We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

I can't seem to stay focused

Helpbrittgetfit1224
Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
i am always losing weight and gaining it again. I need people to help me stay on track. Feel free to add me :)

Replies

  • jessicorbin32
    jessicorbin32 Posts: 5 Member
    I hear ya!! I've tried all kinds of fad diets and will loose then gain everything back again..... I need to loose about 65 lbs and as a nurse I know the only way I can do that is lifestyle changes..... But I have no motivation.... Even if I cry so much I'm out of tears because I'm miserable with my weight....
  • LoreA1960
    LoreA1960 Posts: 108 Member
    I usually take it one day at a time, sometimes one minute at a time. Since I don't trust myself to eyeball things right I measure and weigh everything. If I buy any snacks I get the 100 calorie packs for portion control. I'm not saying I don't mess up, but doing it the way I'm doing it cuts down on the mess ups. It's frustrating for me to feel like I haven't lost enough weight, but as long as I'm going in the right direction. I hope you get the direction you're looking for. Best of luck to you. Feel free to add me if you'd like
  • Helpbrittgetfit1224
    Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
    @jessicorbin32 I feel the same way!! I used to do weight watchers and one week I gained over 3 lbs... I went in the bathroom and cried
    @jasonschick01 I do that too. I eat 5-6 times a day and one of them is a desert which is 150 calories or under. And I get 2 snacks. (Usually a piece of fruit/veggie and a cheese stick each time) and that's 200 calories or less per snack. I like the skinny cow chocolate. 130 calories per pack so I know my limits
  • LoreA1960
    LoreA1960 Posts: 108 Member
    Since I'm a diabetic my snacks have to be 15 grams of carbs or less and less than 200 calories. I have at maximum of 2 snacks a day because I try to stick between 1200-1500 calories per day. I know that my MFP says more, but even my doctor and DE say I should eat around 1200. I can't exercise because I don't have cartilage in my knees and I can't afford to go to a pool right now for pool therapy.
  • Helpbrittgetfit1224
    Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
    I agree. Mine says I should eat 1,750 but I usually eat around 1,500 and I work full time at night so I'm still trying to find ways to exercise which is hard right now
  • jessicorbin32
    jessicorbin32 Posts: 5 Member
    Yeah I had one of my breakdown tonight after husband and I got back from the lake.... The daughter of the woman my father in law just married back in February is absolutely gorgeous and is a freshman cheerleader in collage this year.... She made several remarks today about how fat she was and wished she could loose weight and every single time she made a comment she made eye contact with me.... Me I'm over here in a tankini that I have to wear a big t-shirt over as well... I really wanted to say something but held it back.... Now it's after 2 am here and I still can't sleep...
  • Helpbrittgetfit1224
    Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
    I completely understand. The worst this is when skinny girls call themselves fat. It makes bigger people feel worse. My friends did it and I'd stay silent and look down
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    edited July 2015
    bmiller1224 wrote: »
    I completely understand. The worst this is when skinny girls call themselves fat. It makes bigger people feel worse. My friends did it and I'd stay silent and look down

    I'm a guy but I used to feel this way. Then I changed my attitude to "one day I will look like that and feel fat. On that day we can complain together :)"

    But yeah, log everything in MFP and take it slow. Find changes that can help keep you under your calorie goal without causing you a lot of stress. If the changes you make are always making you feel frustrated you aren't gonna last long.
  • Helpbrittgetfit1224
    Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
    Thank you @DuckReconMajor
  • RickMcShane
    RickMcShane Posts: 16 Member
    Eating right and not going to the gym is like trying to **** with your clothes on.

    Portion control/healthy choices, all important and it looks like you are doing it right. You need to make time for exercise. I started waking up 1-1/2 hours early to go before work. God that sucked but after a few weeks, it's like coffee and your body will need and want to go.

    Feel free to add me. Good luck.
  • Helpbrittgetfit1224
    Helpbrittgetfit1224 Posts: 31 Member
    I had issues with my bank so I had to cancel my gym until I pay my bank off. But I think I'll walk or jog for 30 mins before work and work my way up
  • 19juanita72
    19juanita72 Posts: 1,080 Member
    RickMcShane wrote: »
    Eating right and not going to the gym is like trying to **** with your clothes on.

    Portion control/healthy choices, all important and it looks like you are doing it right. You need to make time for exercise. I started waking up 1-1/2 hours early to go before work. God that sucked but after a few weeks, it's like coffee and your body will need and want to go.

    Feel free to add me. Good luck.

    I sent you a friends request. I like the way you look at weight loss and exercise.
  • RickMcShane
    RickMcShane Posts: 16 Member
    @19juanita72 added.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories