I've fallen and I can't get up...

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Registered: 10-12-2005
I've fallen and I can't get up...
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Sat, 02-11-2006 - 9:20am

Why do I seem to sabotage all of my efforts to improve my life???  I have been stalled at 139 for several weeks now.  I realized that I am not eating like I should and I'm trying to force myself back into the routine of eating.  I wonder if it is ever going to be natural again?  I remember as a child and young adult, I ate like a regular person and had 3 meals a day.  I haven't added any exercise to my day either.  I wish that I could just exercise.  I know that I need to for my own health and to make progress so why can't I just do it?  I am like that in every aspect of my life.  I seem to be my own worst enemy.  I am going to go back to the doctor and get back on  my add meds but I can't even muster up the energy to do that. 


 

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Registered: 04-01-2004

Come on, Karen.

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Registered: 10-14-2003
Sat, 02-11-2006 - 10:33pm
Being stalled for weeks can be very depressing. Adding exercise will certainly help. When I first started, I forced myself to do a 10 minute walk. A week later, i forced myself to make it 15. Now I can do 1/2 hour, and sometimes even enjoy it! Make yourself a doctors appointment and pretend it was for one of the kids...you'd make sure they got to the doctors if they needed it! (And actually, it IS for the kids in the long run)....Just some ideas that helped me, cause its really working for me this time...I'm not where I need to be, but thank God, I'm not where I used to be! Best of Luck, Lori
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Registered: 04-10-2003
Sun, 02-12-2006 - 10:17am

How about going through some magazines and find a dress you would love to wear to that event in April. (Doesn't have to be "the one") Dream while you search through imagining how you will feel. Then take the photo and post it somewhere you will see it occasionally, like when you open your closet door. I find focusing on a goal helps me. Also having lots of SBD foods around and keeping anything not out of sight also helps in not straying if that's what you think you may be doing. I know I should exercise more myself! When you do start exercising again- let us know what motivated you!!

Sally

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Registered: 10-12-2005
Thanks for the encouragement.