MrVee
New member
Alright, it's peptalk time. I think you need to take a breath and sort of restart yourself here. I'm a big proponent of being critical of yourself when you're not doing what you need to do, but there comes a point where you do have to not go overboard. If you let it get to the point where you feel defeated, you've gone too far. And it's starting to sound a little like that right now.
My suggestion: work on fixing things in stages, particularly considering the time of year. Until New Year's, set a goal of just getting back on the exercise track, the riding is excellent exercise but supplement it with the stuff you've done before at the gym or wherever. And do it with the mindset that this is exactly the plan, not any sort of compromise. You've got to get back to the point where this is just something you do as a regular part of your life.
And once you do, once it's to a point where getting enough exercise in seems normal enough, then you can concentrate on cutting back the food bit by bit. Say by mid January or so.
One of the few benefits to going off the rails is that afterward the first wave of pounds come off the scale real easily as long as you do good. That 180 can become 165 again in a blink of an eye, not all of that weight gain is fat.
If you want to get mad at yourself, fine, to an extent you probably should be. But do it from a perspective that you know you're capable of doing far better than you have and then set about to correcting it. Don't try and convince yourself you can't do it, because if you succeed I'm afraid there's a good chance things don't stop at 200 pounds. I've done it and it will hopefully remain as my biggest regret of my entire life. I'd dearly like those 13 to 14 years back where I gave up, but they're gone now. I'd like to spare you that.
Consider this a kick in the ass followed by a great big hug. Or reverse the order, whatever works for you. You've done it before, do it again.
My suggestion: work on fixing things in stages, particularly considering the time of year. Until New Year's, set a goal of just getting back on the exercise track, the riding is excellent exercise but supplement it with the stuff you've done before at the gym or wherever. And do it with the mindset that this is exactly the plan, not any sort of compromise. You've got to get back to the point where this is just something you do as a regular part of your life.
And once you do, once it's to a point where getting enough exercise in seems normal enough, then you can concentrate on cutting back the food bit by bit. Say by mid January or so.
One of the few benefits to going off the rails is that afterward the first wave of pounds come off the scale real easily as long as you do good. That 180 can become 165 again in a blink of an eye, not all of that weight gain is fat.
If you want to get mad at yourself, fine, to an extent you probably should be. But do it from a perspective that you know you're capable of doing far better than you have and then set about to correcting it. Don't try and convince yourself you can't do it, because if you succeed I'm afraid there's a good chance things don't stop at 200 pounds. I've done it and it will hopefully remain as my biggest regret of my entire life. I'd dearly like those 13 to 14 years back where I gave up, but they're gone now. I'd like to spare you that.
Consider this a kick in the ass followed by a great big hug. Or reverse the order, whatever works for you. You've done it before, do it again.
