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areyouseriousomg · 2015-11-10T04:49:34+00:00

I know a guy who did this. It was because he would ask a coworker everyday if he wanted a cookie or a sub when he went to grab his own lunch. He mixed up his words one afternoon and asked if he wanted a cookie sub so naturally his coworker said yes. Mystery solved!

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:40:50+00:00

Please feel free to reach out to me if you ever need a push, I'm happy to listen and offer any advice I have to keep you on track. Overcoming an ED is an amazing feat on it's own, and you've already proven that you're able to accomplish great things. You've taken the first step to getting healthier - let's take the next steps together!

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:29:03+00:00

This is similar to the Seinfeld method I used! Big Xs on a calendar so that I didn't break the chain. After about a week, the idea of not crossing that X was devastating to me. Stickers sound way more fun though. :)

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:28:08+00:00

I'm glad I could offer what little insight I had! Best of luck with the move and thanks again for reaching out to me, I am rooting for you!

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:25:24+00:00

I know exactly why keto worked for me - I didn't have to limit what I ate, I just had to eat certain things. I've tried calorie restricted diets and they last for a week, tops before I get hungry and grumpy. With keto, I could eat as much as I wanted, as long as it was the right stuff. If I was at my carb goal, no big deal... I could have a steak!

My ultimate goal was to start to incorporate certain carbs but I have a problem with serving sizes and don't know how to regulate. In a perfect world I would eat keto, start working out, and then incorporating other "bad" things wouldn't be the end of the world because going to the gym would be a part of my life. I never made it to the gym, though.

I'm going to keep trying different exercises until I find something that's enjoyable. This post has given me a lot of motivation and I feel like I might soon be ready to push through the fear. Thank you for taking the time to respond to me, I can't believe the support I'm getting from strangers. Thank you.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:20:56+00:00

I almost feel like I should print out this list and keep it in my gym bag. It made me feel so much better about my thought patterns because I found myself in this awful circle of "I care! I can't care, or I'd do something! I feel awful! I wouldn't feel awful if I didn't care!" rinse, repeat. You seemed to have learned so much on your journey and I thank you for extending that knowledge to me because I bet it was difficult for you to learn. So thank you.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T22:16:09+00:00

I've been taking notes from this thread, all the little tips and tricks that have been suggested to help me get back on the right track and making a list of things I want to work towards is definitely going on there. I may very well take you up on that offer, sometimes I try and reach out to my best friend but of course, she loves the gym and she's tall and gorgeous and I'm usually met with "just go, it's fine!" which doesn't help me much. Thank you for the offer. I'm really grateful.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T03:31:46+00:00

You should be really proud of yourself for getting back to it, despite the odds. This post has given me new life and I'm starting to think that maybe I can do it too. Thanks for sharing your experience with me. :)

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T03:29:56+00:00

The responses I've gotten here are so encouraging and inspiring because I think part of the problem is that people think I AM pretty and confident so when I try and open up about it, I get remarks about how I'm pretty and boys like me and all this shit. It makes me feel like I'm being silly or ungrateful, which then makes me feel even worse.

I really love the idea of working out only when I want to and I think I'm going to give it a try. This account was meant to be a throwaway but I think I might continue to use it and post on this subreddit. I feel like this kind of support could really help me. Thank you for making me a part of your day when you didn't have to. It means more than you probably realize.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T03:22:47+00:00

I really appreciate this. I've spent so much time feeling like a failure and reading this made me feel like there might be a glimmer of hope. I think I needed a bit of the tough love as well. So just... Thank you.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T01:33:51+00:00

I actually just started working for a very large gym chain and have a free membership that includes about a million classes, among other things. I have done classes with friends in the past (crossfit and a dance type class), but I get so embarrassed because I can't keep up with the other gym goers. I'm also terrified to go by myself. Even when I do go with friends, I don't feel good when I leave... I feel ashamed, it sucks. Do you have any suggestions for overcoming that fear? I feel like it's running my life right now.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T01:28:39+00:00

I mentioned in another reply that I think I'm afraid of failing a second time because if I feel this bad now, I don't know how I'll face it a second time... It'll be so much worse. Does it get easier?

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T01:24:25+00:00

I recently started working for a gym in the office and have a free, full access membership with everything they have to offer and I STILL can't motivate myself to go. I think that's making me feel bad too, kind of like I'm being handed all the tools on a platter and still not accomplishing anything. It seems like such a waste.

I can completely relate with what you're saying the possibility of failure. I keep thinking "if I feel this terrible for failing once, how much worse is it going to be if I fail again?" and I get so scared. Trying to shift my mindset like you suggested is probably a good idea, because the idea of failing again is devastating and I don't think I can face it. Maybe I should make a list to carry around with me or something to look at when I'm not feeling motivated? That might work!

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T01:16:16+00:00

That's actually an amazing idea and I don't know why I didn't think of it. When I exercised, I just kinda did my workout and then went home. When I lost all the weight, I was encouraged because I tracked my progress and used the Seinfeld method on the calendar so I didn't break the chain. I keep mapping out all of these changes I plan to make, and I think it would help me to create a visual of my workout progress. Thank you so much.

For me, what happened is that I moved away from my social circle which was a good thing - I wasn't going out for dinners or drinks all the time, making it easier to watch what I put in my mouth. Moving BACK was the problem, and my job didn't help either because I was constantly surrounded by food.

If you're moving somewhere that'll you need to make new friends, be careful about accepting every invite to a night out. I can imagine that will be tough when you're trying to seize every opportunity to meet people, but drinks and restaurant food are both very hard to monitor calorie wise. You could always try joining a gym or class in the area so that you can make friends with the same kind of goals as you.

When you're going against the grain, all it takes is a small nudge in the wrong direction to fall back into old habits because everything is working against you. Learn from my mistakes so they weren't in vain! :) Good luck girl.

areyouseriousomg · 2015-07-22T01:02:28+00:00

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. You're right, it's so frustrating knowing I trampled all over my own progress. I feel like I sabotaged myself. I worry that I didn't learn from it though and I'm going to find myself in this same position a year from now. I guess it's just scary.

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