Carla. Your weight loss video regarding your therapy resonated with me so much. I cried and showed my mom and I said look someone who is the same as me and understands my struggle. I’m 24 and I’ve been struggling with my weight since I was a child as well. It was so inspiring to hear your story and how almost exact it is to mine. You have given me hope that I can get through my battle with food. Thank you for making your videos ❤️
Binge watching your videos, starting my journey tomorrow! I'm not overweight, but on the heavier side of the normal BMI, and I want to fit into the clothes when I was lighter. ❤️🌞
You helped me start walking one hour a day and to just do it and not worry how fast or how far you got. Just finish a one hour walk. I am 58 and to be honest you lost a whole Me. That is amazing when I see that. This is only day two that I have finished but I finally started putting me first.
Carla, I nearly have no words. But what I can say is thank you!! I came across your video that was about walking being the only exercise you did to loose weight several months ago. I started that video and watched less than 5 minutes of it. Well yesterday it popped up in my continue watching category last night. Gave it a go and finished watching it. It was shocking to learn, I too was walking incorrectly. Decided I would try to correct my walking this morning at 5:30a. For the first time ever, it didn’t hurt to walk this morning! Excitedly, during my kids nap time, I dug into several other videos. Hope overwhelmed me! In the middle of the day I decided this was my start day! It CANNOT wait. With this being the start, I know there’s a long way to go, lots of healing to be done. But for the first time ever in my 34 years, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, a beacon of hope. As you mentioned, this season is finite, it will not last forever. So again thank you! ❤
Carla, you are the most inspirational person I’ve followed in my life! And trust me I’ve been on this journey for YEARS. No one has resonated with me the way you have, you make me feel I can finally get to where I want and feel good about myself. Thank you so so much for sharing your story and making content. I watch your videos every single day 💗
☀️☀️. I am currently working my way up to an hour walk. 35 minutes today and 1.2 miles. I use a treadmill ☹️ which I do not like but I would have to drive to a park to get paved paths. My arthritis needs level ground at least until I get stronger.
Hiya Kim,fellow arthritis sufferer here! I also have to use a treadmill to stay on even ground. Just starting my 2nd BodySlims course.At the start of the first course I could only do a ten minute walk,now I can manage the full 60 minutes.
🌞Carla, great list of priorities! All so very true. Mental health will always be number one for me. Therapy has been life changing in my life too. After 2 years of therapy I started my weightloss journey and have lost 70 pounds so far. I never would have been able to without my amazing therapist.
I haven’t been on your channel too long & I’ve gone back to a few vlogs & stay current with the new ones but this one is by far my favorite, it totally hits home in areas, thank you so much for sharing🖤
Good morning Carla, Another great video! I was lucky to find two amazing therapists who got me through an awful time in my life, and i would absolutely tell anyone out there to find a good therapist, and help yourself first. Then, you can help everyone else.
🌞 thank you!!!! I thought I knew those things...but hearing you explain how those things helped you work towards your goal finally made it all click how it all works together. I think I have been battling myself with my mental health and not paying enough attention to that. Thank you so much ❤
I came across your videos searching in RUclips about walking and just want to say I love your videos, they have been really insightful and inspiring for me as someone who has been obese my whole life. P.s you remind me so much of Amy Lee from evanescence
Hi Carla, your videos have been a positive game changer in my weight loss journey/life. Thank you for articulating so well. Lovely soul--keep up the great work! it is so very much appreciated!!
🥰🖤💜❤️ Amazing as always. I'm actually addicted to these videos. I'm currently ploughing through my daughters messy room and my mind is suddenly clear listening to this, love it thank you Carla.
You're always so very helpful and what a great video.A+++ I love to take time to read the Bible, listen to Christian music, and go to church. I walk an hour a day. We definitely do NOT need to feel guilty about taking care of ourselves. Balance is definitely the key. Be kind to others and be kind to ourselves. I stop rewarding myself with food and instead I reward myself when the hot bath, painting my toenails, lighting candles, watching my favorite TV shows, spending time with family, shaving my legs, swimming, and doing ALL the things I love to do when I was a child.
