Health & Fitness • Page 29

That can be such a gut punch to motivation. What gym do you go to?

 

I went to a local chain called The Rush, but then they were bought out by Gold's about a year or so ago. $29.99 a month, indoor lap pool (which is a big thing for me), and I can go to any of the five clubs locally -- which is great depending on where I'm working or whatnot at the time. I froze my membership until the end of September in hopes I can find a job by then.

 

Yeah eating well is really expensive. I'm on day 20 of whole 30 and my wife and I spend 100-150 a week on food that's compliant to the program.

 

Had a big setback week this week. Being in someone's wedding is a land mine with this stuff

 

I have weighed myself for the first time after 3 months no gym and no dieting. I am up 10lbs. :(

 

Trying to just roughly estimate how much the wedding could have set me back, I think I had more than 2000 calories just in alcohol

 

Eeeeeee I'm 312! 152lb down! \o/

I'm obsessed with comparison collages. It's absurd. I have to force myself not to post them anywhere because I'm going to end up losing friends over it. Lol

 

Try not to focus on the past. It'll just inspired more guilt

 

Yeah it's true. Very hard to do though

 

absolutely - it's just one day. Every decision is independent of the previous one, every day is independent as well. What you eat one day doesn't need to affect the next and so on. Recognize a bad day, acknowledge it, and move on with better choices.

 

My senior year of college, I gained 36 pounds. I was out of control and was just getting drunk every night and going to Taco Bell then going home to pass out, haha. Luckily, I was 180 entering that year (pretty much a stick figure) and got up to about 216...not really fat as I'm 6'2" but definitely alarming to gain that much weight in one year.

That was 9 years ago. Once I moved home after graduating college, I lost almost all the weight within a year or two. I didn't drink a pop for four years (was drinking 6-7 cans a day, easily), stopped eating fast food, started drinking coffee (which, for me, decreases my appetite) and started going to the gym religiously. I'd run 2 miles 4 to 5 times a week plus another 15 minutes on the elliptical some light lifting to help burn calories. Also did a bunch of ab workouts (sit ups, ins and outs, ups and downs).

Now that I'm 30 and married with a kid, my weight fluctuates a lot and I'm pretty self conscious about it just because I know that my body has the ability to really gain a lot of weight in a short amount of time (not that I'd ever gain 36 pounds in a year again) so I still need to do a lot of the above. I try to eat grilled chicken for dinner as much as possible (although with a 2-year-old, that's pretty tough) and I play pretty intense full-court 5 on 5 basketball for 90 minutes 3 times a week and I still don't really drink pop ever. Last summer my weight was fluctuating between 180 and 185. This summer, it's fluctuating between 190 and 195 (although I went on an all-inclusive trip to Jamaica in April that just KILLED me, gained a good 7 pounds in a week due to all the drinking and eating and haven't been able to lose it back).

Any way, I guess the tips are, if you are going to go to the gym or exercise, you really need to make it a lifestyle, and not just something you do when you find the time. Eating healthier is obviously a big part, but really, I think if you exercise and workout enough you can still live a life of eating and drinking what you want without having to worry about gaining weight (within reason). I'd say three summers ago was the best shape I ever was in weighing in about 185 and going to the gym 4-5 times a week for an hour or two yet I was still going out a lot during the week and drinking and eating whatever I wanted.

 

Just discovered this thread, I generally avoid weighing myself because I know that I've been gaining weight and don't want to make myself feel bad. Donated blood on Monday and they had to weigh me which is when I discovered I had gained 25 pounds this year.

So now I'm trying really hard to eat healthier, mainly just making Buzzfeed healthy recipes like Chickpea Curry and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers, but I really really want a greasy cheeseburger. How do you guys avoid caving on those cravings?

 

Can you maybe compromise with a veggie or turkey burger? Or allow yourself a cheat meal every so often so you don't eventually cave and binge on delicious food you've been craving lol

 

Didn't even think of trying a Turkey burger, could definitely try that!

 

Just an update, I'm going over the calories mfp says I should eat pretty much everyday! Also no exercise either

 

Honestly I've subbed ground turkey in pretty much every recipe I ever did ground beef for and it's not even that I don't miss it, it's just better. Same taste and consistency, less greasy and heavy

 

I am trying to get back on track. Did 10k steps at the hall of fame Monday. 10 miles of hiking in the Adirondacks Tuesday. And then my normal 12k step walk yesterday. It's hard to get back to where I was, but I have to stay determined.

I was looking at pictures of all these people who graduated with me in my hometown and at my school and so many of them look rough and way past their prime. Meanwhile, every day I'm the best I've ever been and getting better. I HAVE to keep that up.

 

Major regression these past couple weeks. Eating terrible shit and not exercising. Gained 10 pounds back in probably 3 weeks. Gotta stop this right now.

 

After a week of working out and dieting I'm down 3 pounds, really felt all week like I was wasting my time and I would never see results. I know 3 pounds isn't much but god damn does it mean a lot.

 

Keeping track of what I'm eating seems to be working well. I think I've lost a few pounds in the last two weeks, could get down to my goal weight by the end of the month I think

Now if only I had the time, resources, and motivation to work out I could be not a skinny ball of human dough

 

Just started crossfit up again, which makes me eat well. So that's cool.

 

I've always found that tracking makes me more accountable. Even if I'm tracking fast food and ice cream, it helps me realize that the next day needs to be better. It's good times.

I'm right there with you on working out, though. i hate it so much.

 

I used to be so effing fat.

I love food so so so much, like I get deep pleasure out of eating but I count calories with my fitness pal and eat the same rotation of stuff/ only healthy stuff and it really depresses me. Like, I may look a lot better than I used to but I'm not really happy because pizza makes me happy.

We do eat a cheat meal like once a week but like, that isn't good enough for me. Always will be fat at heart.

 

Between a wedding and a few dates (where I never count calories) one week, a road trip the next week and a vacation this week my progress has utterly stalled. I hopefully haven't gone backward. But not moving forward is equally bad, imo. I need to fucking kick my own ass this coming week. Longer hikes, start the gym, rigid calorie counting. Ready to do this shit.