Motivation and Sausage Rolls !

Ichiro

Story Begins...........
5'9 11st 6lbs
should be about 11st i think or less

Was training quite a bit a couple of months ago, Running 3mls every other day, playing football about twice a week and staying off the Crap food,
Now recently......a nightmare has begun........

I cant stop eating, I'm Hungry all the time! No Joke
I could Punish 4 whoppers now!

Anywho,
My motivation levels have dropped and cant be arsed
My minds yelling do a work out while my body is shattered all the time.

I leave the House ( dont do breakfast cereals i find bland and boring, yet i know breakfast is the most important meal of the day )
I pick up a sausage roll maybe even a doughnut aswell, bout an hour later
I'm hungry before I know it i'm in a sandwhich bar Purchasing a big Tuna roll ( I get afternoon cravings for tuna)

And this carries on through the day..........

Now a friend tells me it's anxiety ?
Not sure bout that.

Also to note I have given up sweets, chocolate and fizzy drinks for Lent ( have a redbull now and then) yes I'm a good boy thanks,

Would appreciate a little feed back or advice.

Silly comments not wanted ie Fat Bastard etc
the list is on and on

tunney

There was an article in Runners World that gave the increased odds of a person being obsese based on certain factors. The biggests increase in odds came from not eatin breakfast at home and your case is an example of why this is the case. You start your day with fatty and/or sugary foods. Foods that will have a high GI(gylcimc index). This basically means your blood sugars will soar and then your production of insulin will too. This causes a massive reduction in your blood sugars and an increase in stored fat. It also makes you tired and craving more fatty/sugary foods.

Basically, have a heathly breakfast, munch on snacks with a low GI (google will provide a list ). This will leave you slimmer and with more energy.

Genghis

"Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going".

Ichiro, I think what may have happened you is that you gave up on your new lifestyle before it really took hold. I can't find a statistic, but I wouldn't be surprised if over 90% of people who begin new diets / fitness regimes fail to sustain them; you only have to look at serial dieters and the number of people who join gyms after Christmas, before holidays, etc, but never last longer than a few weeks.

The first thing you need to do is get back to exercising like you did at the start. Why not look into picking a race or some other event for you to train towards. We are coming into the summer season, so there are plenty of 5 mile, 10K, 10 mile, half-marathons and marathons to pick from. Look at yourself today, and picture yourself in a few months, leaner, trimmer and finishing a race of a distance you would consider 'impossible' now.

Next begin looking at the diet you have. Eating crap is not only poor nutrition-wise, an over-reliance on glucose / sugar based carbos such as in the foods you mention also have the effect of causing a blood-sugar surge, which in turn leads to cravings, etc, etc. Try eating more slow-release foods - porridge, wholemeal bread, beans, potatoes, and add to these clean protein - Turkey, Chicken, fish, smaller amounts of beef, and try to take 4-5 portions of fruit a day, all washed down with 2-3 litres of water.

If you still want something sweet, save the sugary foods for 'treats' after exercise.

Final point: trying to do all of this at once may well have been why it failed for you last time. Be gradual, but planned - look for something to train for now, re-start your exercise immediately (tonight!), perhaps change your breakfast this week, and commit to phasing out the junk over the next few weeks.

tunney

Very good advice from Genghis. Sounds exactly like what I did over the last 2 years, and it does work Bit by bit, little by little

rs

Genghis and tunney both make very good points.

Personally, I don't have time for breakfast before I leave the house, so I grab something on the way to work. Typically, it's a bagel and low fat cream cheese from o'briens at about 8am. Not the ideal breakfast, but a good deal better than sausage rolls and donuts

I don't get hungry before lunch, at least not hungry enough to bother going out for food. I'm not known for my lack of appetite either and I'm 6'1 and a fairly lean 14 stone.

As for motivation, personally I think this has to come from within. Building a routine makes it a lot easier though. I know what days of the week I train, so I know that I'm always busy on those days. I just don't schedule anything else on those days. It's a simple as that.

paulthelegend

I can't find a statistic, but I wouldn't be surprised if over 90% of people who begin new diets / fitness regimes fail to sustain them;

Was watchin national geo 2 day ago about "fat america" and its 98 1/2 percent people who start diets fail.

tunney

98 1/2 percent people who start diets fail.

Thats because diets are inherently flawed. A diet will always fail in the long term. A new improved and permanent eating routine will always succeed.