Taking care of yourself in your 30's

Angeldove97 said:

Back story: I had just started my first teaching job - so I was about 22 or so - and my very good friend who was 40 told me that when I turn 30 to start really taking care of my body. Eat well, exercise, stay trim, and get really good skin care products for my face. I thought she was crazy - it couldn't be THATbad.

Now I'm 31 and oh my... nearly every week something is breaking on my body. I'm typing this while my right wrist is wrapped up in an ace bandage with icy hot on my skin. No I don't have any clue how I injured it - my wrist was feeling better and I rehurt it yesterday night while washing a boatload of dishes. Should have stopped, but just had to finish up the dishes.

I must lose weight - was doing well too but I injured my back and that ended all of the attempts. I know I just have to get back into it, but that's the hard part. I'm afraid I'll just hurt my back again. I could get a trainer, but my first experience with one was really bad - couldn't get out of bed for almost a week without rolling out of bed. Not really in the mood to pay anybody to yell at me to keep throwing that weight ball harder. Nope.

Anybody noticing the same things? I hope I'm not alone. Woke up this morning with this on my mind and I'm thinking today is a good day to try again. I try to keep the mentality of just getting through this day - doing good actions for my body just for today - and it isn't so bad.

Also, I did get a fitbit back in August - love it but I need to get myself back into tracking everything and doing the fitness goals. I know I can do them - it's just getting myself off the couch and actually doing them

Where are you with all of the health goals?

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Crowned Princess said:

I have started becoming more focused about eating healthier as well as wanting to keep in good shape. Me and my husband are both 34 years now, and we started getting back into a diet system sometime in the middle of january this year. We also did this in early 2011 as well, and then tried keeping up with it until sometime in 2013 were we somewhat fell out from it. I fell out from this after getting a negative comment from my mother which made me really depressed, it also made me feel as all of my efforts were meaningless. But this year I am even much more motivated and even after two weeks when starting with the diet system I could already see results, this is also very encouraging and helps me to keep on going on. Even though I do know that this can go a bit up and down untill one finally manages getting down to one's ideal weight, but I am a lot more decided and better disciplined nowadays.

And then I do bike and go for some walks during a day, so far this is what I do as physical activity, but I also have wishes of joining in a fitness center or any other activity where I can excersise more thoroughly. I have always loved being a lot active in a physical way ever since I was younger too, also still have a lot of energy in me. It is a bit funny as I heard from someone once who was 32 back then when I was in my middle 20s, who told me that he used to be as energical as me during my age but now that he was in his 30s he wasn't as energical anymore. I don't feel this way myself, although I sure still need to become more fit. But I have noticed that when I eat healthy and get more down in weight towards the right weight scale for me, that I then seem to become even more energical again.

I also want to find the right products for the skin of my face, I have never really found out what type of skin I have. I did try some skin creams and lotions, but didn't find anything which helped my skin becoming better. I do have heard as well as noticed that the skin of my face seemes really dry, but I have also had a few acnes problems in it too, and when I was younger then my face skin seemed very oil like. I look forward having a face analysis, as now I really would like to take better care of myself in every way. I also want to know what cream for around my eyes is good to use too, as I can get very itchy and red-like around my eyes and I believe it might be getting quite dry around there too.

I also would like learning what type of make up would be good for my skin now, and to learn applying make up which is right for me in my now age. As our face skin will change when we are aging, so it would be nice getting some new and good advice with this.

I look forward becoming more the way I used to be earlier weight-wise as well as feeling more healthy and in good shape. Also to feel more fresh and feeling as I look good, feeling content with one's self as well as being healthy will help one to also feel more happy. Or at least in my case it will. As i have struggled a lot with low self-esteem, didn't always think of myself as very beautiful. And even though I still have flaws and some things I am not too happy about lookswise, I really want to work on this and to build up my self-esteem as well as to try my best with being content with myself and the way I look. To learn seeing the beauty I have, not only from the inside but also from the outside. As I think we all were created beautiful in God's picture, we just need to find this and to learn loving the way we were made. For example; When looking at some of my pictures from some years back I realize now that I didn't looked as bad as the way I would critize myself back then, I think it is easy seeing a lot more faults at the time when having a picture made of ourselves. This is something I want to work on, to learn appreciating the beauty one has in each given moment of one's life. As it would be a pity to keep on thinking badly about the way we look, instead we should learn appreciating the beauty given to us which was given from God to us.

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Angeldove97 said:

Back story: I had just started my first teaching job - so I was about 22 or so - and my very good friend who was 40 told me that when I turn 30 to start really taking care of my body. Eat well, exercise, stay trim, and get really good skin care products for my face. I thought she was crazy - it couldn't be THATbad.

Now I'm 31 and oh my... nearly every week something is breaking on my body. I'm typing this while my right wrist is wrapped up in an ace bandage with icy hot on my skin. No I don't have any clue how I injured it - my wrist was feeling better and I rehurt it yesterday night while washing a boatload of dishes. Should have stopped, but just had to finish up the dishes.

I must lose weight - was doing well too but I injured my back and that ended all of the attempts. I know I just have to get back into it, but that's the hard part. I'm afraid I'll just hurt my back again. I could get a trainer, but my first experience with one was really bad - couldn't get out of bed for almost a week without rolling out of bed. Not really in the mood to pay anybody to yell at me to keep throwing that weight ball harder. Nope.

Anybody noticing the same things? I hope I'm not alone. Woke up this morning with this on my mind and I'm thinking today is a good day to try again. I try to keep the mentality of just getting through this day - doing good actions for my body just for today - and it isn't so bad.

Also, I did get a fitbit back in August - love it but I need to get myself back into tracking everything and doing the fitness goals. I know I can do them - it's just getting myself off the couch and actually doing them

Where are you with all of the health goals?

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Angeldove97 said:

Back story: I had just started my first teaching job - so I was about 22 or so - and my very good friend who was 40 told me that when I turn 30 to start really taking care of my body. Eat well, exercise, stay trim, and get really good skin care products for my face. I thought she was crazy - it couldn't be THATbad.

Now I'm 31 and oh my... nearly every week something is breaking on my body. I'm typing this while my right wrist is wrapped up in an ace bandage with icy hot on my skin. No I don't have any clue how I injured it - my wrist was feeling better and I rehurt it yesterday night while washing a boatload of dishes. Should have stopped, but just had to finish up the dishes.

I must lose weight - was doing well too but I injured my back and that ended all of the attempts. I know I just have to get back into it, but that's the hard part. I'm afraid I'll just hurt my back again. I could get a trainer, but my first experience with one was really bad - couldn't get out of bed for almost a week without rolling out of bed. Not really in the mood to pay anybody to yell at me to keep throwing that weight ball harder. Nope.

Anybody noticing the same things? I hope I'm not alone. Woke up this morning with this on my mind and I'm thinking today is a good day to try again. I try to keep the mentality of just getting through this day - doing good actions for my body just for today - and it isn't so bad.

Also, I did get a fitbit back in August - love it but I need to get myself back into tracking everything and doing the fitness goals. I know I can do them - it's just getting myself off the couch and actually doing them

Where are you with all of the health goals?

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Ginger Sunshyne said:

Yes, I think a lot of people struggle with it. I am 32 and I have a back injury as well. Doctors dont understand. They just too you to diet and your back pain will go away. In all honesty thought, I don't think you gave the trainer. You didn't put the weight off in a week, and it wont come off in a week. -rach

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Ginger Sunshyne said:

I'm really sucking at it...but with God's grace, I will make it through. I think the 30's tend to be time time we mess up the most.

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Ginger Sunshyne said:

I don't have much time (as I imagine most of you don't) I either have to wake upi (super not happening) or I have to take several small walks and eat several small meals throughout the day.

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