About two months ago, I joined a gym because I couldn’t stand how big I had gotten. I also started learning how to cook more fresh foods and stopped eating processed or overly sugary foods. And now, I have actually lost five pounds! It might not be a lot, and it might have taken a long time, but I really think it’s going to stick. I changed my whole lifestyle, instead of just trying a complicated diet, and I really think I can maintain this! I only have 15 pounds to go before I’m back to my pre-risperidone weight! I lost the first 15 pounds easily after I switched to Geodon, but these last ones have been hard work! I might actually be able to wear a bathing suit this summer!
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Im currently 235 up 20 pounds since I quit smoking. Ive started to measure calories and hope it will have an effect.
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Good luck. I’ve heard quitting smoking makes you gain weight like crazy. Counting calories never worked for me because I was always hungry, so I always cheated. I had to find foods like beans and greek yogurt that made me feel full after eating less. Maybe you also have certain foods that will be more efficient for you. I also found that anything with melted cheese makes me eat tons more than I normally would, just because it’s so damn good! So I mostly limit myself to “boring” foods now, with the occasional ice cream.
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Well done friend. I wish luck getting to your goal weight
Hey, 5 lbs is a lot - good for you and keep up the great work
Well done!!! I also want to loose pounds but I don’t feel ready yet!
Great! I need to work on my mid section. I need to work on ab exercises. I have been eating healthy too, mostly.
Good for you! You’re an inspiration for us to get moving. Are you still on risperidone ?
Well done friend!
No I switched to Geodon after gaining thirty pounds in a month.
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This should motivate you!
Wow, I lost a small infant of fat!
I am so happy for you!! <3
Nice work!!!
thats awesome @cj9556
i just started at the gym and i am trying to eat healthily but it is hard as you all probably know
at the gym i told myself i will just go as pay and go and so i have been trying to go as often as i can, like i started going about 2 or 3 weeks ago and now i have been about 7 times for an hour at a time,
and i find myself wanting to go now like its addictive or something lol
it started with them showing me the machines and how they work and they said that i would be better with some cardio so i was like ok, and they gave me this electronic key thing that i plug in and it monitors most of my exercises and it ticks the boxes as you use each machine, bc i like ticking off all the boxes,
its basically 3 machines and 10 mins on each machine (but i can change the settings and time on the machine) so i can make it faster, slower, harder, softer, and adjust the time if i want to do a bit more,
so i like doing a sweet 16 minutes on the teadmill and the bike, but i am not very good at the other machine and just try to reach the ten minutes,
so i mix it up a bit and i do 3 upper body machines and another that you push with your thighs and you can adjust the weights on all the machines,
after i do that i like to go on the punchbag lol but sometimes i will go on the rowing machine,
the gym is awesome and i love my rewards after i have a good work out, there is a mac d’s nearby after i go in and get like a chicken meal and a nice cool drink, but i am trying to break that habit.
need to eat healthier as well and i am scared of weighing myself as well but my belly looks smaller i suppose lol
I am down another pound! I read somewhere that healthy eating is like 80% of losing weight, and working out is only 20%. I don’t know if that is true or not. I eat mostly homemade things and rarely go out to eat, so I think that might be part of why it’s working for me.
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