I am a believer too! :) I was praying this morning to the Lord to give me strength to keep on this health journey. ❤ God bless you and keep on keeping on!
You just appeared in my recommended today and I am so happy you did, I just started my weight loss journey last month and your mind set is going to be extremely helpful and motivational for me 🙌🏻❤️
Wow! I just found your channel! 🌞 I had to pause in the middle of watching this video to subscribe. I could not wait! I think I will be binge watching many of your videos thru my lunch hours this week lol! Thanks for your vonerability, truth, tips, and sharing with us.
You have definitely encouraged me. I am 51 and over the past 10 years gained a lot of weight. I use to be an avid runner and very small. I do not know what fog I have been in. Some of it going through menopause I think and having a desk job where I would be sitting at least 12 hours a day (I now stand instead of sitting and cut my hours). Anyway, I have made changes over the past year but really kicked it in the past 2 months. Honestly, this is bad, I had not weighed myself before. I just could not do it. But my clothes had started to loosen. So, I started weighing myself. Over the past 2 weeks, 6 lbs down! I have been walking, but through your video's, saw I was walking incorrectly (I need pushing off instead of pulling). That has made a big difference for me. I do integrate a small amount of running small spurts that gets my heart rate up. I downloaded my fitness pal and have started counting my calories. And as you, I end up eating the same things over and over (I do eat meat). I have a long way to go :). But my appetite has changed. I do not use food as the thing I look forward to anymore. It is almost like I have replaced it with exercise. I will update my progress. Just to let the ladies over 50, post menopausal, know...we can do it!!
I LOVE You for what you are doing for this world. You have helped me so very much. God has given you such a "calling" to help others and you have more than risen to the job. WOW, this video is truly so incredible!!!!!
❤❤❤ Completely agree with all this. I've recently started reorganizing how my weeks look and how I prioritize my time to make sure I do the things that I know will help me be successful. One thing in particular is meal prepping - I don't have any time on the weekends at the moment, so I had to shift some things around, including the day I meal prep. It's been a process, but I feel like it's really helping! Thanks for all the tips!
I keep using the excuse of not wanting to walk at 5am because its dark and im afraid.. i know i need to do it. i will be fine and it will really move the needle in my weight loss journey. im feeling so sleepy during the day and my back hurts.. thank you for making these videos and helping me see the light.
Hello Carla, new subscriber here ! I contacted bodyslim but all courses r fully booked ! I shall start walking and hope to enroll with bodyslim with their next intake, in April. You r lucky u realized u need to prioritize yr time at such a young age ! Yes because if we do not, we end up BURNT OUT and depressed ! Enjoying yr videos and love yr Irish accent 😊.
Love this! Since I simplified my process and counted calories I have seen the best consistent results. I don't have an app, but I keep an online log of my daily walks and daily food. It does something for me to see the totals and how close I was to my target. I am a list maker & checker off-er :) LOL So, this type of tracking is good for me because I feel like I have accomplished my goals for the day. And I agree about the mental health part. I got serious about it last year and understanding why I overate has helped me unlearn behaviors that led to obesity. And I know it will help me to 'not' create a new addiction to replace food. I just love you channel!! You just don't know how many people you are helping to find their own way with your honest, transparent videos. Thank you & Happy New Year!!
Very inspiring! Thanks so much ☀️ Here’s to sunshine and warm weather in your part of Ireland. I was there in the summer of 2015 - the coldest and wettest for many years. I want to come back but will check the 10 day weather forecast and come when it will be at least sunny. 😆. I love all of your posts 💗🇨🇦
🌞🌞🌞🌞 I love your accent btw!!! Thanks for sharing this video, it’s quite insightful. I can’t pour from an empty cup. You’re very right. Love from the US! ❤
🌞 I agree wholeheartedly that one should track all their food, even if it's only when starting so you can learn what true portion/serving sizes are. I know it's time-consuming but what I say to that, is it's so worth the time because otherwise, you could be so frustrated as to why the scale isn't going down or very slow weight loss. Too often people over/underestimate what they are actually eating. It's a surefire way to make sure you are truly in a deficit! I am hopeful that I will be at maintenance by the end of spring/early summer and I plan to keep tracking for a long time while I start adding calories back in.
I hate walking too. I have managed to like one exercise, rebounding, but it’s forming the discipline to,get dressed in the morning and go out on the porch to do it that trips me up. I like the idea of thinking of it as prioritizing myself. I’m going to try that. ☀️
🌞 🖤 excellent information. I realized that I'm building my body back to healthy after spending 3 months at my son's bedside at the hospital. He still needs lots and lots of extra care. But I hit a wall and felt so crappy living on adrenaline for so long. Now back home, every day, looking to wedge in the time to build my body back up. Lots of good wholesome farm to table meals and a walk or exercycle or silver sneakers every day. Part of my self-love mission is not to be so hard on myself. But much like after you had your son, I look forward to feeling good again. Thank you for your unique outlook. It is helping me a lot. ❣️
@@HalfofCarla big surgery is in April to fix all the damage his atypical e.coli caused. Sorry but expect comments daily as I am finding your videos most helpful. I need to be able to endure sleeping on a bench at hospital again, plus his recovery. So I have 2.5 months to be physically ready. 🙃 💞🖤
☀This is perfect and so timely, Carla! I have been really inspired by your walking an hour every day and I've been sitting with that, for a few months (I'm down 65 pounds, but have stalled for a few years and it's been really hard). There are days when walking is part of my routine, to run my errands, because I don't have a car. On those days, I'll go out of my way to walk to a bus that's about a mile out, rather than the two blocks for the closer one. So, I feel good about that, but I only do it a couple days a week. And that's only 2 miles, which I'm realizing is not quite enough. I really need to do 3 miles. As for the other five days, when I'm not running those errands, well...I found myself coming up with all kinds of reasons not to walk. For example, I didn't want to put on sunscreen, to go walking in the sun (we get a ton of it, here in Colorado), so I'd stay inside, instead. I have a back injury and sometimes I don't feel up to walking...but there are other things I can do, like my upper body weights routine or swimming. I might have the desire to walk in the morning, but I didn't want to have to eat that early in the day, because I can't do the fasted walking thing (I kind of damaged my body by doing low-carb for too long), so I would think, "Okay, I'll fast until lunch and then I'll go for a walk, after". But, by the time that came around, I was too settled in and I wouldn't want to go. I realized that these things were silly and that I was holding myself back. If I wanted to walk in the morning, I could have a light breakfast and then, if I was hungry, after, I could have something relatively low in calories, until it was time for a proper meal. For example, I've meal prepped a veggie soup that's about a 100 calories, but is very filling, so I could have that. Or I could eat an apple. Or fill up on tea. No big deal. And the sunscreen issue? I realized it wasn't that big of a deal to just put it on. I might like something that smells less chemically and feels better on my face, but until I get that sorted, I'm going to use what I have. Anyway, it's Christmas eve day and I felt a little bit lost, sitting at my desk, not quite knowing what to do with myself. I'm feeling down, because I'm estranged from my family and Christmas is mostly just painful. I thought, "If I'm not sure what else to do, maybe I should go for a walk". So, even though I had to put on sunscreen and my snow boots and go out in uncertain conditions (I didn't know if it would be icy after our snowfall, last night), I went for it and I got an hour in. I thought of you and how you would prioritize your morning walk. So, thanks for that. I have learned so much about empowerment, in general, from watching your channel. Thank you for walking the walk and talking the talk. You rock! Speaking of time, thanks for taking the time to create this video. Also, Merry Christmas 😊 🎄
This is a very important video. I was unable to give what I wanted to give - and what was needed - to someone close to me a few years ago because my cup was beyond empty due to poor mental and physical health. I can't repair it now and I live with that regret every day.
🌞 I wish the sun was shining here, freezing rain hitting the window. I'm having hot homemade soup and listening again, I heard half the video before my walk..
I’m so jealous of you, Carla! I lost 6 stones during lockdown (~120lbs/ 60kg) and put back half of this when I returned to the office. I’m starting again but I am so disappointed with myself.
