Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 I've felt like that every day since the age of 17 - lol and what's worse I've never been " overweight " or ever had any reason to think that way, both my parents and all siblings with the exception of 1 are all normal weight too. Look at it this way, you've got the exercise part down so now the only thing you have to fix is your nutrition. I have issues with binging at times but find when I'm eating the 5-6 meals a day and am satiated all day, the binging isn't really an issue. Also up until this point, I've been eating pitas and shakes and now started eating more small servings of fruit with each meal as my carb portion and they have been my favorite meals so far. Find a healthy food that you enjoy and try to incorporate it in your meals (within reason). Actually enjoying what I'm eating has helped me stay on track for the past week. Also, don't beat yourself up if you go off track, just within 24 hours get back on the wagon. ) Hope that helps! Liza emoore81 wrote: Has anyone ever had to deal with feeling like you just can't lose the fat? I guess intellectually I know that if I follow the steps (eat the small protein/carb meals, lifting, cardio) I'll see results, but I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head that says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every day since you were born. You've tried every diet in the book, you've tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting fatter. Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " I've been lifting steadily for about five years now so I'm strong and have a fairly good metabolism-- otherwise I'd be 500 pounds with some of the food choices I make. It's the diet that's got my head screwed up. Does anybody have words of wisdom for those times when you feel like you just can't do it? --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I definitely feel that way, and I always have. My whole family is overweight, and I've never been in " good shape " no matter how hard I've tried. When I really need a boost, I look at the before and after pictures in the BFL book. Hell, if that many people can do it, so can I! Maybe not all of them have the fat genes that I have, but there must be at least a few that do. And on those (many) days when I feel like I can't do it, I concentrate on the handful of days when I actually DID do it, and I concentrate on the fact that everything I do makes me healthier, even if I'm not thrilled about the way I look in the mirror yet. So my advice would be to concentrate on the small successes. --Janine > > Has anyone ever had to deal with feeling like you just can't lose the > fat? I guess intellectually I know that if I follow the steps (eat > the small protein/carb meals, lifting, cardio) I'll see results, but > I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head that > says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your > grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every day > since you were born. You've tried every diet in the book, you've > tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting fatter. > Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " > > I've been lifting steadily for about five years now so I'm strong and > have a fairly good metabolism-- otherwise I'd be 500 pounds with some > of the food choices I make. It's the diet that's got my head screwed > up. > > Does anybody have words of wisdom for those times when you feel like > you just can't do it? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 you really are not on your own with this one :-D Fat is my worst enemy, all my family are HUGE and my inclination is to be the same way, if you are like me it takes forever to lose a little fat only for it to creep back in somewhere. All I can say is don't give in and think of how great you feel now and how you would feel if you really were 500 pounds. lainy xx > > Has anyone ever had to deal with feeling like you just can't lose the > fat? I guess intellectually I know that if I follow the steps (eat > the small protein/carb meals, lifting, cardio) I'll see results, but > I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head that > says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your > grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every day > since you were born. You've tried every diet in the book, you've > tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting fatter. > Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " > > I've been lifting steadily for about five years now so I'm strong and > have a fairly good metabolism-- otherwise I'd be 500 pounds with some > of the food choices I make. It's the diet that's got my head screwed > up. > > Does anybody have words of wisdom for those times when you feel like > you just can't do it? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Looking at my own before/during photos really has helped me past a couple of tough spots. I see the changes I have made over the past six and a half weeks, and I want to keep going with the program! Yeah,they're subtle changes, and I don't exactly look like a fitness model, but I look (and feel) much better than I did when I started. Plus, my wonky knee is no longer! Every day I push myself on the workouts, and I am much improved from where I started. I'm lifting heavier than I'd have thought I could. I'm running faster that I ever dreamed possible! I don't want to quit! I want to see what more this program can do for me! > I definitely feel that way, and I always have. My whole family is > overweight, and I've never been in " good shape " no matter how hard > I've tried. When I really need a boost, I look at the before and after > pictures in the BFL book. Hell, if that many people can do it, so can > I! Maybe not all of them have the fat genes that I have, but there > must be at least a few that do. And on those (many) days when I feel > like I can't do it, I concentrate on the handful of days when I > actually DID do it, and I concentrate on the fact that everything I do > makes me healthier, even if I'm not thrilled about the way I look in > the mirror yet. So my advice would be to concentrate on the small > successes. > > --Janine > > > > > > Has anyone ever had to deal with feeling like you just can't lose the > > fat? I guess intellectually I know that if I follow the steps (eat > > the small protein/carb meals, lifting, cardio) I'll see results, but > > I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head that > > says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your > > grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every day > > since you were born. You've tried every diet in the book, you've > > tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting fatter. > > Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " > > > > I've been lifting steadily for about five years now so I'm strong and > > have a fairly good metabolism-- otherwise I'd be 500 pounds with some > > of the food choices I make. It's the diet that's got my head screwed > > up. > > > > Does anybody have words of wisdom for those times when you feel like > > you just can't do it? > > > > > -- Diane M. in CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 > but I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head Time to shut that nagging little voice up! The more you read about nutrition and the overall health benefits of making healthy eating choices (baby steps) it wont just be the intellectual side of you saying this 'should' work, you will really *know* its ALL about choices and that you CAN make the right ones to see results (that can last forever). So getting on the nutritional learning curve can be a real boost to understanding why eating a certain way is the key to reshaping ones body (outside and inside) for the better. Almost like a different voice which pops up when I go grocery shopping and while reading a food label says " You know this isnt good for you and it really wont taste as good as you think' which helps me to put it back on the shelf and move on to a better choice for my food cart. :-) > says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your > grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every > day since you were born. A great part (I think the biggest part) of why families are usually all over weight is not so much genetics as it is bad lifestyle habits. If you were born into a sloth family who doesnt exercise, play sports or lead an active lifestyle, you adopt the same as your normal settings. (Park the car further away? Walk to the store? Are you kidding?!) Their bad eating habits became yours (you didnt know any better at the time). This is why you see so many parents who are overweight passing down their info to their kids who are also overweight. Reminds me of that tv show " Honey We're Killing The Kids' in which 9x out of 10 both parents needed a diet makeover too. So to say just because your parents or relatives are all overweight you have to follow suit is like a humongo COPOUT! You own your own body and you put your food choices in your own mouth, and you are the one doing this to yourself - face it! So buck up and change if you really WANT to change. When you think about it, its almost like any other addict who finally sees themselves (bottoms out) and realizes that the only real way to go is to end the destructive behavior. (Been watching way too much Celebrity Rehab hehehe) but you get my point eh? thats its all about YOU and not anybody else. YOU decide. > You've tried every diet in the book, you've > tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting > fatter. Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " Self defeating drivel! *Tried* this *tried* that. You didnt DO the programs, you *tried* them. Thats the difference between true commitment and subconsciencely wanting to fail. You have set yourself up to fail even before you began really. Fixing your head first before you start - because when you fix your head, when you truly want something so bad you can wrap your head around making the necessary commitment to make REAL changes so this is not going to be just another '12 week diet' and then you return to exactly what you ate before you 'tried' again. Think about WHY you do this self sabotage head game to yourself and change that first before you delve into changing your eating habits (for life). One thing that might be of help too is to take smaller steps - some people can do the gungho thing and it works for them. For others they need to make small accomplishments by setting simple goals and increasing them as the weeks go by, maybe adding on one thing a week until by the end of 12 weeks, it comes more naturally to make good choices and leave the old you behind. Habits die hard they say but you can do this if you really want to. :-) joni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A quote by /Skwigg: " Commit to the idea of changing your lifestyle and continuing no matter what happens or how long it takes. The year will go by anyway, so make the most of it. If you get up every day and act like a healthy athlete, sooner or later you'll start looking like one. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 We all have those little " voices " in the back of our heads that try to pull us down. The trick is to learn how NOT to listen to them. I'd suggest you read " Taming your Gremlin. " It really helped me. > > Has anyone ever had to deal with feeling like you just can't lose the > fat? I guess intellectually I know that if I follow the steps (eat > the small protein/carb meals, lifting, cardio) I'll see results, but > I've got this stupid little voice in the back of my head that > says, " Let's face it kid. Your mom's fat, your dad's fat, your > grandparents are fat, and you've been getting slowly fatter every day > since you were born. You've tried every diet in the book, you've > tried the training and the cardio and you just keep getting fatter. > Just chuck the whole thing and have some ice cream. " > > I've been lifting steadily for about five years now so I'm strong and > have a fairly good metabolism-- otherwise I'd be 500 pounds with some > of the food choices I make. It's the diet that's got my head screwed > up. > > Does anybody have words of wisdom for those times when you feel like > you just can't do it? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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