Are you a start a diet right now type person? or start on a Monday type person?

melodyjosie
melodyjosie Posts: 68 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What is everyones opinions and views on this..
Would you rather start a diet IMMEDIATELY or think it's better to start at the start of a new week, like a Monday.

Thanks :)
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  • littlebabekitty
    littlebabekitty Posts: 398 Member
    Im monday person im just so perfectionist it sucks though.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I'm a never having to ever diet again type of person because I've got this down now :yay:

    But when I started .. I just went for it .. at 10.30 at night.. that was it

    Previously I've been a start on Monday, let's just finish this food then start, if I count backwards from that event then I can start on this date, one day I'll get round to it, meh kind of person .. yeah that worked
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    melodyjosie wrote: »
    What is everyones opinions and views on this..
    Would you rather start a diet IMMEDIATELY or think it's better to start at the start of a new week, like a Monday.

    Thanks :)

    I am a "this is not a diet but a lifestyle change" type person.
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    Honestly, I feel that for me "I'll start on Monday" is a bit of a cop-out. If you're serious, start now as it should be a lifestyle change and not a 'diet'. You see a lot of people with the 'I'll start tomorrow/Monday/ next month/January 1st' see it as license to have a last hurrah and overeat until then, since they'll be starting fresh on Monday. Some people lose resolve towards the end of the week and do this every week and get nowhere! Ok I've totally done this myself, but have found much greater success since I realised that if I really want this it has to be a NOW thing. If I screw up I have to forgive myself and move on, starting now.
  • Mech9
    Mech9 Posts: 252 Member
    You gotta live in the moment because tomorrow never comes!
  • Captain_Wobbles
    Captain_Wobbles Posts: 240 Member
    I'm in way too deep now, so it 's more of a plan months ahead of time type deal. It's like hitting the snooze button over and over again.
  • ravenzwart
    ravenzwart Posts: 108 Member
    I am both (kinda). I decided to start on the 5th of january (a monday) with eating better and i did.
    Since then i have had bad days and then i just log it and start again the next day.
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    There is a part of me that likes the idea of a fresh start (start on Monday). But I also believe that is simply a way of putting it off. So, I choose to start now. That's my beef with New Years Resolutions. If it's important to you… you'll just do it now. Waiting until New Years is just a way putting it off… meaning that it's not that important to you.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    No time like the present. I spent a good part of my life putting off what needed to be done today for "tomorrow", or "Monday". You know, let "future me" deal with present me's problems.
  • Bugdude54
    Bugdude54 Posts: 137 Member
    A wise man once said. "Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow"
  • misheri90
    misheri90 Posts: 17 Member
    Start the next day type of person, though in reality only start if I focus on a very specific goal in my diet rather than the whole.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I'd rather not start a diet. I'd rather just eat what I normally eat and adjust here and there to fit it in my calories.
    When I found MFP, I started logging food the next day... I think it was a Wednesday in mid-October. I don't get setting a date or waiting to make changes unless you have to consult your doctor first.
  • jaceytr0n
    jaceytr0n Posts: 9 Member
    I always feel like the sooner I start the sooner I'll be "done". So I like to do whatever I can towards my goal as soon as I decide it's a goal.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I started on New Year's Day this time and it's stuck. But I would do either option before for about a day or two before giving up. Fourteen months later, I finally know what's right for me.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    I am a try your best every day kind of person. Some days I do great. Some days I do less well. Putting of till monday just gives you the excuse to settle and accept your poor choices until monday (however far away that happens to be), that mindset will get you nowhere.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    I'm a certain date person. I need to be mentally ready. Now, if at the moment I decide I'm ready I can start then. It just typically takes me a few days to get into the mindset.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Depends. If I have food that doesn't work with whatever my plan is, I'll eat it and start as soon as I've finished. I don't throw away perfectly edible food.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I'm more of a start yesterday kinda person.
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm a definitely start today person, like right now. Monday is not magic and it won't be any easier.
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    edited February 2015
    According to MFP, I started logging my food at dinnertime on a Thursday in the middle of December, so I guess that answers that question.

    Why? Because I had made the decision, and I am not a patient person.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    I'm a "start today" person. I started tracking on a Thursday, because I decided I was going to change the way I do things, starting right then. No last hurrah, no final decadent meal - no "diet mindset". Life change mindset.
  • blktngldhrt
    blktngldhrt Posts: 1,053 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    melodyjosie wrote: »
    What is everyones opinions and views on this..
    Would you rather start a diet IMMEDIATELY or think it's better to start at the start of a new week, like a Monday.

    Thanks :)

    I am a "this is not a diet but a lifestyle change" type person.

    This. I'm a start exercising on Monday type of person. Ha
  • lambchristie
    lambchristie Posts: 552 Member
    I started when the decision was I needed to lose weight...end of October 2012. This was the last time I wanted to go through this. I put the yo-yo down. I was on vacation at the time so I started with eating better. Wasn't sure what exercise would be for me but the Monday I got home I was in a gym and haven't looked back.

    I needed to really push myself to lose a few pounds I had put on after I had surgery last year and couldn't work out. A friend had started the FMD and although I don't like the word diet I invested in the book and have been following the eating plan and have now refocused and lost that surgery weight and maintained the loss through a three week vacation in Jan/Feb. BTW my husband finally joined me in eating a healthy and balanced food plan and lost 19 pounds. Oh...we started this FMD on the Monday before Thanksgiving after I read through the plan over the weekend. Haven't looked back. Only healthy days of eating in front of me. A real eye opening experience.

    So make a decision and move forward before someone or something influences you in a different direction.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Once I decide I need to lose weight, I usually start right away.
  • MelanieRBrace
    MelanieRBrace Posts: 245 Member
    I'm totally start on Monday type of person. Then I plan the whole month out hoping to stay on track.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    When I was unsuccessful I started "next Monday."

    When I was successful, i.e. this time, I started the day the urge struck me and haven't looked back.
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    I'm a 'when all the food is gone I start' person. But because I gain weight so fast and lose it so slow, I'm now a 'determined to never gain weight again' person.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    When I was unsuccessful I started "next Monday."

    When I was successful, i.e. this time, I started the day the urge struck me and haven't looked back.

    QFT. I used to be a "I'll start dieting Monday!" type of person. Well, that Monday never came.

    This time around, I joined a gym on a Thursday. I think I started logging MFP on a Tuesday, mid-day.

    I've kept those habits now too. I hit the gym on a Sunday after a week-long vacation instead of thinking "I'll just start fresh Monday." If I have a big event that involves food on a Thursday and eat way too much, I don't give up till Monday; I get back to logging the next day.

    I guess it's because this is my life now; it was never a diet while I was losing, and it's not a diet now. It's just...me. Taking care of myself makes me feel better, and I deserve that today. Not next week.

    (sidenote: "I'll start Monday!" kept me at and around 300 pounds for years. When I started on a Tuesday, though, everything changed. I lost 130ish pounds and I've been maintaining for 2.5 years. Make today your day.)


  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    edited February 2015
    I started on a Monday about 2.5 years ago...

    Don't remember all the details, but I probably planned to start on that Monday.

    ETA: I just realized that was also the 1st of the month. Might have planned that too. Gah, I wish I could remember.
  • Abby2205
    Abby2205 Posts: 253 Member
    I'm a "start now" person. I used to think "I'm going to do this right, so I need to stock up on the right foods, and research the local gyms, and buy the right shoes, etc. and then I'll start". Once it dawned on me that there was nothing stopping me from just eating less right now, and nothing terrible would happen if I went for a walk in the "wrong" shoes right now, I just got on with it.

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