Topic : Ways to Exercise in the House

I dit it, I'm dripping sweat as I write this. I wanted to do 15 min of elleptical, instead I did 20 and fast, I had my kids encourage me. When I felt like quiting I asked my kids to tell me to go faster and don't quit! and it worked!

I'm so proud of me, I feel the sweat dripping down my back and it's such a good feeling!

If it were not for you and your words I don't think that I could of done it!

Thanks so much!!

I did it! I did it! I did it!

Now I just have to kick THE BAD HABIT wich should be easy now that I'm primed!

I just started working out about 1 mth ago.  For 3 yrs I have put off taking depression med. My doctor gave me Zoloft and for the past month I've been working out.  I gained 60lbs when pregnant and I've lost 10 in past mth, it seems like it is not going away fast enough.  But just like you my almost 3 yr old was cheering me on the treadmill.  I've been doing an hour but the last  20 minutes seem like forever..

I've been working out now for 3 years. I just hit a slump(my body, mind and soul goes beserk on me, it's realy bad) when my "time of month comes"! I would eat everything if it wouldn't be bolted down, even so, I think I'd eat around it! lol

But as soon as it starts I'm ok.

If you want it to go faster,add weight training, even if it's only cans of soup to strart off with, thats what I did and I went from 180 to 116 in about 6 months, with lots of muscle defenition and I felt great, but I was working my ass off and dit cardio for 1 hrs 5 times a week and weight trainning  4 times a week, stoped all junk food and counted calories (hell I would even count my gum)

Now I'm 120, thats because I could'nt alway's eat like I was, it was to strick, and I work out 4 times a week.

Don't quit! and realy watch what you eat, that count for 60% for your weight loss! Get a good support system around you!! And talk or write, I figuerded that out with Marcia52! Just writting back and forth made me feel better!

take care!

When you post on this site and others like this, no one knows you. No one will call you on the phone or knock on your door or even point a finger at you.   You were bold in using your first name -- Marcia is mine.  When you post you can openly state things and just spill your heart out. 

I used to go to different sites and post ...  I even have 2 diaries here ...  I would write in them each day and copy and paste what I'd written into a text document so that I could re-read it at a later date. 

Self Matters is a hard book to read ...  it brings up all the pain in your life and many people can not make it past it.   Read the book from front to cover ... DO NOT UNDER ANY CONDITION GET OVERWHELMED BY THE 10 Defining Moments.  

I don't know why we all get lost in the pain ... cause he's so right!  as you read the book from front to cover you see how it all comes together and then you can go over the words again by choosing to do something you always wanted to do.

Maybe that's a way to read it ...  pick a goal you've always wanted to do.  For me it was learning to sew.  As I read the book, I forced myself to stick to my "subject" and whatever memories surfaced, I used his Action Plan to help me work thru them.  It worked for me.

I too felt bad when I lived my self-destructive life ... it's weird ... I'm so different now .. it feels like a life time ago when I lived that life.

Missy, I'm so glad you finally got on your  elleptical and got your kids to hlep you out!  Just think what next summer will be like ... you'll be able to play outside with them ... that's a really cool goal!

Remember that working on habits takes time ... for me, I learned that I had to keep picking myself up and practicing.  Sometimes, I felt really blue and just wanted to give it all up.  Then I said, NO!  I'm tired of having these thoughts in my head!  I'm tired of repeating the same old tired tapes. I dream of never having to "BE HERE" ... like exercise. Even though I'm not exercising the rest of the week at the gym, I know that on Monday, I'll be back. It's taken me 2+ years to be here. 

It's so nice to be a FITNESS DIVA.  That's what I tell myself for the last 3 years.  Like Dr. Phil says, if you believe it, it becomes truth.

See if you can find a book on breaking your bad habit ... know that the bad habit has a pay off.  LIFE STRATEGIES  has a good chapter on what that means and exercises to help you work it out.

I've a depressive myself ... ever since I've been focusing on exercising everyday, I feel so much better. I love walking my dogs in the morning cause it helps me work out my day and gives me time to think stuff out. 

Dr. Phil says that when we push, we end up quitting ....  I found his words:

1 Meal, 1 Day, 1 Small Step at a time.

That's become my mantra right now cuase the more I focused on losing weight, the more I did to sabotage myself. Now, I'm focusing on the cuases of my overeating and binging ... well, truth is, I've not binged in nearly a year.  Overeating is still a problem with me.

I do play alot with my kids, actually I think I play to much with them that they don't know how to play alone! I'm a very active personne.

I' m normaly fine, it's just that when my "time of month comes close, I'm a real mess. I can't think staight, eat like a bottomless pit, have no patience whatsoever, can't sleep, loose all sense!!!

As soon as it starts I'm fine. I think I will have to go see the doctor for that cause it's real hard to deal with.

I never belived in pms. When I was younger, my step mom would say, "you're starting soon heh, it shows" and I never belived her, but she was alway's right. It's just a couple of years ago that I started beliving in pms, I alway's wanted to leave my huband, yellled at my kids, nothing made sense, we alaway's fought, I found myself fat and ugly, never wanted to go outside,   ect.... Until I started to read on it, and I started to understand myself in pms mode, now I just warn everybody in advance, and we don't fight anymore, and my kids are understanding and calm down!

In my non pms mode I'm this patiente, understanding, slim and beutifull persone! I'm trying to work on being better in pms mode and it's woking a bit, my husband and I don't fight, (that's mainly because he now understands I'm not doing it on purpose) I don't want to leave him, and I try my darndest not to be impatient! I really have to work on the eating!!!!!

I did go through a suacidal depression for a while, where I had no help from anyone, (when I actually called my dads wife crying for help, she actally had the nerve to tell my dad that I was bitchy that day, after she practacly hung up on me!!!)i actually walked to an overpass and climbed up, climed back down, went home crying, turned on the t.v. and there was dr.Phill talking about depression! And now, well, lets just say that if it weren't for that I would not be here! I went to see a psyco.... and that helped me more, and finally convinced my husband that we needed to go together, and that helped more!

Now I'm fine, well I think so! lol :0) It's just that in pms mode I need alot of help! and now, I'm not afraid of asking for it! And when I started writting with you, I was in pms mode and your words really helped me out!!

thanks you are a great insparation!!

P.s the bad habit is more of a dependence of something, that I have not done in 2 days now!!!!!(I'm actually a very strong persone, I used to smoke 1 pack a day and when I decided to quit, I did it in one day, cold turkey,  that was seven years ago!)

When I was a teen, I suffered from severe cramps & migraines.  In fact, when it started, I would go downstairs to the nurse's office ad she'll have my aspirin and note ready for me ... yep, like clockwork.  At 16, they put me on birth control and I was so ashamed!  Back in the late 60's -- good girls never took birth control -- just the bad girls. It was a secret I had to live with -- it stopped the cramps & migraines -- however, my mood swings were awful!!

I would get really blue a week before I started ... I usually started on MOnday and on Thursday when I woke up, I was high ... so much energy ... 

I also suffered from depression for a very long time .... I don't anymore.  In fact, I've been diagnosed with Manic Depression what they call Bipolar nowadays.  I know it wasn't directly related to my PMSing because there were times I was really manic or really depressed (to the point where I too wanted to murder myself). 

It was a doctor that helped me ... I didn't feel like I was getting the right help so I went to enroll in a blind study for a new medicine.  It was with a well-known hospital and some pretty good pyscholigist / pyschotrists.   When I went for their test, I became really high from knowing I was finally going to get better. Instead, I flunked their interview test ... and this doctor sat me down and said:

YOU ARE REALLY MANIC - WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTROLLED .... HOWEVER, just know that you will know when to commit yourself.

I know that sounds so negative!  however, it was the most empowering thing anyone had said to me.  I WOULD KNOW ... so if I could know ... then how do I get myself there.  Eventually, I was able to conquer my moods ...  it took a lot of time .. and it took a lot of experimenting ..

using the exercises in a couple of Manic-Depression workbooks, or reading books on depression ...  Journaling was the best thing I did for me.

For me, it was iron bridges .. I never would go near one when I was depressed or manic ...  I was fine over bridges made of concrete.

Knowing that this is apart of who you are ... you can do something too.   Finding a good doctor really works.  If you do like Dr. phil's processes & methods, he has been certifying professionals to his books -- Check out LEARNDRPHILFROMLAWLIS.com  (I think that's the site -- I believe they have a link to where you can find a professional in your area.  The last time I checked, NE Ohio didn't have anyone.

Wow, 2 days ... that's really good.  Don't feel like you should do it alone .... see if there's some kind of support group in your area for your bad habit ...  check out the yellow pages ... sometimes you do need physcial support from others with the same habit.

I too went cold turkey ... back on 10/18/78 - about 2-3 p.m. on a Friday ... woke up with 2-3 cigerettes - friend came over, I smoked her's -- then when I ran out, I quit!  I was actually starring to smoke my 4th pack a day ... and it came down to eating or smoking ... and I thought a $45 a month habit was a lot of money!  duh ... what a joke!  and thank GOD I quit when I did ... I wouldn't be here today if I hadn't.