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I am in recovery (4 years) from substance abuse. When I stopped using I replaced it with eating. Now I am 50 pounds overweight. I want to be healthy and lose weight but i have no discipline! I'm always telling myself...tomorrow. How can I teach myself discipline?
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Congratulations!! 4 years is amazing what an accomplishment!
First off let me say that if you can overcome substance abuse you can do this!
Believe that you can with every part of your being!
Take some time to figure yourself out.
for example..
Are you eating more sugary foods?
Do you eat larger portions?
Do you eat alot of carbs?
Do you eat greasy foods?
do you eat fruits and veggies?
Think about your answers and tweak from there.
Our diets are suppose to be balanced with fruits, veggies and lean meats prepared the right way are best.
exercising is important too.
Concentrate on eating healthy. Make better choices.
Dont worry too much about the evil Diet word it will throw you off.
Think more about a life change. Sometimes you are going to eat something bad and when you do dont beat yourself up..just do better on your next meal not the next day, or week.
No need to start Monday start now. Start making better choices as soon as you can and keep making changes for the better as time goes on.
Take your vitamins and drink lots of water especially with each meal.
Doing it this way should keep you going for the long haul.
You will start to feel better and you may not see the weight come off right away but with in a few weeks it will just start falling off and it will seem effortless. This should be more about being healthy and when you concentrate on that the weight will fall off.
Here is another tip...and this all depends on how you are.
Some people say to toss the scale.
Personally the scale is my best friend. I dont get upset at the number i use it as a guide. I find that it helps me realize where i may have gone wrong. Maybe i need more water? less food etc
I weigh myself sometimes every day if not every other day.
Why? if i see a 1 or 2 lb gain... i know i need to do better for the next few days vs waiting a week or longer to correct a 5 lb gain. Its harder to loose 5 than 1 or 2
Same thing goes for weight loss. If you loose a lot then you will know where you went right and you can continue .
I only recommend this if you are not afraid of the scale.
Either way i believe in you! you have already achieved an amazing accomplishment so you are going to add to it.
Good luck!!
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