I’m so good at getting all riled up and excited, running out and buying whatever the latest gadget is that will finally help me. Sitting down with a notebook and pen and outlining my plan and the goals I intend to reach each month. At these times I always feel so full of hope and excitement for the future and for life.
It never ever lasts though.
On January 1st I started my latest effort, I devoured motivational content on a daily basis and reminded myself daily of my goals. The weight was coming off and I felt amazing but by the end of the month I was back to square one. This is how every attempt seems to go bar one when I was in my early 20s and used an online forum that doesn’t exist anymore to talk about my “journey”. I lost over 100lbs and was set up for a whole new life-met someone, settled down and gradually ate myself to even bigger than before.
I had a lapband done in a moment of madness a number of years ago and I can say with confidence it’s been the worst thing I ever did. It has destroyed my already rocky relationship with food because all the healthy things I engaged that helped me shed the pounds before are no longer an option a lot of the time. However chips and chocolate goes down just fine!
My band is too tight to eat past 1pm- which you would think would help but mentally when I’m not in “diet mode” it just frustrates me. Due to this complication fasting seems appealing as I can eat in the evenings and I can eat things like omelets.
Sorry for the life story but I want to give as much context as possible and ask how do you keep going? Past that exciting first week and month? I have no real support system in real life and it was my online one that helped before, could that be what I’m lacking or am I one of the people just destined to never get there?
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