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Originally Posted by ah123
Have to give kudos to anyone who manages to work out everyday. I have setup a rower, treadmill and free weights in the basement and even then I have a hard time getting three workouts a week. Would love to hear how you make that work
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I tie it to something I want to do. I am rewatching old TV series that I like, for instance...so I treadmill/exercise while it's on. I want to watch an episode for that day, I 'have' to exercise to do it. A few weeks of that, and it just 'clicks'.
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A couple years ago, both my parents and my in-laws ran into some health problems. I got to see first-hand how being overweight complicated every single thing my in-laws went through, compared to my parents. It made me realize that it was time to stop eating like I was 18 (I'm looking very closely at 50...) and start taking better care of myself. Especially as I had a few health problems of my own.
It's not been easy. It really feels that if I just LOOK at some food, I put on weight. I've not been able to shake my love of wings, either. But I deal a lot with portion control, which seemed to be the main problem I had.
Over the last 2 years, I've lost 23lb. It's a slow, steady process, and I'm getting better at it and now weigh less than I did even 15 years ago (when I first started 'getting in control' of my weight).
It's a never-ending process, but I finally feel like I'm on the right side of it.