Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

[AngeP]

SO yes its my 100th try at this. Well not really but im sure you get the point. Done this WOE before. Lost 30lbs the first month. Lost a total of 40 something. I got pregnant while i was doing it. Then LOL well i gained 80 lbs. I lost a good amount after i had my daughter just from being so tired and not having the energy to eat. But then when i got comfy being a mom i ate. And ate. And yes i ate. I stopped smoking and put on more weight. Then started smoking again.
Im so stressed right now. Im so out of shape and my daughter is 3. She is a huge handful and i can not keep up with her. I get so tired by the end of the day i get so mad at myself for letting it get to this. Im the biggest i have ever been. Im am totally depressed and unhappy with my life. I cant even enjoy the time with my daughter because i am so unhappy.

I came back here because i know this works!!! I know it does i have seen it first hand. Im having such a hard time starting. I know if i get pass the first week i will be golden. But its getting through the first day thats killing me. I want to do it clean. I want to do it right. No caffeine. And i need to go light on the cheese. THat was a big staller for me before. I know what i need to do. But again i just cant do it. What is wrong with me? Where is my motivation? Even being able to keep up with my daughter doesnt motivate me.
So i set my first goal. My first goal is to wake my butt up early tomorrow so i can go for a 5am walk. IF i can do this then im sure it will give me a big boost to start off the right way. I have the foods here to begin any day now. I tried to start eating right thins morning but i had to have coffee. I had to have a Dr. Pepper. THis is whats killing me. How do i say no? Please to anyone out there help!!!! I need as much help as i can get with this.
I know in my heart the first 10 lbs will motivate me enough to do the next 10. And that will motivate me to do the next 20. I know what i want is obtainable. I just need a swift kick int he you know what. So here i am bending over. Waiting for you guys to kick away!!!

[AreYouGonnaEatThat]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

I will give you some advice on what I've done that helps me. I wrote out (not typed) a list of things I don't like that relate to why I should stay on the Atkins WOE. I wrote it as if I was talking to myself in a conversation. Things like: "you have high blood pressure and it's only going to get worse", "diabetes runs high on both sides of your family, and you know this, but continue to do harm to yourself", "you hate buying new clothes because nothing fits", "your family is worried about you and the clearly unhealthy road you've been choosing"

I sat at my coffee table for about an hour thinking of all that I could to put on this list. It was really a soul searching moment. I took the list and taped it to the mirror in my bathroom. I read it once a day. I see it several times a day (over 100oz water = many bathroom trips). The list is a constant reminder to me that there are more than enough reasons to stick to what I'm doing.

Not saying this will work for everyone, but I think in order to be successful no Atkins, you have to step back and find things like that that can keep you motivated. Find the will power. Ask yourself is it the Dr. Pepper worth it if it's making you feel like crap and making you unhappy and depressed about yourself? Not to me.

And as far as your kick goes - you asked for it: Your family needs you. You say you're unhappy and depressed. You're the only person that can change that, nobody else. Do it for them, but more importantly, do it for yourself. The effects from you being happy with you will trickle down into all the other aspects of your life.

[AngeP]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

You're so awesome. Thank you. I will try this list tonight. When i get up tomorrow at 5am for my walk, good lord willing, I will see it in my bathroom!! Which will push me out the door. Im hoping this walk will motivate me for the day. Fingers crossed.

[Health Nut]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

Hello AngeP...I am in the same boat the same story...I just feel blah blah all the time...I have lost 3 children and I am now 40...The weight has been up and down like a toilet seat...I know when I lost weight b-4 I felt fantastic...I looked great felt hot and my marriage was good 2....I think eventually, you will know what enough looks like...You will want to wake up and feel like hey I want the skinny clothes again...I want to be around for my childs child.....I am not perfect but these things go through my mind daily...We are are worst enemies...Its not easy doing this again as we have learned so many tricks while obtaining our goals...We have to remember clean induction...2 weeks goes by just like that!!! lets face it...we can ask ourselves how much time has gone by since we felt good...1 year 2 years a few months...Thats just it....It went by just like that and we didn't give it a glance....Now we need to step up to the plate and get cracking so to speak....SO GIRL GET OF YOUR *** AND MOVE IT!

There is my *** kicking for the day! hope you felt it...I am here if you need me...I hope the same

[poobears1972]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

Trying to do everything at once can be overwhelming. Biggest priority is eating right. So if you can cut out soda and eat right the first week then you can add in exercise the second, cut out coffee the third etc. Many people drink coffee with no problem, some stall. I think you are healthier without it but try focusing on one thing at a time.

[AngeP]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

Thanks guys I really do appreciate you taking time out to give me your two cents. It means a lot. I thank you too for the kicks in the rear. I have no reason not to do this. And i have every reason TO do it. So tomorrow there will be no soda. AND i will not have coffee. Then im hoping it will begin a good cycle of healthy thinking. For me and my daughter. Im gonna try and start a journal chat tonight and try my best to come back to it every day. I will use it as my saving grace.

[sham]

Re: Going at it Again and need all the help i can get.

Welcome.Great attitude,all the best!