I really need some motivational wisdom please

[Icandefinitelydothis]

Hi All,

I’m feeling stuck, overwhelmed and heavy. I’ve got about 2.5 - 3 stone to lose. I have periods of motivation but most recently I’ve plateaued.

It’s just me and my two beautiful DC, and I really want to do this for them. I have these awful visions of embarrassing them at the school gates. Moreover I want to model healthy, not just teach it.

I’m finding it, and life in general, hard.

I’ve tried Noom but I was frustrated with the delayed responses to support requests. I didn’t use the support function much but when I did, it was days before I’d have a response. I like the courses on there though.

I’ve got MFP, which is probably my best bet. I’m trying to minimise costs so anything that’s free will be top of my ‘to try’ list. I’m keen on calories in vs calories out as a strategy.

I do exercise but it’s mainly functional exercise - long dog walks, gardening. I don’t have a gym membership. I sometimes get chance to go for a run but not often. I do enjoy running actually but I rarely get the time.

Any tips to get over my waves of anxiety and into a motivated mindset to stop eating rubbish, would be so gratefully received.

Thanks

Have you tried just not buying rubbish and only having good things in the house. A friend of mine lost a lot by stocking up on everything that's healthy basically everything that grows !!

I’ll be here following as I’m in the same boat! I feel weighing daily helps me - but it’s not for everyone.

Thanks, well yes and no. Yes because I do try not to buy rubbish. I have the odd treat for the kids but they don’t have them often. Both my DC are on the small side so I spend my life trying to fill them with calories, consequently I’ve got full fat everything in the house (yoghurt, milk, cheese, cream cheese etc). When I prepare their meals, it’s all full fat and I work full time plus an extra job on occasional evenings so I just run out of time for making extra meals. I end up making them some lovely home made food and I’ll eat a sandwich or a bag salad as I’ve run out of steam… no wonder I’m not excited by food!

Sorry @outtheshowernow I meant to tag that to your post….

I was doing daily weighing and it helped to start with but as my weight loss slowed I found it really impacted me - even a 0.2lb gain would have me feeling dreadful.

So I do it less often now, which itself brings issues as I dread it more

The psychology of the scales hey?!