Weight Loss Advice That Will Change Everything - What Losing 30kg Taught Me & Tough Lessons Learnt
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Lori
The thing that has helped me a lot is to keep an open mind. Be willing to try new and different things, because you WILL surprise yourself and discover things you never thought you'd ever enjoy. Try new foods and recipes. Try new workouts. Just keep an open mind and try.
In a million years I never thought I'd ever walk up 10 flights of stairs to my apartment. I have a meniscus tear in one knee and a boatload of soft tissue damage in my other knee from a bad injury that never healed properly.
I started slow, just one flight, and it was ok so I did it for a week. Then I did one flight, walked down the hallway to the opposite stairwell (kind of a 30 sec recovery) and did a second flight. I kept stacking it up, and eventually increased the number of flights I climbed before doing the -hallway recovery-.
I'm still not at all 10 flights in one go, but I'm getting there. I decided to try it, and I feel like by keeping an open mind I allowed myself the chance to do something that has made me healthier and stronger.
Thanks for all your inspiration, you're a great motivator!
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The thing that has helped me a lot is to keep an open mind. Be willing to try new and different things, because you WILL surprise yourself and discover things you never thought you'd ever enjoy. Try new foods and recipes. Try new workouts. Just keep an open mind and try.
In a million years I never thought I'd ever walk up 10 flights of stairs to my apartment. I have a meniscus tear in one knee and a boatload of soft tissue damage in my other knee from a bad injury that never healed properly.
I started slow, just one flight, and it was ok so I did it for a week. Then I did one flight, walked down the hallway to the opposite stairwell (kind of a 30 sec recovery) and did a second flight. I kept stacking it up, and eventually increased the number of flights I climbed before doing the -hallway recovery-.
I'm still not at all 10 flights in one go, but I'm getting there. I decided to try it, and I feel like by keeping an open mind I allowed myself the chance to do something that has made me healthier and stronger.
Thanks for all your inspiration, you're a great motivator!
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Lauren
That is so true about not being able to change other people. Most of the time they'll just dig in, fight back, and resent the change just because someone else is trying to make the decision for them.
My husband grew up in a household that ate very poorly and I had been trying for years to get him to eat healthier with me. What actually ended up working after 7 years was eating healthy on my own, buying healthy foods for our house, making healthy dinners every evening for our family and just talking about the health benefits of different foods in a way that was more framed around my goals rather than changing him. He finally came to me last year and started talking on his own about the things he was doing that sabotage his health. Since then he's almost completely dropped sugary drinks, and significantly cut back on junk food and fast food. Since that time he's lost around 30 lb and he feels so much better: -) I'm really proud of the progress he's made.
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That is so true about not being able to change other people. Most of the time they'll just dig in, fight back, and resent the change just because someone else is trying to make the decision for them.
My husband grew up in a household that ate very poorly and I had been trying for years to get him to eat healthier with me. What actually ended up working after 7 years was eating healthy on my own, buying healthy foods for our house, making healthy dinners every evening for our family and just talking about the health benefits of different foods in a way that was more framed around my goals rather than changing him. He finally came to me last year and started talking on his own about the things he was doing that sabotage his health. Since then he's almost completely dropped sugary drinks, and significantly cut back on junk food and fast food. Since that time he's lost around 30 lb and he feels so much better: -) I'm really proud of the progress he's made.
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Yeneka
I totally agree with you about not depending on others for encouragement or help, but i have been struggling with something sort of related to that. I do not expect people to gush over me or my progress, but i get very discouraged because i have a goal of losing 60 pounds, and i've managed to lose 20 so far. (Google tells me that's 27. 2 kg and 9. 07 kg, respectively) The problem is, even with this significant (at least in my opinion it is significant) amount of weight loss, i do not look any different. My clothes don't even feel looser. I simply can not understand how a third of my goal is achieved and it has made no difference at all in my appearance. It is really disheartening, and honestly it often makes me want to just give up. It has taken me 6 months to get this far, and so it's not been easy, and sometimes it just feels like working so hard at something is pointless.
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I totally agree with you about not depending on others for encouragement or help, but i have been struggling with something sort of related to that. I do not expect people to gush over me or my progress, but i get very discouraged because i have a goal of losing 60 pounds, and i've managed to lose 20 so far. (Google tells me that's 27. 2 kg and 9. 07 kg, respectively) The problem is, even with this significant (at least in my opinion it is significant) amount of weight loss, i do not look any different. My clothes don't even feel looser. I simply can not understand how a third of my goal is achieved and it has made no difference at all in my appearance. It is really disheartening, and honestly it often makes me want to just give up. It has taken me 6 months to get this far, and so it's not been easy, and sometimes it just feels like working so hard at something is pointless.
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leah
To the point that you touched on around the 12 minute mark - I-ve only recently learned about the changes and fluctuations in our appetite, strength and endurance throughout our cycle and it-s been such an eye opener for me. I used to get so incredibly frustrated because of how physically weak I felt (and still feel) in certain phases of my cycle, I would get on my mat to do a workout and not have any idea why I struggled so much to do something I did easily a week previous. Learning more about my biology and the hormonal changes my body goes through has put so much in perspective for me when it comes to optimising fitness and exercise. I highly encourage anyone who experiences a cycle to look deeper into the subject, particularly if you feel at all how I felt! It-s truly validating.
