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<blockquote data-quote="Sue192" data-source="post: 1764009" data-attributes="member: 439516"><p>Hi [USER=246008]@rolypolypudding[/USER] - that's good advice from [USER=206249]@Diakat[/USER]. I haven't had a binge-eating disorder but I do find the motivation for exercising very difficult. May I suggest you buy yourself a cheap pedometer - I have a 3D FitBud - as it's amazing how many steps you clock up just doing routine things like shopping. Ignore trying to get to 10k steps though - that was just an advertising thing! You could set yourself an achievable goal of a certain number of steps a day and you'll soon realise that you can gently up that figure. If you have the money then there are some amazing fitbit gizmos on the market, with GPS positioning, altimeters, heart monitors, sleep monitors etc. An Apple thingy has helped a friend of mine hugely as they like hi-tech gadgets and they are also goal-oriented (lots of graphs and stuff - he's an engineer....) and it's also helped him to work out how to get better sleep. The 2lb/week does seem endless - one suggestion I came across was to weigh yourself in kg as it then doesn't seem so daunting. I'm not sure of the reason for that but it may be worth a try. Wishing you all the best with your goals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sue192, post: 1764009, member: 439516"] Hi [USER=246008]@rolypolypudding[/USER] - that's good advice from [USER=206249]@Diakat[/USER]. I haven't had a binge-eating disorder but I do find the motivation for exercising very difficult. May I suggest you buy yourself a cheap pedometer - I have a 3D FitBud - as it's amazing how many steps you clock up just doing routine things like shopping. Ignore trying to get to 10k steps though - that was just an advertising thing! You could set yourself an achievable goal of a certain number of steps a day and you'll soon realise that you can gently up that figure. If you have the money then there are some amazing fitbit gizmos on the market, with GPS positioning, altimeters, heart monitors, sleep monitors etc. An Apple thingy has helped a friend of mine hugely as they like hi-tech gadgets and they are also goal-oriented (lots of graphs and stuff - he's an engineer....) and it's also helped him to work out how to get better sleep. The 2lb/week does seem endless - one suggestion I came across was to weigh yourself in kg as it then doesn't seem so daunting. I'm not sure of the reason for that but it may be worth a try. Wishing you all the best with your goals. [/QUOTE]
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