(24F, 5'4, ~320lbs I suppose) Started my exercise and weight loss journey today (5/16/21)
I've been overweight pretty much my entire life and I'm just so tired of it. I'm tired of letting stress and boredom drive my eating habits, I'm tired of making excuses for myself, I'm tired of my sedentary lifestyle. I want to make changes for the better. My mental health is poor but I'm unable to go to a professional or get medicated so I'm hoping I can at least control this, and hopefully it'll help in a general sense.
I'm afraid that if I aim too high in the beginning that I'll just frustrate and disappoint myself, so I'm just aiming for a few small milestones at a time. Go down a few sizes, have my clothes fit better, note the changes to my double chin and my chubby cheeks. I don't mind counting calories but I don't want to be glued to the scale, so I'd rather focus on how weight loss and improving cardio health will affect my life more practically, if that makes sense. I don't know if I'll ever be a size 4 but I can at least treat myself to better habits.
I started a weight loss journey a few months ago and was able to keep at it for about 7 or 8 weeks but got lazy and had depressive episodes. The pandemic certainly isn't helping but this is the new normal and I can't keep using that as an excuse. I don't have any motivation other than "I don't want to live like this". I'm wasting my youth feeling insecure and disgusted at my body and my habits, feeling sluggish and tired all the time, etc.
I want to get my mom to do more exercise with me. She's 57 and a workaholic that has already had a small heart attack that she apparently didn't even notice (was pointed out to her by her doctor months after the fact). I love her very much and I don't want to lose her anytime soon but she doesn't take care of herself and is always too tired from work (we are part of a small business) to exercise. She was doing ok with eating healthy but my father just came back from overseas and is already feeding her more food than he needs to (he eats SO much and barely gains weight despite not exercising either, but he is a social eater and wants to eat with her, and she gains weight easily). I've already warned her not to fall into step with his eating habits as they are not good for her.
Do you all have any advice on how I can get her to exercise more? Her legs are weak and quite skinny/low muscle, how could we build up her strength in a low impact way? And what would be a good low impact exercise for the both of us? We plan to go on long walks together soon.
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