For a little background I’m coming up on nearly 40lbs lost with about 20lbs to go. Fortunately I was very active growing up and I had been slim most of my life but had sciatica in my mid-twenties and had to stop doing the exercises I loved. Fortunately I got through that with the help of a chiropractor and can now exercise properly again! Yay!
This past year had been super rough, from splitting from my partner of 12 years and my Dad having leukaemia and being in / out of hospital. Needless to say my usual positive outlook was in short supply.
I have recently gone back to the local gym that I love and have been getting some great results, feeling fitter and stronger. Putting some proper effort in and really feeling the benefits.
I casually mentioned at a family dinner last week that I had been getting good results using CICO. My mum starts to tell me how food tracking is obsessive and it’s healthier just to guess!
This is coming from someone who smokes 80 a week and has never been active or fit in my lifetime. Usually comments like this, I just brush off but this time it really annoyed me.
Her motto has always been don’t bother trying hard, that way you avoid disappointment. Discouraging me from putting effort in where it’s really needed has made me super mad.
How do you deal with unsupportive and negative family members and not let it interfere with progress?
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