Which thread was this Anny? Totally what I need to be reading because I'm in the same boat. I've been pretty successful up until now, 65 pounds lost, but I started another semester of grad school in January and I've got alot going on, working full time, the two classes, in addition to trying to lose more weight which anyone knows is a full time job in and of itself with the planning and cooking meals and tracking what I'm eating and workouts and whatnot. I spend late nights working on school assignments but then try to drag myself out of bed for early morning workouts. I'm cranky, tired, stressed. And I'm actually hurting myself, my knees are angry with me, I've tweaked my right elbow. ugh.
I'm trying to stay focused, but the stress has me eating things I shouldn't be so I've been gaining and losing the same few pounds for two months now. I've been trying to make everything my #1 priority, but it just isn't happening and I'm feeling like such a failure. I am VERY hard on myself. "
Why can't you do this?" is what seems to be on repeat in my head every day. Its like a broken record, seriously.
I KNOW I should be kind to myself. I tell others who are struggling with weight loss to be kind to themselves, but why can I do that for myself? It's a mystery I tell you.
I'm glad you got the help you needed here Anny. VFers are great enablers (!!) but they also offer sound advice because there is guaranteed to be someone here who's been through exactly what you're going through. Your post here is totally encouraging for me. Tells me that its ok to struggle. It's ok to relax and come back to the weight loss and workouts later if that's what I need to do. The semester is almost over so I can get back to it then. Thanks for your post Anny.