Motivation and time

[MikeTheShite]

I'm 14st 5ft 7 and a size 16, I want to get to a 10 by summer.

Here's the thing. I cannot stay motivated.
I have MFP, fitness DVDs and a virgin active membership.
I just can't do it.

I'm a single mum to dd 2.5 and go to uni four days, and have a dog.
I make a effort to do a class on a Tuesday with a swim afterwards,
I just can't seem to find time or energy to do anything else, and it's quite upsetting and I've got the point I'm telling people i am embracing my size.

If I'm honest I'm not. I worked in racing for many years and my weight was under 8 stone no matter what I eat,
Since having a career change and suffering with dreaded weight gain depression medication, I am very unhappy but I'm so unhappy that I feel useless when it comes to trying

Why do you want to lose the weight?
What are the things you have promised yourself for when you get to and stay at happy weight?
What is your family history of weight related health problems? Are they worth avoiding?

Weight loss is not a goal in itself.
Its a stage in getting to your real goals.

Identify the real goals and it will all come together.

I only want to loose weight As I was told I look like Genma Collins :(

My mum is naturally underweight, however me and my father only need to look at a burger for it to hit us

You obviously have a very busy life, so can you fit the exercise around that - running to and from work, for example? That's the only way I seem to fit runs in during the week, as I have a toddler DS and two jobs. It makes a huge difference to my fitness levels, and waistline.

Also, does your Virgin gym have a creche? Mine does - if yours does, you could put DD in for an hour twice a week and do the new Grid classes, they're viciously tough.

Aside from that, food is the key - If there's no other adults in your house, would simply not buying any sweet treats or processed stuff work for you? I mean, once DD is in bed it's not like you can just nip out for an Aero or whatever?

So, you want to look like somebody else. Hmmm. That does not sound like a strong enough motivation to me either!

FWIW my motivation was pain - when I was heavy my knees were agony. Now they are not.

Think of a positive reason for you and your DD.

How old will you be when she is 29 and having kids. What kind of granny do you want to be?

What is your degree? Will being lean and mean help you once you are a graduate.

You need to think of something you want for you more than you want to snack.

All great advice

Sadly I can't run due to a previous fractured pelvis meaning my hip gets locked. V painful.

I defo think cutting out all the crap will help. I suppose as I suffer with depression food is a massive comfort to me.

I could try DVDs at home? But it's doing it after a long day

Oh and I'm a student nurse

OK
Exercise - try Jillian Michaels Shred at home - get your toddler to do it with you.

You are going to spend your working career surrounded by people who have made bad lifestyle choices. Do you want to be one of them, or do you want to be the person who can prove there is a better way.

Depression : its a feedback look and crap food will be making it worse.

Stop buying the junk - for both your sakes - and get your DD into cooking with you .... stirring and tipping into bowls and looking at pictures in cook books

but you need to think of self motivations to succeed
and then you will

Thank you

What Talkin said. With bells on!