One of my biggest challenges is the thought of potentially wasting my time.

Rags_91

One of the challenges that I've always faced when it comes to weight loss and eating healthy is the possibility of doing something for a prolonged period of time only to find that it hasn't been working, haven't had any results and that I've wasted that time which could have been spent elsewhere.

Has anyone else had this issue? And if you overcame that issue, how did you do it?

DuckReconMajor

Yes but now I'm starting to feel like being fat and depressed was the real waste of my time

I can either

1. Do nothing and stay unhealthy
2. Do something and not get results but learn things along the way
3. Do something and reach my goals

missh1967

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Yes but now I'm starting to feel like being fat and depressed was the real waste of my time

I can either

1. Do nothing and stay unhealthy
2. Do something and not get results but learn things along the way
3. Do something and reach my goals

Yes, yes. A thousand times YES!

Machka9

Just start.

Enter your info into MFP.
Set yourself as sedentary.
Select an amount to lose each week (eg. 1 lb)
Look at what MFP gives you for maximum calories.

Then start meticulously weighing and logging all your food (with a food scale) to ensure that you remain under that maximum calorie limit.

And stick with it.

You might not notice any difference at all in the first couple weeks. But stick with it.

Make a plan that you will stick with it for 3 months. Nothing long-term ... just 3 months. At the end of 3 months, you can reassess the situation.

You'll likely encounter challenges along the way ... someone will have a birthday, friends will invite you out for dinner, your office will have a pizza day ...

Treat those situations like challenges not obstacles.
Prelog so you know what you're dealing with.
Look up restaurant and other information online to assist you with the prelogging process.
And exercise can offer you a helping hand. Get out and exercise and burn any extra calories you may have consumed.

But stick with the plan for 3 months.

Then decide if it was worth it or not.

usmcmp

The time is going to pass anyway.

There is a chance that you will not lose weight, so set other goals. Learn everything you can. Eventually that combination will work and it's a lot better than doing nothing.