Been walking 45 mins a day everyday for the last 3 weeks. I feel much better and more energized but the scale has yet to move. It's driving me insane. Might have to drop the carbs again. Lost 50 pounds on keto in 16 months then gained 20 lbs back in the last year. Gonna have to up my water intake and have patience
Also, scale weight is not a great indicator of fat loss, if you don't use other tools to track. So if you do strength training you might be losing fat and gaining mucle. Progress pics and measurements are important to include. If not people think they're not making progress because they don't see the scale move. I've lost 10 kg, but I've lost a lot more inches around my waist than what the scale would show in periods where it wasn't budging.
☀🌞🌻Hello, I am a new subscriber and I am currently on my weight loss journey again. I completely agree that mental health is so important when you take this challenge on. I had lost 60 lbs. before the pandemic and gained it back during that time. Kudos to you for losing the weight during that difficult time in our global society. Now that I am losing weight again I feel more motivated in other parts of my life. I clean the house more or I will make the appointment to see my personal trainer. I am curious if this happens with others? Do you feel more motivated in other areas of your life during your weight loss journey?☀🌞🌻
Thank you so much and welcome! I absolutely feel completely different in my life, so much more outgoing and happy to do things I would never have done before!
Hello Beautiful Carla. I'm going to catch up on your videos as I have been kind of away from RUclips. I needed you to say you need to drink water because I hate water, and I know I need to drink a lot more.♥
Hi Mel! I used to hate it as well, but sometimes we just have to do the things we don't want to even if we don't like them and then the benefits win out x
Hi Carla, I recently found your YT and am really interested in body slims, is there an online option when you've missed (Jan) enrollment? I would like to join before April?? How can I start now? Thanks for sharing your inspirational journey!
Hi Rachel, it's all online only and there are only 3 cycles per year so unfortunately the next one won't be until April. Make sure you sign up to the newsletter so you can get notified of when the booking opens x
Carla. Your weight loss video regarding your therapy resonated with me so much. I cried and showed my mom and I said look someone who is the same as me and understands my struggle. I’m 24 and I’ve been struggling with my weight since I was a child as well. It was so inspiring to hear your story and how almost exact it is to mine. You have given me hope that I can get through my battle with food. Thank you for making your videos ❤️
I am so so happy that I could have helped you in any way and I send you strength to seek the help you need 🖤
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Binge watching your videos, starting my journey tomorrow! I'm not overweight, but on the heavier side of the normal BMI, and I want to fit into the clothes when I was lighter. ❤️🌞
You helped me start walking one hour a day and to just do it and not worry how fast or how far you got. Just finish a one hour walk. I am 58 and to be honest you lost a whole Me. That is amazing when I see that. This is only day two that I have finished but I finally started putting me first.
Carla, I nearly have no words. But what I can say is thank you!!
I came across your video that was about walking being the only exercise you did to loose weight several months ago. I started that video and watched less than 5 minutes of it. Well yesterday it popped up in my continue watching category last night. Gave it a go and finished watching it. It was shocking to learn, I too was walking incorrectly. Decided I would try to correct my walking this morning at 5:30a. For the first time ever, it didn’t hurt to walk this morning! Excitedly, during my kids nap time, I dug into several other videos.
Hope overwhelmed me! In the middle of the day I decided this was my start day! It CANNOT wait. With this being the start, I know there’s a long way to go, lots of healing to be done. But for the first time ever in my 34 years, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, a beacon of hope. As you mentioned, this season is finite, it will not last forever.
So again thank you! ❤
I cannot tell you how much this message means to me! Thank you so much 🖤🖤🖤
You could not be more spot on about prioritizing yourself! I realize this is why I am at the point to loose 65 lbs. Show up for yourself!
Carla, you are the most inspirational person I’ve followed in my life! And trust me I’ve been on this journey for YEARS. No one has resonated with me the way you have, you make me feel I can finally get to where I want and feel good about myself. Thank you so so much for sharing your story and making content. I watch your videos every single day 💗
☀️ you are such an inspiration! Bless you for sharing your story!
☀️☀️. I am currently working my way up to an hour walk. 35 minutes today and 1.2 miles. I use a treadmill ☹️ which I do not like but I would have to drive to a park to get paved paths. My arthritis needs level ground at least until I get stronger.
