I’m fat as fuuuuuuuuu..... was at 325lb down to 308lb but man I just CAN’T get motivated. I have never done anything well alone, spent too much time alone as a kid and I think learned how to block out everything good and bad at that point and now it’s kinda biting me in the booty.
move tried to get a couple different people Into like a weight loss challenge but they just quit.
bet one dude 5:1 odds, my $500 to his $100 I could lose more than him in 2 months. He agreed and then quit his job and I never heard from him again lol.
my question is do any of y’all have any advice on how to get motivated? Maybe hada similar issue to me, how you overcome it?
It’s getting serious, I’m developing health issues that I’m sure are weight related and I just can’t bring myself to give enough of a damn to dedicate myself to weight loss...
I’ll take any an all advice at this point.
So I've never had like an obesity issue. I am genetically more of the thinner type build. Needless to say, as I aged I got use to Oh its just 5 lbs. Oh its just 5 more. I dated a chef. Her happiness came from making me things that were SOOOO good and she loved doing it. Then it became Oh its just 15. I reached 276 lbs. At 6'6" that still isn't like a fat man but for me I had had enough. I was "fixing" my problem by buying bigger clothes. Instead of FIXING my problem.
The first thing you need is a lifestyle change commitment. The next easy thing to do is get a phone app. I think I liked Simply Fit if I recall its name correctly. It kicks your butt when you make the wrong choices and it helps you set goals and helps you track your progress. Then you depend on noone but you. People will not intentionally, but methodically sabotage you. They don't do it to misdirect you, they just want you to take a direction that allows for cheating. After you establish what IS working for you, then find someone that can join in with the same things that work. Diets work. But not all diets work.
The next thing is, your body will sabotage you. It will tell you you are hungry and need to eat. The first few days are the worst. Your little voice says "Time to eat". Reality is, you need far fewer calories than you think you do. BUT the TYPE calories are your nest sabatour.
I went to Keto. That is like Adkins on steroids. No sugars as in no traditional sugars. Cane sugar, high fructose corn syrups etc. They are all carbs. The goal is to have 0 carbs if possible. You rarely can get 0 carbs for very long but as close to 0 as you can and your body goes into Ketosis. Once I hit Ketosis, I was losing 1-2 lbs a day. Its a bit of a pain to keep track of the carb vs fat ratio but it works.
OR you can take a simpler route. do NOT take in more calories than you need. In reality you can do a 1500-2000/day calorie intake and eat a lot of food if you pick the right foods.
My body does not like sugars, American beef and any food that comes in a box or can. Oh it consumes them with vigor, but it does not LIKE to process them. So it stores it into fat cells since it knows more food is soon to come. Once I deleted what it didn't like, I could replace it with anything it did like and I didn't gain a pound from it.
Exercise is also neccessary. I started out with aching hips, sore knees, puffy swollen joints. Keto was my first step. Exercise was added gradually. I started with goal of a half mile walk. Then a .75 mile walk. Then a mile. I made it up to 9.5 miles before I ran out of ways to add more miles where I happen to live. It takes a commitment of 2 hours to to 9.5 miles. If you can't commit to that don't make that a goal. I can set my watch by these walks almost to the minute. I also use those 2 hours to meditate or work out my weeks activity schedule etc. Find a way to take the grind away. Your body will begin to need it without you having to convince yourself.
I have no more swelling, no more aching anything. I have lost 65 lbs in about 9 months.
Now when I want a steak, I tear into it with the same vigor as I always did. But once in awhile like once every 2 months maybe. Same with sweets. I have come to adopt some of what I read in that our food system is NOT made to nourish us with naturally occurring foods. It's meant to SELL us the food they process for us. Beef in this country is filled with crap that was never intended. Processed sugars I believe are actually a toxin to our body. And highly addictive. Particularly when our food systems puts it in almost everything we consume to keep that drug in our system. In small quantities our body can manage it. If it can't, it stores it as fat to not deal with it.
Next tip. Keep chyt you shouldn't be eating, out of your house. The more you have to work for it, the more you start to remind yourself you shouldn't be. If it isn't there, if you are REALLY actually hungry, your brain and body will eat what you put into it to eat. Its not called junk food for nothing.
I am now in maintenance mode. I am at a great weight. So I can cheat more readily because I don't have much adjustment to need to get back. Now when I see 5 lbs I don't say its OK, I now say, I need to cut back for a day or so. Much easier range of freedom when you know how to make adjustments for results.
I will be happy to give you any inputs you might find helpful. YOU can do this. But you have to make the shift in your head that YOU will do it. What works for me may not work for you. I can eat a baked potato and not gain a lb. You might eat half a one and gain 2 lbs. So I am by no means a nutritionist or Dr or pro anything. I just needed to find out the keys to my metabolism and go with what works for me.
Rule to remember. You didn't get to your weight overnight, it won't go away overnight. And it was WAAAYYY more fun putting it on that it is taking it off. So you do need to find ways to stay motivated. Goals. Not I am going to lose 200 lbs goal. That will sabotage you. 5 lbs in a week is a goal. It may take you 2 weeks to meet that first 5 lb goal. But that means you probably will add up to 8 lbs by the first week you meet your 5 lb goal. Once you get the curve going, 10 lbs will be a weekly goal Before you know it 12 weeks goes by and you are at 120 lbs lost. Don't act shocked. You can lose 10 lbs in a week for a awhile because your body has a A LOT it can shed. You may find 15 is an obtainable goal once things head in the right direction.
When I hit 215. That last 5 lbs to 210 took a LOT more work that then first 25 lbs. When I got to my end goal, my body had learned it wasn't going to eat much, it had gotten used to it, but it didn't have the fat stores to draw from. So I knew that my better weight was 215-220. You will get the feedback but right now your feedback is your brain saying you need to eat.
One last thing. You do need to CHEAT once in awhile in the process. And you make that CHEAT day a goal. Your App will help there. You will see when you have room to cheat. So like Tues you know that if you stay on track, Sunday you get to hit a piece of steak or 3 beers etc. You will motivate to the cheat.
Otherwise you tend to abandon the diet because its depriving you too much.