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To the point that you touched on around the 12 minute mark - I-ve only recently learned about the changes and fluctuations in our appetite, strength and endurance throughout our cycle and it-s been such an eye opener for me. I used to get so incredibly frustrated because of how physically weak I felt (and still feel) in certain phases of my cycle, I would get on my mat to do a workout and not have any idea why I struggled so much to do something I did easily a week previous. Learning more about my biology and the hormonal changes my body goes through has put so much in perspective for me when it comes to optimising fitness and exercise. I highly encourage anyone who experiences a cycle to look deeper into the subject, particularly if you feel at all how I felt! It-s truly validating.
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Samantha
I-m doing a program I-m at day 10 and there is a hiit workout set for today. I-ve been feeling AMAZING and felt so awesome after the last hiit session. The difference is this today I don-t have a kettlebell and two exercises call for a kettle bell. (Part of me is saying - why am I so shit at this I set a goal and now I-m ready to chuck it all in the bin) I wish my brain didn-t do that. Instead of trying to do a barbell swing and do a half arse workout-I-m going to do high knees. As long as my heart rate is up and I get sweaty and push myself it really won-t make much difference.
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I-m doing a program I-m at day 10 and there is a hiit workout set for today. I-ve been feeling AMAZING and felt so awesome after the last hiit session. The difference is this today I don-t have a kettlebell and two exercises call for a kettle bell. (Part of me is saying - why am I so shit at this I set a goal and now I-m ready to chuck it all in the bin) I wish my brain didn-t do that. Instead of trying to do a barbell swing and do a half arse workout-I-m going to do high knees. As long as my heart rate is up and I get sweaty and push myself it really won-t make much difference.
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Yeneka
-There will be days you look in the mirror and not like what you see. - And now i'm fighting back the tears. I have literally never felt beautiful in my entire life (i'm 48. Even on my wedding day i couldn't see myself as beautiful. Even though i thought my dress and hair and makeup were all beautiful, i felt like i was wearing someone else's dress, my hair was not mine but a wig, and my makeup looked too glamorous to be wasted on me. I felt like an imposter, like all of those gorgeous things were not meant for me. UGH.
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-There will be days you look in the mirror and not like what you see. - And now i'm fighting back the tears. I have literally never felt beautiful in my entire life (i'm 48. Even on my wedding day i couldn't see myself as beautiful. Even though i thought my dress and hair and makeup were all beautiful, i felt like i was wearing someone else's dress, my hair was not mine but a wig, and my makeup looked too glamorous to be wasted on me. I felt like an imposter, like all of those gorgeous things were not meant for me. UGH.
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Cali9000
YES. I've learned to validate myself thank goodness. In regards to friends and family. I have a mom who is diabetic and my little brother is on the way. I've been telling them to eat healthier in the past year and just gave up. I figured I would lead by example. Once they started seeing me lose weight (about a month ago) they've started to eat healthier and exercise. Nothing verbal has been said. I guess nothing needs to be said haha: D
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YES. I've learned to validate myself thank goodness. In regards to friends and family. I have a mom who is diabetic and my little brother is on the way. I've been telling them to eat healthier in the past year and just gave up. I figured I would lead by example. Once they started seeing me lose weight (about a month ago) they've started to eat healthier and exercise. Nothing verbal has been said. I guess nothing needs to be said haha: D
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Jacqueline
So so excited for your podcast! I would love a mix of solo episodes and interviews; I literally re-watch and re-listen to your videos as a sort of affirmation (when there isn't a new video of course. It a source of encouragement and kind reminders that I am doing the right thing, trusting the process, and pushing on even without motivation. Looking forward to all the things you have planned!
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So so excited for your podcast! I would love a mix of solo episodes and interviews; I literally re-watch and re-listen to your videos as a sort of affirmation (when there isn't a new video of course. It a source of encouragement and kind reminders that I am doing the right thing, trusting the process, and pushing on even without motivation. Looking forward to all the things you have planned!
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Jess
It's sooo much about the journey! I almost feel like saying f- the destination lol. I'm currently lifting and losing 20kg from having my 3rd baby. And it's a huge mental battle trying not to think about the destination. This is why journalling and goals unrelated to my 20kg weight loss is so important. It takes the focus away from the -destination- which is forever changing. Kind of mad but true!
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It's sooo much about the journey! I almost feel like saying f- the destination lol. I'm currently lifting and losing 20kg from having my 3rd baby. And it's a huge mental battle trying not to think about the destination. This is why journalling and goals unrelated to my 20kg weight loss is so important. It takes the focus away from the -destination- which is forever changing. Kind of mad but true!
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Lora
I was once told, in a work training course, that motivation is about having a -motive for action-. At the time I thought that was brilliant, but as time went on I still struggled with motivation even when I had a good motive to act. Sometimes it works, but it-s good to know that actually sometimes we will need to push ourselves to act first and then the motivation follows afterwards.
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I was once told, in a work training course, that motivation is about having a -motive for action-. At the time I thought that was brilliant, but as time went on I still struggled with motivation even when I had a good motive to act. Sometimes it works, but it-s good to know that actually sometimes we will need to push ourselves to act first and then the motivation follows afterwards.
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