How to stay committed?

tara_means_star

I go to mybodygallery.com and look at people my height at my goal weight or even a mini goal weight i've set for myself. Sometimes I look at people who weigh what I weigh now and people who weigh 10 pounds less to see what I've have to look forward to in the shorter term. I feel very motivated after that

bspringer544

Thanks for the link, Tara. It was pretty cool to see what I can look forward to with this year's goal.

TheBeachgod

shadowfax_c11 wrote: »

I was a little overwhelmed at first too. What I have learned over the past 9 months of CICO lifestyle.

Don't jump into this right away trying to lose as much as possible as fast as possible with the lowest calorie goal allowed. Get used to using the tools. Start with a slow loss/small deficit or even no deficit at all, and just get used to the aspect of thinking about what you are eating. Get a scale, learn to use it, get used to it. Get comfortable with using the App and logging your meals. Once you are comfortably logging every day and doing it correctly and accurately you can start playing with the numbers. This really won't take that long but go at your own pace. For me that process took about a week.

Once you get through those steps consider your activity level. What degree of deficit can you comfortably sustain for the long haul? That means without feeling like you can't control yourself around a piece of cake or that you become afraid of going out to eat with friends. You need to chose goals that will still allow you to live your life. That means weight loss won't be fast. But you will have success.

Remind yourself that sometimes you will make mistakes and that is okay. Some days you will overeat and that's okay, as long as you don't let it derail you. Realise that some weeks you won't lose, some weeks you will gain but the trend over the long term is what you need to focus on.

Allow yourself to take a break sometimes but don't "cheat" or get in the mind set that you are cheating by eating something yummy or a bit over your goal. You are not being "bad" you are being human.

There are NO BAD FOODS.
You don't "have" to eat "clean".
You don't have to give up food you love you just need to keep calorie dense foods in their place.
Sugar is not the devil
Fat won't necessarily make you fat but it will help keep you full(satisfied).
Bread is perfectly okay
More veggies means bigger meals for smaller numbers, but you don't have to become a vegetarian or go vegan. Neither do you need to become an obligate carnivore.
Eat real food
Learn to cook and use spices and herbs
Water comes in many forms. Coffee counts.
Salt will make you gain weight but it's only temporary and it isn't fat so don't stress.
Macros are goals to be met not necessarily maximums to stay under.
Red numbers do not mean you failed.
Pay attention to your daily NET.


If you eat it log it.

I like you.

tara_means_star

bspringer544 wrote: »

Thanks for the link, Tara. It was pretty cool to see what I can look forward to with this year's goal.

No problem! I go there a lot when I just need the reminder that whatever it is I'm feeling discouraged about or overwhelmed by is totally worth it.

4aces61

Francl27 wrote: »

Eh you have to want it badly enough. That's pretty much it.

The app does help.. if you log everything... and don't stop even if you go over... it stares at you right in the face that you're just going to get fatter if you don't do anything about it.

This, right here. Plain and simple. A person will never change unless they want to. I started here 2 years ago and haven't missed logging 1 day. This app has been a tremendous help. But you gotta stick with it.