trying again
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trying again
I have tried to lose weight so many times and im successful at losing the first 20 pounds and then i just stop eating healthy and the weight piles on. Plus more. I had a baby in January and I now weigh 222 pounds. Im starting again and i've lost 5 pounds so far which is great but i need to know how to stay motivated for the long haul. i want to be there for daughter and be able to run and play with her. its just so hard because i feel so lazy and when i get bored first go-to is eating. how do other people stay on track and commit to it for life?
Re: trying again
Exactly the first point that Allison made. You've got a little shining star right there, who needs a Mother that can
A: Show them the true meaning of being human.
B: Show them how to live life properly and not waste the life you're given, by adopting terrible or unwise habits / choices.
Just imagine your little one being overweight and struggling to cope, because they never got the added education in life, only someone like you can give them, that schools can't. Imagine the thought of them being excited about something big in their life, then realising you might not be there ot share it with them.
Imagine them being middle aged and getting the luck of the draw. They get badly ill and you have to live with the fact you're old and your own child is worse off physically than you.
The future is unpredictable and how you live and what it can represent to others, is no guarantees, you'll get a hunky dory existance, but your child deserves a healthy rolemodel, that shows them what it means to care for yourself and others and you deserve to have a better quality of life, because you're not a bad person and you shouldn't settle for second best, because you're not.
You clearly care about yourself, you want to care about your child and you're demonstrating by this, that you have a good heart and much to give to yourself and others.
You DO have self worth, but how much you have, depends on how much more of it you're willing to earn, by caring for your body properly and maintaining it
I wrote something recently in the Womens section about fitness Mums. That could be you in the not too distant future. Someone who can stand tall and stand proud, knowing their little one is getting something money can't buy. A mum in a million. The kind of Mum some kids can only dream of, because they have Mums that ignore them, let them live like crap or worse abuse them, try to kill them, or just leave and pretend they don't exist.
The biggest reason of all, is to show your child they are worth something, by adding value to their lives with your actions. You're saying, "you are worth so much", because I'm willing to do what I know is right to help you become the sort of person I know is right for you to be.
You're not trying to make your child into something they won't want to be, just be a good rolemodel and teacher about wellbeing and humanity.
Your reasons to keep trying, is because your child means so much to you, you never want them to get ill through neglect and because you never want them to lose you, or have to know what a sickly parent is like to have in their life, too soon.
Your motivation is make them want you in their life, not resent you for how you were and for you to be able to make thme fele worth something to others, when you represent what a high level of self worth is.
You'll stick to it, because you know it's right and because you know failing yourself is failing your child and you don't want them to grow up, learning to accept failure as a regular occurance, not something that mostly happens through no real fault of their own.
You'll succeed, because you know you can and because you got past the initial try then quit stage and have begun to achieve real results and you'll succeed, becasue you know it's more than just looks. A body that looks good, isn't always a healthy one and you'll succeed, because you know when it seems like it's not going as well as hoped, you'll be doing more positive good for yourself on the inside, that you can't see, which will increase the value of your efforts.
If those are not enough reasons to want this for the rest of your life, I'm not sure what are
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Good luck, best wishes and keep remembering your own self worth and remember you're not doing this for you, you're doing this for TWO. You and your child. You've already done a really hard bit of the task in hand. You've carried and nurtured a small life inside of you for months.
Now it's time to go on nurturing them on the outside, because birth doesn't end the conception / birth cycle, it starts a new one too and one that can turn you into one of the most extraordinary of ordinary people, there can be.
You have a great chance to do something amazing for you and your child. Don't waste it with lame excuses and failed promises and statements. Take this chance you've been given annd be the best darn rolemodel your child could wish to have. It will be hard, but it IS achievable, just hold onto that fact and try to believe in it every day. Any child deserves the best Mother they can get.
You can give that to them and I don't doubt for a second you will.
You can become a truly amazing Lady. You just don't know how much yet, but trust me, you soon will .
A: Show them the true meaning of being human.
B: Show them how to live life properly and not waste the life you're given, by adopting terrible or unwise habits / choices.
