Healthy eating...Motivation

[Forkbeard]

Surely the best motivation is your health and longevity?!?

Maybe check out some health statistics that should do the trick

I've heard smokers saying "I don't have any motivation to give up"... as if dying isn't motivation enough

[Excited6910]

Originally Posted by Forkbeard

Surely the best motivation is your health and longevity?!?

Maybe check out some health statistics that should do the trick

I've heard smokers saying "I don't have any motivation to give up"... as if dying isn't motivation enough

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You'd think so right? I'm well aware of the health implications of carrying extra weight. I love salad and veg and I eat all my meat lean. But I also love chocolate and cake.

I quit smoking 9 years ago. I lost over 8st too. Both were incredibly difficult and before I'd attempted I thought both were impossible and though it was all worthwhile to my health there were times I thought I wasnt going to be able to keep at it.

I've happened to gain a couple of stone back and now I need a lil kick up the bum and a little support. I'm afraid I didnt find your comment supportive or helpful.

[Forkbeard]

Originally Posted by Excited6910

You'd think so right? I'm well aware of the health implications of carrying extra weight. I love salad and veg and I eat all my meat lean. But I also love chocolate and cake.

I quit smoking 9 years ago. I lost over 8st too. Both were incredibly difficult and before I'd attempted I thought both were impossible and though it was all worthwhile to my health there were times I thought I wasnt going to be able to keep at it.

I've happened to gain a couple of stone back and now I need a lil kick up the bum and a little support. I'm afraid I didnt find your comment supportive or helpful.

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The gaining weight and losing weight is not the end of the story though. It's the long term effect, our hearts, our arteries, our state of mind... etc.

The truth ought to bring about lifestyle changes, not serve as an irritation or offence. It's not there to be helpful or supportive, it's just there to inform. The choice is still ours to make.

Saying we like this bad stuff isn't the whole story. We like things in context. If we change that context, lifestyle if you like, then we change what we like. We become repulsed by what is bad for us. Dieting, for example, is keeping the context the same and hence cycling back to weight gain, or making us miserable by denying us what we desire.

Whatever you do... good luck!

[macadoo]

The only thing that's motivating me at the moment is the fact none of my holiday clothes fit and I really don't want to go out and buy everything new for a 2 week holiday.

I find once I start losing weight, which takes a couple of weeks of false starts, then I'm in the right frame of mind to reach my goal (so far I'm 2lb off a stone since beginning of February with ideally another stone to lose).

I calorie count so no food is banned, can eat what I fancy just smaller portions.