Welcome! Once you feel a little better, you may be pleased to see there are a good number of folk working out and building muscle. You should start to feel right at home :)
23 Jul 16 by member: LadyinDenim
|
|
|
You will also find that there are a lot of people here who are supporting each other through healing - healing life's tumbling and fumbling and the need for more accountability and truth. Welcome!
23 Jul 16 by member: erikahollister
|
It's doubly difficult when friends and family encourage indulgence. Change is hard, but not impossible, building good habits to replace the bad ones takes consistency, lots of support and good tools to help you along the way here.
23 Jul 16 by member: 1point21gigawatts
|
well, you came to the right place, we are here for each other. And it works. Welcome
23 Jul 16 by member: Char60
|
Thanks, everybody! I know there's hope.. It's just the follow-through and daily attention to quantity I need to watch. It's nice to connect :-)
23 Jul 16 by member: gwmATL
|
A good place to start is by logging everything you eat/drink so you can see exactly where you may need to do some work. And I found just reading everyone's postings gave me lots of tips and good ideas. Then you can pick and choose what you think will work for you!
23 Jul 16 by member: pandasmom
|
GwmATL I think what you will find is that you are over eating to get that endorphin rush you used to get from exercise. I think you will find that as soon as you change your choice of endorphins from unhealthy to healthy your weight will adjust.
It takes about 2 weeks to for your body to say "hey I remember this feeling" and about 6 weeks before you body will actually choose exercise over binging.
The key however is to not over do it in the gym, I'm still recovering from having my achilles tendon surgically repaired. I was doing so good - and started working out like I did 20 years ago. Bad idea, I went back up to 255.
23 Jul 16 by member: tjbradders
|
Pretty similar here too...you are right..accountability here is key..i'm with you and support you!
23 Jul 16 by member: knotfat4evr
|
24 Jul 16 by member: KellyM25
|
There are good, kind, smart folks here. Make this your daily check-in point, log everything, and watch the magic happen.
24 Jul 16 by member: mskestrela
|
Its been hard but I've been praying to continue to have a positive attitude too accomplish my goals.
|
It's hard to do it alone. We might not know each other in RL, but it means a lot to have the support.
26 Jul 16 by member: LadyinDenim
|
Yes it helps a lot to have this support. Thank-you.
26 Jul 16 by member: gwmATL
|
Welcome. One day at a time. To start, I would try portion control. It's a simple change to make, but will really help.
26 Jul 16 by member: SjF60
|
yes portion controlhelps alo
|