i want to give up help

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  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    If you can't hack Day 1, you need to re-evaluate your choices. Are you on too restrictive a diet? Have you tried to set too many goals at once? Are you actually interested in a long-term lifestyle change where healthy eating becomes the norm? Is what you are doing sustainable? Are you eating enough?

    Figure it out and try again. If you want to succeed, you will. It's as simple as that.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    edited May 2015
    fat_killer1 wrote: »
    im not even finished day 1 and i want to give up im trying hard not to

    One whole day??? Do you give up that easily every time you're faced with a challenge? Yikes!

  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    edited May 2015
    fat_killer1 wrote: »
    im not even finished day 1 and i want to give up im trying hard not to

    Then you aren't ready to do this. I know. I wasn't ready for 20+ years. Then finally I got tired of being sick and tired. I decided to stop acting like a child doing whatever felt good and decided to be an adult who makes a plan and sticks to it. When I eat extra it is because I choose to do it. If I blow one choice I don't give up on the whole day. Its been 17 months. I'm down 100 lbs. Only 1 more to go. Then I plan to repeat that 1pound loss another 100 times. It might take another 17 months or more. So what. I'm doing it for me. No one else. So I decide what success is.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    When you want this, you'll do it. It's as simple as that.
  • kisses71213
    kisses71213 Posts: 97 Member
    I've given up and started over sooo many times, but every time i fall off the wagon i get up off the ground, dust myself off, and jump back on when i feel i can handle the bumpy road again..!! each day is a new day.. today i binged..... tomorrow i will try again. Invest energy in yourself, and you will be rewarded. Some people have harder lives than others, some people have to work EXTRA hard to lose 30 lbs, while some the weight just falls off without them even trying. You're on the right track... just take a break and think hard about how much you want this.. then begin again. Start over!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    whmscll wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Akimajuktuq wrote: »
    Gotta love the "you don't have to eat healthy to lose weight" comments. Sorry, but the food matters. And healthy doesn't mean low calorie and low fat. Dump the processed crap, eat real food, eat enough and focus on permanent change. A temporary change in diet will only give temporary results.

    There are ways to eat and lose weight without calorie counting but you would likely find those lifestyles too "hard". For now, pick a calorie goal that fits with where you are (no adult should be eating 1200 calories!) and commit to doing it. Healthy foods are far more filling (again not low fat, but low sugar would be very beneficial) than struggling to "moderate" a diet full of junk. All food is not created equal and if one is malnourished you will always be struggling with over-eating because the body is not getting adequate micro-nutrients even while it is getting too many calories and storing fat like crazy.

    Your choice. It's not really that hard and if it is, try a different strategy. Or just give up I guess.

    When it comes to weight loss, CICO is all that matters. That's not saying eat nothing but unhealthy foods all day, but they don't have to be cut out completely

    I challenge anyone to meet their calorie goals eating a diet full of junk. THE FOOD MATTERS.

    It's possible because calories are all that matter for weight loss

    For nutritional health you could use supplements

    Of course the majority of people who advocate CICO tend to believe I'm hitting your macro and micro nutrients but just it is the calories that underpin EVERY weight loss strategy

    Stop labelling food ...you can meet nutritional targets with pizza and cheeseburger and icecream as part of your varied diet

  • megomerrett
    megomerrett Posts: 442 Member
    Why do you want to give up? Because it's daunting? It's hard? You're hungry?

    I've been doing this for about 67 days and it's not hard, I'm not hungry and now the small weekly loses are adding up I'm not daunted by the road ahead.

    Have you exercised or moved in any way? It will give you more calories to play with. I am not "dieting". I am logging everything I eat, exercising regularly and keeping within 1200 (plus exercise cals).

    I see you say you don't want to calorie count. That's the joy of MFP. Use the bar code scanner on all your ingredients. Once your regular foods are in there it's super quick to add.

    It's your body. There's not an instant magic pill, spell or operation here.
  • dalem48
    dalem48 Posts: 86 Member
    edited May 2015
    elphie754 wrote: »
    To be 100% blunt- if you are that quick to throw in the towel, you likely won't succeed.

    This right here.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    fat_killer1 wrote: »
    i have not set any calories im just tryin

    <boggle>

    You're 100% right to give up on those shenanigans. It doesn't work so give up on it now.



  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    whmscll wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Akimajuktuq wrote: »
    Gotta love the "you don't have to eat healthy to lose weight" comments. Sorry, but the food matters. And healthy doesn't mean low calorie and low fat. Dump the processed crap, eat real food, eat enough and focus on permanent change. A temporary change in diet will only give temporary results.

    There are ways to eat and lose weight without calorie counting but you would likely find those lifestyles too "hard". For now, pick a calorie goal that fits with where you are (no adult should be eating 1200 calories!) and commit to doing it. Healthy foods are far more filling (again not low fat, but low sugar would be very beneficial) than struggling to "moderate" a diet full of junk. All food is not created equal and if one is malnourished you will always be struggling with over-eating because the body is not getting adequate micro-nutrients even while it is getting too many calories and storing fat like crazy.

    Your choice. It's not really that hard and if it is, try a different strategy. Or just give up I guess.

    When it comes to weight loss, CICO is all that matters. That's not saying eat nothing but unhealthy foods all day, but they don't have to be cut out completely

    I challenge anyone to meet their calorie goals eating a diet full of junk. THE FOOD MATTERS.

    Look up the Twinkie diet

    I lost my first 36 pounds (4 years ago) on a *strict* diet of frozen pizzas, Cap'n Crunch, PopTarts, and Pepsi... with the occasional nite out at Taco Bell when I wanted to treat my Lady to a fancy dinner out ;)

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