Hiya Kim,fellow arthritis sufferer here! I also have to use a treadmill to stay on even ground. Just starting my 2nd BodySlims course.At the start of the first course I could only do a ten minute walk,now I can manage the full 60 minutes.
It's okay to use a treadmill especially if that helps you to be consistent. Also, mall walking before the stores open may be available close to you.
This is such a great angle to make a video on. Thank you! 🖤
☀️ great video! Thanks Carla x
🌞Carla, great list of priorities! All so very true. Mental health will always be number one for me. Therapy has been life changing in my life too. After 2 years of therapy I started my weightloss journey and have lost 70 pounds so far. I never would have been able to without my amazing therapist.
Amazing Gena well done!
Carla, Your videos are awesome! I am getting so motivated and inspired!
☀️ wonderful insights. Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks Carla - I'm kicking off on the programme tonight; you're a wonderful inspiration. Keep up the good work :)
Another fabulous video. I can’t agree🌞☀️ with you more about all your advice!
🌞thank you so much for all your videos and sharing your journey. It’s so helpful !!
I haven’t been on your channel too long & I’ve gone back to a few vlogs & stay current with the new ones but this one is by far my favorite, it totally hits home in areas, thank you so much for sharing🖤
🌞☀️ Thank you Carla, this has been extremely helpful. Bless you💕
Good morning Carla, Another great video! I was lucky to find two amazing therapists who got me through an awful time in my life, and i would absolutely tell anyone out there to find a good therapist, and help yourself first. Then, you can help everyone else.
🌞 thank you!!!! I thought I knew those things...but hearing you explain how those things helped you work towards your goal finally made it all click how it all works together. I think I have been battling myself with my mental health and not paying enough attention to that. Thank you so much ❤
Thanks for this really needed to hear this
☀️☀️ loved this video! You are spot on with all of it.
☀️This was so much good information! Thank you so much for sharing everything that you’ve learned.
I came across your videos searching in RUclips about walking and just want to say I love your videos, they have been really insightful and inspiring for me as someone who has been obese my whole life. P.s you remind me so much of Amy Lee from evanescence
Thanks Maria!! I've never gotten Amy Lee before but I can see it for sure xx
Great video Carla you are looking fabulous ☀️
☀️ Thanks again.
Hi Carla, your videos have been a positive game changer in my weight loss journey/life. Thank you for articulating so well. Lovely soul--keep up the great work! it is so very much appreciated!!
🥰🖤💜❤️ Amazing as always. I'm actually addicted to these videos. I'm currently ploughing through my daughters messy room and my mind is suddenly clear listening to this, love it thank you Carla.
I really look forward to your videos. They are so practical and motivating!
Thank you so much!!
🌞 This video gave me some good ideas, thank you
☀🌞☀Thanks for the message!
🌞 great information Thanks!
You're always so very helpful and what a great video.A+++
I love to take time to read the Bible, listen to Christian music, and go to church.
I walk an hour a day.
We definitely do NOT need to feel guilty about taking care of ourselves. Balance is definitely the key. Be kind to others and be kind to ourselves. I stop rewarding myself with food and instead I reward myself when the hot bath, painting my toenails, lighting candles, watching my favorite TV shows, spending time with family, shaving my legs, swimming, and doing ALL the things I love to do when I was a child.
Than you so much. Great ways to treat and take time for yourself x
I am a believer too! :) I was praying this morning to the Lord to give me strength to keep on this health journey. ❤ God bless you and keep on keeping on!
🌞 Great video. Self care isn't selfish 😌
In the summer/warmer months I walk to and from work. It’s about 4km. It takes me about an hour and a half to 2 hours one way.
☀️ so helpful thank you ☀️
You just appeared in my recommended today and I am so happy you did, I just started my weight loss journey last month and your mind set is going to be extremely helpful and motivational for me 🙌🏻❤️
Thank you so much Michelle xx
Wow! I just found your channel! 🌞 I had to pause in the middle of watching this video to subscribe. I could not wait! I think I will be binge watching many of your videos thru my lunch hours this week lol! Thanks for your vonerability, truth, tips, and sharing with us.
