KellyMarie
06-09-2012, 02:30 PM
For years I needed to lose weight. As I got heavier and heavier, I would attempt exercise, dieting, self control and discipline and always failed.
After I was diagnosed with Diabetes in February, I knew I had to do something different and quickly. I needed a way to get healthy and lose weight.
Instead of focusing on dropping the pounds, I began focusing on being healthy. It finally sunk in my mind that if I did not get healthy that I might die. The shedding of pounds was the reward and still is. To date I have lost 66 pounds and I am down from am almost 4x to a size 1x.
I still need to lose quite a few pounds and for once in my life, I love stepping on that scale in the mornings, BUT, I am not focused on weight loss, I am focused on how much I am improving my health! My sugar is completely under control and I feel great!
If you are battling with weight loss I urge you to re-think how you are trying to lose those pounds. Focus on being healthy, focus on the inside of your body and the outside will be smaller before you know it!
I know it is hard. I have been there and I have fears that I am going to wake up one morning and hit the Twinkies instead of the steel cut oats. I am scared that I will slip once and that will lead to another slip up and another until I am almost 300 pounds again. I know from past experiences that going on a diet is not the answer for me. I need to tell myself every morning that I need to be healthy so I can play with my grandkids, so I can grow old, so I can feel good. Weight loss isn't just about getting back into an old pair of jeans, it's about staying alive!
If you are Diabetic, go visit a dialysis center and give yourself a good scare. Go to the cardiac unit at the hospital (once diagnosed with Diabetes you are equivalent to already having one heart attack and 4 times more likely to have another), go to a medical supply store and start pricing a prosthesis or just look around at all those you love and wonder how they will feel if you die because you just couldn't get motivated.
I know all that sounds harsh, but if you are grossly overweight and need motivation, I would rather you read this and think "oh my that's awful, how could she say all that" and then think about what is going to happen to your body instead of letting another day go by with the attitude of "I will do domething tomorrow". Get motivated now! Start slowly or just go overboard like I have, but begin now, please!
If you need a buddy and there is nobody around, ask me. I am on here almost every day quite a few times. Post here and ask for moral support or send me a message and I will be your cheerleader. Just start getting healthy now.
Be conscience of what you put in your body and how much you move each day. There was no way I could start off with an exercise plan. I am not very self disciplined, I was grossly out of shape and I was not going to stick wtih a plan. So instead I bought a pedomoeter and began recording my movement each day (wow I was a slug and thought I was so active!) I made a point to be conscience of every single thing I ate or drank. I was horrible at grabbing stuff as I cruised through the kitchen and I was also a nighttime eater because I didn't sleep well. Now I sleep like a baby! Another benefit of getting healthier! Now I still have some restless nights, but I spend them studying about nutrition instead of eating Snack Pack puddings and watching late night television shows with Taco Bell commercials.
I am a victim of advertising. I see a Pizza Hut commercial and I want cheese, I drive past Starbuck's and all of a sudden I need caffeine with 4 cups of sugar. It's hard, but I am now staying focused on being healthy. LIVING is my motivation, I really don't like the alternative and I was close to it.
If you are reading this and need help, don't be shy, ask for help. Ask someone to be your cheerleader to help you stay motivated or again, ask me. The statistics on Type 2 Diabetes are absolutely frightening and so many of us need so much help to get healthy. You can hear and read about weight loss tips, good nutrition and getting healthy all day long, but until you find what is going to motivate you and keep you on a healthy track none of that information is going to mean anything to you. But once you find the thing that works for you and gets you ready to be healthy, all of that info will start sinking in and making sense.
I had every excuse in the world to keep from being motivated. I didn't have insurance, so I would not visit a doctor (Now I am paying thousands of dollars in medical bills, many I could have avoided if I had done something before). I live too far out of town to go to a gym, I couldn't afford to buy "healthy" foods, I was tied down with grandbabies every day and was too tired to take care of myself.....I had every excuse in the world and had convinced myself that I just wasn't capable of getting healthy.
Eating junk is easier than eating healthy food. It's easy to grab a hot dog or a snack cake. Meal planning takes effort, which was another excuse...I didn't have time to think about what I was going to eat. Well, I would have plenty of time to lay in a grave and think about good nutrition and exercise and I was headed there sooner than I needed to be.
Nobody close to me had the courage to tell me to get healthy. Loved ones sometimes love us too much to tell us what we don't want to hear. My husband wasn't about to tell me I was a fat cow that couldn't even walk to the mailbox and back without getting out of breath. He loves me, he doesn't want to hurt me. I guess what I am saying is that your loved ones love you dearly, but they may not know how to tell you that they are afraid for you. You have to do this, you have to get motivated and get moving. And again, focus on HEALTHY. It's easier than trying to lose weight. I am disappointed that I am not under 200 pounds yet. Today I weighed in at 210 and I got pretty frustrated for a second, but then my husband looked at me and said "It took you 47 years to gain it, give it some time. Look how much better you feel!" That is my motivation, I feel great, and looking great is a great bonus.
It takes work, it's not easy. Nothing ever really is is it? I used to get so dang angry when my "skinny" friends could eat whatever they wanted. But now that my skinny friends and I are getting older, many of us are having health problems. It's not all about the weight, it's about getting healthy first. It's not all about looking good, it's about being good on the inside too. It has taken me a lifetime and almost death to figure all this out, please, don't you wait that long if you need to be healthy.
