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Hey everyone, for the past 2-3 weeks I have been finding it increasingly hard to motivate myself to eat properly and get up and exercise. I started on my fitness journey in late December of last year at 225 pounds. Since I've really dedicated myself to getting fit I haven't had any real problems self motivating and having the willpower to eat very strict paleo(when it is reasonable) up until about 3 weeks ago. I'm not really sure why i'm having such a hard time recently but I think one big reason is that i don't give myself credit for accomplishing anything. In about 5 months I've been able to lose 40-45 pounds but all I can think about is that I could have pushed myself harder or I could have ate better and lost more weight and been more healthy. I even went back and reread a word doc that I made for my new years resolutions where I said I want to "lose 20 pounds this year" which I completed in about 3 1/2 months and all I can think about is that i didn't set the bar high enough for myself. Another thing that I find myself doing all too much is comparing myself to other people. Whenever I see someone who is better off than me or who is doing better than me in something all I can think about is that i'll never be able to get to where they are. I've always been like that but lately it has been occurring a lot more than I would like. It just seems like I've run out of whatever it was that was fueling me this far and I don't know what to replace it with and I refuse to give up now after I've come this far but I really just don't know what to do. Sorry that was so long and thanks if you read the whole thing.

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I was a total dick to my parents during my 7th and 8th grade year. I acted out, got bad grades, started smoking cigarettes, drinking, and doing drugs during that time too. My parents tried the "take things away" route but it didn't do much except make me resent them more. looking back on it now I was completely miserable in middle-school and probably was pretty depressed. I kinda just grew out of it by my sophomore/junior year of H.S. though I have kept a lot of the bad habits I started back then to this day, especially my coping mechanisms. I wish I could go back and change a lot of what I did during that time but it is what it is now. Probably the best thing you can do is talk to your daughter and going to see a therapist/psychiatrist is probably a very very good idea, i'm sure it could have helped me.

Just ask her out

teehee "carriage". You should take the initiative and talk to him if you see him again

Woot lookin good!

i'm a xylophone man by trade

Glad you found the site and welcome! Even without having a proper gym around you can still find effective ways of working out. There are plenty of threads and articles written by Steve about body weight workouts and simple things like that that you can do in your home or any open space. Steve also wrote an article about using a public park as your own gym, Just use the playground equipment as substitutes for gym equipment. I'm sure you will figure something out, but just keep in mind that no matter how much you workout your diet is the most important part of your fitness plan.

If it makes you happy

Shadow of the colossus and ico, those are crazy sad games

woot, lookin great!

no biggie, lol

Glad you found the site and welcome! Always remember that if you ever need any help we are all here for you.

Nice unicorn! I wish I had the ability to do that. if it does or doesn't work out with this guy you can always look at it as a learning experience!

there is an 80 year old man that goes to my gym 5 days a week named Alan, He is a total badass.

congrats, i still want to try yoga

That...is...awesome! I wish i had dreams like that

Have you told him how you feel? just speaking from experience with most really cool girls i'd never say anything if i did like them because i'd be to afraid it would creep them out if they didn't feel the same way. Maybe there is more of a chance than you think

easy debby downer.