Thanks so much Michelle and welcome 🖤
☀️Loved this video! Always so encouraging
Thanks Jessica xx
☀️ ❤ thank you, Carla
You have definitely encouraged me. I am 51 and over the past 10 years gained a lot of weight. I use to be an avid runner and very small. I do not know what fog I have been in. Some of it going through menopause I think and having a desk job where I would be sitting at least 12 hours a day (I now stand instead of sitting and cut my hours). Anyway, I have made changes over the past year but really kicked it in the past 2 months. Honestly, this is bad, I had not weighed myself before. I just could not do it. But my clothes had started to loosen. So, I started weighing myself. Over the past 2 weeks, 6 lbs down! I have been walking, but through your video's, saw I was walking incorrectly (I need pushing off instead of pulling). That has made a big difference for me. I do integrate a small amount of running small spurts that gets my heart rate up. I downloaded my fitness pal and have started counting my calories. And as you, I end up eating the same things over and over (I do eat meat). I have a long way to go :). But my appetite has changed. I do not use food as the thing I look forward to anymore. It is almost like I have replaced it with exercise. I will update my progress. Just to let the ladies over 50, post menopausal, know...we can do it!!
🌞 I really enjoy your videos, you are such an inspiration to me.
Great video, thank you for sharing
Thanks for this. ☀
So good! ☀️
All good advice ❤
☀️ thank you for hope!
🌞 Thank you!
I love this so much!!!!😊
Good for you Carla. You inspire millions of women. ❤
🖤🖤🖤 thank you Mary, I don’t think I’m at the millions (just yet!)
🌞 Thank you Carla xx
I LOVE You for what you are doing for this world. You have helped me so very much. God has given you such a "calling" to help others and you have more than risen to the job. WOW, this video is truly so incredible!!!!!
❤❤❤ Completely agree with all this. I've recently started reorganizing how my weeks look and how I prioritize my time to make sure I do the things that I know will help me be successful. One thing in particular is meal prepping - I don't have any time on the weekends at the moment, so I had to shift some things around, including the day I meal prep. It's been a process, but I feel like it's really helping! Thanks for all the tips!
Fantastic Heather!! I know meal prepping works so well for people so I'm glad it's been successful for you too xx
I keep using the excuse of not wanting to walk at 5am because its dark and im afraid.. i know i need to do it. i will be fine and it will really move the needle in my weight loss journey. im feeling so sleepy during the day and my back hurts.. thank you for making these videos and helping me see the light.
Hello Carla, new subscriber here !
I contacted bodyslim but all courses r fully booked !
I shall start walking and hope to enroll with bodyslim with their next intake, in April.
You r lucky u realized u need to prioritize yr time at such a young age ! Yes because if we do not, we end up BURNT OUT and depressed !
Enjoying yr videos and love yr Irish accent 😊.
Thank you so much xx
Love this! Since I simplified my process and counted calories I have seen the best consistent results. I don't have an app, but I keep an online log of my daily walks and daily food. It does something for me to see the totals and how close I was to my target. I am a list maker & checker off-er :) LOL So, this type of tracking is good for me because I feel like I have accomplished my goals for the day. And I agree about the mental health part. I got serious about it last year and understanding why I overate has helped me unlearn behaviors that led to obesity. And I know it will help me to 'not' create a new addiction to replace food.
I just love you channel!! You just don't know how many people you are helping to find their own way with your honest, transparent videos. Thank you & Happy New Year!!
Thank you so so much for your lovely comment!!! I am also a big list and checker offer kind of person 😂
As always I feel encouraged and inspired after watching one of your videos. :)
Thank you Michelle x
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☀️ thanks!
Very inspiring! Thanks so much ☀️ Here’s to sunshine and warm weather in your part of Ireland. I was there in the summer of 2015 - the coldest and wettest for many years. I want to come back but will check the 10 day weather forecast and come when it will be at least sunny. 😆. I love all of your posts 💗🇨🇦
☀️ I really love your videos. They give me so much motivation to do the important things that will help me reach my goals. Thank you.
