Comment on Discussion Thread 🎽 Monday 9 March 2026

RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Whoa. This is great. You’re gonna get a lot of useless/use advice so here’s mine…

  Walking pad - Start slow. Surprisingly it takes a little practice and balance to start off but it’s super fun and when you get the hang of it you can give yourself challenges. Don’t go hard because it’s not sustainable. Tuck a hand towel into your pants because you will sweat. Pets will be amused.

  Weights - Again start with small ones. Pick an exercise and do 8 × 3 sets. Lots on YouTube to choose from. Don’t go hard because it’s not sustainable.

  Diet - Calories in, calories out. Use a tdee calculator to find your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Don’t give up any food that you’re not prepared to give up for life because it’s not sustainable.

  We ladies gotta stick together and encourage each other. Also it’s not too late to start up no sugar for the rest of lentish. You’ll feel amazing afterwards. (Yeah I did say not to give up any food but it’s sugar and it’s only for a short amount of time and it’s a kick start).

  You’ve got this!

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thank you for this!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re welcome.

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• SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m umming and ahhhing about a $2,200 bike. I haven’t had a nice bike in years. With the fuel prices and other reasons it’s a good idea, but it’s a lot of money to me.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I too would like to know where the motivation shop is. Willing to sell a kidney.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I figure I’ll add my 2 cents:

  I don’t have any advice to give about what exercises you should do, but I do have an anecdote about good.

  I’ve learned to stop eating when I’m full. I don’t make myself finish something just because it’s there. I can always go back later if I’m still hungry.

  This is how I’ve managed to lose and keep weight off consistently.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think my sensor for ‘full’ is faulty, I’m pretty much always hungry at the moment. I’m blaming it on dodgy hormones.

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    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wegovy reset that for me last year. I went on it for about six months to kick start weight loss as I was always hungry. I lost the first 15kg with it, then wound back and lost another 15kg via continued calorie counting. I didn’t go above the 1.0 dose which is the strongest of the cheaper options ($250/4 shots taken weekly). All the low doses are $250.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think I have a touch of demand avoidance, too much accountability is counter-productive for me. I start to resist when I feel like I’m being pressured to do something, even when that pressure if coming from my and my own decisions. I’m starting to work out ways of navigating around my own silly psychological quirks, but it does make routines and consistency a problem for me. I have found breaking things down into small chunks so I can’t use the ‘don’t have time’ type excuses helps, and allowing myself choices about when I do something also helps. This approach has worked well with housework and similar things, hopefully I can successfully apply it to exercise too.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      fellow demand avoider here. thank you for the tip :)

      i think it can work well with exercise, you can do this!!!

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      • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I thought a timer was a good idea, but I almost ended up buying a full set of hourglasses and a fancy version that uses coloured water. Managed to pull myself back to just a standard, sensible timer, but it was a close call!

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