if I had a pound for every time I announced I’m going to change id be a rich woman. but now I really need to make a change. being put on mood stabilisers and have a re-referral to a psychiatrist because of my extreme mood swings. I don’t need to be labelled with anything, too much stress. thus I will have a Bridget jones style epiphany; I will stop loosing weight, I will stop cutting, quit smoking, stop relying on drink, I will sleep enough, I will suppress my mood swings…. is this too much all at once?:’)
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Yes, I think that’s a big list. But if you don’t give yourself hell for backsliding then I say go for it. I would hate to see you get discouraged about one thing and become so sad that you give up on everything.
I lost 117 lbs and learned to cook and had a regular exercise gig at the same time. Somehow I had patience plus self forgiveness plus focus to see my way through it. There were plenty of days I couldn’t push myself to work out. Times I ate terrible junk food. Nights I burned the soup. Yeah, it got me down… but not too much that I got fed up and quit. If you don’t quit you will get there, guaranteed!
You *might* want to start with a prioritised list. Work on important things you want to change first.
You can do this! One thing most people forget about is that by doing this you are making a huge statement about how you care about yourself. This will lead to positive effects in other areas of your life.
Best wishes to you on your journey of healthy living.
Haha, good luck with your epiphany! I don’t think it’s too much at all, as long as you don’t let setbacks stop you. The biggest thing I’ve ever done to change was lose weight, which was something I was desperate to do for most of my life and couldn’t. I had a lot of problems with binge eating too. It was two years of agonising exercise routines, then fun exercise routines, guilt, learning to get back on track and stopping bad habits when they started again, melting knives and burning pans, disappointment, improvement, relief, injuries, finding new hobbies that I loved, months where nothing happened, etc. Every one of those things will come with times when you feel like you can’t go on any further or you’ve somehow ruined your progress, but as long as you pick things up and keep going, you’ll keep seeing improvements. Just remember each of them is a journey with new skills being learnt as you go along, and not something you either do right or wrong.