanut butter sandwich and through it in your bag. If you have the food with you, your no longer in a pinch ;)

Don't be so hard on yourself. Our society has made millions off the vaulnerability of women when it comes to our bodies. It's not as hard as they make it out to be. You just have to decide that you want to change. Like the others have already said... no one can do it for you. "You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughta be!" I love that line :)
Good luck with your journey... and have fun on it!!
 
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