After I was diagnosed with Diabetes in February, I knew I had to do something different and quickly. I needed a way to get healthy and lose weight.
Instead of focusing on dropping the pounds, I began focusing on being healthy. It finally sunk in my mind that if I did not get healthy that I might die. The shedding of pounds was the reward and still is. To date I have lost 66 pounds and I am down from am almost 4x to a size 1x.
I still need to lose quite a few pounds and for once in my life, I love stepping on that scale in the mornings, BUT, I am not focused on weight loss, I am focused on how much I am improving my health! My sugar is completely under control and I feel great!
If you are battling with weight loss I urge you to re-think how you are trying to lose those pounds. Focus on being healthy, focus on the inside of your body and the outside will be smaller before you know it!
I know it is hard. I have been there and I have fears that I am going to wake up one morning and hit the Twinkies instead of the steel cut oats. I am scared that I will slip once and that will lead to another slip up and another until I am almost 300 pounds again. I know from past experiences that going on a diet is not the answer for me. I need to tell myself every morning that I need to be healthy so I can play with my grandkids, so I can grow old, so I can feel good. Weight loss isn't just about getting back into an old pair of jeans, it's about staying alive!
If you are Diabetic, go visit a dialysis center and give yourself a good scare. Go to the cardiac unit at the hospital (once diagnosed with Diabetes you are equivalent to already having one heart attack and 4 times more likely to have another), go to a medical supply store and start pricing a prosthesis or just look around at all those you love and wonder how they will feel if you die because you just couldn't get motivated.
I know all that sounds harsh, but if you are grossly overweight and need motivation, I would rather you read this and think "oh my that's awful, how could she say all that" and then think about what is going to happen to your body instead of letting another day go by with the attitude of "I will do domething tomorrow". Get motivated now! Start slowly or just go overboard like I have, but begin now, please!
If you need a buddy and there is nobody around, ask me. I am on here almost every day quite a few times. Post here and ask for moral support or send me a message and I will be your cheerleader. Just start getting healthy now.
Be conscience of what you put in your body and how much you move each day. There was no way I could start off with an exercise plan. I am not very self disciplined, I was grossly out of shape and I was not going to stick wtih a plan. So instead I bought a pedomoeter and began recording my movement each day (wow I was a slug and thought I was so active!) I made a point to be conscience of every single thing I ate or drank. I was horrible at grabbing stuff as I cruised through the kitchen and I was also a nighttime eater because I didn't sleep well. Now I sleep like a baby! Another benefit of getting healthier! Now I still have some restless nights, but I spend them studying about nutrition instead of eating Snack Pack puddings and watching late night television shows with Taco Bell commercials.
I am a victim of advertising. I see a Pizza Hut commercial and I want cheese, I drive past Starbuck's and all of a sudden I need caffeine with 4 cups of sugar. It's hard, but I am now staying focused on being healthy. LIVING is my motivation, I really don't like the alternative and I was close to it.
If you are reading this and need help, don't be shy, ask for help. Ask someone to be your cheerleader to help you stay motivated or again, ask me. The statistics on Type 2 Diabetes are absolutely frightening and so many of us need so much help to get healthy. You can hear and read about weight loss tips, good nutrition and getting healthy all day long, but until you find what is going to motivate you and keep you on a healthy track none of that information is going to mean anything to you. But once you find the thing that works for you and gets you ready to be healthy, all of that info will start sinking in and making sense.
I had every excuse in the world to keep from being motivated. I didn't have insurance, so I would not visit a doctor (Now I am paying thousands of dollars in medical bills, many I could have avoided if I had done something before). I live too far out of town to go to a gym, I couldn't afford to buy "healthy" foods, I was tied down with grandbabies every day and was too tired to take care of myself.....I had every excuse in the world and had convinced myself that I just wasn't capable of getting healthy.
Eating junk is easier than eating healthy food. It's easy to grab a hot dog or a snack cake. Meal planning takes effort, which was another excuse...I didn't have time to think about what I was going to eat. Well, I would have plenty of time to lay in a grave and think about good nutrition and exercise and I was headed there sooner than I needed to be.
Nobody close to me had the courage to tell me to get healthy. Loved ones sometimes love us too much to tell us what we don't want to hear. My husband wasn't about to tell me I was a fat cow that couldn't even walk to the mailbox and back without getting out of breath. He loves me, he doesn't want to hurt me. I guess what I am saying is that your loved ones love you dearly, but they may not know how to tell you that they are afraid for you. You have to do this, you have to get motivated and get moving. And again, focus on HEALTHY. It's easier than trying to lose weight. I am disappointed that I am not under 200 pounds yet. Today I weighed in at 210 and I got pretty frustrated for a second, but then my husband looked at me and said "It took you 47 years to gain it, give it some time. Look how much better you feel!" That is my motivation, I feel great, and looking great is a great bonus.
It takes work, it's not easy. Nothing ever really is is it? I used to get so dang angry when my "skinny" friends could eat whatever they wanted. But now that my skinny friends and I are getting older, many of us are having health problems. It's not all about the weight, it's about getting healthy first. It's not all about looking good, it's about being good on the inside too. It has taken me a lifetime and almost death to figure all this out, please, don't you wait that long if you need to be healthy.