Just imagine your little one being overweight and struggling to cope, because they never got the added education in life, only someone like you can give them, that schools can't. Imagine the thought of them being excited about something big in their life, then realising you might not be there ot share it with them.
Imagine them being middle aged and getting the luck of the draw. They get badly ill and you have to live with the fact you're old and your own child is worse off physically than you.
The future is unpredictable and how you live and what it can represent to others, is no guarantees, you'll get a hunky dory existance, but your child deserves a healthy rolemodel, that shows them what it means to care for yourself and others and you deserve to have a better quality of life, because you're not a bad person and you shouldn't settle for second best, because you're not.
You clearly care about yourself, you want to care about your child and you're demonstrating by this, that you have a good heart and much to give to yourself and others.
You DO have self worth, but how much you have, depends on how much more of it you're willing to earn, by caring for your body properly and maintaining it
I wrote something recently in the Womens section about fitness Mums. That could be you in the not too distant future. Someone who can stand tall and stand proud, knowing their little one is getting something money can't buy. A mum in a million. The kind of Mum some kids can only dream of, because they have Mums that ignore them, let them live like crap or worse abuse them, try to kill them, or just leave and pretend they don't exist.
The biggest reason of all, is to show your child they are worth something, by adding value to their lives with your actions. You're saying, "you are worth so much", because I'm willing to do what I know is right to help you become the sort of person I know is right for you to be.
You're not trying to make your child into something they won't want to be, just be a good rolemodel and teacher about wellbeing and humanity.
Your reasons to keep trying, is because your child means so much to you, you never want them to get ill through neglect and because you never want them to lose you, or have to know what a sickly parent is like to have in their life, too soon.
Your motivation is make them want you in their life, not resent you for how you were and for you to be able to make thme fele worth something to others, when you represent what a high level of self worth is.
You'll stick to it, because you know it's right and because you know failing yourself is failing your child and you don't want them to grow up, learning to accept failure as a regular occurance, not something that mostly happens through no real fault of their own.
You'll succeed, because you know you can and because you got past the initial try then quit stage and have begun to achieve real results and you'll succeed, becasue you know it's more than just looks. A body that looks good, isn't always a healthy one and you'll succeed, because you know when it seems like it's not going as well as hoped, you'll be doing more positive good for yourself on the inside, that you can't see, which will increase the value of your efforts.
If those are not enough reasons to want this for the rest of your life, I'm not sure what are
.Good luck, best wishes and keep remembering your own self worth and remember you're not doing this for you, you're doing this for TWO. You and your child. You've already done a really hard bit of the task in hand. You've carried and nurtured a small life inside of you for months.
Now it's time to go on nurturing them on the outside, because birth doesn't end the conception / birth cycle, it starts a new one too and one that can turn you into one of the most extraordinary of ordinary people, there can be.
You have a great chance to do something amazing for you and your child. Don't waste it with lame excuses and failed promises and statements. Take this chance you've been given annd be the best darn rolemodel your child could wish to have. It will be hard, but it IS achievable, just hold onto that fact and try to believe in it every day. Any child deserves the best Mother they can get.
You can give that to them and I don't doubt for a second you will
.You can become a truly amazing Lady. You just don't know how much yet, but trust me, you soon will
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wow. What an inspirational post and reply for this woman. Thanks so much. It sounds like you are totally ready and aware that you are willing to do what it takes to LIVE life. Truly living life is teaching your daughter what that means by showing her through you the life that you lead and by example.
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Re: trying again
Couldn´t agree more and you just said it so well I am out of words.Boss Man wrote: ... remember you're not doing this for you, you're doing this for TWO. You and your child. You've already done a really hard bit of the task in hand. You've carried and nurtured a small life inside of you for months.
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You have a great chance to do something amazing for you and your child. Don't waste it with lame excuses and failed promises and statements. Take this chance you've been given annd be the best darn rolemodel your child could wish to have. It will be hard, but it IS achievable, just hold onto that fact and try to believe in it every day. Any child deserves the best Mother they can get.
You can give that to them and I don't doubt for a second you will
You child is the reason for you to just don´t give up, even you fall along thae way. Then just get up.
I am pretty sure this will give you all the motivation you need because nothing else in the world can give you such a power and will as having your own child to take care of.