Motivation required...

Honey, it is not effortless. It requires a loooot of perseverance. It is a challenge to self. If you can beat yourself the next day, you win, or you lose! Well, 32 is not a great deal! All you need is a little motivation. Keep looking at your old pics, never ever throw off your old clothes. This might help you in being committed to lose your weight.

Also, make sure you maintain a diary of what you eat. It is like a project. A project for health. Keep running your project.

Set deadlines, long term goals. The important thing is, realize that "you" have a life, apart from DH or kids. If you do not do it for you, who else would? Good luck.

 

Dear friend,
Relax...
The way you feel this way is from the self image you have now is different from the self image you had before when you lost weight.
No matter how you turned into, you are still the same 'YOU';

Its totally in your hand to bring yourself back the same old image if you want to lose weight and be in 'SHAPE', not only physically but mentally also.
Start with your mind, show the actions in your body ...

Take small steps as you already know what you have to do.you faced weight loss many times in your life before. Any day is a new day if you put your mind into it.
Set realistic goal, join a group who do the same as you do. you will get constant motivation on your way. The moment you feel you need motivation, you are already longing for it. take it from you. It is already there inside you. May be it is just sleeping... wake up. Its ok if you gained now... you still have many days in your life, you still can start your weight loss journey... you still can be a success...
You stil can see your old "you" soon, if you are committed in your goals...

First week, take it easy. Throw all the junk around the house, increase water intake.
second week, add on some exercises.
third week, start working on your diet part.
Fouth week onwards, try to incorporate all that you followed in the previous weeks...This weight loss journey is not an end once we reach our goal. It is a life time process of maintaining healthy lifestyle.
Who said you dont have to enjoy your meal. Go ahead and eat what you like to. exercise later or before you treat yourself. that is maintanance. Many of us struggle very hard just enough to maintain weight.
Welcome to the woman's era. It is not something that is not at all possible. We all are seeing many woman successfully losing weight faster. Dont think it is effortless, they must only know how much they sacrificed.
dont think as a sacrifice if you give up something. Think of those as a good denial for you in order to lose those extras you carry through.
If you want to lose those extras, you need to get rid of those extras we dont need to hold on. I hope you get my point.
Give yourself a big hug, take deep breaths, start your weight loss diary and story... and keep filling your pages every day, as you lose tiny amount of fat!
And Tadaa....believe that you will see your old 'YOU' when you finish your story, no matter how long it take you to complete the story.As a matter of fact, re start the novel as maintenance story as you reach your goal, since you know you dont want to go from the first page again.
Good Luck!

 

Dear Dim here,

Based on what you have written about yourself, I estimate your age to be early to mid thirties. Also I think you are from south India. If that is true, we from south India are prone to lots of health issues like Diabetes type II, Triglycerides, Cholesterol, Hypertension etc etc. So to stay healthy, you need to get into good eating habits. Also you want to set a good example to your kids. Portion control and exercise are 2 good things to follow. It is better to be able to eat what I love in small quantities than being forced to totally avoid it on health reasons.

You said you have read lots of threads, please read some of the blogs of healthy recipes by Shanvy and Shiva......you will come to a realization that healthy food need not be boring or unappetizing.

You have been blessed with a good life (family, home, work) and hence please take care of your body. Eat out, there is nothing wrong but balance it with exercise as done by Laks09.

Love to you dear!

 

Dear Dim here,

I have added a few comments in bold below.

 

Need i say more???

You workout so u eat the good stuff that u like... U earn extra calories with which u can eat the stuff u like in moderation of course...