Jlspin
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My husband and I are both overweight. He's probably 30 to 50 pounds over weight and I am about 100 pounds over weight. We've both been heavy since our early teens.
I'm always in a slump, feeling depressed, tired, miserable. I have hobbies. I'm very creative and crafty. I enjoy doing them from time to time. For the most part I just sit on the couch and watch tv. I dedicated this whole room we have to my crafts. I have my desk and shelving.. All my supplies in fancy storage bins. I am hardly in there. My husband set up the internet and my TV. All I need now is an over sized comfy chair to read books in.
I feel lazy every single night. On the weekends, I sleep for hours. Very rarely will I go outside to pull weeds or work on my garden. Our house is constantly a mess. Just this morning, I was brushing my teeth and I noticed hair and stains on the vanity in the bathroom. I know it needs to be cleaned. The whole house needs to be cleaned, but we don't keep up with it. We have a dog and we rarely walk her.
My husband is almost always in his office playing video games a few hours every night and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday. This has become our norm. We don't go out. We have no friends.
We eat so poorly. I can give you an example of a typical meal that we cook.
Dinner: 1 chicken breast per person with all the fat trimmed off. Seasoned with seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, black pepper. Cooked on stove top in pan with either evoo, or evoo + Country crock butter, or vegetable oil + butter. (I don't typically measure) I might toss in some chopped up kale and then sprinkle shredded sharp cheddar cheese at the end. It becomes crispy when it's done. I would make pasta sides, creamy chicken. We usually drink lemon tea or water.
If we don't cook, we get take out, which might be McDonald's. I get the double quarter pounder with a large fries and a large coke or sprite.
I know it's the food. That is the reason why we're like this, but we give in so easily. We can't stop. I guess we really haven't tried anything. We're just too tired and lazy that we end up doing what's easiest and familiar to us. I'm at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I don't want to live like this forever (if I even live that long.)
I'm currently seeing a therapist. She suggested that I log all the food I eat, but I don't understand how that will help. I know what I eat. It's no secret. Writing down all day's food and then looking at doesn't shock me. I know I eat poorly.
Also, she suggested that I toss my scale because seeing my weight go up and down is not a good motivator and it'll drive me crazy thinking about that number. She told me that it's how I feel in my clothes.
I'm always in a slump, feeling depressed, tired, miserable. I have hobbies. I'm very creative and crafty. I enjoy doing them from time to time. For the most part I just sit on the couch and watch tv. I dedicated this whole room we have to my crafts. I have my desk and shelving.. All my supplies in fancy storage bins. I am hardly in there. My husband set up the internet and my TV. All I need now is an over sized comfy chair to read books in.
I feel lazy every single night. On the weekends, I sleep for hours. Very rarely will I go outside to pull weeds or work on my garden. Our house is constantly a mess. Just this morning, I was brushing my teeth and I noticed hair and stains on the vanity in the bathroom. I know it needs to be cleaned. The whole house needs to be cleaned, but we don't keep up with it. We have a dog and we rarely walk her.
My husband is almost always in his office playing video games a few hours every night and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday. This has become our norm. We don't go out. We have no friends.
We eat so poorly. I can give you an example of a typical meal that we cook.
Dinner: 1 chicken breast per person with all the fat trimmed off. Seasoned with seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, black pepper. Cooked on stove top in pan with either evoo, or evoo + Country crock butter, or vegetable oil + butter. (I don't typically measure) I might toss in some chopped up kale and then sprinkle shredded sharp cheddar cheese at the end. It becomes crispy when it's done. I would make pasta sides, creamy chicken. We usually drink lemon tea or water.
If we don't cook, we get take out, which might be McDonald's. I get the double quarter pounder with a large fries and a large coke or sprite.
I know it's the food. That is the reason why we're like this, but we give in so easily. We can't stop. I guess we really haven't tried anything. We're just too tired and lazy that we end up doing what's easiest and familiar to us. I'm at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I don't want to live like this forever (if I even live that long.)
I'm currently seeing a therapist. She suggested that I log all the food I eat, but I don't understand how that will help. I know what I eat. It's no secret. Writing down all day's food and then looking at doesn't shock me. I know I eat poorly.
Also, she suggested that I toss my scale because seeing my weight go up and down is not a good motivator and it'll drive me crazy thinking about that number. She told me that it's how I feel in my clothes.