Thank you so much I appreciate it xx
🌞🌞🌞🌞 I love your accent btw!!! Thanks for sharing this video, it’s quite insightful. I can’t pour from an empty cup. You’re very right. Love from the US! ❤
🌞 I agree wholeheartedly that one should track all their food, even if it's only when starting so you can learn what true portion/serving sizes are. I know it's time-consuming but what I say to that, is it's so worth the time because otherwise, you could be so frustrated as to why the scale isn't going down or very slow weight loss. Too often people over/underestimate what they are actually eating. It's a surefire way to make sure you are truly in a deficit! I am hopeful that I will be at maintenance by the end of spring/early summer and I plan to keep tracking for a long time while I start adding calories back in.
Completely agree Tiffany, we can be wildly off with guestimates!
☀️thank you!!
I hate walking too. I have managed to like one exercise, rebounding, but it’s forming the discipline to,get dressed in the morning and go out on the porch to do it that trips me up. I like the idea of thinking of it as prioritizing myself. I’m going to try that. ☀️
☀️Great tips
Very interesting! ☀️
🌞 🖤 excellent information. I realized that I'm building my body back to healthy after spending 3 months at my son's bedside at the hospital. He still needs lots and lots of extra care. But I hit a wall and felt so crappy living on adrenaline for so long. Now back home, every day, looking to wedge in the time to build my body back up. Lots of good wholesome farm to table meals and a walk or exercycle or silver sneakers every day. Part of my self-love mission is not to be so hard on myself. But much like after you had your son, I look forward to feeling good again. Thank you for your unique outlook. It is helping me a lot. ❣️
I hope he and you are ok Marlyse c
@@HalfofCarla big surgery is in April to fix all the damage his atypical e.coli caused. Sorry but expect comments daily as I am finding your videos most helpful. I need to be able to endure sleeping on a bench at hospital again, plus his recovery. So I have 2.5 months to be physically ready. 🙃 💞🖤
I pour my water into a wine glass!
Then i drink loads of water!
🌝Thank you for the wisdom and encouragement
Love you!!!❤
🌅🌻 Thank you!
☀This is perfect and so timely, Carla! I have been really inspired by your walking an hour every day and I've been sitting with that, for a few months (I'm down 65 pounds, but have stalled for a few years and it's been really hard). There are days when walking is part of my routine, to run my errands, because I don't have a car. On those days, I'll go out of my way to walk to a bus that's about a mile out, rather than the two blocks for the closer one. So, I feel good about that, but I only do it a couple days a week. And that's only 2 miles, which I'm realizing is not quite enough. I really need to do 3 miles. As for the other five days, when I'm not running those errands, well...I found myself coming up with all kinds of reasons not to walk. For example, I didn't want to put on sunscreen, to go walking in the sun (we get a ton of it, here in Colorado), so I'd stay inside, instead. I have a back injury and sometimes I don't feel up to walking...but there are other things I can do, like my upper body weights routine or swimming. I might have the desire to walk in the morning, but I didn't want to have to eat that early in the day, because I can't do the fasted walking thing (I kind of damaged my body by doing low-carb for too long), so I would think, "Okay, I'll fast until lunch and then I'll go for a walk, after". But, by the time that came around, I was too settled in and I wouldn't want to go. I realized that these things were silly and that I was holding myself back. If I wanted to walk in the morning, I could have a light breakfast and then, if I was hungry, after, I could have something relatively low in calories, until it was time for a proper meal. For example, I've meal prepped a veggie soup that's about a 100 calories, but is very filling, so I could have that. Or I could eat an apple. Or fill up on tea. No big deal. And the sunscreen issue? I realized it wasn't that big of a deal to just put it on. I might like something that smells less chemically and feels better on my face, but until I get that sorted, I'm going to use what I have. Anyway, it's Christmas eve day and I felt a little bit lost, sitting at my desk, not quite knowing what to do with myself. I'm feeling down, because I'm estranged from my family and Christmas is mostly just painful. I thought, "If I'm not sure what else to do, maybe I should go for a walk". So, even though I had to put on sunscreen and my snow boots and go out in uncertain conditions (I didn't know if it would be icy after our snowfall, last night), I went for it and I got an hour in. I thought of you and how you would prioritize your morning walk. So, thanks for that. I have learned so much about empowerment, in general, from watching your channel. Thank you for walking the walk and talking the talk. You rock! Speaking of time, thanks for taking the time to create this video. Also, Merry Christmas 😊 🎄
💜 love your videos.
