Quote From: ritehere This thread surely speaks to changing those everyday behaviors that contribute to your size and shape!
The first thing I had to do was to list all of the behaviors that were
unecessary time-wasters and sedentary to boot! Like spending too much
time on the Dr Phil boards! I came here because I needed positive
attention and feedback, I needed encouragement, approval and, yes,
love. All the things I was trying to find in food! Well, I have
recieved all of these needed self-esteem builders, and it's time to cut
back drastically on screen-to-face time and replace it with more
activity.
In addition to my regular work-out routines I will be running up and
down the stairs in my house, I will be sweeping the floors more often,
in addition to other household chores that I neglect when I spend too
much time here. If I'm watching TV, I will get up during each
commercial and do something, maybe some crunches or stretches.
The list is endless if you give it some thought.
Anybody else with some innovative and interesting ideas about incorporating more activity into your daily routines?
My husband has been disabled and bedridden pretty much for about 3 years now. He spent most of it depressed and eating and gained a LOT of weight and was already a big guy (over 500 lbs.) June 27th of this year he started a diet and excersize program he made up for himself. As he couldn't leave the house, could barely walk really, he couldn't do normal things to work out. He started with lifting weights (we're on a very tight income but I found some cheap hand weights to get him started) to at least work his upper body until he could get breathing better. Then he started watching a guy on T.V. and getting up a minute at a time doing what he could until he built up some stamina. He did things like hold his legs up one at a time as long as he could, until it burned. Each week he made himself do a couple more of each excersize he made up. Slowly it got easier for him to move and get up and down. That was almost 3 months ago and he has lost about 150 lbs. since then. He's down to about 560 now and can get in a vehicle and drive again. He can go with our daughter to watch her ride horses and take her to and from school for the first time. He can walk across the room without me worrying about him falling down or having a heart attack or stroke from the exertion. It was so scary for all of us. If he hadn't found a way to lose the weight he was going to die. The doctors told him that.
Now he sees a future again where he can go back to work by next spring and have an active lifestyle like he had when he wasn't so big. He knows he'll be around to see his daughter grow up.
So I believe it takes intense will power and a lot of determination but it's possible to lose weight without an actual program and without leaving the house. He's living proof and we've been taking pictures every couple weeks since he started. The first roll shows an amazing difference and gave him encouragement to keep going and finish what he's doing. I'm prouder of him than anyone will know.
