Why is it so hard to be consistent?

Toofatforshirts
Toofatforshirts Posts: 32 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have tried to lose weight and can't seem to be consistent. I am determined to do this and it is going to take one moment at a time.

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  • Gska17
    Gska17 Posts: 752 Member
    Consistent how? With logging? Calorie deficit? Exercise?

    I'm not always consistently eating near my calorie goal but the good days have outweighed the bad. :)
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    Consistency increases with time. Just keep at it. You have a lifetime of habits you are trying to change.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited July 2015
    It's all in your head. You have to get to the place where you're in control. Logging every single thing you eat is a great way to begin! Not just logging when you are proud of yourself, but logging every single thing.

    Just start there. Log every single bite.
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    My consistancy has flown out the window, lately. Usually I would keep consistant by laying my exercise clothes out for the morning, prepping my day's food in advance so I didn't have a good reason to buy junk... I need to start doing that again... I feel you!
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    slaite1 wrote: »
    Consistency increases with time. Just keep at it. You have a lifetime of habits you are trying to change.

    This. I've noticed if you can make it past 3 months, for most people, that's when the consistency becomes a habit. I know there are lots of popular sites that say it takes 30 days, but I don't believe that is true for most people.
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    slaite1 wrote: »
    Consistency increases with time. Just keep at it. You have a lifetime of habits you are trying to change.

    This. I've noticed if you can make it past 3 months, for most people, that's when the consistency becomes a habit. I know there are lots of popular sites that say it takes 30 days, but I don't believe that is true for most people.

    I feel like I'd agree with this. After the first 2-3 months, it just became a habit.
  • amudd645
    amudd645 Posts: 27 Member
    Try finding someone who can help hold you accountable and/or give motivation. I'm just starting back on running the couch to 5k and I have a friend who goes with me. I know I wouldn't get off my butt otherwise. Also, when it comes to food, I have my husband really helping me out on trying to make the right decisions on what to eat. Getting support makes it much easier for me to do each day correctly.
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  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    It is as easy or as hard as you choose to make it be. It is a *choice*, y'know, right?
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    I feel ya! I started over again this week! I love MFP. I must get this weight off, so I'm taking it one day at the time and praising myself.
  • RavenLibra
    RavenLibra Posts: 1,737 Member
    life is not linear, it is filled with all sorts of obstacles, that will slow you down or speed you up... all you can do is keep your head down (figuratively speaking) and continue pushing forward...being patient, with yourself and those around you is the key to developing a sense of ownership in your life.... read Newton's laws... they apply :)
  • glassofroses
    glassofroses Posts: 653 Member
    shell1005 wrote: »
    For me, it isn't hard. The more you do it..the more it just becomes your norm.

    I pre log my food, eat what I put on there and follow through o the promise I made myself to eat at a caloric deficit.

    This.

    Pre-logging takes the stress out of eating. I just look it up and get to it, guilt free.
  • AuroraGeorge8393
    AuroraGeorge8393 Posts: 100 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    slaite1 wrote: »
    Consistency increases with time. Just keep at it. You have a lifetime of habits you are trying to change.

    This. I've noticed if you can make it past 3 months, for most people, that's when the consistency becomes a habit. I know there are lots of popular sites that say it takes 30 days, but I don't believe that is true for most people.

    Agreed. I doubt many people are able to permanently change habits engrained over many years - or even a lifetime - in just 30 days. I've been at this almost three months and it is finally starting to become more automatic, but I'm still working at it. I think if I continue eating this way, living this way, for the next six months to a year then counting calories, weighing my food, etc., will just become my new way of life.

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