Thanks so much Kathryn xx
☀️ thanks Carla
I enjoyed this video Carla ..tks so much ..did ye get much snow ..🌞 love ur shirt
DIdn't get any here thankfully Lynda, not a fan myself x
This is a very important video. I was unable to give what I wanted to give - and what was needed - to someone close to me a few years ago because my cup was beyond empty due to poor mental and physical health. I can't repair it now and I live with that regret every day.
I'm sorry to hear that, please be kind to yourself x
@@HalfofCarla Thank you, Carla xx
🌞Thank you!
☀☀☀😎 Very helpful! Thank you!!
I can watch this video...20x over. Thank you so much
Great great great!!!
☀️ totally resonate with wasting time online, social media etc 🙈 definitely can't pour from an empty cup...
🌞 I wish the sun was shining here, freezing rain hitting the window. I'm having hot homemade soup and listening again, I heard half the video before my walk..
Carla you are awesome
Awe thank you 💋
I’m so jealous of you, Carla! I lost 6 stones during lockdown (~120lbs/ 60kg) and put back half of this when I returned to the office. I’m starting again but I am so disappointed with myself.
Try to be compassionate with yourself, perhaps ask what you think happened or is there anything underlying that's lacking? x
Been walking 45 mins a day everyday for the last 3 weeks. I feel much better and more energized but the scale has yet to move. It's driving me insane. Might have to drop the carbs again. Lost 50 pounds on keto in 16 months then gained 20 lbs back in the last year. Gonna have to up my water intake and have patience
Hi from Victoria Canada. ☀️
Hi from Dublin xx
Hi from Gold River Vancouver Island!! (Born in Victoria!) ❤
Carla you always look amazing but damn if you aren't glowing in this video!!!! Stunning!!!
Awe thank you so much!!!
Looks really healthy
☀☀☀ Great video!
Thank you!
Also, scale weight is not a great indicator of fat loss, if you don't use other tools to track. So if you do strength training you might be losing fat and gaining mucle. Progress pics and measurements are important to include. If not people think they're not making progress because they don't see the scale move.
I've lost 10 kg, but I've lost a lot more inches around my waist than what the scale would show in periods where it wasn't budging.
Yes!!! Super important to remember!!!!
☀🌞🌻Hello, I am a new subscriber and I am currently on my weight loss journey again. I completely agree that mental health is so important when you take this challenge on. I had lost 60 lbs. before the pandemic and gained it back during that time. Kudos to you for losing the weight during that difficult time in our global society. Now that I am losing weight again I feel more motivated in other parts of my life. I clean the house more or I will make the appointment to see my personal trainer. I am curious if this happens with others? Do you feel more motivated in other areas of your life during your weight loss journey?☀🌞🌻
Thank you so much and welcome! I absolutely feel completely different in my life, so much more outgoing and happy to do things I would never have done before!
Thank you for this. Just wondering what is your daily caloric intake ?
Hello Beautiful Carla. I'm going to catch up on your videos as I have been kind of away from RUclips. I needed you to say you need to drink water because I hate water, and I know I need to drink a lot more.♥
Hi Mel! I used to hate it as well, but sometimes we just have to do the things we don't want to even if we don't like them and then the benefits win out x
I love that blouse you are wearing. Where did you get it?
It’s vintage guess 🖤
Hi Carla, I recently found your YT and am really interested in body slims, is there an online option when you've missed (Jan) enrollment? I would like to join before April?? How can I start now? Thanks for sharing your inspirational journey!
Hi Rachel, it's all online only and there are only 3 cycles per year so unfortunately the next one won't be until April. Make sure you sign up to the newsletter so you can get notified of when the booking opens x
@@HalfofCarlaBoooo, but thank you for the info. Great job on showing up for you and others!!
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